Jonathan D and Mark C Lewis Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold proposal is not something it invites, and your first step should be a warm introduction or a route into conversation with it.
• Its stated focus is youth development, and its grants cover education, arts, environmental learning and community activity, so a youth-focused project is the clearest fit.
• No geographic focus is stated, though the filings show grants mainly in West Virginia, Florida, New York, Oregon and Colorado.
• Most grants fall between $2,000 and $500,000, half of its grants are $25,000 or less, and the median is $25,000, so a request near that level is a sensible size, although its largest grant was $2,700,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Across its recent filings, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, which suggests it tends to return to organisations it already knows.

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

• Farms Work Wonders · Expand opportunities for appalachian youth so they grow to reach their greatest potential
  $2,700,0002024 tax year
• Hope Community Center · General support
  $1,200,0002024 tax year
• Social Equity Through Education Alliance · General support
  $954,9702024 tax year
• Engage Florida Civic Fund · General support
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center · Youth program general support
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Oregon Health and Science University Foundation · General operations support for the lewis scholars program to recruit the next generation of young scientist researchers, with a special focus on young women and under-represented minorities
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Arts for Learning Miami · General operations support for the lewis arts studio to provide low-income students with high level arts instruction and the opportunity to experience local art and explore career pathways
  $462,0002024 tax year
• Youth Action Fund · General support
  $300,0002024 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.