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The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$701k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$620,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$693k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesReligionOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$701k12%
FY202441$387k24%
FY202341$699k20%
FY202237$722k5%
FY202145$720k29%
FY202041$408k44%
FY201942$484k55%
FY201829$349k34%
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.6MHealth$1.3MEducation$507kHousing & Shelter$131kPhilanthropy$92kHuman Services$69kReligion$38kCrime & Legal$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 67 grantees
All grantees of The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Museum of Contemporary Art$2,143,00092%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$96,38470%
The Lord's Place Inc$93,50090%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$70,00070%
Housing Plus Solutions Inc$37,00090%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$26,00040%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$25,00010%
Lower Eastside Service Center Inc$25,00020%
Rosies Broadway Kids Inc$23,1007n/a
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$21,76080%
The Innocence Project Inc$20,00020%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$19,00070%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$15,00040%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc$15,00010%
The Legal Aid Society$12,00010%
The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Inc$11,00030%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Child Mind Institute Inc$10,00010%
Star Legacy Foundation$10,00011%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$10,00010%
City Harvest Inc$9,50020%
The Animal Medical Center$7,30070%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$6,50040%
American Kidney Fund Inc$6,00030%
Hanley Foundation$6,00060%
Drive Change Inc$5,00011%
Temple Sinai$5,0001n/a
Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc$5,00010%
Croquet Foundation of America Inc$4,96040%
National Alliance for Eating Disorders Inc$3,60050%
Birthright Israel Foundation$3,50060%
The Armory Art Center Inc$3,00030%
American Lung Association$3,00020%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$3,00010%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$2,59540%
United States Croquet Assoc Inc$2,57010%
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc$2,50010%
Arttable Inc$2,50040%
The Humane Society of New York$2,00020%
The Rockefeller University$2,00010%
The Salvation Army$2,0002n/a
Friends Seminary$1,5001n/a
Success Foundation Inc$1,08010%
Museum of Modern Art$1,06070%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
The Century Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Gingold Theatrical Group$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$1,00010%
Family Hospice and Palliative Care$1,0001n/a
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$1,00010%
Shed NYC Inc$1,00010%
Hickory Music Factory Inc$1,00011%
The Navigators USA Inc$1,00011%
Griffin Cares Foundation$1,00011%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$94060%
Whitney Museum of American Art$68550%
Refuah Resources$5001n/a
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$50010%
Southampton Volunteer Ambulance Inc$30010%
Levitt Foundation Inc$25010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$25010%
The Frick Collection$24720%
The Perlman Music Program Inc$18010%
Ohr Kodesh Congregation$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $2,143,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $96,384 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lord's Place Inc: $93,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHousing Plus Solutions Inc: $37,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $26,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLower Eastside Service Center Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $21,760 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast Harlem Tutorial Program Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStar Legacy Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $7,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHanley Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDrive Change Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPalm Beach Dramaworks Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCroquet Foundation of America Inc: $4,960 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNational Alliance for Eating Disorders Inc: $3,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Armory Art Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $2,595 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Croquet Assoc Inc: $2,570 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArttable Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Humane Society of New York: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSuccess Foundation Inc: $1,080 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,060 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGingold Theatrical Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Refugee Commission Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShed NYC Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHickory Music Factory Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Navigators USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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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 59.

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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.

Michael S Feldberg - Ruth Lazarus Charitable TrustNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Michael S Feldberg - Ruth Lazarus Charitable Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Network for Good

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 Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus

How much does The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus give?
The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus reported 25 grants totaling $700,778 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Health (25%), Education (10%).
Who are The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Museum of Contemporary Art ($2.1M), Norton Museum of Art Inc ($96k), The Lord's Place Inc ($94k).
Does The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus 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 Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michael S Feldberg - Ruth Lazarus Charitable Trust, Jewish Communal Fund, Robin Hood Foundation.
Where is The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus based?
The Lazarus Charitable Trust Co Joan Lazarus is based in NY.

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 126 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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