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The Lazard Charitable Foundation

New York, NY · EIN 82-4711344. Reported 1,700 grants totalling $5,509,102 to 1,145 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$300median grant
$5,509,102granted, 2021-2024
1,145recipients, as named on its returns
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,659assets, 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. The Lazard Charitable 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.

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 $300. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $1,001; the smallest was $20 and the largest $1,143,200. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1,181 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
419 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
71 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

Every organization it funded

1,145 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. 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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
New Vision Public SchoolsNew York, NY$2,369,200332023
New Visions for Public Schools IncNew York, NY$670,100112024
New Door VenturesSan Francisco, CA$212,500332024
Golden Apple FoundationChicago, IL$137,500332023
Children's AidNew York, NY$133,163432023
Futures and Options IncNew York, NY$100,820332024
Youth Justice Network IncNew York, NY$100,000112024
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT$71,701332024
City Harvest IncBrooklyn, NY$54,119442024
American Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY$50,298112024
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$50,000112023
Empower-Emerging Markets FoundationNew York, NY$33,640442024
BravenChicago, IL$30,150322022
ImentorNew York, NY$25,866442024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$24,832542024
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$19,771542024
Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$19,085442024
The Petey Green ProgramPrinceton, NJ$15,000112023
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY$14,983442024
Bard CollegeAnnandaleonhudson, NY$13,240442024
Sharsheret IncTeaneck, NJ$13,040442024
ShatterproofNorwalk, CT$12,800332023
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$12,233332024
National Psoriasis FoundationPortland, OR$11,050332023
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY$10,650332023
Furman UniversityGreenville, SC$10,450442024
Street Soccer USANew York, NY$10,296332023
Lone Mountain Childrens Center IncSan Francisco, CA$10,000332024
Oss Project IncBronx, NY$10,000442024
Sms Research FoundationGeorgetown, CT$10,000332023
Son of a SaintNew Orleans, LA$10,000222024
The National Jazz Museum in HarlemNew York, NY$10,000332024
The Petey Greene ProgramPrinceton, NJ$10,000112021
Dzi Foundation a Colorado Non-Profit CorporationRidgway, CO$9,500442024
Kentfield Schools FoundationKentfield, CA$9,300442024
The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$9,239332023
Doctors Without Borders USA IncNew York, NY$8,828332023
RazomNew York, NY$8,675222023
The Packer Collegiate InstituteBrooklyn, NY$8,629442024
Culver Educational FoundationCulver, IN$8,500332024
SlsSan Francisco, CA$8,500332024
Stanford University Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford JuStanford, CA$8,200332023
CareAtlanta, GA$8,178332023
City YearBoston, MA$8,100332024
On Site Opera IncNew York, NY$8,030222024
Hope for New YorkNew York, NY$8,000332024
Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI$8,000442024
Warrick Dunn Charities IncAtlanta, GA$8,000332023
Ali Forney CenterNew York, NY$7,975222024
Link Education Partners IncNewark, NJ$7,750442024
Lungevity FoundationChicago, IL$7,750222022
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY$7,600442024
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT$7,525442024
Access Justice Brooklyn IncBrooklyn, NY$7,500222024
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in TeachingChicago, IL$7,500222024
Providence Day SchoolCharlotte, NC$7,500222024
Raphael House of San Francisco IncSan Francisco, CA$7,500222024
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI$7,500222022
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY$7,500222023
Trinity Episcopal Schools CorporationNew York City, NY$7,500222023
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA$7,450222024
Compassion International IncColorado Springs, CO$7,410222022
Girl's Leap (leap Self-Defense)Dorchester, MA$7,350332024
Trustees of the Lawrenceville SchoolLawrence Township, NJ$7,250442024
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge TrustNeedham, MA$7,226332023
Unicef USANew York, NY$7,114332023
Pace UniversityNew York, NY$7,000442024
Dalton Schools IncNew York City, NY$6,500442024
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$6,367442024
Per Scholas IncBronx, NY$6,250222024
Cristo Rey Jesuit High SchoolMinneapolis, MN$6,000112024
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA IncNew York, NY$5,900112024
Animal Legal Defense FundCotati, CA$5,650442024
Telangana American Telugu Association IncPrinceton, NJ$5,500222024
Youth Development Center IncHouston, TX$5,500332023
American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY$5,488332023
Minds Matter Nyc IncNew York, NY$5,250112024
Rye Country Day SchoolRye, NY$5,250442024
University of California Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA$5,152442024
Ascend Educational FundNew York, NY$5,100222022
Franklin Academy Foundation IncFt Lauderdale, FL$5,070112024
Friends of Hudson River Park IncNew York, NY$5,050112024
