Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation funds by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so small nonprofits should not send cold applications.
- Its giving spans medical research and health institutions, universities and schools, youth organisations, social-service and food-support charities, housing providers, cultural institutions, an aquarium and religious and interfaith organisations, so a wide range of charitable work could in principle fit.
- Most grants are modest: half of its 214 grants were $20,000 or less, with the median grant at $20,000, though a typical grant can run as high as $500,000 and the largest grant was about $9,000,000, so request size should be shaped around the lower end unless there is good reason to expect more.
- A large share of its giving, 73% of grant dollars, went to organisations it had also funded in the prior two years' filings, suggesting it is relationship-led and tends to renew support for known partners rather than fund new, unsolicited contacts.
- As no application process or selection steps beyond invitation are given, nonprofits without an existing connection have little practical route in, and should look to build a relationship rather than apply cold.
Overview
Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation is a US private foundation based in Redwood City, CA.
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 filings record grants for charitable purposes to a broad range of organisations. Recipients include medical research and health institutions, universities and schools, youth organisations, social-service and food-support charities, housing providers and cultural institutions. Other recipients include an aquarium and religious and interfaith organisations. The records show grants to organisations across California and beyond. They do not state a more specific set of funding priorities or eligibility criteria, so the range of charitable recipients is the clearest description of its giving.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California.
How to apply
It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application or selection steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 73% 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 214 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 49% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 73% of grant dollars went to organisations Connie and Bob Lurie Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 77 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $19,630 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Gladstone Institutes · Charity$9,000,0002024 tax year
- Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula · Charity$2,005,0002024 tax year
- Monterey Bay Acquarium Monterey Bay Acquarium · Charity$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Eisenhower Medical Center · Charity$1,000,5002024 tax year
- San Jose State University · Charity$1,000,0002024 tax year
- WeHope · Charity$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · Charity$600,0002024 tax year
- Cristo Rey School · Charity$502,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Connie L Lurie — President / Secretary
- Robert A Lurie — Vice President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $20,177,735 | $19,320,776 | $99,909,000 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $15,085,717 | $14,516,275 | $102,787,637 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $22,022,620 | $21,378,230 | $99,655,152 | 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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- Redwood City, CA
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Contact
- Redwood City, CA