Oregon · Private foundation
The Lazar Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $913k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 42
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Lazar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $903k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $891k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $944k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $895k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $830k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Salmon Center | $320,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Oregon Desert Land Trust | $195,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Central Oregon Landwatch | $175,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center | $165,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Crag Law Center | $165,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Advocates for the West Inc | $155,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 61 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lazar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Oregon Community Foundation · The Burning Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Jubitz Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Wilburforce Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Healy Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund
How this is measured
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About The Lazar Foundation
- How much does The Lazar Foundation give?
- The Lazar Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $913,006 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Lazar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (78%), Animals (8%), Civil Rights (3%).
- Who are The Lazar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wild Salmon Center ($320k), The Piedmont Environmental Council ($225k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($225k).
- Does The Lazar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lazar Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lazar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Burning Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is The Lazar Foundation based?
- The Lazar Foundation is based in OR.
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