California · Private foundation
The Lehrer Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $453k
- Granted FY2019
- 37
- Grants FY2019
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $210,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
- Total assets, FY2019
- $132k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 14% of the organizations The Lehrer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 35 | $431k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $290k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $182k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Academy of the West | $315,350 | 3 | 2% |
| Direct Relief | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Brith | $40,125 | 3 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Hillel | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association | $23,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Transition House | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Opera Santa Barbara | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| State Street Ballet | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Center | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Academy of the West | $315,350 | 3 | 2% |
| Direct Relief | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Brith | $40,125 | 3 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Hillel | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association | $23,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Transition House | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Opera Santa Barbara | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| State Street Ballet | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Center | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Seva Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Path | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Esalen Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nbcc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shelterbox USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Coast Jr Golf Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Precision Museum Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| California Retina Research Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($307k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lehrer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable · Schlinger Chrisman Foundation Northern Trust Company Trustee · Roy and Ida Eagle Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Stone Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lehrer Family Foundation
- How much does The Lehrer Family Foundation give?
- The Lehrer Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $452,625 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Lehrer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Health (9%), International (9%).
- Who are The Lehrer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Music Academy of the West ($315k), Direct Relief ($60k), Congregation Bnai Brith ($40k).
- Does The Lehrer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lehrer Family Foundation 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 Lehrer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation.
- Where is The Lehrer Family Foundation based?
- The Lehrer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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