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Funding search · EIN 136113576 · Bluffton, SC

Lerner Gray 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.

59
grants reported
$160,136
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • United Way of the Lowcountry4 grants · $32,500
  • Navy Seal Museum3 grants · $30,475
  • Friends of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy3 grants · $20,410
  • Court Street Arts3 grants · $15,500
  • Operation Patriot Fob1 grant · $8,920
  • The Grace Club1 grant · $8,000
  • Outside Foundation4 grants · $7,347
  • Brillo De Mujer Home1 grant · $5,400
  • The Trail Conservancy1 grant · $4,100
  • Help Kids India3 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$35,050
2022
$37,335
2023
$28,442
2024
$59,309
2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

  • $18,075

    Navy Seal Museum · Fort Pierce, FL · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $10,410

    Friends of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy · Bluffton, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $10,000

    Court Street Arts · Haverhill, NH · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $9,900

    Navy Seal Museum · Fort Pierce, FL · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $8,920

    Operation Patriot Fob · Bluffton, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $8,500

    United Way of the Lowcountry · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $8,500

    United Way of the Lowcountry · Beaufort, SC · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $8,000

    United Way of the Lowcountry · Beaufort, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $8,000

    The Grace Club · Bluffton, SC · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $7,500

    United Way of the Lowcountry · Beaufort, SC · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $5,400

    Brillo De Mujer Home · Bluffton, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy · Bluffton, SC · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $5,000

    Court Street Arts · Haverhill, NH · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $5,000

    Friends of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy · Bluffton, SC · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $4,100

    The Trail Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $3,000

    Help Kids India · East Corinth, VT · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $2,500

    Navy Seal Museum · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $2,000

    Outside Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $2,000

    Outside Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,847

    Outside Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,720

    Savannah Music Festival · Savannah, GA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,500

    Outside Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,300

    One West 54th Street Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,295

    Low Country Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes · Bluffton, SC · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,150

    The Madeira School · McLean, VA · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,150

    The Madeira School · McLean, VA · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,050

    Westminster Prebyterian Church · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,034

    The Trevor Project · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,029

    Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,000

    The Madeira School · McLean, VA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,000

    Westminster Prebyterian Church · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,000

    The Kelsey · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,000

    Good News Jail & Prison Ministry · Henrico, VA · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $1,000

    Spca of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $800

    Boys and Girls Club of Jasper County · Bluffton, SC · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $798

    Backpack Buddies of Hilton Head · Hilton Head, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Blood Cancer United · Vienna, VA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Court Street Arts · Haverhill, NH · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Haverhill Library Association · Haverhill, NH · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Marlins for Mason · Berlin, MD · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Twilight Theater Company · Portland, OR · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Help Kids India · East Corinth, VT · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Martins for Mason · Berlin, MD · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    African Hopful Horizons · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Bluffton Firefighter Foundation Llc · Bluffton, SC · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Help Kids India · East Corinth, VT · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Haverhill Library · Haverhill, NH · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $500

    Telfair Museums · Savannah, GA · 2022

    General Fund Contribution

  • $440

    The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $300

    Al-Anon Family Groups · Viginia Beach, VA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $300

    Al-Anon Family Groups · Viginia Beach, VA · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $250

    Friends of Caroline Hospice · Ridgeland, SC · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $250

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $210

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

  • $108

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $100

    The Laufey Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General Fund Contribution

  • $100

    American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens Family Survivors Fund · Titusville, FL · 2024

    General Fund Contribution

  • $100

    Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General Fund Contribution

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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.