The Reginald F Lewis Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-3429965. Reported 285 grants totalling $5,362,325 to 155 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. The Reginald F Lewis 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $1,500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,290,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| All Star Code | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| St Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $219,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Loyola School | Baltimore, MD | $154,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Baltimore, MD | $127,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | New York, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | Baltimore, MD | $111,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Innovation Works | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland African American Museum Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $98,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Naffaa | Washington, DC | $83,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | New York, NY | $80,680 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thread | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Children's Orchestra Society | Syosset, NY | $76,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation ( Give Blck) | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Peter Westbrook Foundation | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Baltimore School of Law | Baltimore, MD | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mercy Health Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Urban League | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Teachers | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Greenlight Fund | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Edward Roman Catholic Church | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dance Theater of Harlem | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Orchkids | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Chance College Program | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James E Lewis Museum of Arts | Baltimore, MD | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Filipino Artists | Woodside, NY | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The League for People With Disabilities | Baltimore, MD | $20,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network | Baltimore, MD | $20,145 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Apollo Theatre Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian American Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal Defense & Education Fund | New York, NY | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kinding Sindaw Heritage Foundation | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Haitian Education and Leadership Program | New York, NY | $15,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts Every Day | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| DAFGIVING360 | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madison Square Boys and Girls Club | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The National Urban Technology Center | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Village Community School | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Federation of Filipino Americans | Dorchester Center, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arts Every Day | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Baltimore Civic Fund | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of St Ignatius | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Feed the Hungry (the Lewis College) | Mclean, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Filipino American Symphony Orchestra | North Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gallaudet University | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenlight Fund Baltimore | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immaculate Conception High School | Monclair, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madison Square Boys & Girls Club | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Prep | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ron Brown Scholar Program | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alpha Hockey Inc | Ellicott City, MD | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Oblate Sisters of Providence | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The National Museum of Mathmatics | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Afro Charities | Baltimore, MD | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The WNET Group | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Providence Baptist Church | Upper Marlboro, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The History Makers | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Communtiy Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $5,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lotus Music & Dance | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| America Media | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Apl De Ap Foundation International | Encino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art With a Heart | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church of St Ignatius Loyola | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Holy Name Cathedral | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kinggdom Kare Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Liberty Community Development Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manidokan Camp and Retreat Center | Knoxville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maryland Book Bank | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Museum of Mathematics | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jemicy School | Owings Mills, MD | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Philanthropy Workshop | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kristin Rita Strouse Foundation | Cockeysville, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| George Jackson Academy | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kinding Sindaw | Jackson Heights, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Magis Theatre | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dunbar Brooks Education Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Catholic Reporter | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Judicial College | Reno, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Foundation of First Health | Pinehurst, NC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Art Today Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Filipino American Legal Defense & Education | Bergenfield, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harlem Stage | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Institute of Spirituality in the Workplace | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln University | Lincoln University, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philippine Fiesta USA | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Lorenzo Ruiz Global Ministry | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St John's Seminary in California | Camarillo, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | Reisterstown, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Filipino Food Movement | Pittsburgh, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America | Escondido, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eagle Eye Charities Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Filam Music Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Acuity Productions | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atap Community Development | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brava Theater Center (for Women in the Arts) | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Guardian Services | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Defense Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Resource Exchange | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Filipino Advocates for Justice | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Filipino American Press Club of Ny | Jersey City, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Filipino Veterans Recognition & Education Project | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Creative Expression | Pacific Grove, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Filipino-American Heritage Preservation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Philippines Society USA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| From the Heart Productions Inc | Oxnard, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giving Gap | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harlem School of the Arts | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Howard Theatre | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Johns Hopkins Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola Early Learning Center | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Chinese in America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Asian Women's Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pearl Young Food Pantry Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Peter's University | Jersey City, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samuel H Johnson Sssp Foundation Inc | Conley, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Teatro Grattacielo | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Joyce Theater | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Joyce Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The White House Historical Association | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cardinal's Annual Stewardship Appeal | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carter Burden Network | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laurel Memorial Cemetery Project | Columbia, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maya's Hope Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One in a Billion Productions | Cambridge, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philippine American Charity Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Susie Reizod Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Nations Women's Guild | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| William E Proudford Sickle Cell Fund Inc | Dover, DE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame | Baltimore, MD | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dalton School | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
64 of 155 (41%) 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 46%, 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.
- The Barack Obama Foundation
SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOUTH AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT - All Star Code
SUPPORT PROGRAM TO TRAIN AFRICAN AMERICAN & HISPANIC BOYS TO CODE AND BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE - The Loyola School
EDUCATE BALTIMORE CITY CHILDREN OF SLENDER MEANS - St Ignatius Loyola Academy
SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Maryland African American Museum Corporation
SUPPORT FOR MUSEUM PROGRAMS - Johns Hopkins University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
SUPPORT WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 64 | $1,012,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 54 | $2,214,350 | $4,550 |
| 2022 | 48 | $626,850 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 61 | $613,945 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 58 | $895,180 | $5,000 |
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
44% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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 $5,000. 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 The Reginald F Lewis Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 115 East 57TH Street 1430, New York, NY, 10022. 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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