Nevada · Private foundation
Lewis-Warburg Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Lewis-Warburg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $27k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $541k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Physical Society | $3,460 | 2 | 0% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Perimeter Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cato Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($671k), not named here.
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About Lewis-Warburg Foundation
- How much does Lewis-Warburg Foundation give?
- Lewis-Warburg Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Lewis-Warburg Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Science & Tech (70%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Lewis-Warburg Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: University of Miami ($50k), The Aspen Institute Inc ($4k), American Physical Society ($3k).
- Does Lewis-Warburg Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lewis-Warburg 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.
- Where is Lewis-Warburg Foundation based?
- Lewis-Warburg Foundation is based in NV.
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