Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz
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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $71k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $86k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $77k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $80k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $82k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $66k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretna Productions Inc | $158,675 | 9 | 4% |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $120,133 | 8 | 1% |
| Dauphin County Library System | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Keystone Human Services | $22,086 | 4 | 0% |
| Susquehanna Art Museum | $20,001 | 3 | 2% |
| Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg | $19,311 | 6 | 19% |
| Chisuk Emuna Congregation | $16,038 | 7 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Rabbi David L Silver Yeshiva Academy | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School | $1,234 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretna Productions Inc | $158,675 | 9 | 4% |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $120,133 | 8 | 1% |
| Dauphin County Library System | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Keystone Human Services | $22,086 | 4 | 0% |
| Susquehanna Art Museum | $20,001 | 3 | 2% |
| Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg | $19,311 | 6 | 19% |
| Chisuk Emuna Congregation | $16,038 | 7 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Rabbi David L Silver Yeshiva Academy | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School | $1,234 | 2 | 0% |
| Historical Society Dauphin County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($248k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz 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: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Hall Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The Carole Desoto Foundation · McInroy-Sheffer People Trust Ta
How this is measured
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About The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz
- How much does The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz give?
- The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz reported 12 grants totaling $81,351 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (39%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gretna Productions Inc ($159k), Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc ($120k), Dauphin County Library System ($65k).
- Does The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz 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 The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation, John Crain Kunkel Foundation.
- Where is The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz based?
- The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz is based in PA.
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