Maryland · Private foundation
The Lilac Fund 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.
- $521k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,578
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $206,944
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 29
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Lilac Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 28 | $303k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $109k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $76k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $94k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albi Fund Institute and Lab | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| T'Ruah | $47,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Cavanagh House | $36,000 | 5 | 9% |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $25,080 | 4 | 0% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $20,773 | 4 | 0% |
| Chizuk Amuno Congregation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaza Children Village | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Friends of Oranim Inc | $11,600 | 2 | 2% |
| African Wildlife Foundation Inc | $10,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $8,590 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($357k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lilac Fund Inc 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: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Frier Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lilac Fund Inc
- How much does The Lilac Fund Inc give?
- The Lilac Fund Inc reported 31 grants totaling $521,086 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 29 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Lilac Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (70%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Lilac Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Albi Fund Institute and Lab ($100k), T'Ruah ($47k), The Cavanagh House ($36k).
- Does The Lilac Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lilac Fund 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 Lilac Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Lilac Fund Inc based?
- The Lilac Fund Inc is based in MD.
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