Lopker Family Foundation

• The Lopker Family Foundation funds translational cancer research that moves promising laboratory discoveries toward first-in-human clinical trials, so a nonprofit whose work sits outside that area is unlikely to fit.
• The foundation describes its partners as public universities whose cancer research centres are NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centres, and it prioritises institutions that lead in innovation despite smaller unrestricted endowments, so an organisation that is not such an institution should check its fit before writing in.
• Half of its grants to organisations were $10,000 or less, so a modest request is the realistic starting point, although one award of $1,000,000 appears above its stated $200,000 to $300,000 grant range.
• The filing shows that 92% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so this looks like a relationship-led funder, and a first approach should be a letter naming the organisation and grant purpose, with a copy of its federal tax-exemption letter.
• The filing gives no deadlines, so no set date for applications is stated.

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

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Multi department donation
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Dr slamon cancer research
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Totem Technologies · In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Giving What We Can · In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose
  $140,0002024 tax year
• Scholarship Foundation Of SB · Karl lopker memorial endowed scholarship fund
  $100,0002024 tax year
• University of Washington Foundation · Allergy & infectious diseases parasitology fund
  $100,0002024 tax year
• University of Washington Foundation · Institute for prostate cancer research fund
  $100,0002024 tax year
• The Life You Can Save · In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose
  $50,0002024 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.