Academy Charter High SchoolLake Como, NJ$5,000112024
Adaptive Design Association IncNew York, NY$5,000112024
Alive & FreeSan Francisco, CA$5,000112024
Ankur InternationalPortland, OR$5,000112024
Brigham Young UniversityProvo, UT$5,000112024
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI$5,000222023
Chapin School LtdNew York City, NY$5,000222024
Desales UniversityCenter Valley, PA$5,000112024
Ecologists Without BordersSeattle, WA$5,000112024
Exhale to Inhale IncNew York, NY$5,000112024
Friendship Circle of Brooklyn IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
French American Museumexchange IncEssex, CT$5,000222023
Fund for the City of New York IncNew York, NY$5,000112024
Holy Trinity High SchoolChicago, IL$5,000112024
Independent School Alliance for Minority AffairsCulver City, CA$5,000112024
International HouseNew York City, NY$5,000112024
Jefferson Scholars FoundationCharlottesville, VA$5,000222023
KDM5C Kares Foundation IncMetamora, IL$5,000222024
Miss Halls School IncPittsfield, MA$5,000112024
Morselife Foundation IncWest Palm Bch, FL$5,000112024
New York Hall of ScienceCorona, NY$5,000222022
New York Law SchoolNew York City, NY$5,000442024
Paramount Heritage Foundation IncAnderson, IN$5,000112024
Reproductive Health Investors AllianceSan Francisco, CA$5,000112024
Sms Research FoundationWeston, FL$5,000112024
Sound Waters IncStamford, CT$5,000112024
St Josephs UniversityBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
St Thomas More Play Group IncNew York City, NY$5,000222023
The 52ND Street Project IncNew York, NY$5,000222022
Tje the Jewish EntrepreneurNew York City, NY$5,000222023
Twin Cities Junior Golf ProgramEdina, MN$5,000222023
Urban Squash Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN$5,000112023
Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens IncLong Isand City, NY$5,000112024
Westcoast Sports Associates IncLos Angeles, CA$5,000112024
Youth DevelopmentHouston, TX$5,000112024
Zakat Foundation of AmericaWorth, IL$5,000112024
Wolcott SchoolChicago, IL$4,800222022
The Bronxville School Foundation IncBronxville, NY$4,788442024
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNew York, NY$4,786332023
R a I R Causes IncorporatedVineland, NJ$4,695112024
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$4,500332024
Project Safe IncAthens, GA$4,500442024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute IncBoston, MA$4,421442024
The Childrens Aid SocietyNew York, NY$4,406112024
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge IncNeedham, MA$4,330112024
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation IncNew York City, NY$4,250222023
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$4,150332023
American Brain FoundationMinneapolis, MN$4,000112023
BestprepBrooklyn Park, MN$4,000442024
California Polytechnic State University FoundationSan Luis Obispo, CA$4,000222022
Friends of Hoboken Dual Language Charter School IncHoboken, NJ$4,000112024
Germans From Russia Heritage SocietyBismarck, ND$4,000442024
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy IncAlbany, NY$4,000222022
Shelburne FarmsShelburne, VT$4,000442024
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ$4,000222023
The Frick CollectionNew York, NY$4,000222024
Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedNew York, NY$3,916332024
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY$3,900442024
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesHarrisburg, PA$3,802332024
United States Naval Academy Foundation IncAnnapolis, MD$3,780222023
Buffalo Fine Arts AcademyBuffalo, NY$3,750222024
Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL$3,745442024
Against Malaria Foundation (us)Kansas City, MO$3,677222023
Action Against Hunger USANew York, NY$3,500222024
Friends of William Alexander Middle School 51 IncBrooklyn, NY$3,500332023
Her Justice IncNew York, NY$3,500112024
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY$3,500112021
Purdue Research FoundationWest Lafayette, IN$3,500442024
Buffalo Bayou PartnershipHouston, TX$3,425442024
Covenant HouseNew York, NY$3,361442024
Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of ObjectivismSanta Ana, CA$3,275442024
Defy Ventures IncNew York, NY$3,250222022
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project IncBoston, MA$3,200112021
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$3,175442024
Boston College TrusteesChestnut Hill, MA$3,000222024
Friends of the Children New YorkNew York, NY$3,000222024
School of Indian Percussion and MusicAustin, TX$3,000112024
Science of Spirituality IncLisle, IL$3,000112024
Tamerlaine Sanctuary & PreserveMontague, NJ$3,000222024
Theater MuSt Paul, MN$3,000222023
West Side Montessori SchoolNew York City, NY$3,000442024
American Cancer Society IncKennesaw, GA$2,991442024
Petsmart Charities IncPhoenix, AZ$2,975222023
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Dba ASPCANew York, NY$2,973332023
San Francisco-Marin Food BankSan Francisco, CA$2,950442024
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - National OfficeNew York, NY$2,822112024
Pratham USAHouston, TX$2,800332023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA$2,751112024
Teach for America IncNew York, NY$2,750222023
Artistic Dreams InternationalNew York, NY$2,700222022
Wounded Warrior Project IncJacksonville, FL$2,675442024
Parkinson's Foundation IncNew York, NY$2,654222023
Windward SchoolLos Angeles, CA$2,591112024
Faraja Fund FoundationCockeysville, MD$2,550222023
Saint Peters UniversityJersey City, NJ$2,550112022
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$2,550112023
