California · Private foundation
Lester & Gertrude Roth 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.
- $500
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $242k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $15k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $14k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $14k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $14k | 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swarthmore College | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Access Mammoth | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| West Point Jewish Chapel Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Law School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Minds Matter of Los Angeles Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lester & Gertrude Roth 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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation
- How much does Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation give?
- Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Religion (18%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Swarthmore College ($24k), Los Angeles Regional Food Bank ($11k), Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades ($7k).
- Does Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lester & Gertrude Roth 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 Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation based?
- Lester & Gertrude Roth Foundation is based in CA.
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