New York · Private foundation
Lowey Foundation Inc
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.
- $234k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $413k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Lowey Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $234k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $178k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $157k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $132k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $70k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $190k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish Historical Society | $185,900 | 3 | 6% |
| Figure Skating in Harlem Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Duke University | $88,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Westchester Community College Foundation Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City Parks Foundation Inc | $51,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Neo Political Cowgirls Inc | $20,575 | 6 | 6% |
| Film Independent | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($406k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lowey Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Yvonne & Leslie Pollack Family Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Lowey Foundation Inc
- How much does Lowey Foundation Inc give?
- Lowey Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $233,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lowey Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), International (22%), Education (16%).
- Who are Lowey Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Jewish Historical Society ($186k), Figure Skating in Harlem Inc ($90k), Duke University ($88k).
- Does Lowey Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lowey Foundation Inc 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 Lowey Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, Yvonne & Leslie Pollack Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lowey Foundation Inc based?
- Lowey Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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