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Lisa and David Klaeser 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.

$39k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
13
Organizations funded FY2023
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96% of Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $39k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’23
11
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$4,000
States reached, FY2023
4
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.0MEducation$22kEnvironment$16kHealth$16kFood & Nutrition$8kHuman Services$8kRecreation & Sports$6kArts & Culture$5kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 12 grantees
All grantees of Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Curepsp Inc$8,00020%
Placer Land Trust$8,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$8,00020%
Truckee Donner Land Trust$8,00020%
Weave Inc$8,00020%
Eureka Schools Foundation$6,00021%
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$5,50020%
Kiel Booster Club Inc$4,50025%
Kiel Educational Endowment Fund Inc$4,50026%
Emerald Brigade Support Organization$3,00011%
Auburn Ski Club Associates Inc$3,00014%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCurepsp Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPlacer Land Trust: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTruckee Donner Land Trust: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWeave Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEureka Schools Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLawrence University of Wisconsin: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKiel Booster Club Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetKiel Educational Endowment Fund Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetEmerald Brigade Support Organization: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAuburn Ski Club Associates Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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.

The Blackbaud Giving FundSC9.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation

How much does Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation give?
Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $39,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing.
What does Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Education (2%), Environment (1%).
Who are Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Curepsp Inc ($8k), Placer Land Trust ($8k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($8k).
Does Lisa and David Klaeser 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 Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation based?
Lisa and David Klaeser Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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