Maryland · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC
FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE MARGARET AND DANIEL LOEB FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Friends of the Lau Center Inc does
Mission
To increase the connection of hearts, the accessibility and spread of judaism, and to promote the study of torah and halacha (hebrew law).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To raise funds to help support domestic and/or foreign charitable organizations which provide services that are related to the mission of the association.
$122,600 spentof which $72,600 as grants100% of program spendingThe establishment and operation of institutions for the development and training of rabbis,halachic jurists, and to guide halacha teachers, focusing on mediation in interpersonal and spousal relationships.
Benevolence with an underprivileged population, including support for the indigent, sick children, and/or families facing various other difficulties.
Support activities related to the development of society in the state of israel.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $122,600.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE MARGARET AND DANIEL LOEB FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $55,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC?
- THE MARGARET AND DANIEL LOEB FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE LAU CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing