Washington · Private foundation
The Li Lu 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.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $103M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Li Lu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M 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 | 11 | $2.9M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $4.4M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $3.7M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $2.8M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $906k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $160k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $316k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $1,010,809 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Endowment of the US Institute of Peace | $900,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Polytechnic School | $530,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Thomas School | $211,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Committee of 100 Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Li Lu Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California · Wm Keck Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Li Lu Foundation
- How much does The Li Lu Foundation give?
- The Li Lu Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $3,854,998 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Li Lu Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (40%), Education (34%), Science & Tech (6%).
- Who are The Li Lu Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Institute of Technology ($1.0M), The Rand Corporation ($1.0M), Endowment of the US Institute of Peace ($900k).
- Does The Li Lu Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Li Lu 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 Li Lu Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California, Wm Keck Foundation.
- Where is The Li Lu Foundation based?
- The Li Lu Foundation is based in WA.
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