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Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc
Washington, DC · EIN 13-6081860. Reported 274 grants totalling $18.8M to 222 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$18.8Mgranted, 2021-2025
222recipients, as named on its returns
14%of grantees funded again the next year
$25.9Massets, latest filing
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. Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,000 and $115,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $399,300. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $987,768 | 9 | 4 | 2025 |
| Biobus Inc | New York, NY | $427,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Philosophical Society | Philadelphia, PA | $399,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $333,013 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $315,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $311,395 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation | La Spezia, La Spezia | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org | La Spezia | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of International Education (iie) | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seti Institute | Mountain View, CA | $299,699 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Academie Des Sciences | Paris | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $257,736 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Strategic & International Studies | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $248,645 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Academie Des Sciences Institut De France | Paris | $235,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Face Foundation | New York, NY | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia University Teachers College | New York, NY | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $201,707 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alumnusb (universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc) | Waltham, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Councils for International Education | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| French-American Cultural Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Science Education Center | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Univ Buenos Aires and National Research Council of Argentina (conicet) | Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Halo Trust (usa) Inc | Washington, DC | $199,525 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University Court of the University of St Andrew's College Gate | Fife | $198,827 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ecole Normale Superieure | Timonium, MD | $175,230 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sorbonne Universite - Cellf Faculte De Lettres Tour Zamansky | Paris Cedex | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $169,925 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | $167,630 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $159,343 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interspecies Io Inc | Dover, DE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College James Martin Center for Nonprol | Middlebury, VT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Resources for the Future | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Teachers College at Columbia University | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress | Washington, DC | $140,497 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perpignan University (upvd) Cefrem | Perpignan, Perpignan | $140,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Diaspora Scientists Federation | Indianapolis, IN | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Coast Guard Museum Association | New London, CT | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | $133,490 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academie Des Sciences | Paris, Paris | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| D-Fi USA | North Haven, CT | $130,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Albertine Foundation | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alex Foundation | Swampscott, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fapab Research Center Association | Sicily | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Cs Inc | Red Hook, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere | Paris | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Journal of Emerging Investigators Inc | Chandler, AZ | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Parnassus Incorporated | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Alexander Hamilton Society | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Alabamam Alabama Water Institute | Tuscaloosa, AL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Universite Grenoble Alpes | Saint Martin Dheres | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women in International Security | Washington, DC | $124,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Authors Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $123,733 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Manuel Perez | Montevideo | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology of Rosario & Natl Univ | Rosario Santa Fe | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile | Santiago | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of American | Waltham, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | Mount Vernon, VA | $118,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc | Waltham, MA | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico | Queretaro, Quertaro | $111,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Consortium for Ocean Leadership | Washington, DC | $111,747 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Face Foundation Thomas Jefferson Fund | New York, NY | $111,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Dna Learning Center | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $110,873 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University Grossman School of Medicine | New York, NY | $110,741 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crdf Global Inc | Arlington, VA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | North Hampton, MA | $100,617 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreams With No Limits | Saint Albans, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (ibyme) | Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kennan Institute | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Resources USA | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trust for the National Mall | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Harvard | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Alabama Alabama Materials Institute | Tuscaloosa, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Monuments Fund Rockefeller Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College - Molecular and Cellular Biology | Cambridge, MA | $99,999 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nelson Mandela University | Gqeberha | $99,994 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sorbonne Universite Cellf | Paris | $99,935 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Agence Neo-Caledonienne De La Biodiversite | Kone | $98,112 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cientifco Latino Inc | South Ozone Park, NY | $97,750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology | Concord, CA | $97,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Andrew W Marshall Foundation | Jaffrey, NY | $97,264 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson River Park Trust | New York, NY | $94,990 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology | Cambridge, Cambridge | $92,539 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Submerged Archaeological Conservancy International (saci) | Tallahassee, FL | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $87,265 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $82,569 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sea Search Research and Conservation Npc | Cape Town | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York, NY | $79,035 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Geopedis Association | Pibrac | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $74,986 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana University | Kokomo, IN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institut Jean Monnet Unite Mankind | Antwerp | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute of Hydro-Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences | Gdansk | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Russian-American Science Association (rasa) Corp | Brookline, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Skype a Scientist | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $58,374 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cayuga Bird Club Inc | Ithaca, NY | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humanus Documentary Films Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $54,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy | Houston, TX | $50,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | Boone, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cientifico Latino Inc | South Ozone Park, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Datacite International Data Citation Initiative Ev | Hannover | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Instituto De Biologia Y Medicina Experimental (fundacion Ibyme) | Buenos Aires | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ifibyne-Uba-Conicet Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales Uba | Buenos Aires | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Instituto De Biologia Molecular