Funding search · EIN 161632202 · New York, NY
Laura Pels International Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $3.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Roundabout Theatre Company4 grants · $2.3M
- Brooklyn Academy of Music3 grants · $165,000
- Playwrights Horizons6 grants · $115,500
- Signature Theatre Company3 grants · $90,000
- Atlantic Theater Company3 grants · $70,000
- Manhattan Theatre Club3 grants · $55,000
- Aant (American Associates of the National Theatre)2 grants · $50,000
- The Julliard School3 grants · $45,000
- Pen America Center2 grants · $40,000
- Lincoln Center Theater3 grants · $37,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.0M
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
- $150,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations of atlantic woolly mam.
- $95,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To sponsor the production of chekhov's "seagull".
- $50,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of liberation by bess wohl
- $50,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To sponsor the production of chekhov's "seagull".
- $50,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
To sponsor the production of "the refuge plays".
- $50,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations
- $25,000
Aant (American Associates of the National Theatre) · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of london tide based on "our mutual friend" by charles dickens, adapted by ben power
- $25,000
Aant (American Associates of the National Theatre) · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of ballet shoes by noel streatfeild, new adaptation by kendall feaver
- $25,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of corruption by j.t. Rogers
- $25,000
The New Group · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of the seven year disappear by jordan seavey
- $25,000
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
To sponsor the production of "the welkin".
- $25,000
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
- $25,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2023
To sponsor the special event, gala: wet brain.
- $25,000
Tgp Theatre Phillippe · 2023
To sponsor the production of "welfare" directed by american theater director frederick wiseman.
- $25,000
The Public Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
To sponsor the production of "shadow/land".
- $25,000
The Vivian Beaumont Theater · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
- $25,000
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2022
To sponsor the production of english
- $25,000
French Institute Alliance Francaise · New York, NY · 2022
To sponsor the production of celebrating moliere
- $25,000
New York University Tisch School of the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarship
- $25,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022
To sponsor the production of catch as catch can
- $25,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022
To sponsor the production of wish you were here
- $20,000
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of grief camp by eliya smith
- $20,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of gaviota adapted by juan ignacio fernandez from the seagull by anton chekhov
- $20,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2024
2023 pen/lpift dramatist award - mid-career playwright
- $20,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2024
2024 pen/lpift dramatist award - mid-career playwright
- $20,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of the antiquities by jordan harrison
- $20,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of staff meal by abe koogler
- $20,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of bad kreyol by dominique morisseau
- $20,000
Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of sunset baby by dominique morisseau
- $20,000
The Gorilla Repertory Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
- $15,000
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of brooklyn laundry by john patrick shanley
- $15,000
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of mary jane by amy herzog
- $15,000
The Julliard School · New York, NY · 2024
Lpift prize in acting 2024
- $15,000
The Julliard School · New York, NY · 2023
Scholarship - lpift prize in acting 2023.
- $15,000
The Julliard School · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarship
- $10,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2024
To sponsor the production of uncle vanya by anton chekhov
- $10,000
Nyutisch School of Thearts · New York, NY · 2024
Student acting scholarship
- $2,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2022
To support general operations
- $500
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022
To sponsor the special event, gala: the play tribute message
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