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The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc

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.

$728
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$364
Largest grant, FY2025
$364
Organizations funded a year
25 to 80
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $372k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving2$7280%
FY202425$1.5M20%
FY202378$3.6M63%
FY202280$2.1M68%
FY202158$1.2M41%
FY202047$2.0Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$6.8MYouth Development$2.2MEducation$637kCivil Rights$412kHealth$189kHuman Services$170kEmployment$30kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc$555,117320%
My Voice Music Inc$526,789424%
Community Musicworks$507,12138%
Mana Maoli$500,000134%
Ryse Inc$450,52633%
Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories$412,076368%
Intempo Organization Inc$398,630236%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$359,11053%
Beyond the Bars Inc$338,861537%
Roots of Music Inc$291,666310%
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All grantees of The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc$555,117320%
My Voice Music Inc$526,789424%
Community Musicworks$507,12138%
Mana Maoli$500,000134%
Ryse Inc$450,52633%
Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories$412,076368%
Intempo Organization Inc$398,630236%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$359,11053%
Beyond the Bars Inc$338,861537%
Roots of Music Inc$291,666310%
The Bridge Music Project$213,396233%
David's Harp Foundation$210,000323%
Neutral Zone$205,00039%
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit$183,51359%
Heal's Center for the Arts$125,000238%
White Hall Arts Academy Foundation$125,000318%
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center$115,00038%
David's Harp 930771871$104,0941n/a
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective$92,650124%
West Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music$75,00017%
The Choir School of Delaware Inc$70,00037%
Revival of Cultural Arts$70,000413%
Youth Radio$70,00031%
Youth on Record$70,00034%
El Sistema Santa Cruz$65,00016%
Grand Canyon Music Festival Inc$65,000248%
Center of Life$65,00022%
Enriching Lives Through Music$56,00033%
Play on Philly$56,00034%
Totem Star$55,00024%
New City Kids Inc$55,00021%
317 Main St Community Center Inc$55,00023%
Zumix Inc$55,00024%
Spy Hop Productions$55,00031%
A Place Called Home$55,00020%
BUMP Inc$51,000223%
Healthy Hood Chicago$51,00027%
Rock to the Future Inc$50,00014%
The Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education$50,00019%
Harmony Project Phoenix$50,000116%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$50,00011%
Juneau Alaska Music Matters$50,000126%
Womens Audio Mission$50,00012%
Atlanta Music Project Inc$50,00011%
Project 440 Inc$40,000213%
Peace Neighborhood Center$40,00041%
Harmony Project$35,00030%
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc$31,00030%
Pico Youth & Family Center$31,000219%
Youth Empowerment Project$30,00021%
Crescendo Detroit$30,00024%
Cambridge Community Center Inc$30,00022%
Beyond the Natural Foundation$30,00028%
Music Beyond Measure Inc$30,000234%
The Institute of Music for Children Inc$30,00021%
Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc$30,00020%
Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village$30,00021%
FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center$30,0002n/a
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council$26,000142%
East Lake Expression Engine$25,00016%
Media Rhythm Institute$25,0001n/a
Griot Arts Inc$25,00013%
Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc$23,50031%
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation$17,50030%
Jazz House Kids Inc$17,50010%
Music Education & Performing Artists Association$16,00025%
Dont Miss A Beat Inc$16,00022%
Sphinx Organization Inc$16,00020%
Diaz Music Institute$15,0001n/a
Make Music Nola$15,00017%
Fundacion Musica y Pais Inc$15,00017%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$15,00010%
Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra$15,00019%
Truartspeaks$15,00016%
Music Is Extraordinary Inc$15,00015%
Black Arts Mke Inc$15,00012%
Jazz Hands for Autism$15,00012%
Star Center Childrens Theatre Inc$15,0001n/a
Renaissance Youth Center$15,00011%
The Noel Pointer Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Girls Write Nashville$15,00019%
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras$15,00012%
Building Beats Incorporated$15,00012%
Miami New Drama$12,50020%
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos$6,00021%
Price Hill Will$5,00010%
Art Prevails Project Inc$5,00023%
Context of a Generation$5,0002n/a
Rutgers University Foundation$5,00010%
Pai Foundation$5,00010%
Conjunto Heritage Taller Inc$5,0001n/a
Mexican American Council Inc$5,00010%
New Canon Chamber Collective Inc$2,5001n/a
Nu Deco Ensemble Inc$2,50010%
Vanguard Theater Company$2,50011%
Mind&Melody Inc$2,50011%
Oaktown Jazz Workshops$2,00020%
Guardians of Sound$2,00021%
Music Box Foundation$2,00021%
Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project Nfp$1,0001n/a
Musical Empowerment Inc$1,00011%
Hip Hop for Change Inc$1,00010%
All of the Above Hip Hop Academy$1,00011%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$1,00010%
Seattle JazzED$1,00010%
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center$1,00010%
The Midori Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning$1,00010%
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Inc$1,00010%
Second Line Arts Collective$1,00011%
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$1,00010%
Rawkstars Inc$1,00011%
Pianos for People$1,00010%
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc$1,00010%
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint$1,00010%
Kids in Concert Inc$1,00010%
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center$1,00010%
Allentown Symphony Association Inc$1,00010%
House of Music Education$1,0001n/a
Mantra Percussion Inc$1,00015%
El Sistema Usasalinas Inc$1,00010%
Nesin Cultural Arts Inc$1,00011%
Berks Youth Chorus Inc$1,00011%
The Troy Andrews Foundation$1,00010%
