Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · Washington, DC · EIN 13-6081860 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Washington, DC (EIN 13-6081860). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $7.7M paid in 110 grants, with a median grant of $50K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $25.9M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · rlounsbery.org
- Total grants paid
- $7.7M
- Grants reported
- 110
- Typical grant
- $50K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $25.9M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- L Brown
- Phone
- (202) 872-8080
- Deadlines
- Grant proposals should be submitted to the foundation no later than six weeks prior to the first of
- Application materials
- No special form is required for application. Application is to be made in writing setting forth the need, nature and the amount of the request plus a budget justifying the amount requested. Also, the organization's IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter and relevant exhibits should be included, if applicable.
- Restrictions
- Grants are made to qualifying organizations only and not to individuals.
Original filing text
- Contact
- L BROWN
- Address
- 601 13TH ST NW STE 940N WASHINGTON, DC, 20005
- Phone
- 2028728080
- Deadlines
- GRANT PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOUNDATION NO LATER THAN SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST OF
- Application materials
- NO SPECIAL FORM IS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION. APPLICATION IS TO BE MADE IN WRITING SETTING FORTH THE NEED, NATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST PLUS A BUDGET JUSTIFYING THE AMOUNT REQUESTED. ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION'S IRS 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER AND RELEVANT EXHIBITS SHOULD BE INCLUDED, IF APPLICABLE.
- Restrictions
- GRANTS ARE MADE TO QUALIFYING ORGANIZATIONS ONLY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS.
Reported organization name: RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Philosophical Society | Philadelphia, PA | Americas scientific revolutionaries: programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence | Tax year 20242024 | $399.3K |
| Center for Strategic & International Studies | Washington, DC | Understanding and strengthening us-latin america educational exchange from a public diplomacy perspective | Tax year 20242024 | $250K |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress | Washington, DC | Celebrating american innovation over the past 250 years | Tax year 20242024 | $250K |
| Columbia University Teachers College | New York, NY | 1776: seedtime of american education - programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence | Tax year 20242024 | $210K |
| Alumnusb (Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc) | Waltham, MA | Inter-institutional collaboration project for early career scientists from argentina, uruguay, chile and bolivia in the fields of science and technology | Tax year 20242024 | $200K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (110 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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