Private foundation · EIN 13-6081860 · Washington, DC · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Richard Lounsbery Foundation's grants went
It reported $3.88M in grants paid across 53 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 55.6% of those dollars to 26 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $2.16M 29 lines
- No confident match $793K 11
- Individuals, not shown $60K 1
- Outside the US $871K 12
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- NO SPECIAL FORM IS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION. APPLICATION IS TO BE MADE IN WRITING SETTING FORTH THE NEED, NATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST PLUS A BUDGET JUSTIFYING THE AMOUNT REQUESTED. ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION'S IRS 501(C)(3) DETERMINATION LETTER AND RELEVANT EXHIBITS SHOULD BE INCLUDED, IF APPLICABLE.
- Deadlines
- GRANT PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE FOUNDATION NO LATER THAN SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST OF
- Restrictions
- GRANTS ARE MADE TO QUALIFYING ORGANIZATIONS ONLY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS.
- Website on filing
- WWW.RLOUNSBERY.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 49 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org LA Spezia, IT · outside the US | $300,000 | EMPOWERING NATO TO HELP MAINTAIN ITS MILITARY AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE TO FACE CURRENT AND FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES | Foreign |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103580 | $200,000 | WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF EARLY MEDIEVAL FRANCE | Known alias 1.00 |
| Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC · EIN 53-0206027 | $200,000 | EARTHS HISTORY SMITHSONIAN SCIENCES EDUCATION ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA | Known alias 1.00 |
| University Court of the University of St Andrew's College Gate Fife, UK · outside the US | $198,827 | EXTENDING THE VALUE OF CTBTO ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS | Foreign |
| American Museum of Natural History New York, NY · EIN 13-6162659 | $183,013 | COSMIC VIEW OF LIFE ON EARTH, PART 2 | Same address 1.00 |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082 | $165,000 | BUILDING A GLOBALLY SYNCHRONIZED PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING EXPERIMENT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Internet Archive San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3242767 | $150,000 | ADVANCING A LIBRARY IN A TIME OF WAR | Same address 1.00 |
| National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196932 | $150,000 | CONFLICT, SCIENCE DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CAREER SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS IN EASTERN EUROPE | Same city 1.00 |
| African Diaspora Scientists Federation Indianapolis, IN · no confident EIN match | $135,000 | MOBILIZING DIASPORA SCIENTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING OF AFRICAN STUDENTS IN SCIENCE | Unmatched Help match |
| Federation of American Scientists Washington, DC · EIN 23-7185827 | $133,490 | TRILATERAL NATO WORKING GROUP ON FUTURE OF ARMS CONTROL | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Academie Des Sciences Paris, FR · outside the US | $130,000 | RICHARD LOUNSBERY FRENCH-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM 2024 AND ALUMNI NETWORK | Foreign |
| Journal of Emerging Investigators Chandler, AZ · no confident EIN match | $125,000 | EIRXIV: EMERGING SCIENCE BY EMERGING SCIENTISTS- THE FIRST PREPRINT SERVER FOR PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS' SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PAPERS | Unmatched Help match |
| Women in International Security Washington, DC · EIN 46-3135838 | $124,250 | SUPPORT FOR WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Authors Alliance Sacramento, CA · EIN 30-0779658 | $123,733 | PREVENTING DIGITAL OBSCURITY BY LOWERING LEGAL OBSTACLES TO STEM PUBLICATIONS | Exact name 1.00 |
| Universidad Simon Boliver Alumni Association of America Waltham, MA · EIN 47-5525567 | $120,000 | SHORT INTERNSHIPS TO SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS FROM COLOMBIA AND VENEZU… | Same address 0.98 |
| Crdf Global Arlington, VA · no confident EIN match | $110,000 | PRESERVATION OF THE COLLECTION OF INCUNABULA OF THE VASYL STEFANYK LVIV NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF UKRAINE | Unmatched Help match |
| Face Foundation New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $110,000 | TRANSATLANTIC RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION BETWEEN EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN THE US AND FRANCE | Unmatched Help match |
| Dreams with No Limits Saint Albans, NY · EIN 85-2492472 | $100,000 | DREAMS WITH NO LIMITS: SEED FUNDS FOR STEM PROGRAMS FOR NYC MALE YOUTH | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| D-Fi USA North Haven, CT · no confident EIN match | $100,000 | "D-FI USA: LEADING A SUSTAINABLE NONPROFIT SUPPORTING THE FRENCH"SCIENCE DIASPORA IN THE US" | Unmatched Help match |
