Lambert Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 31-6665497. Reported 226 grants totalling $5,045,631 to 116 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lambert Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $267,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $719,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jcc Manhattan | New York, NY | $630,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Kesher | Evanston, IL | $374,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $351,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wexner Center for the Arts | Columbus, OH | $214,260 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps | New York, NY | $123,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bottomless Closet | Chicago, IL | $107,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Reserarch Foundation | New York, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Landover, MD | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $101,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| George Jackson Academy | New York, NY | $101,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Hearing and Communication | New York, NY | $98,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Rodeph Shalom | New York, NY | $94,210 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Israel Policy Forum | New York, NY | $86,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dalton Schools Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jcc Global USA Inc | Hewlett, NY | $73,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Isreal Story | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Arts & Design | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Brotherhood - Sister Sol | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY | $52,940 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Town School | New York, NY | $52,097 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Batsheva | New York, NY | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Creativity International | New York, NY | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hineni Heritage Center | New York, NY | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orion Society | Northampton, MA | $31,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New School | New York, NY | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York | New York, NY | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kby Congregations Together Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| W Side Campaign Against Hunger | New York, NY | $28,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sunflower Network | New York, NY | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Cahn Fellows Programs | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Pathways | New York, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Afya Foundation | Yonkers, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dia Art Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ophthalmic Edge | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Jewish Congress | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | Ny, NY | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Friends of Dror Israel Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Renewal | New York, NY | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hearing Health Foundation | New York, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Women's Media Foundation (in Honor of Lynn Povich) | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Jewish Culture & Creativity | New York, NY | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Connection | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elluminate | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Rodeph Sholom School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Impj | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hewbrew Union College | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lexington School for the Death | East Elmhurst, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Defense Counc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plan a Health Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of New York City | New York, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blessing in a Backpack | Louisville, KY | $8,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunrise Association | Oceanside, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Israel Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Polin Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbus Jewish Foundation | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ers Theater | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Footsteps Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free Lunch | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Wheels | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gillen Brewer School | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homes With Hope | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Food Bank | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Womens Foundation of New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Chefs | Portsmouth, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Institute for Reproductive Health | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spirit of America | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Chick Mission | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Olana Partnership | Hudson, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Win Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rodeph Sholom School | New York, NY | $4,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raising a Reader | Redwood City, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saltaire Volunteer Fire | Bayshore, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aspen Jewish Congregation | Aspen, CO | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wnetthirteen | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | Aspen, CO | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Times Neediest Cases Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Block Uws | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Drama League | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Macular Degeneration Research | Clarksburg, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brightfocus Foundation | Clarksburg, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elevator Repair Service | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medicalert Foundation | Turlock, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aspen Homeless Shelter | Aspen, CO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lupus Research Alliance | New York, NY | $1,042 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Farm Collaborative | Aspen, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Village of Saltaire | Bayshore, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uja - Federation of New York | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Blind Baseball Association | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Gives | Arvada, CO | $520 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Side Hatzoloh | New York, NY | $512 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
58 of 116 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 118 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74 | $1,413,562 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 54 | $1,145,332 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 48 | $1,275,670 | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 50 | $1,211,067 | $11,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
79% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lambert Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1271 Ave of the Americas 42 Fl, New York, NY, 10020. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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