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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
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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.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$43k33%
FY202423$69k39%
FY202324$69k71%
FY202218$76k17%
FY202111$20k64%
FY202017$85k24%
FY201915$83k40%
FY201820$91k35%
84% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$290kArts & Culture$72kCivil Rights$40kInternational$36kHuman Services$35kPublic Benefit$29kSocial Science$15kCommunity Improvement$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
NC
SC
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University$200,00040%
The Clear Fund$29,50020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$25,0001n/a
American Finance Association$25,00030%
Pike County Historical Society Inc$20,000411%
Delaware Valley Action$18,0002n/a
Virginia Organizing Inc$17,00050%
Foundation for Advancement of Research in Financial Economics-C/O Dr C Spatt$15,000211%
Vassar College$10,00010%
In4All$10,00021%
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All grantees of Litzenberger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University$200,00040%
The Clear Fund$29,50020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$25,0001n/a
American Finance Association$25,00030%
Pike County Historical Society Inc$20,000411%
Delaware Valley Action$18,0002n/a
Virginia Organizing Inc$17,00050%
Foundation for Advancement of Research in Financial Economics-C/O Dr C Spatt$15,000211%
Vassar College$10,00010%
In4All$10,00021%
Kindred Spirits Arts Programs Inc$10,0005n/a
Black Bear Film Festival Inc$9,00064%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association$8,50030%
Take the Lead Inc$8,50031%
Milford Enhancement Committee$8,00071%
Antioch College Corporation$7,00050%
Delaware Highlands Conservancy$6,00041%
Independent Feature Project Inc$5,00010%
The Working World Inc$4,50030%
Friends of the Homestead School Inc$4,00032%
Pike Artworks$3,50024%
Era Coalition Inc$3,50022%
Pike Opera Corporation$3,00032%
Portland YouthBuilders$3,00010%
Building Together Inc$2,50021%
US Backgammon Foundation Inc$2,50022%
Foundation for Harmony Presents$2,25021%
International Rescue Committee INC$2,00020%
Lan Su Chinese Garden$2,00010%
Women's E-News$1,00011%
Shohola Twp Volunteer Fire & Rescu$1,00020%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$1,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Delaware Dancers$1,0001n/a
Milford Music Festival$1,0001n/a
Alpine Learning Group Education Program Inc$1,00010%
Fund for Women's Equality Inc$1,00010%
Givedirectly Inc$1,00010%
The Against Malaria Foundation$1,00010%
Clothes to Kids of Fairfield Countyinc$50010%
Good Shepherd Sustainable Learning Foundation$50010%
Books to Prisoners$50010%
Family University Foundation$5001n/a
Blair Academy$2210%

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.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Finance Association: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPike County Historical Society Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetVirginia Organizing Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Advancement of Research in Financial Economics-C/O Dr C Spatt: $15,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetVassar College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIn4All: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBlack Bear Film Festival Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetNortheastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTake the Lead Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMilford Enhancement Committee: $8,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetAntioch College Corporation: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Highlands Conservancy: $6,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetIndependent Feature Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Working World Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Homestead School Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetPike Artworks: $3,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetEra Coalition Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPike Opera Corporation: $3,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPortland YouthBuilders: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuilding Together Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUS Backgammon Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFoundation for Harmony Presents: $2,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's E-News: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetShohola Twp Volunteer Fire & Rescu: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlpine Learning Group Education Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Women's Equality Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClothes to Kids of Fairfield Countyinc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGood Shepherd Sustainable Learning Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBooks to Prisoners: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlair Academy: $22 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 38.

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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.

Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau IncPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 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.

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 78 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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