New York · Private foundation
The Litterman Family 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 33
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations The Litterman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $1.2M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $994k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $600k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Niskanen Center Inc | $600,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc | $450,000 | 2 | 2% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $430,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Climate Leadership Council Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Climate Central Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Advocates for Climate Innovation | $62,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Resources for the Future Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tidelines Institute | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($289k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Litterman Family 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: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Climateworks Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Litterman Family Foundation
- How much does The Litterman Family Foundation give?
- The Litterman Family Foundation reported 35 itemized grants totaling $1,340,500, out of $1,390,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 33 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Litterman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (24%), Public Benefit (7%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Litterman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Niskanen Center Inc ($600k), Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ($450k), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($430k).
- Does The Litterman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Litterman Family 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 Litterman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Climateworks Foundation.
- Where is The Litterman Family Foundation based?
- The Litterman Family Foundation is based in NY.
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