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Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc
Washington, DC · EIN 13-6081860. Reported 218 grants totalling $15.0M to 183 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Richard Lounsbery Foundation 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $44,646. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,000 and $115,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $399,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $756,603 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Philosophical Society | Philadelphia, PA | $399,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $333,013 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $315,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $311,395 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation | La Spezia, La Spezia | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org | La Spezia | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of International Education (iie) | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seti Institute | Mountain View, CA | $299,699 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Academie Des Sciences | Paris | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $257,736 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Strategic & International Studies | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biobus | New York, NY | $227,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Face Foundation | New York, NY | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia University Teachers College | New York, NY | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $201,707 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alumnusb (universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc) | Waltham, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Councils for International Education | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| French-American Cultural Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Science Education Center | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Univ Buenos Aires and National Research Council of Argentina (conicet) | Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University Court of the University of St Andrew's College Gate | Fife | $198,827 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sorbonne Universite - Cellf Faculte De Lettres Tour Zamansky | Paris Cedex | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | $167,630 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $159,343 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interspecies Io Inc | Dover, DE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teachers College at Columbia University | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress | Washington, DC | $140,497 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perpignan University (upvd) Cefrem | Perpignan, Perpignan | $140,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| African Diaspora Scientists Federation | Indianapolis, IN | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Coast Guard Museum Association | New London, CT | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | $133,490 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academie Des Sciences | Paris, Paris | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| D-Fi USA | North Haven, CT | $130,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alex Foundation | Swampscott, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fapab Research Center Association | Sicily | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Journal of Emerging Investigators Inc | Chandler, AZ | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Parnassus Incorporated | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Alexander Hamilton Society | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women in International Security | Washington, DC | $124,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Authors Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $123,733 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Manuel Perez | Montevideo | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology of Rosario & Natl Univ | Rosario Santa Fe | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile | Santiago | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of American | Waltham, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | Mount Vernon, VA | $118,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc | Waltham, MA | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico | Queretaro, Quertaro | $111,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Consortium for Ocean Leadership | Washington, DC | $111,747 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Face Foundation Thomas Jefferson Fund | New York, NY | $111,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Dna Learning Center | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $110,873 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crdf Global Inc | Arlington, VA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | North Hampton, MA | $100,617 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreams With No Limits | Saint Albans, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (ibyme) | Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Harvard | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Monuments Fund Rockefeller Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College - Molecular and Cellular Biology | Cambridge, MA | $99,999 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $99,925 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology | Concord, CA | $97,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Andrew W Marshall Foundation | Jaffrey, NY | $97,264 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology | Cambridge, Cambridge | $92,539 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Submerged Archaeological Conservancy International (saci) | Tallahassee, FL | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $87,265 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $82,569 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sea Search Research and Conservation Npc | Cape Town | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Geopedis Association | Pibrac | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resources USA | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $74,986 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana University | Kokomo, IN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institut Jean Monnet Unite Mankind | Antwerp | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute of Hydro-Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences | Gdansk | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skype a Scientist | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $58,374 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University Grossman School of Medicine | New York, NY | $55,914 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cayuga Bird Club Inc | Ithaca, NY | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humanus Documentary Films Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $54,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy | Houston, TX | $50,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | Boone, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cientifico Latino Inc | South Ozone Park, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Datacite International Data Citation Initiative Ev | Hannover | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Area Center for History of Scienceconsortium for History | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Russian-American Science Association | Brookline, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (sipri) | Solna, Solna | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universidad Siglo 21 | Vincente Lopez, Buenos Aires | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| STEM Advocacy Institute | Boston, MA | $49,795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| French West Indies University | Pointeapitre, Guadeloupe | $49,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association De Mejan | Arles | $47,231 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization | Vienna, Vienna | $42,062 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Open Science | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of London Birkbeck | London | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club | New York, NY | $20,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council on Foundations | Washington, DC | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Vienna | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies | Pittsburg, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Curtin University School of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Bentley, Western Australia | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facultad De Medicina | Montevideo | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Europe Asbl | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Friends of the New York Transit Museum | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institut De Paleontologie Humaine Fondation Albert Ler Prince De Monaco De | Paris | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institut Jean Monnet | Bazoches Sur Guyonne | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Instituto De Biologia Molecular Y Celular De Rosario | Rosario | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (iiasa) | Laxenburg, Laxenburg | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Science Council | Paris | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage Association | Vinvi Fi | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Technology Society Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oceans Initiative | Vancover | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans | Plymouth | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partnership With Children | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Princeton Einstein Museum of Science | Princeton, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Professional Children's School | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Realclearpolitics Institute for News and Information | Northbrook, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | Newark, DE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Khartoum Alumni Association North America | Grand Blanc, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zephyr Education Foundation | Falmouth, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Changing Norms Inc | Jamaica, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Air Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of American Universities | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | East Boothbay, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fondation Les Arts Florissants - William Christie | Paris, Paris | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fondation Les Arts Florissants William Christie | Paris | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation | College Station, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage Association | Florence, Florence | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Oxford University | Oxford | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | Laguna Hills, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Florence | Firenze, Firenze | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of South Floridainstitute of Oceanography | St Petersburg, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| York University | Toronto, Ontario | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia Iath | Charlottesville, VA | $11,997 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marine Biological Association | Plymouth, Plymouth | $11,864 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regional Plan Association | New York, NY | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovations | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Deep-Sea Biology Society | East Sussex Bn Ea | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faseb Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Rockville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meridian International Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resources for the Future | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverbank Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Door | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Edna Society (co Ryukoku Univ) | Shiga, Shiga | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unitas Malacologica | Paris, Paris | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | San Francisco, CA | $9,754 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Zero | Washington, DC | $9,493 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Island Oyster Reef | Bronx, NY | $8,127 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thrive Scholars | Boston, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institut De Paleontologie Humaine Fondation Albert Ler Prince De Monoco | Paris, Paris | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Innovations Inc (leap Inc Dba Bwi) | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Workforce Institute (leap Inc) | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Exam Schools Partnership Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Historic Morven | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny Philharmonic | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Segue Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vietnam Pow Reunion Foundation | Clinton, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candid (formerly Foundation Center) | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Temple Rodef Shalom | Falls Church, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ice Hockey in Harlem | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Books for Kids Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Art Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 183 (11%) 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 13%, across 3 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.
- American Philosophical Society
AMERICAS SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONARIES: PROGRAMMING TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org
EMPOWERING NATO TO HELP MAINTAIN ITS MILITARY AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE TO FACE CURRENT AND FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES - Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation
EMPOWERING NATO'S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS - Institute of International Education (iie)
SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND: SUPPORT THREATENED AND DISPLACED SCHOLARS FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIA - National Academy of Sciences
CONNECTIONS TO SUSTAIN SCIENCE IN LATIN AMERICA - Center for Strategic & International Studies
UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHENING US-LATIN AMERICA EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE FROM A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PERSPECTIVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 88 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | $3,588,125 | $49,711 |
| 2022 | 57 | $3,574,209 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $3,882,800 | $60,000 |
| 2024 | 54 | $3,954,807 | $37,500 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $44,646. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Richard Lounsbery Foundation 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: 601 13TH Street Nw 940N, Washington, DC, 20005. 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.
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