La Salle Adams Fund

EIN 161562907

New York, NY 10036 |(646) 213-5100

Total Given 2016–2021
$3.1M
28 grants · $522K avg/year
based on 6 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$92K
typical mid grants · $40K–$192K
grant size
60%
deep partner · 9/15 multi-year
repeat
$5K
Assets (2020)
15
Distinct Recipients

About

IN 2019, THE MEMBERS AND BOARD OF THE LASALLE ADAMS FUND ("LAF OR "FUND") VOTED TO BEGIN DISSOLUTION OF THE FUND. THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING INVESTMENTS INTO CASH WAS BEGUN AND IN DECEMBER 2019 A SERIES OF SIX GRANTS TOTALING $45,000,000, OR OVER 95 PERCENT OF THE ASSETS, WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND, A SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 509(A)(1) AND 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) AS PART OF THE ORDERLY WINDING UP OF THE FUND. IN DECEMBER 2020 AN ADDITIONAL THREE GRANTS TOTALING $575,692, WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND. ON DECEMBER 2021 AN ADDITIONAL THREE GRANTS TOTALING $106,089, WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND. THIS DISTRIBUTION CONCLUDES THE DISSOLUTION ACTIVITIES FOR LAF, AS SUCH A FINAL FORM 990-PF IS BEING FILED FOR THE 2021 TAX YEAR. THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTION CONSISTED OF THE GRANT TO GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND, AS REFLECTED IN PART XIV OF THIS FORM 990-PF.

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone (646) 213-5100

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $1.1M $29.3M $1.8M 11
2018 $1.3M $29.3M $1.7M 11
2019 N/A $605K $21.9M N/A
2020 $576K $5K $272K 3
2021 $106K $0 $116K 3

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 28 grants on record

Minimum
$20K
25th Pctl
$40K
Median
$92K
Average
$112K
75th Pctl
$192K
Maximum
$250K

Geographic Distribution

US Grant Distribution Map

Officers & Directors

ES
Edith Carol Stein
President & Treasurer Leadership
NS
Nancy C Stein
Secretary & Vice President Leadership
SS
Susan S Stein
Vice Secretary & Vice Treasurer Leadership

Grants Awarded (28 total)

Purpose
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Traverse City, MI $250,000 GENERAL 2018
Earthjustice New York, NY $225,000 GENERAL 2018
The Wilderness Society Washington, DC $225,000 GENERAL 2018
Western Organization of Resource Councils Billings, MT $215,000 GENERAL 2016
Western Organization of Resource Councils Billings, MT $200,000 GENERAL 2018
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $191,898 GENERAL 2020
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $191,897 GENERAL 2020
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $191,897 GENERAL 2020
The Wilderness Society Washington, DC $180,000 GENERAL 2016
National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC $150,000 GENERAL 2018
Earthjustice New York, NY $150,000 GENERAL 2016
Resources Legacy Fund Sacramento, CA $150,000 GENERAL 2016
Resources Legacy Fund Sacramento, CA $125,000 GENERAL 2018
National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC $100,000 GENERAL 2016
Yellowstone to Yukon Canmore, None $85,000 GENERAL 2016
Center for American Progress Washington, DC $75,000 GENERAL 2016
Public Land Solutions Moab, UT $50,000 GENERAL 2018
Montana Wilderness Association Helena, MT $40,000 GENERAL 2018
Conservation Colorado Education Fund Denver, CO $40,000 GENERAL 2016
Headwater Economics Bozeman, MT $40,000 GENERAL 2016
Public Land Solutions Moab, UT $40,000 GENERAL 2016
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Salt Lake City, UT $40,000 GENERAL 2016
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $35,363 GENERAL 2021
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $35,363 GENERAL 2021
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund New York, NY $35,363 GENERAL 2021