Kansas · Private foundation
Lowenstein Brothers Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $301k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Lowenstein Brothers Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Houston Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Lowenstein Brothers Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $301k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $269,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 75% of the organizations Lowenstein Brothers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | $300k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $275k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $305k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,344,560 | 1 | 1% |
| Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation | $1,219,000 | 5 | 91% |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Vocational Service Bureau of Kansas City | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Circle of Hope Nicu Foundation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($744k), not named here.
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation · Goldberg Family Foundation · Nerman Family Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lowenstein Brothers Foundation
- How much does Lowenstein Brothers Foundation give?
- Lowenstein Brothers Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $300,750 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Lowenstein Brothers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (99%), Human Services (1%), Education (0%).
- Who are Lowenstein Brothers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.3M), Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation ($1.2M), Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City ($50k).
- Does Lowenstein Brothers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lowenstein Brothers Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lowenstein Brothers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation, Goldberg Family Foundation.
- Where is Lowenstein Brothers Foundation based?
- Lowenstein Brothers Foundation is based in KS.
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