Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Vivian Simkins Lasko 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $572k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 19 | $45k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $29k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $17k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Book Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of Greater Brandywine | $12,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Harbour Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Patrick Risha Cte Awareness Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $1,610 | 3 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Relief Agency | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Book Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of Greater Brandywine | $12,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Harbour Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Patrick Risha Cte Awareness Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $1,610 | 3 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Relief Agency | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Civic Association Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Inc | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc | $410 | 2 | 0% |
| Abington Police Pal Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jackson Laboratory | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vivian Simkins Lasko 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation
- How much does Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation give?
- Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $44,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Society of the Four Arts Inc ($18k), Book Trust ($15k), YMCA of Greater Brandywine ($13k).
- Does Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vivian Simkins Lasko 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 Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation based?
- Vivian Simkins Lasko Foundation is based in PA.
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