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The Lautenberg Foundation at a glance

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The Lautenberg 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.

$169k
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$974kCommunity Improvement$679kEnvironment$358kEducation$330kPhilanthropy$287kReligion$139kHuman Services$66kCivil Rights$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$2,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$60,500
EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST$13,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ$6,500
BNAI VAIL$5,000
BREAKTHROUGH$5,000
JEWISH BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS$4,000
EAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,500
TEMPLE BAT YAM$3,000
HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
THE PROCTOR FUND$2,500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE BROWARD COUNTY$2,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HILLEL$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%SCAN: $10k → 12%JCC METROWEST: $4k → 16%JESPY HOUSE: $5k → 16%JESPY HOUSE: $5k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $3k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $2k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $2k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $2k → 16%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

NH
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 64 repeat orgs$308k to everyone else

64 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
25

Total granted

$2.5M
$292k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+43%

Still filing today

61%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • TM
    THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $450k · revenue +58%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $310k · revenue +202%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    7× · 2017–2024 · $191k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAUTENBERG CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • UO
    UJA OF GREATER METROWEST NJ
    one grant, 2017 · $24k
  • SB
    ST BARNABAS BAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

—
9
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
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

57 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. 57 of the 96 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
50/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAMILTON PARTNERSHIP FOR PATERSON INC: $650,000 · Community ImprovementHAMILTON PARTNERSHIP FOR…+2 more: $13,000 · Community ImprovementLAUTENBERG CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $150,000 · OtherLAUTENBERG CANCER RESEARC…BNAI VAIL CONGREGATION INC: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $28,700 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE BROWARD COUNTY: $26,000 · OtherFEDERATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF UPPER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $26,000 · OtherUJA OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $24,000 · Other+53 more: $396,900 · Other+53 moreTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $450,000 · HealthTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSP…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $41,100 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D+8 more: $59,350 · Health+8 moreICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $190,500 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL …VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $57,500 · EducationVAIL MOUNTAIN…NEWARK ACADEMY: $24,000 · EducationNEWARK ACADEM…NETWORK CONTAGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $20,000 · EducationNETWORK CONTA…THE CARROLL SCHOOL: $16,000 · Education+10 more: $47,150 · Education+10 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $310,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL…EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $44,500 · EnvironmentEAGLE VALLEY …JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $226,400 · PhilanthropyEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $160,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $8,500 · International+3 more: $12,500 · International
Community Improvement$663,000Other$686,600Health$550,450Education$355,150Environment$354,500Philanthropy$238,900International$181,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAMILTON PARTNERSHIP FOR PATERSON INC: $650,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $450,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $310,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $226,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $190,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $160,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $57,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $44,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $41,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF UPPER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $26,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNEWARK ACADEMY: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK CONTAGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOVIET JEWRY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJESPY HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSILENT SPRING INSTITUTE INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEVA'S VILLAGE INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $6,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $6,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERORG: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROWEST INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALKING MOUNTAINS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds HAMILTON PARTNERSHIP FOR PATERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds FEDERATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF UPPER FAIRFIELD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NEWARK ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK CONTAGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARROLL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ↗
  • Who funds IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOVIET JEWRY ↗

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.

Jewish Federation of …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Combined Jewish Phila…The Florin Family Fou…The Russell Berrie Fo…United Jewish Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…National Philanthropi…Columbia Bank Foundat…Boston Foundation IncChubb Charitable Foun…
Jewish Federation of ClevelandOH15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Florin Family Foundation Inc · The Russell Berrie Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · National Philanthropic Trust · Columbia Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation

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 Lautenberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lautenberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Silent Spring Institute Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Hamilton Partnership for Paterson Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Jespy House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 96 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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