Florida · Private foundation
Lewis 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Lewis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $20k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $44k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $28k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $34k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $27k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $26k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore College | $49,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Florida Studio Theatre Inc | $13,450 | 7 | 0% |
| Inly School Inc | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Operation Kindness Florida Inc | $9,450 | 6 | 3% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $7,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Ringling College Library Association Inc | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tower Foundation of Manhasset Inc | $5,668 | 5 | 2% |
| Florida West Coast Symphony Inc dba Sarasota Orchestra | $4,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Guardian Fund | $4,200 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lewis 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: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Morton J and Bernice W Skirboll Family Foundation · Norman E Peterson and Diana Lager Peterson Educational Fund Inc · Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation · The Arthur S Karp Family Foundation Inc · Boscia Family Foundation · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Lewis Foundation
- How much does Lewis Foundation give?
- Lewis Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $18,940 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lewis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Lewis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Skidmore College ($49k), Florida Studio Theatre Inc ($13k), Inly School Inc ($11k).
- Does Lewis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lewis 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 Lewis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Manatee Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lewis Foundation based?
- Lewis Foundation is based in FL.
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