· Private foundation
Norton M Luger and Rosalind Massow Luger Charitable Trust I
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $282k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $115k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WASHINGTON STUDIO SCHOOL | $115,000 |
| THE INTERCEPT MEDIA | $35,000 |
| EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS | $35,000 |
| LIVE ARTS NEW YORK | $35,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| HANNAH ARENDT CENTER CO THE BARD COLLEGE | $35,000 |
| TWO RIVERS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN | $15,000 |
| ESTHER PRODUCTIONS INC | $12,000 |
| ROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC | $10,000 |
| NOPE ORGANIZE FOR DEMOCRACY FUND | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| JEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE INC JUFJ | $6,000 |
| GLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWashington Studio School2× · 2024–2025 · $130k · revenue 0%
- EBEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY2× · 2024–2025 · $73k · revenue -8%
- TITHE INTERCEPT MEDIA2× · 2024–2025 · $70k
Funded once
- LALIVE ARTS NEW YORK LIVE COREone grant, 2024 · $40k
- BCBARD COLLEGEHANNAH ARENDT CENTERone grant, 2024 · $35k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $35k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…
The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…
Young Playwrights Theater (YPT) is committed to using theater & writing to foster dialogue, arts education, literacy & conflict resolution in communities.
Imagination stage of washington, dc, inc. empowers all young people to discover their voice and identity through performing arts education and professional theatre.
The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) showcases and supports local and international filmmakers and their work across the genres of fiction, animation, experimental and documentary through screening, discussion, professional…
The Thirteen is a professional choir and orchestra with a mission to inspire the soul to sing, move the heart to empathy, and build community, all through groundbreaking musical performance: through concerts, workshops, education outreach,…
Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…
The theatre lab provides classes and workshops to adults and youth in the areas of acting for the stage and screen, directing, playwriting, musical theatre, and drama criticism. the organization also conducts extensive outreach…
The National Philharmonic engages, inspires, and unites diverse communities across the Washington, DC area through outstanding music performances and innovative education programs.
Capital Fringe was founded in 2005 with a mission to celebrate cultural democracy and access to art and artistic expression for all. By embracing diversity and a spirit of independence, we create earning opportunities for individual…
Washington project for the arts, inc. (wpa) supports artist-driven projects, advocacy, and dialogue so that artists can live, work, and flourish.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Washington Studio School ↗
- Who funds EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds TWO RIVERS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ESTHER PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds Friendship Place ↗
- Who funds MID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds COLLABORISING INC ↗
- Who funds The SPOKEN WORD The Spoken Word ↗
- Who funds Urban Tilth ↗
- Who funds BLACK STUDENT FUND ↗
- Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds ALLPEOPLEBEHAPPY (F/K/A AMIZADE LTD) ↗
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 Washington Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Norton M Luger and Rosalind Massow Luger Charitable Trust I funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norton M Luger and Rosalind Massow Luger Charitable Trust I. Bigger dots raise more.
- Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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