Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc

EIN 136081860 Private Foundation

New York, NY 10176 |(202) 872-8080

https://www.rlounsbery.org
Total Given 2020–2023
$14.3M
227 grants · $3.6M avg/year
based on 4 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$18K
typical small grants · $10K–$100K
grant size
9%
transactional · 17/195 multi-year
repeat
$25.3M
Assets (2023)
195
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Environment Youth Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person L BROWN
Phone (202) 872-8080
Deadlines GRANT PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOUNDATION NO LATER THAN SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST OF
How to Apply NO SPECIAL FORM IS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION. APPLICATION IS TO BE MADE IN WRITING SETTING FORTH THE NEED, NATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST PLUS A BUDGET JUSTIFYING THE AMOUNT REQUESTED. ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION'S IRS 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER AND RELEVANT EXHIBITS SHOULD BE INCLUDED, IF APPLICABLE.
Restrictions GRANTS ARE MADE TO QUALIFYING ORGANIZATIONS ONLY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS.
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Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

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YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2020 $3.3M $29.1M $10.0M 63
2021 $3.6M $30.8M $4.9M 54
2022 $3.6M $23.7M $3.6M 57
2023 $3.9M $25.3M $3.0M 53

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 227 grants on record

Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$10K
Median
$18K
Average
$63K
75th Pctl
$100K
Maximum
$619K

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

1.8% of US grants · Rank #9 of 25 states $82K across 3 grants 2 of 254 counties

Top 2 counties

  1. 1 Harris 2 grants · $70K
  2. 2 Brazos 1 grant · $12K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (227 total)

Purpose
National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC $619,281 CONNECTIONS TO SUSTAIN SCIENCE IN LATIN AMERICA 2020
Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation NATO Science and Tech ORG La Spezia, None $300,000 EMPOWERING NATO TO HELP MAINTAIN ITS MILITARY AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE TO FACE CURRENT AND FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES 2023
Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation La Spezia, None $300,000 EMPOWERING NATO'S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS 2022
Institute of International Education (Iie) New York, NY $300,000 SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND: SUPPORT THREATENED AND DISPLACED SCHOLARS FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIA 2022
National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC $283,722 CONNECTIONS TO SUSTAIN SCIENCE IN LATIN AMERICA 2021
University of California Santa CRUZ Santa CRUZ, CA $201,707 BUILDING CAPACITY FOR HAWAII STEM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT U.S. ASTRONOMY - AKAMAI PROGRAM 2021
Institute of International Education New York, NY $200,000 "IIE SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND: SAVE THE LIVES AND WORK OF 2020
Smithsonian Science Education Center Washington, DC $200,000 SPACE SCIENCE: SMITHSONIAN SCIENCE EDUCATION ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS IN HUNTSVILLE, AL 2021
President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA $200,000 WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF EARLY MEDIEVAL FRANCE 2023
Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC $200,000 EARTHS HISTORY SMITHSONIAN SCIENCES EDUCATION ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 2023
American Councils for International Education Washington, DC $200,000 VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM: DISPLACED UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS 2022
Biobus New York, NY $200,000 BRIDGING A GAP IN BIOBUS FUNDING AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE 2022
UNIV Buenos Aires and National Research Council of Argentina (Conicet) Buenos Aires, None $200,000 SUPPORTING AN ARGENTINE LAB WORKING TOWARDS A MORE PRECISE COMBINED THERAPY OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY USING AN... 2022
SETI Institute Mountain View, CA $199,298 AN ALERT SYSTEM FOR ALL CITIZEN ASTRONOMERS 2021
University Court of the University of St Andrew's College Gate FIFE, None $198,827 EXTENDING THE VALUE OF CTBTO ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS 2023
American Museum of Natural History New York, NY $183,013 COSMIC VIEW OF LIFE ON EARTH, PART 2 2023
Sorbonne Universite - Cellf Faculte De Lettres Tour Zamansky Paris Cedex, None $175,000 THE ENCYCLOPEDIES PLATES: THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF DIDEROTS VISUAL DICTIONARY 2021
Cornell University Ithaca, NY $165,000 BUILDING A GLOBALLY SYNCHRONIZED PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING EXPERIMENT 2023
J Craig Venter Institute La Jolla, CA $160,000 CHARACTERIZING MICROBIAL MECHANISMS IN AGING ARTWORK 2020
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL $159,343 WASTEWATER SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND EDUCATION IN THE ALABAMA BLACK BELT 2022
Gedeon Programmes Paris, None $150,000 DOCUMENTARY PROJECT: WASHINGTON AND CHASTELLUX, THE BIRTH OF A FRIENDSHIP 2020
Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY $150,000 OVERCOMING COVID-RELATED MATH AND SCIENCE LEARNING LOSS IN A HARLEM MIDDLE SCHOOL 2021
Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx, NY $150,000 US-RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 2021
American Museum of Natural History New York, NY $150,000 COSMIC VIEW OF LIFE ON EARTH: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASTROPHYSICS AND BIOINFORMATICS 2021
Internet Archive San Francisco, CA $150,000 ADVANCING A LIBRARY IN A TIME OF WAR 2023

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