The Lamport Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 06-0775428. Reported 143 grants totalling $245,568 to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. The Lamport 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $150 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $35,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harvard University Faas Fund | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $28,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Unit 669 Inc | Livingston, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvard Business School Fund | Boston, MA | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Smith Fund | Northampton, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Children's Aid | New York, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scardsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corp (svac) | Scarsdale, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation | New York, NY | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Atheneum | Nantucket, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hoff-Barthelson Music School | Scarsdale, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $1,317 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Doe Fund | New York, NY | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brunswick Topsham Land Trust | Brunswick, ME | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clio D H Axilrod Foundation | Durham, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Boarders USA | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Mgh Fund | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thirteen | New York, NY | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Visiting Nurse Services Health (vns) | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neue Galerie New York | New York, NY | $860 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $780 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mother Against Drunk Driving (madd) | Washington, DC | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union (aclu) | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity Ny & Westchester County | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hyde Leadership Charter School | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | Nantucket, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Historical Association | Nantucket, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Land Council Inc | Nantucket, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Phipps Neighborhoods Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Dalton School | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York (vns Health) | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waynflete School | Portland, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Western Pa Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $475 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Audobon Society | Washington, DC | $450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $436 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Adirondack Council | Elizabethtown, NY | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Preservation Trust | Nantucket, MA | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reach Out and Read | Boston, MA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservatory | Albert Lee, MN | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Civitas Citizens Inc | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scout Council of Greater New York | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust (matlt) | Portland, ME | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Parks & Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Girl Scot Council of Greater New York | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
45 of 61 (74%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 78 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41 | $43,945 | $250 |
| 2021 | 40 | $33,383 | $250 |
| 2022 | 33 | $92,715 | $260 |
| 2023 | 29 | $75,525 | $250 |
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. 60% 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 $250. 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 The Lamport Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1271 Ave of the Americas 42 Fl, New York, NY, 10020. 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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