The Gerard B. Lambert Foundation concentrates on large, targeted grants to cultural heritage institutions, elite research and education centers, and child/adolescent medical and mental-health programs. Its giving favors conservation and curatorial support for museums and historic sites, the creation of campus green spaces and gardens, and innovation in youth psychiatry and clinical care. Grants are sizable and strategic, often establishing named funds or endowed positions and occasionally repeating support to a few core beneficiaries.
Among the Gerard B Lambert Foundation’s clearest signatures is its willingness to make seven-figure commitments for specific physical and scholarly projects: a $2 million pair of grants to the World Monuments Fund for historic garden conservation, a $1 million grant to the National Gallery of Art for a curator of modern art position, and another $1 million to Georgetown University to establish an intensive outpatient child, adolescent, and family psychiatry innovation fund. That mix points to a foundation that funds long-horizon work rather than broad, unrestricted cycles. Their recent grants cluster around cultural heritage, museum stewardship, campus and garden landscapes, and youth mental health. The foundation has also backed the White House Historical Association for the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, the Institute for Advanced Study for collaborative research and Near Eastern and Islamic studies, and Children’s National Medical Center for ADHD support and community health education. Several awards are repeated across multiple years, including support for the World Monuments Fund, Children’s National Medical Center, and the Institute for Advanced Study, which suggests ongoing relationships with select institutions. The grant list also includes named funds, endowed positions, and project-specific buildouts, indicating a preference for defined outcomes over open-ended support.
Historic preservation is one of the foundation’s most visible lanes. It gave $1 million to the World Monuments Fund Inc in 2023 “to support the conservation of, and programming related to, the Potager du Roi, Versailles,” and later renewed that relationship with a $2 million grant in 2025 for “Cultivating Resilience: Innovative Conservation Strategies for Historic Gardens.” On the arts side, the foundation backed the National Gallery of Art with $1 million in 2025 “to support a curator of modern art position,” while also supporting the White House Historical Association with a $1 million commitment in 2025 to establish the Gerard B. Lambert Fund for Scholarly Impact. In higher education and research, it gave $1 million in 2025 to the Institute for Advanced Study for the Center for Collaborative Research. Youth mental health is another clear thread. Georgetown University received $1 million in 2025 for the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry Intensive Outpatient Current Use Innovation Fund, and Children’s National Medical Center received multiple awards for ADHD support and community health education.
$8.8M
$95M
$4.1M
$9.5M
Most grants fall between $25K and $244K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$244K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Gerard B Lambert Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 74 | $20.5M | 94.9% |
| 2 | Italy |
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Concentrated, high-value grants with several multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar awards; a mix of repeat funding to select core grantees and single large gifts to establish named funds or positions. Geographic focus leans toward major U.S. cultural and academic institutions with occasional international project support.
Notable grantees: World Monuments Fund, Children's National Medical Center, Institute for Advanced Study, White House Historical Association, National Gallery of Art
Typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $45,000 at the median, and $243,750 at the 75th percentile, with some awards far above that range. The foundation gives both one-time project grants and repeated support: World Monuments Fund Inc appears in multiple years, as do Children’s National Medical Center, the Institute for Advanced Study, White House Historical Association, US Sciences Po Foundation, and The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc. Its structure is visible in the way it funds named funds, positions, and targeted projects rather than solely general support. It also funds individuals, though the recent-grants list here centers on institutions.
Grantmaking is national, with a strong concentration in the Mid-Atlantic. Maryland is the top state by grant count, while 39% of grants go to recipients in New York, the foundation’s headquarters state. Recent awards land in Washington, DC; New York, NY; Princeton, NJ; Upperville, VA; Lake Toxaway, NC; and Rome. Outside the US, grants also reach Italy, including Rome and Villa Medici. The recipient-country mix is overwhelmingly US-based at 95.8% of grants.
The foundation backs historic garden conservation, museum and cultural heritage projects, university research and fellowships, and child and adolescent mental health programs. Recent examples include a curator of modern art position, a collaborative research center, and an intensive outpatient psychiatry innovation fund.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including World Monuments Fund Inc, Children’s National Medical Center, the Institute for Advanced Study, White House Historical Association, US Sciences Po Foundation, and The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc.
The grant-size distribution centers at $25,000 for the 25th percentile, $45,000 at the median, and $243,750 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes several seven-figure awards, showing that the foundation makes both mid-sized and very large grants.
Maryland is the top state by grant count. The foundation also sends a substantial share of grants to recipients in New York, where 39% of grants go, and its recent recipients also include organizations in Washington, DC; New Jersey; Virginia; North Carolina; and Italy.
