California · Private foundation
The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism
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.
- $710k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $41,833
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 59 | $699k | 51% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $339k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $304k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $395k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $195k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $363k | 78% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $330k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $314k | n/a |
94% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Religion$1.1MEducation$693kHuman Services$249kYouth Development$83kCrime & Legal$82kArts & Culture$74kSocial Science$49kRecreation & Sports$38kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
ME
VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naropa University | $179,207 | 4 | 0% |
| Loyola Marymount University | $79,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Prison Dharma Network Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mindful Schools | $57,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Zen Life and Meditation Center Chicago | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Veterans Path Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 4% |
| American Buddhist Society | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Francisco Zen Center | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Garrison Institute | $44,758 | 4 | 1% |
| Pacific Zen Institute | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naropa University | $179,207 | 4 | 0% |
| Loyola Marymount University | $79,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Prison Dharma Network Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mindful Schools | $57,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Zen Life and Meditation Center Chicago | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Veterans Path Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 4% |
| American Buddhist Society | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Francisco Zen Center | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Garrison Institute | $44,758 | 4 | 1% |
| Pacific Zen Institute | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Zen Center | $37,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Lineage Project Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Veterans Yoga Project Inc | $34,250 | 3 | 2% |
| Mission Be Inc | $34,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Lions Roar Foundation | $33,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for the Contemplative Mind in Soc | $32,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Center for Mindful Learning Inc | $30,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mindful Life Project | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University of the West | $29,000 | 2 | 0% |
| DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boundless Freedom Project | $27,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Daihonzan Chozen-Ji International Zen Dojo | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Initiatives | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emmanuel College | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Insightla Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dharma Gates Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| One River Zen | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tibet Center Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Holistic Life Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Braided Wisdom Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dharmadatta Community | $18,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Tara Mandala | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dhammadharini | $17,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Rubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sati Center for Buddist Studies | $17,500 | 2 | 4% |
| The Profound Treasury Dharma Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Peace At Any Pace Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Zen North Shore | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Treasure Caretaker Training | $16,000 | 1 | 33% |
| New York University | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minds Incorporated | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Soto Zen Buddhist Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwestern Law School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Treasury of Lives Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Life Transition Meditation Center | $15,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Sukhasiddhi Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upaya Zen Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Be Meditation Group | $14,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lotus Institute Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Friends of Zen Inc | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bodhi Youth of America (Bya) Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mind & Life Institute | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tashi Gatsel Ling Buddhist Center | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Insight Project for Kids | $13,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Boundless in Motion | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Beach Meditation | $12,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Contemplative Life Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Pratt Institute | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Flourish Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Institute of Buddhist Studies | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Against the Stream | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Taleef Collective | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Give Back Yoga Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Village Zendo Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TLC Transitional Life Care | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sweetwater Zen Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ratna Foundation Mindfulness Peace Project | $9,500 | 2 | 8% |
| September's Mission Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mindful Living Revolution | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Tadini House | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley Zen Center | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitra Path Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Kindness Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| New York Insight Meditation Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Education Fund | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Zen Hospice Project Dba Zen Caregiving Project | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Insight Meditation Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lotus Mountain Gompa | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zen Meditation Center | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Ohio | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buddhist Arts and Film Festival | $7,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bread Loaf Mountain Monastery | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Tech Charter Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shambhala Center of Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond the Cell Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prosocial World | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Love and Resistance | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Buddhist Insights Meditation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Silent Thunder Order Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanshin Zen Community | $3,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion Works for All | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Tergar International | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outreach Information Service Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pipers Angels Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tricycle Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lions Roar Dharma Center | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dawn Mountain | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buddhist Churches of America | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ramapo College Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($846k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 72.
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
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 The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism
- How much does The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism give?
- The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism reported 60 grants totaling $710,333 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (23%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Naropa University ($179k), Loyola Marymount University ($79k), Prison Dharma Network Inc ($70k).
- Does The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism 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 Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include BESS Family Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Tan Teo Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism based?
- The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism is based in CA.
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