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The Lampert Foundation at a glance

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The Lampert 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2020
10
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

70% of The Lampert Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Lampert Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’17
12
’18
12
’19
9
’20
6
’21
2
’22
1
’23
4
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$11MHealth$5.4MEducation$1.6MSocial Science$700kPublic Benefit$400kCrime & Legal$350kArts & Culture$235kScience & Tech$100kOther$0
02FY2020 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k4 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.0M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Breast Cancer Research Foundation$1,500,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$475,000
The Ayn Rand Institute$200,000
The Reason Foundation$100,000
Overtown Optimist Club$25,000
Breakthrough Miami$25,000
Ransom Everglades School$500
Dolphins Cancer Challenge$250
Best Buddies Inc$250
The Pace Center for Girls$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AUTONATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
NM
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 13 repeat orgs$939k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 6 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$8.2M
$246k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+81%

Still filing today

85%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +40%
  • TA
    THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM
    5× · 2017–2022 · $700k · revenue +213%
  • KF
    KIPP FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $550k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • SANTA FE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +402%
  • MC
    MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +105%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of Miami
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3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
8
Florida International University Research Foundation Inc

The fiu research foundation provides means by which discoveries, inventions, processes, and work products of faculty, staff and students of the university may be patented, developed, applied and utilized in order that the results of such…

Science & Tech
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Breakthrough Miami Inc; the most unlike its peers is Best Buddies Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
25/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $10,514,945 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+2 more: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,377,500 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUN…KIPP FOUNDATION: $550,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationRANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC: $200,500 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $150,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $100,000 · EducationMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationTrustees of Boston College Developm: $300,000 · OtherSylvester: $250,000 · OtherDUKE EXCELLENCE FUND: $240,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARIS OPERA: $80,090 · Other+16 more: $151,889 · OtherTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $700,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $46,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $14,200 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $350,000 · Civil RightsSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Science & Tech
Philanthropy$10,549,945Public Safety & Disaster$5,377,500Education$1,450,500Other$1,021,979Arts & Culture$790,200Civil Rights$350,000Science & Tech$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $10,514,945 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,377,500 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $700,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC: $200,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $150,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $46,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRINCESS GRACE FOUNDATION - USA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUTONATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAENA ARTS INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $1,006 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Miami Foundation …Greater Miami Jewish …The Ayco Charitable F…Mightycause Charitabl…Albert H and Jane D N…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jewish Communal FundLeon J Simkins Charit…The Citadel FoundationJacob and Anita Penze…The Batchelor Foundat…
The Miami Foundation IncFL20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Albert H and Jane D Nahmad Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation · The Citadel Foundation · Jacob and Anita Penzer Foundation · The Batchelor 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lampert Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lampert Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 39 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home