Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $350k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 22 | $350k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $310k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $408k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $399k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $346k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $243k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $252,130 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Gallery of Art | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Phillips Collection | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Association for Residential Care Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jills House Inc | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Joseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $252,130 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Gallery of Art | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Phillips Collection | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Association for Residential Care Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jills House Inc | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Joseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $350,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Religion (26%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($252k), Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc ($175k), National Gallery of Art ($100k).
- Does The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Network for Good, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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