American Canoe AssociationFredericksbrg, VA$2,500112023
Asian Americans Advancing Justice L AajcWashington, DC$2,500112021
Avail NycNew York, NY$2,500112022
Beacon Academy IncRoslindale, MA$2,500112022
Boulevard Scholarship FoundationDallas, TX$2,500222022
Citizens for a Civic AuditoriumCasper, WY$2,500112024
Edgewood Center for Children and FamiliesSan Francisco, CA$2,500112024
Episcopal School in the City of New YorkNew York, NY$2,500112024
Film Independent IncLos Angeles, CA$2,500112024
Finance Requires Effective Education IncNewark, NJ$2,500112022
Foodbank of Santa Barbara CountySanta Barbara, CA$2,500112023
Heart Ministry Center IncOmaha, NE$2,500112022
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art LtdNew York, NY$2,500112022
Houston Arboretum & Nature CenterHouston, TX$2,500112023
Link HoustonHouston, TX$2,500112022
Lycee Francais De New YorkNew York, NY$2,500112021
Mathcounts FoundationAlexandria, VA$2,500222024
New York Edge IncWoodside, NY$2,500112024
Oakland PromiseOakland, CA$2,500112023
Pasadena City College Foundation IncPasadena, CA$2,500112021
Raw Art WorksLynn, MA$2,500112021
Salvation Army National CorpAlexandria, VA$2,500112021
Texas Law Review AssociationAustin, TX$2,500112022
United States Synchronized Swimming Foundation IncNashville, IL$2,500112024
Yale UniveristyNew Haven, CT$2,500112024
St Cloud State University Foundation IncSt Cloud, MN$2,438442024
Muslim Response USA for Relief and DevelopmentWoodbridge, VA$2,407222024
Boston Symphony Orchestra IncBoston, MA$2,250222023
Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL$2,200442024
Leap IncBrooklyn, NY$2,200222024
Community Food Bank of New Jersey IncHillside, NJ$2,196442024
Jewish Family Service of Stamford IncStamford, CT$2,183442024
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$2,122442024
Phillips Exeter AcademyExeter, NH$2,120222024
Jimmy Hauburger Memorial Foundation IncOrangeburg, NY$2,100112022
Houston Food BankHouston, TX$2,075332023
Agastya USASan Jose, CA$2,000222024
American Ditchley FoundationNew York, NY$2,000112024
Aspen Prep AcademyGreenwood Village, CO$2,000112021
Awesome Treasures FoundationLewes, DE$2,000112023
Bikes Not Bombs IncRoxbury, MA$2,000112024
Brooklyn Public School 9 PTO IncBrooklyn, NY$2,000222022
Cancer Research & Treatment Fund IncNew York, NY$2,000112021
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY$2,000112024
Community Foundation of New JerseyMorristown, NJ$2,000222023
National Museum of American Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia, PA$2,000112024
Oregon Quarter Horse FoundationNewberg, OR$2,000332023
Robbinsdale Womens CenterMinneapolis, MN$2,000442024
Salesian Missions IncNew Rochelle, NY$2,000112024
Trustees of Phillips AcademyAndover, MA$2,000112021
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny IncNew York, NY$2,000222024
Chaminade Development Fund IncMineola, NY$1,985112024
Hetrick-Martin Institute IncNew York, NY$1,985222023
Lovett SchoolAtlanta, GA$1,950222023
Austin Community FoundationAustin, TX$1,900112022
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu)Pittsburgh, PA$1,900442024
The Humane Society of the United StatesWashington, DC$1,900332023
Coalition for the Homeless IncNew York, NY$1,880222022
Khan AcademyMountain View, CA$1,800332023
Food Bank for New York CityNew York, NY$1,756442024
Animal HavenNew York, NY$1,754222023
Boston College Trustees Cadigan Alumni CenterChestnut Hill, MA$1,750112023
Bondh-E-ShamsNew York, NY$1,749112023
Colgate University Treasurers OfficeHamilton, NY$1,738332024
Parents Association of the Bronx High School of ScienceBronx, NY$1,685332024
International Medical CorpsPasadena, CA$1,683222022
Cadets Arts and Entertainment IncAllentown, PA$1,646112023
French American School of New York IncLarchmont, NY$1,600112023
Kenyon CollegeGambier, OH$1,600222022
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York City, NY$1,545112023
Brain Aneurysm Foundation IncorporatedHanover, MA$1,500112022
Center for Biological Diversity IncTucson, AZ$1,500222023

341 of 1,145 (30%) 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 39%, 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 1,386 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.

Education
341 grants
Human Services
145 grants
International Affairs
92 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
91 grants
Animal Welfare
89 grants
Arts & Culture
80 grants
Food & Nutrition
61 grants
Diseases & Disorders
60 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021437$997,699$250
2022443$1,321,786$280
2023383$1,629,486$330
2024437$1,560,131$500

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

74% 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.

New York
$4.1M
California
$354K
Illinois
$229K
Connecticut
$169K
New Jersey
$120K
Massachusetts
$71K
Texas
$54K
Pennsylvania
$50K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund276 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc263 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc257 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program228 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust220 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America188 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $300. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Lazard Charitable 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: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10112. 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.

EIN 82-4711344 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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