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Private foundation (trust)EIN 562305290Est. 2003-01

CAROL AND GENE LUDWIG FAMILY FOUNDATION

WASHINGTON, DC 20006

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Total Assets

$278.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$8.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

51

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$160K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$3M

Typical

Deadlines

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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

The ludwig institute for shared economic prosperity's mission is to improve the economic well-being of middle- and lower-income americans through research and education.

Program 2

Lisep strives to use economic research to better understand economic growth and prosperity as they are actually experienced by individuals from all walks of life.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$32.0M

Total Expenses

$9.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$9.2M

Distributable Amount

$10.1M

Min. Investment Return

$10.6M

Payout rate 90%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.90%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

51 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $25K to maximum $3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $11.3M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

389 grants

YALE LAW SCHOOL
$11.7M
5 grants
YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
$4.9M
6 grants
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
$3.5M
5 grants
Columbia University
$2.8M
8 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$1.1M
2 grants
MIT PICOWER INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND MEMORY
$1.0M
3 grants
University of California San Francisco Foundation
$881K
2 grants
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
$859K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

389 grants

<$10K
162
grants
$10–50K
113
grants
$50–250K
81
grants
$250K–1M
24
grants
$1–5M
8
grants
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

21 states

Connecticut
$16.6M
37% of total
Massachusetts
$8.7M
19% of total
New York
$7.0M
16% of total
California
$4.5M
10% of total
District of Columbia
$3.7M
8% of total
Missouri
$1.2M
3% of total
Maryland
$931K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$588K
1% of total
Georgia
$465K
1% of total
Virginia
$312K
1% of total

+11 more states

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