Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's grants lean towards performing arts and cultural organisations, and the filing also lists hospitals, universities, museums, Jewish and community groups and social-service providers, so a request should be tied clearly to one of these areas.
- Most grants fall between $3,000 and $125,000 and the median is $20,000, so a modest request in that range fits its usual pattern; its largest grant was about $270,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- Its application calls for a formal application with fully itemised purposes, necessity budgets and information on its financial condition, and the filing gives no deadlines, so you can submit whenever the work is ready.
- In its latest filing, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so the process seems relationship-led and a new applicant should expect a harder route without being put off by being new.
- The filing states no geographic focus, though most grants went to organisations in New Jersey and New York, which is a pattern rather than a rule.
Overview
Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation is a US private foundation based in Roseland, NJ.
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 is led by support for performing arts and cultural organisations: theatres, theatre productions and seasons, readings and workshops, symphonic programming, and arts education. Other recipients include hospitals and medical charities, universities, museums and film organisations, Jewish and community organisations, and social-service providers. Grants commonly support general operations, with others directed to productions, public programmes, capital improvements, education and specified community or medical services. The foundation gives substantial support to organisations in New Jersey and New York, alongside grants elsewhere. Its application information calls for a formal application with itemised purposes, budgets and financial-condition information.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Performing arts
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey and New York.
How to apply
Submit a formal application with fully itemised purposes, necessity budgets and information on financial condition.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% 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 289 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: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 6% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 94 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $20,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Drew University · Drew forum speakers series$269,0002024 tax year
- Roundabout Theatre Company · Prod supp-readings workshops-gen oper supp$235,0002024 tax year
- Lincoln Center Theatre · Prod and gen oper supp$165,0002024 tax year
- George Street Playhouse · Prod supp and arts ed programs$161,5002024 tax year
- Mayo Performing Arts Center · Capital campaign$150,0002024 tax year
- JFK CTR For Perf Arts · Theatre season supp and bway ctr stage prog$150,0002024 tax year
- Manhattan Theatre Club · Prod supp&art.devel prog$135,0002024 tax year
- Njpac · Amer songbook$130,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robert Zagoren — Trustee
- Richard A Patt MD — Trustee
- Laura Zagoren Baron — Trustee / President
- Harvey S Rich — Trustee
- Scott Korf — Trustee
- Gene R Korf — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,671,993 | $3,909,500 | $63,193,875 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,627,848 | $3,909,500 | $67,609,351 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,544,931 | $3,722,000 | $74,935,459 | 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
- (973) 993-1583
- Roseland, NJ