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The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$637k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$140,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$9.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyInternationalAnimalsCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2024still arriving22$477k55%
FY202317$391k47%
FY202215$270k40%
FY202118$223k67%
FY20207$100k43%
FY20199$356k67%
FY201811$290k73%
FY201712$170kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$706kEducation$631kPhilanthropy$468kHuman Services$367kHousing & Shelter$126kInternational$66kAnimals$61kEmployment$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bank Street College of Education$372,00080%
Association to Benefit Children$286,80080%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$200,00020%
East River Development Alliance Inc$121,00080%
Democracy Matters Foundation$100,000146%
The City and Country School Inc$81,23960%
Raisedby US Inc$50,00025%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$45,00040%
United States Fund for Unicef$36,00030%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$25,00010%
Animal Nation Inc$25,00012%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$20,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$20,00020%
Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$15,00010%
Ridgefield Academy Inc$15,00020%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$10,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
LA Public Theatre Inc$10,00011%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$10,00010%
Limb Kind Foundation$10,00015%
Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership Inc$10,00021%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Kabuki Syndrome Foundation$10,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$10,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,50020%
Washington Humane Society$5,00010%
Fund for the Aged Inc$5,00010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$5,00010%
The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc$5,00010%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$5,00010%
FEAST Inc$5,00012%
Humanity in Action Inc$5,00011%
Project Morry Properties Inc$5,0001n/a
Legacy Youth Tennis And Education Inc$2,50010%
New York Pops Inc$2,50010%
New York Cares Inc$2,50010%
Westchester Land Trust Inc$2,50010%
Intrepid Museum Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc$2,00010%
Section 16h Group$1,50021%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$1,00010%
Reisenbach Philanthropies Inc$1,00010%
Sean Casey Animal Rescue Inc$30010%
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc$30010%
Kulen Outreach Inc co Mactaggart & Co$25010%
Ocean Conservancy$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($687k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBank Street College of Education: $372,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation to Benefit Children: $286,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast River Development Alliance Inc: $121,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Matters Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetThe City and Country School Inc: $81,239 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRaisedby US Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Nation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRidgefield Academy Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA Public Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLimb Kind Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNew York STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKabuki Syndrome Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFund for the Aged Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEAST Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHumanity in Action Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLegacy Youth Tennis And Education Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Pops Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Cares Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIntrepid Museum Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSection 16h Group: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReisenbach Philanthropies Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSean Casey Animal Rescue Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Care and Control of New York City Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKulen Outreach Inc co Mactaggart & Co: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY16.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $636,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (24%), Philanthropy (17%).
Who are The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bank Street College of Education ($372k), Association to Benefit Children ($287k), New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($200k).
Does The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Lerer Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 73 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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