· Private foundation
The Lipton 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k21 grants · $375k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BREARLEY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE | $35,000 |
| CONGREGATIONAL OF BNAI ISRAEL OF NY DBA THE VILLAGE TEMPLE | $30,000 |
| CHILDREN'S AID | $30,000 |
| HARLEM ACADEMY | $30,000 |
| GRACE CHURCH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| JEWISH MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA | $20,000 |
| HARVARD LAW SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES | $15,000 |
| ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | $15,000 |
| NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $15,000 |
| MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE | $15,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY5× · 2020–2024 · $175k · revenue +36%
- TBTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $160k · revenue +3%
- WCWildlife Conservation Society5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- PWPARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +48%
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.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 31 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 THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE BREARLEY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds GRACE CHURCH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds BREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds HARLEM ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds READ TO LEAD INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INC ↗
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lipton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lipton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
- The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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