Lasko Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation is based in Philadelphia and gives its priority as the Philadelphia area, with themes of Jewish charities and vocational training, so a Philadelphia-area group working in those fields fits its stated focus best.
- Its typical grants fall between $2,500 and $160,000, with a median of $50,000 and half of its grants at $50,000 or less, so a request near that median is a sensible starting point.
- In the filing, 92% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded in the two filings before, which suggests its giving leans towards existing relationships, so a new applicant should expect to compete with established recipients.
- The filing gives no deadlines and says the foundation accepts applications, so timing is flexible; provide the most complete information about your project, as its guidance asks.
- The filing sets out no exclusions or eligibility rules, so its Philadelphia priority and themes are a guide rather than a bar.
Overview
Lasko Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Philadelphia, PA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (vista.today), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation supports various Jewish charities and general vocational training in the Philadelphia area. The filings show grants to a broad range of organisations, including Jewish religious and educational bodies, human-services and health organisations, food banks, schools, and cultural and environmental organisations. Their recorded purposes are uniformly described as assisting the recipient organisations’ goals. The recipients include religious congregations, schools, social-service and medical organisations, food-aid groups, and cultural and environmental bodies, so the records show support reaching several kinds of organisation.
Themes
- Jewish charities
- Vocational training
Geographic Focus
Priority: Philadelphia area. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
Provide information in a manner that gives the most complete information about the project.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% 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 196 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Lasko Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Israel).
- 21% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 70 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- JEVS Human Services · To assist goals of organization$2,600,0002024 tax year
- American Technion Society · To assist goals of organization$2,500,0002024 tax year
- Community Volunteers in Medicine · To assist goals of organization$500,0002024 tax year
- Good Fellowship Club of Chester County · To assist goals of organization$281,5992024 tax year
- Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Philadelphia · To assist goals of organization$250,0002024 tax year
- PEF Israel Endowment Funds · To assist goals of organization$200,0002024 tax year
- Institute for Jewish Spirituality · To assist goals of organization$200,0002024 tax year
- 18Doors · To assist goals of organization$178,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robin Lasko — Director
- William Lasko — Director
- Michael Dvorak — Director
- Leonard Kane — Director
- Mindy Fortin — Director
- David Glanzberg-Krainin — Director
- Maury Hoberman — Director
- Bernard Eizen — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,581,116 | $3,299,105 | $22,558,767 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $8,519,756 | $8,167,901 | $35,875,107 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $9,970,549 | $9,720,419 | $41,031,158 | 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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Applying to Lasko Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (267) 792-3340
- Philadelphia, PA