The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Because the foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, a cold application is unlikely to be considered, so approach it only if your organisation has already been invited or is known to it.
- If that condition is met, your work fits if it falls within the broad areas the filing records (arts and cultural bodies, museums, educational and media organisations, health and social services, conservation and animal welfare), since the filing names no priority field and describes its grants as general purposes.
- No geographic focus is stated, so location alone is not a stated bar.
- About 8 in 10 of its 145 grants fall between $1,000 and $7,500, with a median of $2,500, so a request near the lower end is the realistic size; its largest grant was $15,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- All of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so relationships matter, and the filing gives no application steps or deadlines to plan around.
Overview
The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boston, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grant record describes the organisation grants as being for general purposes. Recorded recipients include arts and cultural organisations, museums and educational and media bodies, as well as health and social-service organisations, conservation groups and animal-welfare charities. These are examples of the kinds of organisations receiving grants; the filing does not name a particular funding field or population as a priority. Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations, and unsolicited requests are not accepted. The available filing gives no further description of how organisations are chosen or how they may seek consideration.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Rhode Island, District of Columbia and California.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 145 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 12%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 47 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- New York Presbyterian Fund · General purposes$15,0002024 tax year
- Westerly Hospital Foundation · General purposes$15,0002024 tax year
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · General purposes$10,0002024 tax year
- Watch Hill Conservancy · General purposes$10,0002024 tax year
- Citizens Housing & Planning Council · General purposes$7,5002024 tax year
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · General purposes$5,0002024 tax year
- Humane Society of the United States · General purposes$5,0002024 tax year
- Central Park Conservancy · General purposes$5,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Eric Lamm — Trustee
- R Bradford Malt — Trustee
- Deborah Lamm — Trustee
- Peter Lamm — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $185,364 | $173,350 | $532,546 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $178,745 | $170,750 | $676,263 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $182,999 | $171,750 | $5,501,997 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Boston, MA