Pennsylvania · Private foundation
William H and Patti a Lehr 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $550
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $806k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | $33k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $71k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $56k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $113k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $83k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $101k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $108k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $84k | 29% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Crest College | $208,175 | 8 | 0% |
| Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites | $108,060 | 8 | 3% |
| Lehigh Valley Health Network | $94,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Northampton County Area Community College Foundation | $51,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Lifepath Foundation | $28,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church Allentown Pa | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Allentown Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc | $9,120 | 7 | 0% |
| Hawken School | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($109k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William H and Patti a Lehr 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: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Butz Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation
How this is measured
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About William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation
- How much does William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation give?
- William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $34,435 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cedar Crest College ($208k), Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites ($108k), Lehigh Valley Health Network ($94k).
- Does William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William H and Patti a Lehr 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 William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, Air Products Foundation.
- Where is William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation based?
- William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation is based in PA.
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