Open Foundations · District of Columbia

Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 362476143. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $5.3M across 142 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$5.3M
paid in 2024
142
grants paid
$10K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$28.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JUDY AND PETER BLUM KOVLER FOUNDATI
Address
1025 THOMAS JEFFERSON ST NW 400W, WASHINGTON, DC, 20007
Phone
2024660581
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SUBMIT A 1-2 PAGE WRITTEN PROPOSAL AND A COPY OF YOUR DETERMINATION LETTER FOR CONSIDERATION.
Submission deadline
BY NOVEMBER 1ST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
Restrictions on awards
NONE.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543169349101519. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 142 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Civic NationDC$864,416TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2Washington Educational Telecommunications AssociationVA$490,780TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
3Fair ElectionsDC$294,510TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
4National Gallery of ArtDC$260,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
5Washington Educational Telecommunications AssociationVA$247,561TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
6Children's Hospital FoundationMD$210,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
7Civic NationDC$194,360TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
8National Democratic InstituteDC$145,080TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
9Sibley Memorial HospitalDC$120,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
10American Friends of the LouvreNY$115,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
11Albertine FoundationNY$100,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
12Dana Farber Cancer InstituteMA$100,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
13Foundation for the National Institute of HealthMD$100,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
14Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-pancanCA$100,000TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
15National Democratic InstituteDC$96,005TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020181$4.9M
2021131$4.4M
2022156$6.3M
2023146$5.5M
2024142$5.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia42%
California10%
New York9%
Maryland8%
Massachusetts7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Dan KovlerVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Judy Lansing KovlerPRESIDENT · 2024
Mark KovlerVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Parisa KavianyDIRECTOR · 2024
Peter KovlerCHAIRMAN · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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