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Loewy Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 136225288

Loewy Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $500,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $112,500 and the largest $245,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $495,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$495,0006$11.6 million
2024$500,0004$11.6 million

How to apply

ContactJohn P Reiner
157 Columbus Avenue Suite 447, New York, NY 10023
Phone or email(212) 269-2466
What to submitProposal in letter form
RestrictionsNo grants to individuals

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Loewy Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia1$245,000
New York2$170,000
California1$85,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hias
Washington, DC
In support of its march, 2025 proposal for a grant in support of critical legal services for refugees, asylum-seekers and other forcibly-displaced populations.$245,000
Columbia University
New York, NY
In response to its proposal for a commitment of $ 1,000,000, payable in equal installments of $ 200,000 over five years, $ 500,000 to establish the loewy scholarship fund and endowed fund at columbia college, and $ 500,000 to establish the loewy scholarship fund and endowed fund at the school of engineering and applied science.$140,000
Grauer Foundation for Education
Encinitas, CA
Grant for renewal and expansion of support of its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program and specifically to support STEM education. Continued further support the hiring of a teaching fellow to further the STEM program.$85,000
Mohonk Preserve Inc
New Paltz, NY
Grant for renewal and expansion of support of its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program and specifically to further support the hiring of a teaching fellow to further the STEM program.$30,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Loewy Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Loewy Family Foundation Inc give?

$500,000 in tax year 2024, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $112,500.

Who runs Loewy Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Brigitte Loewy Linz (Director & Vice President), Andrew David Linz (Director & Vice President), Edward B Pennfield (Director & Vice President) and Erik A Hanson Cpa (Director & Vice President) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Loewy Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and science and research.

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