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Lopud Foundation Inc

Preselected recipients only New York, New York · EIN 874052660

Lopud Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $350,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $175,000 and the largest $250,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $688,843 the year before.

0% of its 2025 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
2021$00$2.1 million
2022$1.8 million1$340,554
2023$100,0001$320,723
2024$688,8433$1.9 million
2025$350,0002$1.8 million

How to apply

Lopud Foundation Inc says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lopud Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its US grants went to recipients in Connecticut. It also paid $100,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut1$250,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Steven harris and lucien rees-roberts scholarship fund$250,000
Lopud FoundationThe purpose of the grant is to host retreats for painters, musicians, sculptors, writers and other artists, which allow the artists to focus on their work and improve or enhance their artistic skill and to maintain and repair the historic properties owned by the grantee.$100,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lopud Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Lopud Foundation Inc give?

$350,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $175,000.

Who runs Lopud Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Lucien Rees-Roberts (Director), Glenn Steven Harris (Director), Dr Karen Harris (Director) and Jaime Gubbins (Director - Thru 11/26/25).

What does Lopud Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and international.

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