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Lucas Kaempfer Foundation

Name: Lucas Kaempfer Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

51
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

hunger children problems solving arts students advocate student

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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.

7 grants matching “solve” · $642,500

$200,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025
Support for solving hunger problems
$50,000
Food Bank of Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Support for solving hunger problems
$150,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for solving hunger problems
$30,000
Dc Food Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for solving hunger problems
$150,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems
$32,500
Food Bank of Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems
$30,000
Dc Food Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems

Top recipients

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

Capital Area Food Bank3 grants · $500,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork2 grants · $120,000
Environmental Film Festival2 grants · $112,500
Food Bank of Nyc2 grants · $82,500
Casa2 grants · $80,000
Save the Children Federation2 grants · $75,000
Capital Clubhouse3 grants · $75,000
Soul Trak Outdoors2 grants · $60,000
Dc Food Project2 grants · $60,000
Bridgeport Rescue Mission1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$601,700

2022

$455,000

2023

$119,630

2024

$632,500

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025
Support for solving hunger problems
$150,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for solving hunger problems
$150,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems
$87,500
Environmental Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2025
Advocate for & advance environmental issues through film
$60,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork · Washington, DC · 2023
Provide services to homeless youth
$60,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork · Washington, DC · 2022
Provide services to homeless youth
$50,000
Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Provide vital services to men, woman, children fighting homelessness, hunger, addiction
$50,000
Food Bank of Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Support for solving hunger problems
$50,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Give children the opportunity to a healthy start in life
$40,000
Saint Ann'S School · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Provide creative enrichment for programs, extraordinary faculty compensation, student financial assistance
$40,000
Casa · Washington, DC · 2023
Advocate for children in foster care
$40,000
Casa · Washington, DC · 2022
Advocate for children in foster care
$32,500
Food Bank of Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems
$30,000
Dc Food Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for solving hunger problems
$30,000
Soul Trak Outdoors · Washington, DC · 2023
Offer outdoor activities to the community to get out and get active
$30,000
Dc Food Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for solving hunger problems
$30,000
Soul Trak Outdoors · Washington, DC · 2022
Offer outdoor activities to the community to get out and get active
$28,200
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2022
Support grassroots projects
$25,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025
Provide global human rights support
$25,000
Bowdoin College Kaempfer Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Provide students with financial support for visual arts course supplies
$25,000
College of Charleston Dean'S Excellence Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
Promote the advancement of the school of business students
$25,000
Eluna · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support families affected by grief or addiction
$25,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts · Washington, DC · 2025
Champion women through the arts
$25,000
Nyu Daily Gift Account · New York, NY · 2025
Support university students, faculty and programs
$25,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Give children the opportunity to a healthy start in life
$25,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Preserve individual right and liberties to all people in the u.s.
$25,000
Capital Clubhouse · Washington, DC · 2024
Support to those with mental illness
$25,000
Environmental Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2024
Advocate for & advance environmental issues through film
$25,000
Prep for Prep · New York, NY · 2024
Support education & leadership opportunities for diverse student population
$25,000
Capital Clubhouse · Washington, DC · 2023
Support to those with mental illness
$25,000
Capital Clubhouse · Washington, DC · 2022
Support to those with mental illness
$25,000
Medicins Sans Frontieres · New York, NY · 2022
Provide medical care
$20,000
Arcadia · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Preserve endangered cultural heritage, protect endangered ecosystems
$20,000
Friends of Anacostia Park · Washington, DC · 2023
Maintain anacostia park
$20,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2023
Ensure student parents have opportunities to succeed and experience economic ability
$20,000
Horton'S Kids · Washington, DC · 2023
Provide food, clothing, etc. To children
$20,000
Life Pieces To Masterpieces · Washington, DC · 2023
Support educational needs
$20,000
Thearc Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2023
Promote the arts
$20,000
Arcadia · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Preserve endangered cultural heritage, protect endangered ecosystems
$20,000
Friends of Anacostia Park · Washington, DC · 2022
Maintain anacostia park
$20,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2022
Ensure student parents have opportunities to succeed and experience economic ability
$20,000
Horton'S Kids · Washington, DC · 2022
Provide food, clothing, etc. To children
$20,000
Life Pieces To Masterpieces · Washington, DC · 2022
Support educational needs
$20,000
Thearc Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2022
Promote the arts
$15,000
Leveling the Playing Field · Washington, DC · 2025
Provide under resourced communities with increased access to youth sports and recreation
$12,130
Bowdoin College Kaempfer Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Provide students with financial support for visual arts course supplies
$10,000
Real Organic Food Project · East Thetford, VT · 2025
Strengthen the organic movement through farmer led crop and livestock management practices
$10,000
Higher Achievement · Washington, DC · 2022
To help middle school students in the dc metro area
$7,500
Treedom for All Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
Plant olive trees to empower palestinian farmers
$5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation the Joey Fund · Natick, MA · 2025
Work alongside the cystic fibrosis foundation to support people with cystic fibrosis
$1,000
North Haven Baptist Church · North Haven, ME · 2022
Support religious teachings

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