Maine · Public charity
Lesher Family Foundation
Lff's mission is to empower people to take an active role in positively shaping where and how they live. The foundation supports the creation of dynamic, resilient communities by making grants and investments in four focus areas: arts and culture, early childhood development, affordable housing, and land stewardship and community…
- $525k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Lesher Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $523k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $654k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrowby Farm Sanctuary | $1,684,825 | 3 | 98% |
| Town of Rockport | $253,900 | 2 | n/a |
| The Coastal Heritage Society Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Authors Guild Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Fonkoze USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Westover School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Media College | $32,500 | 2 | 0% |
| YWCA Tulsa Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
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: American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lesher Family Foundation
- How much does Lesher Family Foundation give?
- Lesher Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $525,233 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Lesher Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (61%), Education (13%), Employment (12%).
- Who are Lesher Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Darrowby Farm Sanctuary ($1.7M), Town of Rockport ($254k), The Coastal Heritage Society Inc ($100k).
- Does Lesher Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lesher Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Lesher Family Foundation based?
- Lesher Family Foundation is based in ME.
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