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Private foundation (trust)EIN 201673659Est. 2004-12

LOIS CHILES FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 10036

Total Assets

$5.6M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

31

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$42K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$335K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.7M

Total Expenses

$1.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.3M

Distributable Amount

$227K

Min. Investment Return

$251K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

31 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $335K, 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 $2.0M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

173 grants

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
$1.6M
5 grants
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$701K
5 grants
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$445K
5 grants
DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA AT YALE
$200K
4 grants
ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S
$154K
4 grants
YALE UNIVERSITY-CLASS OF 1954
$100K
1 grant
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM
$100K
1 grant
THE BEACON PROJECT
$85K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

173 grants

<$10K
114
grants
$10–50K
45
grants
$50–250K
12
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

New York
$3.2M
65% of total
Texas
$625K
13% of total
Maine
$423K
9% of total
Connecticut
$350K
7% of total
Virginia
$101K
2% of total
District of Columbia
$100K
2% of total
California
$47K
1% of total
Louisiana
$30K
1% of total
Illinois
$30K
1% of total
New Jersey
$20K
0% of total

+1 more states

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