Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The MB Lewis Charitable 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $852
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $451k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 37 | $94k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $94k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $78k | 49% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $204k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $189k | 72% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $10k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $10k | 76% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $10k | 82% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital | $123,715 | 7 | 0% |
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $33,799 | 4 | n/a |
| B Nai Israel Congregation | $31,525 | 7 | n/a |
| Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington Inc | $27,010 | 5 | n/a |
| Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation | $26,305 | 2 | 0% |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation | $18,602 | 6 | n/a |
| Potomac Home Support Inc | $13,785 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,785 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $10,520 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 86 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The MB Lewis Charitable 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 Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Aviv Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Mayberg Foundation Inc · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · The Gary & Carol Berman Family Foundation Inc · Fjc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Covenant Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation
- How much does The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation give?
- The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $94,704 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital ($124k), Park Avenue Synagogue Inc ($34k), B Nai Israel Congregation ($32k).
- Does The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The MB Lewis Charitable 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 MB Lewis Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Aviv Foundation Inc.
- Where is The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation based?
- The MB Lewis Charitable Foundation is based in DC.
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