Funding search · EIN 223151628 · Weymouth, MA

The Joe Lewis Jefferson Foundation

Name: The Joe Lewis Jefferson Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

60
grants reported: $499,950
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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7 grants matching “reflection” · $185,000

$15,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$10,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$20,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$15,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$40,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$45,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$40,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization

Top recipients

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

Halycon Music Festival2 grants · $90,000
Reflections International Series2 grants · $85,000
Reflections Series4 grants · $60,000
Halcyon Music Festival2 grants · $55,000
Reflections International Series1 grant · $40,000
Halycon Festival1 grant · $40,000
Opus 1182 grants · $15,000
Reed College2 grants · $10,000
Park University Intl Center for Music1 grant · $10,000
American Constitution Society1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$89,000

2021

$127,000

2022

$97,200

2023

$105,750

2024

$81,000

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$45,000
Halycon Music Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$45,000
Halycon Music Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$45,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$40,000
Halycon Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$40,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$40,000
Reflections International Series · New York, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$35,000
Halcyon Music Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$20,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$20,000
Halcyon Music Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$15,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$15,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$10,000
Reflections Series · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$10,000
Opus 118 · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$10,000
American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$10,000
Park University Intl Center for Music · Parkville, MO · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$7,500
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
Opus 118 · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$5,000
The Knights · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$5,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$5,000
Opus 118 Harlem School of Music · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
Reed College · Portland, OR · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
Reed College · Portland, OR · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$5,000
Take the Lead Nc · Winstonsalem, NC · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$3,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$3,000
Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$3,000
Carnegie Hall Patron · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$3,000
Carnegie Hall Society · New York, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$2,500
Greenwich House Music School · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$2,500
The Perlman Music Program · New York, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$2,000
The Perlman Music Program · New York, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,500
The Knights · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$1,500
Maizie Holton Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,500
Home Moravian Church · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,500
Token Creek Chamber Music · Madison, WI · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,200
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Aspca · Washington, DC · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Aspca · Washington, DC · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Childrens Orchestra Society · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
City Harvest · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
City Meal On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Farm Neck Foundation · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Home Moravian · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Ensemble Iberica · Kansas City, MO · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Ruth'S Refuge · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
supporting foundation purposes
$1,000
Children'S Orchestra Society · Manhasset, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Farm Neck Foundation · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork · Bridgehampton, NY · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Arco Collaborative · New York, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Central Presbytarian Church · New York, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Friends of Dresden Music Foundation · Newport, RI · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$1,000
Ruth'S Refuge · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$500
Maizie Holton Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
supporting foundation purposes
$500
Winsor Music · Lexington, MA · 2021
Fulfill purposes of the organization
$250
Winsor Music · Wellesley, MA · 2024
supporting foundation purposes

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