Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Richard and Susan Master 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.
- $263k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $263k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $307k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $259k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $377k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $127k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $256k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $110k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $117k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh County Humane Society | $235,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley | $199,200 | 9 | 6% |
| Cb Community Schools | $160,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Lehigh Valley Justice Institute | $125,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Spotlight Pa | $102,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Health and Democracy | $60,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Easton Inc | $49,410 | 4 | 3% |
| National Museum of Industrial History | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progressive Change Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Health Care for All Oregon | $25,000 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh County Humane Society | $235,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley | $199,200 | 9 | 6% |
| Cb Community Schools | $160,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Lehigh Valley Justice Institute | $125,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Spotlight Pa | $102,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Health and Democracy | $60,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Easton Inc | $49,410 | 4 | 3% |
| National Museum of Industrial History | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progressive Change Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Health Care for All Oregon | $25,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Center for Humanistic Change Inc | $22,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jazz Generation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Indian Culture | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($628k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Richard and Susan Master 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: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · Air Products Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation
- How much does The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation give?
- The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $262,825 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lehigh County Humane Society ($235k), Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley ($199k), Cb Community Schools ($160k).
- Does The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard and Susan Master 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 Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation based?
- The Richard and Susan Master Family Foundation is based in PA.
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