Grants awarded
Who does The Lef Foundation fund?
The Lef Foundation has awarded $3.1 million across 367 grants to 177 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $11,000.
Total awarded
$3.1M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
177
Grants
367
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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The Center for Independent Documentary INC
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$350K | 29 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Points North Institute
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$156K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Uniondocs INC
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$145K | 9 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Documentary Educational Resources INC
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$140K | 12 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
California College of the Arts
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$92K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$90K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$79K | 9 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Bay School | $75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Independent Feature Project INC
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Cambridge Community Television | $45K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$45K | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| W Westchester Institute for Human Develop | $45K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Tikkun Olam Productions Incorporated | $40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| M Meteor Films INC | $40K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Documentary Association | $38K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Roadrunner Food Bank INC
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$38K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$36K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Albuquerque Community Foundation
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$36K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | NM | |
| W Women Make Movies INC - Amanda Kowa | $32K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Filmmakers Collaborative of San Francisco | $30K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| S Save the Children | $28K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Independent Film Alliance Chicago | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Experimental Sound Studio - Jodie M | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
President and Trustees of Bates College
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Balagan Films INC | $25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | MA | |
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$25K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| C Cerf | $22K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rhode Island School of Design
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
Experimental Sound Studio
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$20K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| T Tufts University - Riccardo Giaccon | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C California College of Arts & Crafts | $19K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$19K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$18K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| T The Flaherty | $17K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $16K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mirabel Pictures - Banker White | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New York Foundation for the Arts INC
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Brattle Film Foundation INC
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| B Bates College | $15K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Southern Documentary Fund
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Film Forum - Luke Meyer | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Film Independent INC
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| U Utah Film Center | $15K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
The Film Collaborative INC
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $13K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts | $12K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Project X Foundation | $12K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Indian Science and Engineering | $12K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism | $12K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Direct Relief
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$12K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$11K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| M Museum of Ceramic Artsny | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Roots & Branches Conservancy
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A Anderson Ranch Art Center | $10K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N New Mexico Habitat for Humanity | $10K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Architecture and Design | $10K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Evergreen State College | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Vii Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Glbt Historical Society | $9K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $9K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust
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$9K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| P Peanut Butter & Jelly Family Services | $9K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Independent Film Society of Boston INC
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$9K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NM | |
New Mexico Voices for Children
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$8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
Creative Sanctuary
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Project Angel Heart
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$7K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
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$7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
| A American Civil Liberties Union | $7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Incorporated
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$7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NM | |
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$7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| C Cove PTO the Cove School | $6K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$6K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
Leopold Writing Program
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$6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Planned Parenthood
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$6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Denver Metro | $6K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| E Everson Museum of Arts | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| C Care USA | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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