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The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder 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.

$826k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
36%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 53
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$19k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $678k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationInternationalHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$821k25%
FY202344$1.3M36%
FY202253$1.5M96%
FY202148$864kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.2MEducation$515kCommunity Improvement$400kInternational$290kHealth$257kPhilanthropy$148kYouth Development$127kEmployment$125kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
All for the East End Inc$400,0002n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$306,41030%
Pbs Foundation$250,00011%
The Cara Program$125,00030%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$100,00021%
The Perlman Music Program Inc$90,00037%
International Rescue Committee INC$75,00020%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$75,00030%
Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc$60,00030%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$60,00030%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$60,00020%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$55,00010%
Storm King Art Center$50,00011%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$50,00010%
American Academy in Berlin$50,00011%
Dia Center for the Arts Inc$49,00030%
Sesame Workshop$45,00030%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$40,50020%
The Animal Medical Center$35,00020%
Friends of the High Line Inc$30,00030%
Independent Curators International$30,00021%
Jazz Foundation of America Inc$25,00010%
African Environmental Film Foundation$25,00015%
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation$25,00010%
The Jewish Museum$25,00010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$19,80020%
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Fresh Air Fund$15,00030%
The Drawing Center Inc$13,00020%
Tracys Kids Inc$10,00013%
Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center Inc$10,00010%
America-Israel Friendship League Inc$10,00021%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$10,00010%
American Folk Art Museum$10,00020%
The Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation$7,50020%
Socrates Sculpture Park Inc$7,50020%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$6,00020%
The Phillips Collection$5,00010%
The Rockefeller University$5,00010%
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
The American-Scandinavian Foundation$5,00010%
New York Common Pantry$5,00010%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$5,00010%
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Inc$3,50021%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$3,00030%
Dwight School Foundation$3,00030%
Art21 Inc$2,50010%
Harlem Stage Inc$2,50010%
Chess-In-The-Schools Inc$2,00020%
Bard College$2,00020%
Artsconnection Inc$1,00010%
The Chapin School Ltd$1,00010%
The New School$1,00010%
Greenwich Historical Society Inc$1,00010%
Sag Harbor Partnership Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $306,410 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPbs Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Cara Program: $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerica's Promise the Alliance for Youth: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Perlman Music Program Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGuild Hall of East Hampton Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStorm King Art Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Academy in Berlin: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDia Center for the Arts Inc: $49,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSesame Workshop: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Museum: $40,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the High Line Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Curators International: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Environmental Film Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMelanoma Research Alliance Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $19,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetApollo Theater Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drawing Center Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTracys Kids Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFriends of Georgica Pond Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerica-Israel Friendship League Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Folk Art Museum: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSocrates Sculpture Park Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNew York STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Phillips Collection: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiverside Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Common Pantry: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFund for Park Avenue New York Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDwight School Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArt21 Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY21.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · J & Ar Foundation · Tr Ua 06162003 · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation

How much does The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation give?
The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $825,530 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 53 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (8%), Community Improvement (6%).
Who are The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: All for the East End Inc ($400k), Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ($306k), Pbs Foundation ($250k).
Does The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder 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 Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ford Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
Where is The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation based?
The Ronald & Jo Carole Lauder Foundation is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 125 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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