Funding search · EIN 237032703 · Minneapolis, MN

Lerner Foundation

Name: Lerner Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

116
grants reported: $387,008
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $570
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

University of Minnesota Foundation3 grants · $151,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation2 grants · $40,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Services2 grants · $26,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Service1 grant · $20,000
Books for Africa3 grants · $16,000
Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School2 grants · $15,000
Adath Jeshurun Congregation3 grants · $11,924
Jewish Community Relations Council2 grants · $11,000
Hennepin County Library1 grant · $10,000
Highlights Foundation3 grants · $6,750

Giving over time

$118,788

2021

$142,376

2022

$125,844

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

$51,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Academic purposes
$50,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Academic purposes
$50,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Academic purposes
$20,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Service · Golden Valley, MN · 2021
General
$15,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Services · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$14,000
Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Academic purposes
$11,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Services · St Paul, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Hennepin County Library · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$8,000
Jewish Community Relations Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,500
Books for Africa · St Paul, MN · 2023
Academic purposes
$5,500
Books for Africa · St Paul, MN · 2021
Academic purposes
$5,000
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Shanti Bhaven Children'S Project · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Books for Africa · St Paul, MN · 2022
Academic purposes
$4,398
Adath Jeshurun Congregation · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3,898
Adath Jeshurun Congregation · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$3,628
Adath Jeshurun Congregation · Minnetonka, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Jewish Community Relations Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$2,500
The Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Milkweek Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Sesame Workshop Benefit Heal · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Hamline University · St Paul, MN · 2021
Academic purposes
$2,500
Highlights Foundation · Honesdale, PA · 2021
Academic purposes
$2,500
The Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$2,250
Highlights Foundation · Honesdale, PA · 2023
Academic purposes
$2,200
Wishes and More · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Highlights Foundation · Honesdale, PA · 2022
Academic purposes
$2,000
Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2022
Academic purposes
$2,000
University of Minnesota Libraries (Kerlan) · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Academic purposes
$1,956
Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,878
Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,800
Wishes and More · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,750
Wishes and More · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Association of Jewish Libraries · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Academic purposes
$1,500
Habonim Dror Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Page Education Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Page Education Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Association for Jewish Libraries · Teaneck, NJ · 2021
General
$1,500
Page Education Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,200
Habonim Dror Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,100
Planned Parenthood of North Central Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
American Friends of the Hebrew · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
The Forward Foundation · Waconia, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Als Association of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
American Friends of the Hebrew · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Academic purposes
$1,000
The Forward Foundation · Waconia, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Assoc for Library Service To Children · Chicago, IL · 2021
Academic purposes
$1,000
Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
New editions table
$800
James Sewell Ballet · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$600
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2022
General public funding
$540
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable purposes
$500
Herlz Camp Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$500
Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$500
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$500
The Brady Campaign · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$500
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2021
General
$500
Bmpp Giving Circle · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General
$500
Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General
$500
North Carolina Writers' Network · Winston Salem, NC · 2021
General
$500
Rimon Arts Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$350
The Center for Victims of Torture · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$300
Or Emet · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$300
Flame · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$300
Or Emet · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250
Anderson Center · Red Wing, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$250
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art · Amherst, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$250
Anderson Center · Red Wing, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250
Guthrie Theatre · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250
The Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250
Anderson Center · Red Wing, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$200
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$200
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art · Amherst, MA · 2021
General
$200
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General charitable purposes
$200
St Paul Urban Tennis · St Paul, MN · 2021
General
$150
Society for Humanistic Judaism · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$135
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$100
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100
St Anthony Park Community Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100
St Paul Urban Tennis · St Paul, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100
The Park Bugle · St Paul, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2023
General public funding
$100
International Campaign for Tibet · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
Minnpost · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
Science Museum of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
Society for Humanistic Judaism · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
St Louis Park Dollars for Scholars · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2021
Academic purposes
$100
Asian Counseling and Referral Service · Seattle, WA · 2021
General
$100
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2021
General charitable purposes
$100
Flame · Berkeley, CA · 2021
General charitable purposes

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