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Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$249k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
62 to 81
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$665k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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 arriving65$193k12%
FY202462$205k8%
FY202366$167k17%
FY202267$123k7%
FY202168$122k15%
FY202064$120k13%
FY201974$103k8%
FY201881$110k12%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$537kHealth$422kReligion$184kEducation$152kArts & Culture$143kInternational$93kPublic Safety & Disaster$48kCivil Rights$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
LA
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 76 grantees
All grantees of Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Bnai Israel$90,9009n/a
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$90,00090%
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$70,16490%
Fractured Atlas Inc$50,00050%
Physical Theater Festival Incorporated$50,000320%
Lynn University Inc$42,50040%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$37,50090%
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$32,50080%
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership$25,00090%
National Jewish Health$21,00090%
Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services Inc$14,00090%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$12,75090%
Anti-Defamation League$12,00090%
Links Hall Inc$10,37522%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10,37590%
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The Art Center of Highland Park$9,25090%
Vets Helping Heroes Inc$9,00090%
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc$9,00090%
American Jewish Committee$8,87590%
United Nations Watch - USA$8,00090%
Buhl Community Recreation Center$7,50030%
Newyork-Presbyterianbrooklyn Methodist$7,0003n/a
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$7,00090%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$6,53890%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$6,50070%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$6,37590%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$6,00030%
Harand Camp Scholarship Fund$5,2009n/a
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$5,00050%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$4,75040%
Camp for All Kids$4,50090%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$4,50050%
Chicago Chesed Fund$4,50090%
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation$4,25080%
Caridad Center Inc$3,35090%
American Jewish Congress Inc$3,25080%
Buhl Farm Trust$3,00030%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$3,00030%
The Allendale Shelter Club$2,5002n/a
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$2,50030%
The Victory Center Inc$2,50010%
Adelphi University$2,25090%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,25090%
The National World War II Museum Inc$2,00080%
Connected Warriors Inc$2,0002n/a
Feeding America$2,00020%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$2,00020%
Rimland Services Nfp$1,82550%
Franklin & Marshall College$1,62580%
Wings Program Inc$1,50050%
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc$1,45040%
The Childrens Scholarship Fund$1,0503n/a
Hannah Senesh Community Day School$1,00010%
International Neighbors Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,00010%
United Way of Broward County Inc$1,00010%
Openlands$1,00030%
Co Lab Theater Group Inc$95040%
Jewish Chautauqua Society$7503n/a
Moishe House$75060%
The Actors' Fund of America$75030%
Boca Raton Police Foundation Inc$75030%
Global Alliance for Rabies Control$7501n/a
Unchained at Last Inc$75030%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$75020%
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$5002n/a
Rosalind Oppenheim Foundation$3751n/a
Safe Horizon Inc$35010%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$25010%
Sos Children's Villages Floridainc$25010%
Trevor Project Inc$25010%
Hebrew Congregation of St Thomas Inc$2501n/a
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$25010%
Safesun Inc$20010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($475k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDiabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc: $70,164 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhysical Theater Festival Incorporated: $50,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetLynn University Inc: $42,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $37,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration: $32,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSpertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership: $25,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRuth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services Inc: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLinks Hall Inc: $10,375 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $10,375 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Center of Highland Park: $9,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVets Helping Heroes Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMiddle East Media and Research Institute Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $8,875 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Watch - USA: $8,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBuhl Community Recreation Center: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $7,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $6,538 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $6,375 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Tennis Centers Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProspect Park Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $4,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Chesed Fund: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation: $4,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $3,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Congress Inc: $3,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBuhl Farm Trust: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Victory Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdelphi University: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRimland Services Nfp: $1,825 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $1,625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWings Program Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc: $1,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHannah Senesh Community Day School: $1,000 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 65.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY13.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation

How much does Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation give?
Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $248,914 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 81 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Health (25%), Religion (11%).
Who are Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Bnai Israel ($91k), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($90k), Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc ($70k).
Does Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation based?
Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 151 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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