Funding search · EIN 112994678 · Wilmington, DE

Richard & Karen Lefrak Charitable

Name: Richard & Karen Lefrak Charitable grants, 2021–2023
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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.

56
grants reported: $11.5M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $22,500
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

educational literary religious scientific

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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

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New York Philharmonic3 grants · $7.2M
New York Presbyterian Fund1 grant · $1.0M
American Museum of Natural History3 grants · $500,000
Uja-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York1 grant · $500,000
The Jfk Center for the Performing Arts3 grants · $400,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research3 grants · $370,000
Amherst College1 grant · $250,000
Trustees of Amherst College1 grant · $200,000
Barnard College1 grant · $200,000
Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$2.8M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$5.0M

2023

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$3.0M
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$2.1M
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$2.0M
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$1.0M
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$500,000
Uja-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$250,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$250,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$250,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$250,000
The Jfk Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$200,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$200,000
Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxborough, MA · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$200,000
Trustees of Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$150,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$100,000
Ransom Everglades School · Coconut Grove, FL · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$100,000
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · Miami, FL · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$100,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$100,000
The Jfk Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$100,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$50,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$50,000
The Jfk Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$35,000
The Miami Symphony Orchestra · Miami, FL · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Hope for Depression Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Scoa Inc Dba Southampton Arts Center · Southampton, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Youth America Grand Prix · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Hope for Depression Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$25,000
Hope for Depression Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · Miami, FL · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
The Miami Symphony Orchestra · Miami, FL · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · Miami, FL · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$20,000
The Miami Symphony Orchestra · Miami, FL · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Animal Medical Center · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Care · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$10,000
Women'S International Zionist Organization (Wizo) · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Hunter College Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Hunter College Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2022
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$5,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2021
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$3,480
Akc Museum of the Dog · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$3,000
Chelsea Music Festival · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
$1,000
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational

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