The Lawrence and Carol Saper Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation that has not been preselected should not send one.
- Where it does give, about 8 in 10 grants fall between $1,000 and $18,000 and the median is $5,000, so a modest request fits best; its largest grant, about $410,000 to Jewish Communal Fund, which regrants to other organisations, is not typical.
- Repeat giving is strong: 77% of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so this is a relationship-led funder where a new organisation has a harder route.
- No geographic focus is stated, and its stated grant purpose is general fund support, so the filings' New York emphasis should not be treated as a rule about who may apply.
Overview
The Lawrence and Carol Saper Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
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
Across the filings, grants are recorded as general-fund support for a broad range of organisations, mostly in New York. Recipients include museums, art centres and cultural institutions, schools and universities, hospitals and medical schools, synagogues, and community and charitable organisations. These are the kinds of recipients appearing in the grant record, rather than a stated set of programme priorities; the stated grant purpose is general fund. The grant record also includes contributions to charitable funds and institutions, with the largest share of recorded grant dollars going to New York recipients.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 77% 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 206 grants to organisations were $5,000 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: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 46% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 77% of grant dollars went to organisations The Lawrence and Carol Saper Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom).
- 47% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 71 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Jewish Communal Fund · General fund$250,0002024 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · General fund$30,0002024 tax year
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · General fund$25,0002024 tax year
- World Monuments Fund · General fund$25,0002024 tax year
- Museum of Modern Art · General fund$25,0002024 tax year
- Windward School · General fund$20,0002024 tax year
- Whitney Museum of American Art · General fund$20,0002024 tax year
- Solomon R Guggenheim Museum · General fund$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Martin Nussbaum — Secretary
- Carol Saper — Vice-President / Treasurer
- Lawrence Saper — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $852,814 | $754,000 | $13,894,681 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $830,787 | $734,000 | $15,050,016 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $846,210 | $698,135 | $15,646,327 | 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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Contact
- New York, NY