Funding search · EIN 465181325 · Needham, MA

Lissy Family Foundation

Name: Lissy Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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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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.

Alzheimer'S Association4 grants · $700,350
Jumpstart for Young Children3 grants · $650,000
Ithaca University3 grants · $611,113
Combined Jewish Philanthropy4 grants · $235,000
Wake Forest University3 grants · $195,000
Elon University2 grants · $100,000
Salt Lick Incubator1 grant · $75,000
Salt Lick Incubation1 grant · $75,000
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children4 grants · $41,000
Beaver Country Day School2 grants · $20,497

Giving over time

$535,297

2022

$939,878

2023

$811,816

2024

$492,379

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 118 grants.

$356,113
Ithaca University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
For operating support
$250,000
Ithaca University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
For operating support
$250,000
Jumpstart for Young Children · Boston, MA · 2022
For operating support
$200,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Waltham, MA · 2025
For operating support
$200,000
Jumpstart for Young Children · Boston, MA · 2024
For operating support
$200,000
Jumpstart for Young Children · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$166,916
Alzheimer'S Association · Waltham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$166,767
Alzheimer'S Association · Waltham, MA · 2022
For operating support
$166,667
Alzheimer'S Association · Waltham, MA · 2023
For operating support
$135,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropy · Boston, MA · 2025
For operating support
$95,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2025
For operating support
$75,000
Salt Lick Incubator · Belmont, MA · 2024
For operating support
$75,000
Salt Lick Incubation · Belmont, MA · 2023
For operating support
$50,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
For operating support
$50,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2023
For operating support
$50,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
For operating support
$50,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropy · Boston, MA · 2022
For operating support
$50,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2022
For operating support
$40,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropy · Boston, MA · 2024
For operating support
$11,000
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children · Newton, MA · 2024
For operating support
$10,497
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
For operating support
$10,000
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children · Newton, MA · 2025
For operating support
$10,000
Coalition for Healthy Democracy · Foxboro, MA · 2025
For operating support
$10,000
One Company Fund · Waltham, MA · 2025
For operating support
$10,000
Beaver Country Day School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
For operating support
$10,000
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children · Newton, MA · 2023
For operating support
$10,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropy · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$10,000
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children · Newton, MA · 2022
For operating support
$6,113
The Immigrant Learning Center · Malden, MA · 2025
For operating support
$5,000
Ithaca University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
For operating support
$5,000
Network for Good · Washington, DC · 2024
For operating support
$5,000
Temple Beth Shalom · Needham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$2,000
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
For operating support
$2,000
United Nations Association of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
For operating support
$1,531
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$1,200
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023
For operating support
$1,100
Cycle for Survival · Newyork, NY · 2022
For operating support
$1,080
Metro West Community Foundation · Natick, MA · 2025
For operating support
$1,080
Metro West Community Foundation · Natick, MA · 2024
For operating support
$1,049
Golf Fights Cancer · Norton, MA · 2025
For operating support
$1,036
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
For operating support
$1,033
Circle of Hope · Needham, MA · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Actblue - Giffords Pac · Boston, MA · 2025
For operating support
$1,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
For operating support
$1,000
Boston Community Pediatrics · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Families First · Watertown, MA · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Horizons for Homeless · Roxbury, MA · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Joe Andruzzi Foundation · North Attleborough, MA · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Women and Infants Hospital · Providence, RI · 2023
For operating support
$1,000
Circle of Hope · Needham, MA · 2022
For operating support
$1,000
Families First · Watertown, MA · 2022
For operating support
$900
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
For operating support
$825
The Givengain Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$800
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
For operating support
$592
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025
For operating support
$531
Ouimetorg · Norton, MA · 2025
For operating support
$515
Birthday Wishes · Sudbury, MA · 2025
For operating support
$500
Boston Bullpen Project · Needham, MA · 2025
For operating support
$500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
For operating support
$500
US Challenge Cup · Riverside, RI · 2025
For operating support
$500
Boston Bullpen Project · Needham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$500
Women and Infants Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024
For operating support
$500
Foundation for Metrowest · Natick, MA · 2023
For operating support
$500
Boston Bullpen Project · Needham, MA · 2022
For operating support
$500
Boston Community Pediatric · Boston, MA · 2022
For operating support
$500
Horizons for Homeless · Roxbury, MA · 2022
For operating support
$500
Samaritan'S · Boston, MA · 2022
For operating support
$500
The Cotuit Athletic Association · Cotuit, MA · 2022
For operating support
$500
Women and Infants Hospital · Providence, RI · 2022
For operating support
$375
Paula Damoura · Na, MA · 2025
For operating support
$300
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition · Arlington, MA · 2023
For operating support
$268
Dana Farber Jimmy Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
For operating support
$260
Jo Moorestown Nj · Moorestown, NJ · 2025
For operating support
$259
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition · Dallas, TX · 2025
For operating support
$258
Riverside Community Care · Dedham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$258
Birthday Wishes · Natick, MA · 2023
For operating support
$256
Rodman for Kids · Foxboro, MA · 2025
For operating support
$250
Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk · Boston, MA · 2024
For operating support
$250
Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$250
Brain Tumor Society · Newton, MA · 2023
For operating support
$250
Brigham & Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$250
United Nations Association of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
For operating support
$250
Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk · Boston, MA · 2022
For operating support
$250
National Brain Tumor Society · Newton, MA · 2022
For operating support
$209
Michigan Gateway Community Foundation · Buchanan, MI · 2025
For operating support
$207
Jewish Communal Fund of New York · New York, NY · 2025
For operating support
$202
West Cambridge Little Baseball League · Cambridge, MA · 2023
For operating support
$200
Epilepsy Foundation New England · Lowell, MA · 2023
For operating support
$200
Needham Steps Up · Needham, MA · 2023
For operating support
$180
Help Bring Them Home - Israel · New York, NY · 2025
For operating support
$180
Chabad House of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2022
For operating support
$175
Gofundmeorg · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
For operating support
$150
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2022
For operating support
$110
Falmouth Road Race · Falmouth, MA · 2025
For operating support
$108
Mightycause Foundation - Hebrew College · Newton, MA · 2024
For operating support
$104
Jog Your Memory · Needham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$103
National Brain Tumor Society · Newton, MA · 2025
For operating support
$103
Needham Steps Up · Needham, MA · 2024
For operating support
$100
Comm Firefighter Association · Centerville, MA · 2025
For operating support
$100
American Heart Association · Wellesley, MA · 2024
For operating support

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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.