The Meryl & Christopher Lewis Foundation
Hastings on Hudson, NY · EIN 13-3369933. Reported 70 grants totalling $56,350 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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 Meryl & Christopher Lewis 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,100. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Judes Childrens Hospital | Memphis, TN | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Woodlands Temple | White Plains, NY | $3,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mpn Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uja Neediest Cases | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gilda's Club | White Plains, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jdc | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Path Service Dogs | Hopewell Junction, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dorot | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hastings Youth Council | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heifer International | Albert Lea, MN | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Compassion & Choices | Carol Stream, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenburgh Nature Center | Scarsdale, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Irc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ocd Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paws Crossed Animal Rescue | Elmsford, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peta | Norfolk, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Heart Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Animal Education & Rescue | Libertyville, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animal Kind | Hudson, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animal Rescue | Shrewsbury, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family to Family | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Weinberg Nature Center | Scarsdale, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Furniture Sharehouse | Larchmont, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hastings Fire Dept | Hastings on Hudson, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hastings on Hudson Fire Department | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Kicking Cancer | Southfield, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miss Foundation | Austin, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Valhalla, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Harlan, IA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| SPCA Westchester Inc | Briarcliff Manor, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Jonah Maccabee Foundation | Ardsley, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Untermyer Gardens Conservancy | Yonkers, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wync | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yonkers Animal Shelter | Yonkers, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 45 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 51%, 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.
- Woodlands Temple
REFORM JEWISHCONGREGATION - Uja Neediest Cases
IDENTIFY AND MEET THE NEEDS OF NEW YORKERS - American Jewish World Service
WORKS TO REALIZE HUMAN RIGHTSAND END POVERTY IN THEDEVELOPING WORLD - Jdc
TO RESCUE JEWS IN DANGER, PROVIDE AIDTO VULNERABLE JEWS, ANDCULTIVATE A JEWISH FUTURE. - Heifer International
TO END HUNGER AND POVERTY WHILECARING FOR THE EARTH. - Mpn Research Foundation
RESEARCH FUNDING IN PURSUIT OF NEW TREATMENTS- AND EVENTUALLY A CURE- FOR BLOOD CANCERS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $19,050 | $500 |
| 2022 | 23 | $19,100 | $500 |
| 2023 | 23 | $18,200 | $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. 65% 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 $500. 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 Meryl & Christopher Lewis Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 14 Hastings Landing, Hastings on Hudson, NY, 10706. 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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