Yes. Recent awards include support for the conservation and programming of the Potager du Roi at Versailles, a modern art curator position at the National Gallery of Art, and garden-related work such as the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the Garden of the Lemons at Villa Medici.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 4 |
| $750K |
5.1% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000,000 | 2025 | CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR HISTORIC GARDENS |
| NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT A CURATOR OF MODERN ART POSITION |
| WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO ESTABLISH THE GERARD B. LAMBERT FUND FOR SCHOLARLY IMPACT |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO ESTABLISH THE GERARD B. LAMBERT FOUNDATION CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND FAMILY PSYCHIATRY INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CURRENT USE INNOVATION FUND |
| INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY | PRINCETON, NJ | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $452,301 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) |
| SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PRESERVE | LAKE TOXAWAY, NC | $250,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF A NEW GREENHOUSE FACILITY |
| FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $225,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE FONDATION ALBERTO ET ANNETTE GIACOMETTI |
| US SCIENCES PO FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $219,580 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY |
| WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY GARDEN |
| INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY | PRINCETON, NJ | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH | UPPERVILLE, VA | $175,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN |
| PENFAULKNER FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FRENCH ACADEMY IN ROME - VILLA MEDICI | ROME | $150,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE RECREATION OF THE GARDEN OF THE LEMONS AT VILLA MEDICI |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $150,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR AND OUTREACH CORE OF THE CLARK PARENT & CHILD NETWORK |
| RXART INC | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE & ART INC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| KENTS HILL SCHOOL | KENTS HILL, ME | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S BALL |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II AVIATION INC | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD | POTOMAC, MD | $45,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TRINITY-PAWLING SCHOOL CORPORATION | PAWLING, NY | $45,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC | MOUNT KISCO, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | TOWARDS THE CHARLIE ROSE MEMORIAL FUND |
| LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST PASTORAL SERVICES | POTOMAC, MD | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PROJECT KNITWELL | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT INCREASED PROGRAMMING |
| WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000,000 | 2024 | CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR HISTORIC GARDENS |
| THE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $666,666 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GREEN SPACE |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $458,351 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) |
| OAK SPRING GARDEN FOUNDATION | UPPERVILLE, VA | $385,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY PLANTING AND RESTORATION |
| WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY GARDEN |
| FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $225,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE FONDATION ALBERTO ET ANNETTE GIACOMETTI |
| US SCIENCES PO FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $219,580 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY |
| INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY | PRINCETON, NJ | $200,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES |
| FRENCH ACADEMY IN ROME - VILLA MEDICI | ROME | $150,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE RECREATION OF THE GARDEN OF THE LEMONS AT VILLA MEDICI |
| CHAPEL & YORK FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW'S USA NATIONAL TOUR OF RORY MCEWEN A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATURE |
| CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S BALL |
| THE CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD | POTOMAC, MD | $40,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE & ART INC | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC | MOUNT KISCO, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | TOWARDS THE CHARLIE ROSE MEMORIAL FUND |
| LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST PASTORAL SERVICES | POTOMAC, MD | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PROJECT KNITWELL | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT INCREASED PROGRAMMING |
| EPISCOPAL CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LENOX ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| HOUR CHILDREN INC | LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MATER DEI SCHOOL INC | BETHESDA, MD | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| OASIS ALLIANCE INC | WOODBRIDGE, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC
$2,000,000CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR HISTORIC GARDENS
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
$1,000,000TO SUPPORT A CURATOR OF MODERN ART POSITION
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
$1,000,000TO ESTABLISH THE GERARD B. LAMBERT FUND FOR SCHOLARLY IMPACT
TO ESTABLISH THE GERARD B. LAMBERT FOUNDATION CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND FAMILY PSYCHIATRY INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CURRENT USE INNOVATION FUND
TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$452,301TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PRESERVE
$250,000TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF A NEW GREENHOUSE FACILITY
TO SUPPORT THE FONDATION ALBERTO ET ANNETTE GIACOMETTI
TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY
TO SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY GARDEN
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$175,000TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN
PENFAULKNER FOUNDATION
$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FRENCH ACADEMY IN ROME - VILLA MEDICI
$150,000TO SUPPORT THE RECREATION OF THE GARDEN OF THE LEMONS AT VILLA MEDICI
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$150,000TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR AND OUTREACH CORE OF THE CLARK PARENT & CHILD NETWORK
THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
KENTS HILL SCHOOL
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S BALL
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD WAR II AVIATION INC
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
THE CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD
$45,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TRINITY-PAWLING SCHOOL CORPORATION
$45,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TOWARDS THE CHARLIE ROSE MEMORIAL FUND
LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST PASTORAL SERVICES
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PROJECT KNITWELL
$25,000TO SUPPORT INCREASED PROGRAMMING
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC
$2,000,000CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR HISTORIC GARDENS
THE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC
$666,666TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GREEN SPACE
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$458,351TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
OAK SPRING GARDEN FOUNDATION
$385,000TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY PLANTING AND RESTORATION
TO SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY GARDEN
TO SUPPORT THE FONDATION ALBERTO ET ANNETTE GIACOMETTI
TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
FRENCH ACADEMY IN ROME - VILLA MEDICI
$150,000TO SUPPORT THE RECREATION OF THE GARDEN OF THE LEMONS AT VILLA MEDICI
TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW'S USA NATIONAL TOUR OF RORY MCEWEN A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATURE
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S BALL
THE CONNELLY SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD
$40,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TOWARDS THE CHARLIE ROSE MEMORIAL FUND
LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST PASTORAL SERVICES
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PROJECT KNITWELL
$25,000TO SUPPORT INCREASED PROGRAMMING
LENOX ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
$20,000TO SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
OASIS ALLIANCE INC
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT