Texas · Private foundation
The Lipnick 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $916
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $278k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Lipnick Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 12 | $19k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $22k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $15k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Hillel | $19,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Undies for Everyone | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,225 | 4 | 0% |
| Mali Nieta Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Lamp Light | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Edmonds Food Bank | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Cherish Our Children Inc | $1,210 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $916 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Hillel | $19,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Undies for Everyone | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,225 | 4 | 0% |
| Mali Nieta Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Lamp Light | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Edmonds Food Bank | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Cherish Our Children Inc | $1,210 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $916 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Hospice | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Area Parkinson Society | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Star of Hope Mission | $225 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Beth Am | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $120 | 1 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Haps | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| CaringBridge | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lipnick Foundation 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: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Lipnick Foundation
- How much does The Lipnick Foundation give?
- The Lipnick Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $18,665 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Lipnick Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are The Lipnick Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Houston Hillel ($19k), Undies for Everyone ($6k), The Houston Food Bank ($5k).
- Does The Lipnick Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lipnick 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 Lipnick Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Lipnick Foundation based?
- The Lipnick Foundation is based in TX.
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