Y Celular De Rosario (ibr-Conicet) | Santa Fe | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia Area Center for History of Scienceconsortium for History | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Russian-American Science Association | Brookline, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (sipri) | Solna, Solna | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universidad Siglo 21 | Vincente Lopez, Buenos Aires | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Sciences Po Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| STEM Advocacy Institute | Boston, MA | $49,795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| French West Indies University | Pointeapitre, Guadeloupe | $49,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association De Mejan | Arles | $47,231 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization | Vienna, Vienna | $42,062 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Council on Foundations | Washington, DC | $26,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Open Science | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of London Birkbeck | London | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club | New York, NY | $20,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Vienna | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies | Pittsburg, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Council | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Curtin University School of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Bentley, Western Australia | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facultad De Medicina | Montevideo | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Europe Asbl | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Friends of the New York Transit Museum | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institut De Paleontologie Humaine Fondation Albert Ler Prince De Monaco De | Paris | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institut Jean Monnet | Bazoches Sur Guyonne | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Instituto De Biologia Molecular Y Celular De Rosario | Rosario | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (iiasa) | Laxenburg, Laxenburg | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Science Council | Paris | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage Association | Vinvi Fi | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Technology Society Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mountain Valley Horse Rescue | Mccoy, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oceans Initiative | Vancover | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans | Plymouth | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partnership With Children | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Through the Harvard Th Chan Scho | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Princeton Einstein Museum of Science | Princeton, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Professional Children's School | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Realclearpolitics Institute for News and Information | Northbrook, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revolution 250 Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | Newark, DE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swiss Institute | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Arms Control Negotiation Academy Woodrow Wilson International Center | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Door | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Khartoum Alumni Association North America | Grand Blanc, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zephyr Education Foundation | Falmouth, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Changing Norms Inc | Jamaica, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Air Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association Connaissance Et Protection Du Patrimoine Naturel | Etampes | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Association of American Universities | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | East Boothbay, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fondation Les Arts Florissants - William Christie | Paris, Paris | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fondation Les Arts Florissants William Christie | Paris | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation | College Station, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage Association | Florence, Florence | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Oxford University | Oxford | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | Laguna Hills, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Florence | Firenze, Firenze | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of South Floridainstitute of Oceanography | St Petersburg, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| York University | Toronto, Ontario | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia Iath | Charlottesville, VA | $11,997 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marine Biological Association | Plymouth, Plymouth | $11,864 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arms Control Association | Washington, DC | $10,591 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Regional Plan Association | New York, NY | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovations | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Deep-Sea Biology Society | East Sussex Bn Ea | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faseb Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Rockville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meridian International Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverbank Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Story Collider | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Edna Society (co Ryukoku Univ) | Shiga, Shiga | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unitas Malacologica | Paris, Paris | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | San Francisco, CA | $9,754 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Zero | Washington, DC | $9,493 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Island Oyster Reef | Bronx, NY | $8,127 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thrive Scholars | Boston, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institut De Paleontologie Humaine Fondation Albert Ler Prince De Monoco | Paris, Paris | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovations Inc (leap Inc Dba Bwi) | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovations Leap Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Institute (leap Inc) | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Exam Schools Partnership Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic Morven | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny Philharmonic | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Segue Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | Palm Coast, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Id Art Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vietnam Pow Reunion Foundation | Clinton, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candid (formerly Foundation Center) | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation | Boston, MA | $4,100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Temple Rodef Shalom | Falls Church, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ice Hockey in Harlem | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Books for Kids Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Art Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
24 of 222 (11%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 14%, across 4 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Philosophical Society
AMERICAS SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONARIES: PROGRAMMING TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org
EMPOWERING NATO TO HELP MAINTAIN ITS MILITARY AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE TO FACE CURRENT AND FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES - Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation
EMPOWERING NATO'S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS - Institute of International Education (iie)
SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND: SUPPORT THREATENED AND DISPLACED SCHOLARS FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIA - National Academy of Sciences
CONNECTIONS TO SUSTAIN SCIENCE IN LATIN AMERICA - Center for Strategic & International Studies
UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHENING US-LATIN AMERICA EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE FROM A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PERSPECTIVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 113 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 | 54 | $3,588,125 | $49,711 |
| 2022 | 57 | $3,574,209 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $3,882,800 | $60,000 |
| 2024 | 54 | $3,954,807 | $37,500 |
| 2025 | 56 | $3,784,399 | $55,000 |
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
28% 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
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Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund62 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust52 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc51 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc47 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program41 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc37 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 601 13TH Street Nw 940N, Washington, DC, 20005. 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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