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Cb Laub Family Foundation

Potomac, MD · EIN 20-5826726. Reported 79 grants totalling $1,211,899 to 60 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,000median grant
$1,211,899granted, 2020-2024
60recipients, as named on its returns
$4,857,870assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cb Laub Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
11 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
29 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
25 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Pathfinder InternationalWatertown, MA$259,000222024
OceanaWashington, DC$253,300222024
Environmental Defense FundNew York, NY$184,700222024
EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA$86,500222024
EngenderhealthNew York, NY$68,000112024
Population Action InternationalWashington, DC$43,600222024
Montgomery County Humane SocietyRockville, MD$34,000222024
Capital Area Food BankWashington, DC$17,000222024
Engender HealthNew York, NY$16,600112020
CoralOakland, CA$15,900222024
Doctors Without Borders USANew York, NY$15,000112024
CareAtlanta, GA$9,000222024
Potomac ConservancySilver Spring, MD$9,000222024
Responsive LawWashington, DC$9,000222024
Student Conservation AssociationArlington, VA$9,000222024
Trust for Public LandSan Francisco, CA$9,000222024
The Carter CenterAtlanta, GA$9,000222024
Union of Concerned ScientistsCambridge, MA$9,000222024
Warren Wilson CollegeSwannanoa, NC$9,000222024
Habitat for HumanityAtlanta, GA$7,600222024
ACLU FoundationNew York, NY$7,500112024
Butler MontessoriGermantown, MD$7,500112024
Citizens Climate EducationCoronado, CA$7,500112024
Country Dance & Song SocietyEasthampton, MA$7,500112024
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundWashington, DC$7,500112024
FairvoteSilver Spring, MD$7,500112024
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$7,500112024
Jane Goodall InstituteWashington, DC$7,500112024
Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education FundAnnapolis, MD$7,500112024
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaWashington, DC$7,500112024
Polar Bears InternationalSebastopol, CA$7,500112024
Sos Children's Villages USAWashington, DC$7,500112024
Secular Coalition for America Education FundWashington, DC$7,500112024
Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education CenterBerkeley Springs, WV$7,500112024
Alley Cat AlliesBethesda, MD$4,000112024
Alley Cat RescueMount Rainier, MD$3,500112024
The Katherine Thomas SchoolRockville, MD$2,300112024
Butler Montessori SchoolDarnestown, MD$1,500112020
Country Dance and Song SocietyEasthampton, MA$1,500112020
Diener SchoolNorth Bethesda, MD$1,500112020
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$1,500112020
Everytown for Gun SafetyNew York, NY$1,500112020
Jane Goodall InstituteVienna, VA$1,500112020
Katherine Thomas School Treatment and Learning CenterRockville, MD$1,500112020
League of Conservation Voters Education FundWashington, DC$1,500112020
MD Lcv Education FundAnnapolis, MD$1,500112020
Polar Bear InternationalSebastopol, CA$1,500112020
RespectabilityRockville, MD$1,500112020
Secular Coalition for AmericaWashington, DC$1,500112020
Sos Childrens Villages USAWashington, DC$1,500112020
University of California San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CA$1,500112020
Wind Dance Farm and Earth Education CenterBerkeley Springs, WV$1,500112020
CharitywatchChicago, IL$500112024
Consumer ReportsYonkers, NY$349222024
Population ConnectionWashington, DC$200222024
Center for the Study of ServicesWashington, DC$100112024
Keepers of the WildValentine, AZ$100112020
American Kidney FundRockville, MD$50112020
Charity WatchChicago, IL$50112020
Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$50112020

19 of 60 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.

Plus 81 grants to individuals totalling $733,820 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 48 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Environment
14 grants
International Affairs
10 grants
Animal Welfare
6 grants
Education
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Social Science
3 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202039$207,150$1,500
202440$1,004,749$7,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

30% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

District of Columbia
$365K
New York
$303K
Massachusetts
$277K
California
$129K
Maryland
$83K
Georgia
$26K
Virginia
$11K
West Virginia
$9K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Cb Laub Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 9512 Falls Bridge Lane, Potomac, MD, 20854. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-5826726 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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