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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136001282Est. 1937-10

The Henry Luce Foundation Inc

New York, NY 10010

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.1B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$49.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

652

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$76K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$75–$1.3M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$81.0M

Total Expenses

$75.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$62.3M

Distributable Amount

$51.8M

Min. Investment Return

$52.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

652 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $75 through median $50K to maximum $1.3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

First Nations Development Institute
$2.3M
6 grants
American Council of Learned Societies
$1.8M
5 grants
National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution
$800K
3 grants
Georgetown University
$603K
2 grants
University of Notre Dame
$592K
3 grants
University of Wisconsin Foundation
$525K
2 grants
Columbia University
$512K
7 grants
Fordham University
$458K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
65
grants
$10–50K
135
grants
$50–250K
273
grants
$250K–1M
26
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

45 states

New York
$9.4M
20% of total
District of Columbia
$6.8M
14% of total
California
$5.5M
12% of total
Colorado
$3.5M
7% of total
Massachusetts
$2.6M
5% of total
Indiana
$1.0M
2% of total
Maine
$1.0M
2% of total
Texas
$1.0M
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.0M
2% of total
Maryland
$940K
2% of total

+35 more states

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