Funding search · EIN 562305290 · Washington, DC

Carol and Gene Ludwig Family 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.

207
grants reported
$29.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Yale Law School2 grants · $8.3M
  • Yale Law School1 grant · $3.0M
  • Harvard Medical School2 grants · $2.3M
  • Yale School of Medicine1 grant · $1.4M
  • Columbia University3 grants · $1.2M
  • University of California San Francisco Foundation2 grants · $880,933
  • MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory2 grants · $813,750
  • Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity1 grant · $750,000
  • Washington University1 grant · $618,125
  • Lieber Institute for Brain Development2 grants · $600,000

Giving over time

$10.4M
2022
$11.3M
2023
$8.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 207 grants.

  • $5.3M

    Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $3.0M

    Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $3.0M

    Yale Law School · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Strategic

  • $1.4M

    Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $1.2M

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $1.1M

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Strategic

  • $1.0M

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Strategic - Institutional Partnerships

  • $750,000

    Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $680,933

    University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $618,125

    Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    Strategic

  • $603,750

    MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Strategic

  • $450,000

    University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $445,580

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $400,000

    Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $400,000

    Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $383,287

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $300,000

    Lieber Institute for Brain Development · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $300,000

    Lieber Institute for Brain Development · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Established Researcher

  • $262,500

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Early Career

  • $240,000

    Kipp Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $240,000

    Kipp Dc · Washington, DC · 2022

    Strategic

  • $223,848

    Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Strategic - Established Researcher

  • $210,000

    MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $210,000

    MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $200,000

    New York University Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $200,000

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $200,000

    Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $200,000

    New York University Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $200,000

    University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $174,989

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $167,000

    Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $167,000

    Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $166,000

    Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $150,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $143,176

    Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Strategic - Early Career

  • $125,000

    Beyond 12 · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $125,000

    Beyond 12 · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Strategic - College Persistence

  • $110,000

    National Academy Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $109,904

    National Academy Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Strategic - Career & Workforce Readiness

  • $100,000

    Advocates for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    Inova Health Systems Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    Martha'S Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation · Edgartown, MA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    National Academy Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    Teach for All · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $100,000

    Advocates for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    American Friends of New College · Malvern, PA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    Inova Health Systems Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    The Carnegie Hall Corporation · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    Advocates for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Support - Gala

  • $100,000

    American Friends of New College · Malvern, PA · 2022

    Higher Education

  • $100,000

    Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $100,000

    Martha'S Vineyard Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $87,500

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022

    Early Career

  • $80,000

    Usta Foundation Incorporated · Purchase, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $80,000

    Usta Foundation Incorporated · Purchase, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $80,000

    Kellermann Foundation · Richardson, TX · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $75,000

    Cityworks Dc · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $75,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $75,000

    Cityworks Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $75,000

    Martha'S Vineyard Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $75,000

    Some (So Others Might Eat) · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $75,000

    Teach for All · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $75,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2022

    Strategic - College Persistence

  • $75,000

    National Academy Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Support - Gala

  • $75,000

    Some (So Others Might Eat) · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $75,000

    Usta Foundation Incorporated · Purchase, NY · 2022

    Strategic

  • $70,000

    Kellermann Foundation · Richardson, TX · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $60,000

    Big Life Foundation USA · Ridgefield, WA · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $50,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NE · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $50,000

    Chai Mitzvah · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $50,000

    Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $50,000

    Harbor Homes of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $50,000

    Cityworks Dc · Washington, DC · 2022

    Strategic - Career & Workforce Readiness

  • $50,000

    Ethos Discovery · Westborough, MA · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $50,000

    Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $50,000

    Sheriff'S Meadow · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $50,000

    The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Operating Support - General

  • $45,000

    New Futures · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $40,000

    New Futures · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $40,000

    New Futures · Washington, DC · 2022

    Strategic - College Persistence

  • $35,000

    Sheriff'S Meadow · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $32,500

    Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $30,000

    I Am Home · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $30,000

    Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $30,000

    Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $30,000

    Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $25,675

    University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $25,000

    Citizens' Committee for Children New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $25,000

    Council for Economic Education · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $25,000

    Pelotonia · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General operating support - general

  • $25,000

    Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $25,000

    Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $25,000

    Pelotonia · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $25,000

    Cape Fear Collective · Wilmington, NC · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $25,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Support - Gala

  • $25,000

    Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2022

    General Operating Support - End of Year

  • $20,000

    A Wider Circle · Kensington, MD · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

  • $20,000

    Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    General Operating Support - General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.