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The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for

Name: The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for grants, 2022–2024
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.

118
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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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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.

Top recipients

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

Naropa1 grant · $85,722
Naropa University2 grants · $83,666
Lineage Project2 grants · $37,000
Prison Dharma Network2 grants · $30,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies2 grants · $29,500
Drala Mountain Center2 grants · $28,000
Daihonzan Chozen-Ji International Zen Dojo2 grants · $27,500
Mission Be2 grants · $26,000
Pacific Zen Institute2 grants · $26,000
Lion'S Roar Foundation2 grants · $23,500

Giving over time

$304,222

2022

$339,333

2023

$710,333

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 118 grants.

$85,722
Naropa · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$41,833
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$41,833
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Atttleboro, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lineage Project · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Zen Life & Meditation Center Chicago · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$19,500
Loyola Marymount · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$18,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather Lakes, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$18,000
Braided Wisdom · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$17,500
Dhammadharini · Penngrove, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,500
Shambhala USA · Burbank, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,500
Tara Mandala · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
Dharma Bum Temple · San Diego, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
Dharmadatta Community · Orange, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
Lineage Project · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
Loyola Maramount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
The Profound Treasury Dharma Foundation · Sleepy Hollow, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
Daihonzan Chozen-Ji International Zen Dojo · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Unrestricted
$17,000
The Dharma Bums Dba Dharma Bum Temple · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$16,500
Peace at Any Pace · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$16,000
Treasure Caretaker Training · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$16,000
Zen Center North Shore · Beverly, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Prison Dharma Network · South Deerfield, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Soto Zen Buddhist Association · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Sukhasiddhi Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Garrison Institute · Garrison, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Veteran'S Yoga Project · Alameda, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Life Transition Meditation Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Veterans Path · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Dharma Gates · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Prison Dharma Network · Deerfield, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,500
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,000
University of the West · Rosemead, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$14,000
Bodhi Youth of America (Bya) · Valyermo, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,000
Mission Be · Miller Place, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,500
Lion'S Roar Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,500
Pacific Zen Institute · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,000
Tashi Gatsel Ling Buddhist Center · Gray, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Boundless in Motion · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Brooklyn Zen Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
One River Zen · Ottawa, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Pacific Zen Institute · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute · Carrboro, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Pratt Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
The Lotus Institute · Pataskala, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Boundless Freedom Project · Sacrament, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
Community Initiatives · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
Mission Be · Islip, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,000
The Institute of Buddhist Studies · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,500
Daihonzan Chozen-Ji International Zen Dojo · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bodhi Manda Zen Center · Jemez Springs, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lion'S Roar Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sati Center for Buddhist Studies · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Secular Dharma Foundation · Harlan, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sweetwater Zen Center · National City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Village Zendo · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Tlc Transitional Life Care · Ashland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather Lakes, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northern Colorado Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center · Ward, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Rubin Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,500
Friends of Zen · Appleton, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Be Meditation Group · Covina, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Mindful Living Revolution · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Berkeley Zen Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$9,000
The Tadini House · Place Mesa, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,000
Mitra Path · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
The Human Kindness Foundation · Durham, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Zen Peacemakers · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Teleosis Foundation Dba Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society · Chatham, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Zen Peacemakers · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Arrow Journal · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
The Treasury of Lives · New York City, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,000
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Ohio · Richfield, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Rubin Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Lotus Mountain Gompa · Loomis, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,500
One River Zen · Ottawa, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Triratna Ordination Training · Cragsmoor, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Impact Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order Nyc · Narrowsburg, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
The Insight Project for Kids Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beyond the Cell · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dharma Gates · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Breaded Loaf Mountain Monastery · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Long Beach Meditation · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Natural Capitalism Solutions · Longmont, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buddhist Arts and Film Festival · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Flourish Foundation · Hailey, ID · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Shambhala Center of Atlanta · Decatur, GA · 2022
Unrestricted

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