Fleming Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a charity that has not been invited to apply should not send it a proposal cold.
• Its records give no way to seek selection, so the practical step is to build a relationship with someone who knows the foundation and can ask whether it would consider your work.
• If you are invited, half of its 100 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less and the median grant was $10,000, so a request of that size fits common practice.
• About 8 in 10 grants fall between $5,000 and $130,000, and the largest was $1,250,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
• Its giving centres on health-related and community initiatives, and the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, though no geographic focus is stated; 94% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had already funded, so it leans heavily on existing relationships.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Cure Alzheimers Fund · Contribution to specific research projects
  $1,250,0002024 tax year
• Lehigh Valley Hospital Network · Contribution to fleming neuroscience health institute
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Valley Youth House · Contribution to general fund
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Salvation Army of Allentown · Contribution to general fund
  $127,5002024 tax year
• Valley Health Partners · Contribution to general fund
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Valley Health Partners Veterans Health Program · Contribution to general fund
  $79,8852024 tax year
• United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley · Contribution to general fund
  $65,0002024 tax year
• Davinci Science Center · Contribution to general fund
  $55,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.