Illinois · Private foundation
The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation 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 | 7 | $51k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $48k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $48k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $46k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $40k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $46k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $120,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $75,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Vassar College | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asheville Art Museum Association Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Spruce Pine Montessori School Inc | $17,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Toe River Arts Council Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $15,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $120,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $75,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Vassar College | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asheville Art Museum Association Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Spruce Pine Montessori School Inc | $17,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Toe River Arts Council Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $15,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mitchell County Animal Rescue Inc | $13,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Arts Council | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mitchell County Safe Place Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation with peer funders
About The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation
- How much does The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation give?
- The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $61,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (23%), Environment (22%), Education (21%).
- Who are The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Florida Oceanographic Society Inc ($120k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($75k), Vassar College ($61k).
- Does The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation based?
- The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation is based in IL.
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