· Private foundation
The Lionel Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $66k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $266k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $253k
- $250k+1 grant · $410k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEVELAND CLINIC | $410,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA | $100,000 |
| UNLV FOUNDATION | $52,500 |
| ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| JEWISH NEVADA | $50,000 |
| MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER | $39,000 |
| CONGREGATION NER TAMID | $32,000 |
| ADL | $25,000 |
| SOLID ROCK FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| SOLDIERS FOR THE SECOND COMING | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CHABAD OF SOUTHERN NEVADA | $15,000 |
| NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SRSolid Rock Foundation Inc6× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +267%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION2× · 2024–2025 · $105k · revenue +68%
- SJST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- NANathan Adelson Hospice Incone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -29%
- KMKEEP MEMORY ALIVEone grant, 2017 · $10k
- VIVMSN INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +230%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…
Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.
The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.
How this is measured
31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS SIGESMUND CENTER ↗
- Who funds Solid Rock Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Nathan Adelson Hospice Inc ↗
- Who funds The New Horizons Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ARMOND MORALES MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds NEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YESHIVA DAY SCHOOL OF LAS VEGAS ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds VMSN INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
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: Mgm Resorts Foundation · Alan and Christy Molasky Charitable Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Marshall Family Philanthropic Fund · Susan G Fine Family Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Frieda & Leon Steinberg Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lionel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lionel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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