The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-1688027. Reported 357 grants totalling $12.5M to 113 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 22 grants totalling $2,043,600 to them. That is 22% of the $9,236,200 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Communal Fund | federated giving programme | New York | $975,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $725,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $293,600 | 7 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | community foundation | New York | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $265,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nli USA Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $975,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds | New York, NY | $940,000 | 31 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of Ny | New York, NY | $725,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shefa School | New York, NY | $650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation of CUNY | New York, NY | $550,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $293,600 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society | New York, NY | $250,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| 70 Faces Media | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avodah - the Jewish Service Corps | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Outward Bound Schools | Long Island City, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eugenio Mara De Hostos Community College Foundation | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc | Cambridge, MA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Laguardia Community College Foundation on Behalf of Laguardia Community Col | Long Island City, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gloversville Library Foundation Inc | Gloversville, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hazon | New York, NY | $125,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Footsteps | New York, NY | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocates for Children of New York | Ny, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Albert Einstein School of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Commonpoint Queens | Little Neck, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grownyc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University Library Judaica Division | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Society | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal Outreach Inc | Queens, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum at Eldridge Street | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York State Youth Leadership Council | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ramapo for Children | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Repair the World | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sharsheret | Teaneck, NJ | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Student Leadership Network | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sefaria Project | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of Legal Service | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Association for Jewish Studies | New York, NY | $93,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keshet Inc | Newton, MA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sami Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative | Hurleyville, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service and Children's Center of Clifton-Passaic | Passaic, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cojeco (council of Jewish Emigre Community Organizations) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hias | Silver Spring, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Machon Ora | Passaic, NJ | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yaffed (young Advocates for Fair Education) | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Concerts in Motion | New York, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $65,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Kids Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Student Press Service | New York City, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Zamir Choral Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adamah | Reisterstown, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership City College City Univ | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia University Graduate School of Business | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dayenu a Jewish Call to Climate Action | Richmond, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Educational Alliance | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Kesher | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Forward Association Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for An Urban Future | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cornell Hillel | Ithaca, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel at Cornell Inc | Ithaca, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Jewish Agenda Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Yorkers for Parks | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Ezra | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rocking the Boat | Bronx, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dayenu a Jewish Call to Climate Action | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brown Risd Hillel | Providence, RI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Commentary Magazine | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Join for Justice Inc | Quincy, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Center for Law and Justice | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $26,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Natal | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Psychological Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Beer Sheva, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Card Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council of Jewish Emigre Community Organizations | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact Cubed | Encinitas, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center of Manhattan | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Hall Cultural & Arts Center Inc | Gloversville, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opportunity America Educational Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Advocates for Fair Education | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Child Care Association of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Heights | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancing Classrooms | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dorot Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knesseth Israel Synagogue | Gloversville, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Beersheva | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fordham University Jewish Studies Center | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kings Bay Ym-Ywha Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Limmud Na | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Literacy Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbors Together Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shtetl | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The First Free Methodist Church of Gloversville | Gloversville, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uconn Hillel | Storrs Mansfield, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Fulton County | Gloversville, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Beer Sheva, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation Center | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bronx River Alliance | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
80 of 113 (71%) 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 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Jewish Communal Fund
THE LUCIUS N. LITTAUER FOUNDATION FUND (1411) - Nli USA Inc
STRATEGIC EXPANSION OF HISTORIC JEWISH PRESS DIGITIZATION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL - Hillel International
THE CUNY COLLECTIVE: PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CUNY HILLELS - Uja Federation of Ny
UJA'S 2024 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN (GENERAL, UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT) - Gloversville Library Foundation Inc
GLOVERSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY RESTORATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT - Research Foundation of CUNY
SUPPORT FOR THE 2023-2024 COLLEGE COMPLETION INNOVATION FUND (CCIF) AWARD CYCLE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 209 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 | 90 | $2,963,750 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 86 | $3,083,350 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 86 | $3,225,250 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 95 | $3,198,850 | $25,000 |
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
88% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc'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: 200 Madison Avenue Suite 1910, New York, NY, 10016. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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