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 2022–2024. 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
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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