New York · Private foundation
Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $480k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $155,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $480k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $336k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sco Family of Services | $311,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Law School | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Development Center Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Warren Land Trust Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Warren Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Waramaug Task Force Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Bedlam Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guttmacher Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ripley Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sco Family of Services | $311,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Law School | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Development Center Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Warren Land Trust Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Warren Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Waramaug Task Force Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Bedlam Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guttmacher Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ripley Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $2,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation
- How much does Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation give?
- Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $479,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (82%), Education (9%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Sco Family of Services ($311k), Brooklyn Law School ($200k), Education Development Center Inc ($70k).
- Does Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation based?
- Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation is based in NY.
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