· Private foundation
Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k17 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Smithsonian Archives of American Art | $13,500 |
| Phillips Collection | $10,000 |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | $4,370 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| The Nora School | $2,500 |
| Martha's Table | $1,000 |
| Sidwell Friends School | $1,000 |
| Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington | $1,000 |
| The Studio Theatre | $500 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | $250 |
| Early Alzheimer's Foundation | $250 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $210 |
| Museum of Modern Art | $140 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $125 |
| Museum of Arts & Design | $125 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION3× · 2017–2019 · $23k · revenue +60%
- TNTHE NORA SCHOOL2× · 2018–2019 · $5k · revenue +77%
- MTMARTHA'S TABLE INC3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- CFCommunity Foundationone grant, 2017 · $657k
- KCKennedy Center Centennial Circleone grant, 2018 · $35k
- MSMount Sinai - Hertzberg Palliative Careone grant, 2017 · $250
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…
The mission of the national museum of women in the arts is to collect, conserve and elevate the achievements of women artists from all nationalities and to educate the public on their outstanding accomplishments. we strive to accomplish…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
Pem offers thought-provoking experiences of the arts, humanities, and sciences to activate understanding of our shared humanity and to empower imagination and learning through experimentation. we steward, build, and make our collections…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ↗
- Who funds THE NORA SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds The Studio Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds EARLY ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ARTTABLE INC ↗
- Who funds THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ↗
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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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lichtenberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lichtenberg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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