Funding search · EIN 043489966 · Harrison, NY

Frances Lear Foundation

Name: Frances Lear Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

128
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

empathy justice movement voter american curie dues friends

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “empathy” · $210,000

$50,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2025
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
The empathy project
$10,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
The empathy project

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ballet Hispanico of New York5 grants · $844,000
Tides Foundation4 grants · $315,000
Rainforest Alliance5 grants · $302,500
Youth Represent5 grants · $190,530
Nyu School of Medicine4 grants · $160,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration5 grants · $95,000
A Little Piece of Light4 grants · $85,000
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian4 grants · $80,000
Nyu Langone Health2 grants · $60,000
New York Women'S Foundation3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$713,000

2022

$705,645

2023

$782,030

2024

$672,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 128 grants.

$214,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$210,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$210,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Movement voter fund
$100,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Movement voter fund
$100,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Movement voter fund
$75,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$75,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$75,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$75,000
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$55,000
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2025
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
The empathy project
$50,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
The empathy project
$48,500
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$45,000
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$40,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Youth Represent · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2025
Run for something
$25,000
The 92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Identify Your Dream · Farmington, MI · 2024
Mothers of hope
$25,000
New Pa Project · West Chester, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
A Little Piece of Light · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
A Little Piece of Light · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$24,000
Friends and Family of Louisiana'S Incarcerated Children · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General operating support
$24,000
Forward Impact · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian · Islandia, NY · 2025
General operating support
$20,000
A Little Piece of Light · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Eve on surveillance
$20,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
The justice fund
$20,000
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian · Islandia, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
The justice fund
$20,000
Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2023
Julian legal
$20,000
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian · Islandia, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
The justice fund
$20,000
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian · Islandia, NY · 2022
General support
$16,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General support
$16,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$15,000
A Little Piece of Light · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Good Call · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
The Omowale Project · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Good Call · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$15,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Georgia education fund at movement voter fund
$13,000
Friends and Family of Louisiana'S Incarcerated Children · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$12,500
Good Call · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration · New Orleans, LA · 2025
General operating support
$11,000
Daughters Beyond Incarceration · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Earthshare · Washington, DC · 2025
The big green tent
$10,000
Family Justice Law Center · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2025
The oliver friberg fund
$10,000
Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Julian · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
The empathy project
$10,000
The Omowale Project · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Omowale Project · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Arts Arena · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Buffalo Toronto Public Media · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
College and Community Fellowships · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Common Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Good Call · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2022
Julian legal
$9,500
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$7,500
The Film Collective Att Fiscal Sponsorship · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Coming home project
$7,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2024
General support
$5,500
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Motherhood Behind Bars · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
New York City Center · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Plan a Health · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
The New Press · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
The Public Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Digital campaign project
$5,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Plan a Health · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The New Press · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Public Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Shed · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
A'Sani Heartbeat Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Chapel & York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
New York Common Pantry · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
New York Theatre Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Plan a Health · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Public Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Documentary Educational Resources · Watertown, MA · 2022
Project support for no time to fail
$5,000
Plan a Health · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Public Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,500
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2025
One for justice conference
$4,500
Perpetual Use · Tampa, FL · 2025
General operating support

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