Open Foundations · New York

Henry Luce Foundation Inc

New York, New York · EIN 136001282. 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 $48.5M across 635 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$48.5M
paid in 2024
635
grants paid
$50K
median grant
29%
to first-time recipients
$1.1B
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
ONLINE PORTAL
Address
41 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10010
Phone
2124897700
Form the request should take
All inquiries and proposals must be submitted through our on-line portal.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
SEE Supplemental Information

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349101512. 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.

clare bootheart exhibitionscholar stipendsresearchstemacademic

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 635 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1American Council of Learned SocietiesNY$1,250,000Support for academic fellowships
2First Nations Development InstituteCO$750,000Support for fellowships
3First Nations Development InstituteCO$550,000Support for fellowships
4First Nations Development InstituteCO$500,000Support for fellowships
5Colby CollegeME$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
6Creighton UniversityNE$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
7Fordham UniversityNY$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
8Georgetown UniversityDC$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
9Marymount UniversityVA$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
10Mount Holyoke CollegeMA$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
11Santa Clara UniversityCA$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
12Seton Hall UniversityNJ$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
13St Johns UniversityNY$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
14Trinity Washington UniversityDC$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program
15University of Notre DameIN$458,200Support for the Clare Boothe Luce STEM program

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020317$40.9M
2021318$43.7M
2022549$46.7M
2023572$45.2M
2024635$48.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York30%
District of Columbia10%
California8%
Massachusetts8%
Pennsylvania3%

Who decides

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

Change in AccrualsFOR STAFF · 2021
Dr Claire L GaudianiDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Debra S KnopmanDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Elizabeth BrounDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr George E RuppDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Joanne Berger-sweeneyDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr John J HamreDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Kenneth T JacksonDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Mariko SilverPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Mary Brown BullockDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Pauline YuDIRECTOR · 2021
Dr Toby VolkmanSECRETARY · 2021
H Christopher LuceDIRECTOR · 2021
Margaret Boles FitzgeraldCHAIR & DIRECTOR · 2021
Sean T BuffingtonVICE-PRESIDENT · 2021
Staci SalomonCFO & TREASURER · 2021
Terrence B AdamsonDIRECTOR · 2021
Thomas L PullingDIRECTOR · 2021

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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