Colorado · Private foundation
The Lewis Foundation
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.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $146M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Lewis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M 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 | 4 | $5.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $4.2M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.2M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $3.2M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.1M | 80% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $283k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aspen Country Day School Inc | $5,100,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $4,825,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Aspen Art Museum Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 75% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $1,000,000 | 5 | 4% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Utah Film Center | $650,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aspen Country Day School Inc | $5,100,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $4,825,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Aspen Art Museum Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 75% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $1,000,000 | 5 | 4% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Utah Film Center | $650,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Big Green | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Art Museum | $200,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Sapling Foundation | $166,668 | 2 | n/a |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Media Collective Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Summit54 | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Infact DBA Corporate Accountability | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($425k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lewis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Lewis Foundation
- How much does The Lewis Foundation give?
- The Lewis Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $6,700,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lewis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Education (19%), Environment (18%).
- Who are The Lewis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Aspen Country Day School Inc ($5.1M), The Aspen Institute Inc ($4.8M), Rocky Mountain Institute ($2.0M).
- Does The Lewis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lewis 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 Lewis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Lewis Foundation based?
- The Lewis Foundation is based in CO.
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