The Lb Research and Education
Asheville, NC · EIN 95-4664361. Reported 93 grants totalling $5,982,500 to 59 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. The Lb Research and Education 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 $35,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $420,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cincinnati Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,680,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harmony Project of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blalock Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Mentoring Connection | Los Angeles, CA | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Face Forward Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harmony Project Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mendocino Art Center | Mendocino, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Nicholas Center | Port Washington, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oasis - a Haven for Women and Children | Paterson, NJ | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Lime Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chainless Change | Sunrise, FL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hobart Shakespeareans | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Opportunity House | Reading, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uncommon Good | Claremont, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catalyst for Change | Big Timber, MT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hack the Hood | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Airport Marina Counseling Service | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Video Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Her Resiliency Network | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Aha Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Oregon Veterans Ranch | Bend, OR | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Avalon Carver Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Hospital | Wallingford, CT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seeds of Literacy | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Alliance for Better Schools | Shoreline, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation | Torrance, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for a Healthier Generation | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Indian Museum and Cultural Center | Santa Rosa, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clyde Malone Community Center | Lincoln, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Western Nc | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Covenant House of California | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Empowered Network | New London, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Familes Forward | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Marcos Promise | San Marcos, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Aquarium | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upspring | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baptist Health Care Foundation | Montgomery, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Close Ties Leadership | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors of the World | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls First | Norristown, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevada Institute of Forensic Nursing | Spring Creek, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nova Ukraine | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa | Mission Hills, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern California Counseling Center - Watts | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Aha Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nueva Vida | Alexandria, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative | North Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baptist Healthcare Foundation | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clever Communities | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Each Moment We're Alive | West Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Versability Resource | Hampton, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater Seattle | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
21 of 59 (36%) 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 50%, 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.
- University of Cincinnati Foundation
MEDICAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS - Upspring
SUMMER CAMP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 72 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $1,330,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $1,582,500 | $32,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $1,545,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $1,525,000 | $25,000 |
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. 49% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $35,000. 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 Ohio.
- 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 Lb Research and Education'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: 65 Merrimon Ave 1042, Asheville, NC, 28801. 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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