About Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation supports and seeks to enrich Jewish life in Washington, DC, Israel, and around the world. We are also committed to making Washington a better place and to supporting the arts, education, underserved children, healthcare, and the environment.
Focus Areas
Jewish lifeArtsEducationChildren and youth / underserved childrenHealthcareEnvironmentCommunity improvement (Washington, DC)Israel
Who They Fund
low-income children (literacy program participants)seriously ill clients receiving meal serviceschildren and adolescents with special needs (mental health clients)vulnerable elderly (transportation service users)
About Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation repeatedly backs Jewish community institutions in Washington, DC, alongside organizations serving education, healthcare, arts, children, and the environment. The largest recent grant in the data was $825,000 to Jewish Federation of Greater Washington for general operations, followed by $425,000 in the prior year to the same recipient. That scale points to a funder that combines anchor support for core Jewish communal infrastructure with a broader portfolio of operating grants across the Washington area and beyond. In the recent grants list, the foundation also supported the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, American Friends of Magen David Adom, the Anti Defamation League, and Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, showing a clear interest in institutions tied to Jewish life, memory, and community strength. Other awards extend into public-serving work in literacy, mental health, meals for seriously ill clients, and transportation for older adults. The result is a grant profile centered on sustaining established organizations rather than funding individuals or one-off personal aid.
What Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Funds
Jewish life is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s grant record. It gave $100,000 to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for general operations, $90,000 to American Friends of Magen David Adom for general operations, and $50,000 to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for efforts to lift and strengthen Jewish lives and communities. The foundation also supported the Anti Defamation League with $40,000 for general operations in Washington, DC, with a particular focus on proactive DC programs including the “A World of Difference” Institute. In community and cultural life, it awarded $50,000 to the Capital Jewish Museum and $25,000 to Sixth & I Historic Synagogue for general operations. Its education and youth-related giving includes $22,500 to The Literacy Lab for individualized reading instruction for low-income children and $20,000 to Fair Chance for general operations.
How Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $21,875 at the 75th percentile, which reflects a core of modest awards with some larger operating grants. The foundation appears to return to the same organizations across years: Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Anti Defamation League, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, The Literacy Lab, Fair Chance, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC, Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation, and The Student Conservation Association all received multiple grants in the recent record. It is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants are recorded as general operating, project support, or other direct-purpose support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$12.8M
Total Revenue
$812K
Total Expenses
$48K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $22K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
About 21% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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