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The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation

Accepts applications Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania · EIN 222429821

The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation is a private foundation in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $334,316 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $18,022 and the largest $139,521. 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 $289,986 the year before.

25% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$380,2958$1.5 million
2023$289,98612$1.5 million
2024$334,3168$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactShelly Lotman Fisher
1127 W Lancaster Avenue, Suite U-3, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone or email(610) 234-0090
What to submitA letter should be sent stating the grant request, the reason the funds are needed, and the purpose for which the funds will be used.
DeadlinesAugust 31 of each fiscal year

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania6$192,295
New York2$142,021

Grants paid in 2024

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Breakthrough T1D Fka JDRF
New York, NY
Contribution$139,521
The Philadelphia Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
Contribution$125,000
The Philly Service Awards
Brun Mawr, PA
Contribution$25,000
Main Line Art Center
Haverford, PA
Contribution$20,000
Catering by Design
Philadelphia, PA
Contribution$16,045
Main Line Heart Center
Wynnewood, PA
Contribution$5,000
Say the Stuttering Assoc for the Young
New York, NY
Contribution$2,500
The Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
Contribution$1,250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: August 31 of each fiscal year.

How much does The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation give?

$334,316 in tax year 2024, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $18,022.

Who runs The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Karen Lotman (President), George Ginader (Ass't Secret), Jeffrey Lotman (Treasurer) and Shelly Lotman Fisher (Secretary).

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