Art as Mentorship Inc$1,00010%
Young Musicians Foundation$1,00010%
Anthropos Arts$1,00011%
National Institute of Flamenco$1,00010%
Center for Creative Education Inc$1,00010%
Newark School of the Arts$1,00010%
Class Act Detroit$1,0001n/a
Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo$1,00010%
Bay Area Music Project$1,00010%
Harmony Project Bay Area Inc$1,0001n/a
Camden Repertory Theatre$1,00010%
North End Cultural Center Inc$1,00011%
Soulsville Foundation$1,00010%
Artreach Inc$1,00010%
Hoola Music and Cultural Arts$1,00012%
Hamilton-Garrett Music and Arts Academy Inc$1,0001n/a
From the Heart Performing Arts Center I Nc$1,00010%
Upbeat NYC Inc$1,00010%
The Rhapsody Project$1,00011%
Caffe Lena Inc$1,00010%
Huntsville Community Drumline Inc$1,00011%
Give a Beat Foundation$1,00010%
Kadima Conservatory of Music Inc$1,00011%
Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 135 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMemphis Equity Through Arts Inc: $555,117 over 3y, 20% of budgetMy Voice Music Inc: $526,789 over 4y, 24% of budgetCommunity Musicworks: $507,121 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetMana Maoli: $500,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetRyse Inc: $450,526 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetRoadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories: $412,076 over 3y, 68% of budgetIntempo Organization Inc: $398,630 over 2y, 36% of budgetThe Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $359,110 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBeyond the Bars Inc: $338,861 over 5y, 37% of budgetRoots of Music Inc: $291,666 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetThe Bridge Music Project: $213,396 over 2y, 33% of budgetDavid's Harp Foundation: $210,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetNeutral Zone: $205,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetMosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit: $183,513 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetHeal's Center for the Arts: $125,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetWhite Hall Arts Academy Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetLos Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center: $115,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetSaint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective: $92,650 over 1y, 24% of budgetWest Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music: $75,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetThe Choir School of Delaware Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetRevival of Cultural Arts: $70,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetYouth Radio: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetYouth on Record: $70,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetEl Sistema Santa Cruz: $65,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetGrand Canyon Music Festival Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetCenter of Life: $65,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetEnriching Lives Through Music: $56,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPlay on Philly: $56,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetTotem Star: $55,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNew City Kids Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budget317 Main St Community Center Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetZumix Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSpy Hop Productions: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetA Place Called Home: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBUMP Inc: $51,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetHealthy Hood Chicago: $51,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetRock to the Future Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetThe Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetHarmony Project Phoenix: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCommunity Music Center of Boston Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJuneau Alaska Music Matters: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetWomens Audio Mission: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAtlanta Music Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetProject 440 Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHarmony Project: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMiami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPico Youth & Family Center: $31,000 over 2y, 19% 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 135.

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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.

D'Addario Foundation IncNY95× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: D'Addario Foundation Inc · The Carnegie Hall Corporation · The Elma Music Foundation (Us) · Les Paul Foundation · The Presser Foundation · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · The Mockingbird Foundation · Find Your Light Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · The Cma Foundation

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 Lewis Prize Foundation Inc

How much does The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc give?
The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $728 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 80 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Youth Development (21%), Education (6%).
Who are The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc ($555k), My Voice Music Inc ($527k), Community Musicworks ($507k).
Does The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lewis Prize 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 Lewis Prize Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include D'Addario Foundation Inc, The Carnegie Hall Corporation, The Elma Music Foundation (Us).
Where is The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc based?
The Lewis Prize 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 180 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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