· Private foundation
The Lehman Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $67k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $105k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sun Valley Music Festival | $85,000 |
| School of American Ballet | $60,000 |
| Higher Ground Sun Valley | $20,000 |
| Wood River Land Trust Co | $20,000 |
| Fountain House Inc | $15,000 |
| Community Library Association | $10,000 |
| The Mountain Fund | $10,000 |
| Nepal Seeds | $10,000 |
| Video Volunteers | $10,000 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | $10,000 |
| Mint Theater Company | $8,000 |
| Far and Wise ID | $5,000 |
| Blaine County Recreation District | $5,000 |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation | $5,000 |
| Princess Grace Foundation | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SOSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC6× · 2020–2025 · $141k · revenue +141%
- HGHIGHER GROUND USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +73%
- FHFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +119%
Funded once
- LTLiberty Theatreone grant, 2022 · $10k
- SVSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -30%
- VFVETS2INDUSTRY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
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.
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.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
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…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
To encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations.
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…
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.
How this is measured
45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 74 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds The American Himalayan Foundation ↗
- Who funds NEPAL SEEDS ↗
- Who funds LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds VIDEO VOLUNTEERS ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION ↗
- Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
- Who funds The Community Library Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MISSION CONTINUES ↗
- Who funds MINT THEATER COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds Fishermans Mark ↗
- Who funds THE ISABEL O'NEIL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds No Greater Sacrifice Foundation ↗
- Who funds BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds VETS2INDUSTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE HORTULUS FARM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds ISSUE PROJECT ROOM INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW ↗
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Spur Community Foundation Inc · Swig Foundation · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Mott Family Foundation Inc · Michael S Engl Family Foundation Inc · The Quinn Family Foundation Inc · L & H Foundation · The Pearl Family Foundation Inc · The Judith and Marshall Meyer Foundation Inc · Boswell Family Foundation · Foundations Community Partnership
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lehman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lehman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
How this is measured
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