Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Litzenberger Family 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Litzenberger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $43k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $69k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $69k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $76k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $20k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $85k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $83k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $91k | 35% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $29,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Finance Association | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pike County Historical Society Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Delaware Valley Action | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Foundation for Advancement of Research in Financial Economics-C/O Dr C Spatt | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Vassar College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| In4All | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Litzenberger Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc · The Greater Pike Community Foundation · Hickory Hill Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Litzenberger Family Foundation
- How much does Litzenberger Family Foundation give?
- Litzenberger Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $43,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Litzenberger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (11%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are Litzenberger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carnegie Mellon University ($200k), The Clear Fund ($30k), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($25k).
- Does Litzenberger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Litzenberger Family 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 Litzenberger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc, The Greater Pike Community Foundation, Hickory Hill Foundation.
- Where is Litzenberger Family Foundation based?
- Litzenberger Family Foundation is based in PA.
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