| Submerged Archaeological Conservancy International (Saci) Tallahassee, FL · no confident EIN match | $90,000 | THE KINGSTON HARBOUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT: EXCAVATION OF FRENCH NAVAL FRIGATE JUNON (1780), ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | Unmatched Help match |
| Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Charlottesvle, VA · EIN 54-6001796 | $87,265 | NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY EDITING PROJECT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196932 | $84,098 | RICHARD LOUNSBERY AWARD | Same city 1.00 |
| Sea Search Research and Conservation Npc Cape Town, SF · outside the US | $80,000 | MAKING AFRICA HEARD BY GROWING THE AFRICAN BIOACOUSTICS COMMUNITY | Foreign |
| National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196932 | $75,000 | ENGAGING THE STEMM COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES | Same city 1.00 |
| National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196932 | $72,400 | THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: A HISTORY: 1863-2013 | Same city 1.00 |
| Resources USA Alexandria, VA · no confident EIN match | $60,000 | U.S. HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH LANGUAGE COMPETITION CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF FRANCO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP | Unmatched Help match |
| The Cayuga Bird Club Ithaca, NY · EIN 22-2543227 | $55,000 | THE NEW WORLD OF SENSES- A BOOK ABOUT THE LATEST SCIENCE OF THE SENSES | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Philadelphia Area Center for History of Scienceconsortium for History Philadelphia, PA · no confident EIN match | $50,000 | EXPANDING AN ONLINE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE | Unmatched Help match |
| Association de Mejan Arles, FR · outside the US | $47,231 | THE STARRY WALK - WRITING PROJECT INSPIRED BY A 6 WEEK WALKING AND DRIVING ADVENTURE UNDER THE SKY OF CALIFORNIA TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF LIGHT POLLUTION | Foreign |
| University of London Birkbeck London, UK · outside the US | $25,000 | THE ORIGIN AND HAZARDS OF PAEKTU/ CHANGBAISHAN VOLCANO | Foreign |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress Washington, DC · EIN 26-1558519 | $15,000 | U.S. QUARTER MILLENNIAL PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-1581707 | $15,000 | ACCESS BEYOND BORDERS: EXPANDING OPEN-ACCESS RESEARCH THROUGH DIGITIZATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Princeton Einstein Museum Princeton, NJ · EIN 86-3746441 | $15,000 | ALBERT EINSTEIN AND MAGNETISM EXHIBIT | Same address 0.88 |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Newark, DE · EIN 52-1842894 | $15,000 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL QUIET OCEAN EXPERIMENT | Same address 1.00 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds New York, NY · EIN 20-8392006 | $15,000 | TPF TURKIYE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Rhode Island - Graduate Student Association Kingston, RI · EIN 92-1241505 | $15,000 | SUPPORT FOR FRANCOPHONE SCIENTISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2023 URI GLOBAL PLASTICS FORUM | Same ZIP 0.92 |
| Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Vienna, AU · outside the US | $15,000 | EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION (WGA) FOR RECOVERING ANCIENT DNA | Foreign |
| Curtin University School of Earth and Planetary Sciences Bentley, AS · outside the US | $15,000 | EXPLORING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR THROUGH SOUND: VOL. 2 - APPLICATIONS | Foreign |
| International Science Council Paris, FR · outside the US | $15,000 | TO FOSTER PARTICIPATION OF FRANCOPHONE SCIENTISTS IN POSSIBLE CREATION OF AN ACADEMY OF SCHOLARS OF PACIFIC ISLAND STATES AND TERRITORIES | Foreign |
| Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans Plymouth, UK · outside the US | $15,000 | DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR THE OCEAN BIOMOLECULAR OBSERVING NETWORK | Foreign |
| Meridian International Center Washington, DC · EIN 53-0259663 | $10,000 | 2ND ANNUAL WEEK OF WOMEN & GIRLS IN STEM | Same address 1.00 |
| Global Zero Washington, DC · EIN 45-5620445 | $9,493 | ENHANCED TRANSATLANTIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUES AND COORDINATION | Same street 1.00 |
| New York Common Pantry New York, NY · EIN 13-3127972 | $7,000 | NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY FOOD PROGRAMS | Same address 1.00 |
| Thrive Scholars Los Angeles, CA · EIN 45-5619310 | $7,000 | THRIVE SCHOLARS STEM CAREER PATHWAYS - NEW YORK | Exact name 1.00 |
| Council on Foundations Washington, DC · EIN 13-6068327 | $5,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| The Door New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $5,000 | FRANCOPHONE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES | Unmatched Help match |
| Candid New York, NY · EIN 13-1837418 | $4,500 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same city 1.00 |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable Washington, DC · EIN 13-2943020 | $3,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same city 1.00 |
| Temple Rodef Shalom Falls Church, VA · no confident EIN match | $2,500 | LEVEEN-SHER ENDOWMENT FUND FOR SOCIAL ACTION | Unmatched Help match |
3 more lines ($35K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.