Lubetzky Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is not the route it describes.
- If your work fits its themes of empathy and critical thinking, democracy and democratic institutions, the Jewish community, or conflict resolution, it is worth considering.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $500 and $27,000 and the median was about $1,550, so a modest request sits within its typical range, though its largest grant was $260,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Only 1% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so previous funding is not a common route, and its filings show grants mainly in the United States and Israel, though no geographic focus is stated.
Overview
Lubetzky Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s mission is to foster empathy and critical thinking to build resilient democracies and safeguard humanity. Its work seeks empathetic, respectful, reflective and just communities, fuelled by social entrepreneurship and citizens’ agency. It fosters empathy, emotional intelligence, critical thinking and active listening to build understanding and shared responsibility, and advances democratic values including free speech, the rule of law, basic human rights and a free and independent press. It also works to unite and strengthen the Jewish community through kindness, respect, human decency, justice and repairing the world, and to build conditions for peace and security for Israel and its neighbours. Through Builders, it equips people with skills, tools and networks for flexible thinking and constructive problem-solving without hatred, dehumanisation or violence.
Themes
- Empathy and critical thinking
- Democracy and democratic institutions
- Jewish community
- Conflict resolution
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in the United States and Israel.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 1% 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 35 grants to organisations were about $1,550 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 53%
- The largest single recipient received 53% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, <1% of grant dollars went to organisations Lubetzky Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 53% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Israel).
- 6% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 12 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $1,021 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- American Friends of LIBI · General support$60,0002024 tax year
- Builders Network · General support$50,0002024 tax year
- Columbia Barnard Hillel · General support$5,0002024 tax year
- Common Ground Committee · General support$2,5752024 tax year
- PEF Israel Endowment Funds · General support$2,5732024 tax year
- Film Collaborative · General support$1,0212024 tax year
- New Hope Animal Rescue · General support$1,0212024 tax year
- Travis County Parks Foundation · General support$1,0102024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Zhilun Pang — VP, Finance
- Karen Mcsherry — VP, Finance / Special Advisor
- Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez — President
- Tom Fishman — CEO, Starts With Us
- Justin Mervis — Director
- Elle Lanning — Director
- Julianna Cohen — Secretary / Treasurer
- Michael Johnston — Special Advisor / Director
- Jeffrey Solomon — Director
- Michelle Lubetzky — Vice Chair / Director
- Daniel Lubetzky — Chair / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $16,404,811 | $10,137,685 | $1,412,940 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $24,043,552 | $15,747,714 | $1,677,404 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,139,188 | $125,312 | $1,229,885 | 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Applying to Lubetzky Family Foundation?
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Contact
- info@lubetzky.org
- New York, NY
- lubetzkyfamilyfoundation.org
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Contact
- info@lubetzky.org
- New York, NY
- lubetzkyfamilyfoundation.org