New York · Private foundation
Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc
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.
- $166k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 26 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $170k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $175k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $190k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $192k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Land Trust Inc | $214,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Maya Gold Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Wing Luke Memorial Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Asian Counseling and Referral Service | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hudson River Watershed Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Scenic Hudson Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Land Trust Alliance Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Riverkeeper Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Historic Kingston | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Young Men's Christian Associati of Kingston and Ulster County | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc
- How much does Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc give?
- Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $166,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Arts & Culture (37%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kingston Land Trust Inc ($214k), Maya Gold Foundation ($50k), Wing Luke Memorial Foundation ($50k).
- Does Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc 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 and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Artsfund, Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc based?
- Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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