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Lelewer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$523kHealth$63kReligion$52kPublic Benefit$34kCrime & Legal$30kEducation$28kCivil Rights$25kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN CHURCH$8,000
MCCULLOUGH FOUNDATION$6,000
FREE SPEECH FOUNDATION$5,000
INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE INC$5,000
HEADING HOME$5,000
CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE$5,000
JOURNALISM FUNDING PARTNERS$2,600
JEREMIAHS PLACE - PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY$2,600
MAKE PROJECTS$2,600
LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DI$2,600
COASTAL ROOTS FARM$2,600
NEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC$2,500
AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY$2,500
PHYSICIANS FOR INFORMED CONSENT$2,500
INFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEREMIAHS PLACE - PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 29 repeat orgs$589k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
14

Total granted

$214k
$572k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+22%

Still filing today

93%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PL
    Pacific Legal Foundation
    4× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +72%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    4× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +108%
  • IF
    Institute for Humane Studies
    4× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • FF
    Fortuitous Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $520k · 97% of their budget
  • CK
    CONGREGATION KOL SHOFAR
    one grant, 2022 · $22k
  • VH
    VOLUNTARY HEARTS COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
3
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
4
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
5
Independence Institute

The mission of independence institute is to empower individuals and to educate citizens,legislators and opinion makers about public policies that enhance personal and economic freedom.

Public Benefit
6
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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7
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
8
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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9
Atlantic Legal Foundation

The mission of the alf is to advance the rule of law by advocating limited and efficient government, free enterprise, individual liberty, property rights, effective education, and the use of sound science in judicial and regulatory…

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10
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Epic's mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation.

Civil Rights
11
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
12
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Fortuitous Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
26/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fortuitous Foundation: $520,000 · PhilanthropyFortuitous Foundation+2 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyCONGREGATION KOL SHOFAR: $22,000 · OtherCONGREGATION KOL SHOFA…MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $18,500 · OtherMOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN CHU…FREE SPEECH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherFREE SPEECH FOUNDATIONVOLUNTARY HEARTS COMMUNITY: $10,000 · OtherVOLUNTARY HEARTS COMMU…Institute for Humane Studies: $8,000 · OtherCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $7,100 · OtherPacific Legal Foundation: $8,000 · OtherNEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC: $5,500 · OtherHEADING HOME: $10,000 · OtherHEADING HOMEMCCULLOUGH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherMAKE PROJECTS: $7,100 · OtherMercatus Center Inc: $7,000 · OtherMOGRO MOBILE GROCERY: $6,000 · OtherTHE CRPA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Other+14 more: $24,800 · Other+14 moreINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $19,000 · HealthPhysicians for Informed Consent: $7,000 · HealthINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $2,500 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $1,000 · HealthCATO INSTITUTE: $8,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Public BenefitBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $7,000 · Public BenefitSOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Public BenefitLibertas Network: $2,500 · Public BenefitHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $7,000 · EducationEdChoice Inc: $7,000 · EducationFREE SPEECH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationAMERICAN TRANSPARENCY: $4,079 · EducationAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $2,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $21,000 · EnvironmentEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $7,500 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $7,000 · Civil RightsHEALTH FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $5,500 · Civil RightsSECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$523,500Other$161,000Health$29,500Public Benefit$28,000Education$27,079Environment$21,000Civil Rights$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFortuitous Foundation: $520,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEADING HOME: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $7,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE PROJECTS: $7,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians for Informed Consent: $7,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOGRO MOBILE GROCERY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CRPA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTH FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFREE SPEECH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT EQUITY: $4,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN TRANSPARENCY: $4,079 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLibertas Network: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHINE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLandmark Legal Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCE GENERATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Mountain Food Pantry Inc dba EMFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAIN IDEA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBread and Roses Community Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORAL LEE BROWN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Donors Trust IncBradley Impact Fund I…Albuquerque Community…Jewish Community Foun…ImpactassetsincThe Bessemer Giving F…Sempra FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Tides Foundation
Donors Trust IncVA20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Impactassetsinc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Sempra Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Tides Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lelewer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lelewer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Lelewer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lelewer Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home