Skip to content
Plinth
Foundation Dossiers
Plinth

· Private foundation

Lurie 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

80% of Lurie Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 25 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

26
’21
34
’22
38
’23
31
’24
25
’25

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

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Philanthropy$4.0MHealth$1.3MEducation$539kArts & Culture$306kHuman Services$276kHousing & Shelter$110kYouth Development$77kFood & Nutrition$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $225k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND$1,113,835
CLARK UNIVERSITY$25,000
EXCEPTIONAL MINDS$25,000
ISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC$20,000
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA$20,000
MEDERI CENTER FOUNDATION$20,000
FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$15,000
AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY INC$10,000
UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN$10,000
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
MARTHAS VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC$10,000
MARTHAS VINEYARD HOSPITAL INC$10,000
ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $301k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $10k → 22%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $250 → 14%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $10k → 22%A SENSE OF HOME: $250 → 14%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $10k → 22%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $10k → 22%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $10k → 22%GARCES FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%GARCES FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%GARCES FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 35 repeat orgs$443k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
37

Total granted

$2.3M
$412k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+16%

Still filing today

89%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $908k · revenue +32%
  • EM
    EXCEPTIONAL MINDS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +2%
  • TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -32%
  • F
    FRAXA
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • BG
    BREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
4
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
5
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

—
6
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
7
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
8
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

—
9
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hoyt Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Health Access Advocacy and …Public Library OperationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Local History MuseumsUnited Way AffiliatesMilitary Veterans SupportEnvironmental Conservation …Independent K-12 SchoolsElementary Literacy TutoringEquine Therapy ProgramsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Cancer Support ServicesYouth Development ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%28%10–20yr19%20%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr19%60%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/67
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,693

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/65
Grantees still filing
46/65
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC — $3,631,469 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INCJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $300,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA+7 more — $72,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $907,500 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPIT…ISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC — $100,000 · HealthISLAND AUTISM GROUP I…FRAXA Research Foundation Inc — $90,000 · HealthFRAXA Research Founda…ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION — $50,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $42,500 · Health+6 more — $80,500 · Health+6 moreRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $125,000 · EducationA STEP UP ACADEMY INC — $52,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY — $37,500 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC — $20,000 · Education+7 more — $27,500 · EducationEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $125,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME — $110,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $50,000 · Human ServicesGARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Human Services+2 more — $500 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $70,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $50,000 · Arts & CultureSundance Institute — $47,500 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DOCUMENTARY INC — $28,500 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherFRAXA — $25,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $20,500 · OtherMEDERI CENTER FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC — $20,000 · OtherKARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS — $15,000 · OtherPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc — $12,500 · OtherAUDUBON FLORIDA — $10,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $12,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF PALM BEACH INC — $10,000 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $10,000 · Other+22 more — $64,500 · OtherMV YOUTH INC — $76,999 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$4,003,969Health$1,270,500Education$512,000Human Services$300,500Arts & Culture$276,000Other$270,000Youth Development$76,999

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC — $3,631,469 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $907,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $125,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME — $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC — $100,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFRAXA Research Foundation Inc — $90,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMV YOUTH INC — $76,999 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA STEP UP ACADEMY INC — $52,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSundance Institute — $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC — $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY — $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN DOCUMENTARY INC — $28,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN — $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC — $25,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MEDERI FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKARTEMQUIN EDUCATIONAL FILMS — $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc — $12,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PALM BEACH INC — $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS LATIN FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALKING IRIS MEDIA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE SEAHAWKS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHOYT LIBRARY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS LATIN OF PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOO — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Philadelphia Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Patricia Kind Fam…Dmr Family Foundation…Perspective Media Ini…Glff IncThe Saramar Charitabl…Future Standard Found…Henrietta Tower Wurts…The Barra Foundation …The Snider FoundationConnelly Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA20.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Dmr Family Foundation Inc · Perspective Media Initiatives Inc · Glff Inc · The Saramar Charitable Fund · Future Standard Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Snider Foundation · Connelly Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lurie Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University — 2% of income from government
  • Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc — 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College — 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lurie Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lurie Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines