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Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation

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.

$21k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 27
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$324k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalEducationOther
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
FY2024still arriving15$17k20%
FY202323$15k43%
FY202218$17k22%
FY202121$17k38%
FY202016$17k50%
FY201920$15k35%
FY201827$16k67%
FY201723$14kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$46kHealth$34kInternational$12kPhilanthropy$11kAnimals$8kScience & Tech$8kHuman Services$7kArts & Culture$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rock Point School$40,5008n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$8,50070%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$7,50080%
American Jewish International Relations$4,50052%
Wildlife Center of Venice Inc$3,35080%
Bradley Hills Education Foundation Corp$3,00044%
The Shakespeare Theatre$3,00020%
Temple Emanuel$2,7505n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$2,75080%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$2,50050%
Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rock Point School$40,5008n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$8,50070%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$7,50080%
American Jewish International Relations$4,50052%
Wildlife Center of Venice Inc$3,35080%
Bradley Hills Education Foundation Corp$3,00044%
The Shakespeare Theatre$3,00020%
Temple Emanuel$2,7505n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$2,75080%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$2,50050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,50010%
Jewish Social Service Agency$2,25060%
Printmaking Legacy Project Inc$2,00022%
Driven to Cure Inc$1,75050%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$1,50030%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$1,35060%
Hope Connections for Cancer Support Inc$1,20010%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00030%
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$1,00020%
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$85020%
The Bush School$75020%
Anti-Defamation League$61020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor$50013%
Smithsonian Institution$50010%
The Mast Cell Disease Society Inc$50010%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$50010%
Montgomery Hospice Inc$35020%
Father Kens Vineyard Inc$35010%
First Star Institute Inc$25010%
Friends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc$25010%
American Kidney Fund Inc$25010%
Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer$2501n/a
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$25010%
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary$25010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$25010%
Congregation Bnai Tzedek$2501n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$25010%
Amyloidosis Research Consortium Inc$25010%
Venice Theatre Inc$25010%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$25010%
Autism Speaks Inc$25010%
Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc$25010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$15010%
Hospice of Charles County Inc$15010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$15010%
Nami-Northern Virginia$10010%
Calvert Hospice Inc$10010%
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc$10010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$10010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$10010%
Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd$10010%
Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon$10010%
St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish International Relations: $4,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWildlife Center of Venice Inc: $3,350 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBradley Hills Education Foundation Corp: $3,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $2,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Social Service Agency: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPrintmaking Legacy Project Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDriven to Cure Inc: $1,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHope Connections for Cancer Support Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bush School: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $610 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mast Cell Disease Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery Hospice Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Kens Vineyard Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFirst Star Institute Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Service of New York: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoplar Spring Animal Sanctuary: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmyloidosis Research Consortium Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Theatre Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Adoption Support and Education Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Charles County Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Foundation of America Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNami-Northern Virginia: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalvert Hospice Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc: $100 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 53.

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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.

The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable FoundationMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation · Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc · The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation · Bender Foundation Inc

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 Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation

How much does Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation give?
Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $20,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Health (24%), International (8%).
Who are Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rock Point School ($41k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($9k), Mote Marine Laboratory Inc ($8k).
Does Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation 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 Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation based?
Robert and Lillian Philipson Foundation is based in MD.

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 84 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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