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Lubo Fund Inc

New York, NY · EIN 58-6043631. Reported 89 grants totalling $2,375,541 to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$2,375,541granted, 2021-2024
77organizations funded
14%of grantees funded again the next year
$13.4Massets, 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. Lubo Fund Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $599,450. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
12 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
29 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
20 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Schedule AttachedNew York, NY$599,450112021
Belinda Bunnen Reusch Lubo Foundation Advised FundBoston, MA$324,471222024
Melissa Bunnen Jernigan Lubo Foundation Advised FundBoston, MA$324,471222024
Robert Bunnen Lubo Foundation Advised FundBoston, MA$324,471222024
HambidgeRabun Gap, GA$182,000222023
Moca GaAtlanta, GA$128,000222023
Usic - International Tennis Club of the USABethesda, MD$85,000112022
Georgia OrganicsAtlanta, GA$50,500222023
Georgia Tennis FoundationMarietta, GA$35,000112022
High Museum of ArtAtlanta, GA$23,500222023
Georgia Alliance Education FundAtlanta, GA$20,000112022
Public Broadcasting AtlantaAtlanta, GA$20,000112022
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$20,000112022
Meals on WheelsAtlanta, GA$15,000222023
FluxAtlanta, GA$12,000112022
Atlanta Community Food BankEast Point, GA$10,000112022
Camp SunshineDecatur, GA$10,000222023
Captain Planet FoundationAtlanta, GA$10,000112022
Episcopal High SchoolAlexandria, VA$10,000112022
Lawrence AcademyGroton, MA$10,000112022
Project Open Hand AtlantaAtlanta, GA$10,000112022
Well Dunn FoundationSan Francisco, CA$10,000112022
Woodberry Forest SchoolWoodberry Forest, VA$10,000112022
Agape CenterAtlanta, GA$8,000112022
Atlanta History CenterAtlanta, GA$6,750222023
Junior Tennis Champions CenterCollege Park, MD$6,000112023
The Lovett SchoolAtlanta, GA$5,200112022
Arizona Center for EmpowermentPhoenix, AZ$5,000112022
Camp Twin LakesRutledge, GA$5,000112022
Chattahoochee RiverkeeperSmyrna, GA$5,000112023
Covenant HouseAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
Food Bank of Northeast GeorgiaAthens, GA$5,000112022
Friends of Bitsy GrantAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
Misty Meadows Equine LearningWest Tisbury, MA$5,000112022
Planned ParenthoodAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
Planned Parenthood of AtlantaAtlanta, GA$5,000112023
Second Helpings AtlantaAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
Southern Environmental Law CenterWashington, DC$5,000112022
Truman National Security ProjectWashington, DC$5,000112022
Atlanta Women's FoundationAtlanta, GA$4,000112022
Atlanta Contemporary Art CenterAtlanta, GA$3,000112022
Creative Times (atlanta Contemporary)Atlanta, GA$3,000112022
WtefWashington, DC$2,500112023
Alliance TheatreAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Center for Puppetry ArtsAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Clayton State UniversityMorrow, GA$2,000222023
Grady Health FoundationAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Hollins UniversityRoanoke, VA$2,000112022
Wholesome Wave GeorgiaAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Big Brothers Big SistersAtlanta, GA$1,500112022
Atlanta Humane SocietyAtlanta, GA$1,100222023
Lake Rabun FoundationLakemont, GA$1,100112022
ACLU of GeorgiaAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
All Saints Episcopal ChurchAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Breakthrough AtlantaAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Buckhead Heritage SocietyAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Colorado Snowsports Museum & HofVail, CO$1,000112022
FernbankAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Georgia River NetworkAthens, GA$1,000112022
Giving KitchenAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Grove Park FoundationAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
National Museum of Women in ArtsWashington, DC$1,000112022
PathAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Saripkin Fundcrohn's & Colitis FoundationNew York, NY$1,000112022
Shallow Water Blackout PreventionNorcross, GA$1,000112022
Splc - Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$1,000112022
Atlanta Memorial Park ConservancyAtlanta, GA$500112022
Forman SchoolLitchfield, CT$500112022
Longue Vue Home and GardensNew Orleans, LA$500112022
Syngap Research FundQuincy, MA$500112022
Washington Tennis and Education Fund (wtef)Washington, DC$500112022
Peachtree Battle AllianceAtlanta, GA$278112023
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$250112023
The Good Samaritan Health CenterAtlanta, GA$200112022
Atlanta Botanical GardenAtlanta, GA$100112022
Memory and Movement CharlotteCharlotte, NC$100112022
Velocity CityNew York, NY$100112022

12 of 77 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 14%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
7 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Environment
6 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Civil Rights
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Community Improvement
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20211$599,450$599,450
202265$598,550$3,000
202320$630,128$5,000
20243$547,413$182,471

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Massachusetts
$989K
Georgia
$621K
New York
$601K
Maryland
$91K
Virginia
$22K
Louisiana
$20K
District of Columbia
$14K
California
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
  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 Lubo Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Co Norman Fdn 535 Madison Ave 14F, New York, NY, 10022. 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 58-6043631 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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