About Life Time Foundation
The Life Time Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created by Life Time, Inc., is dedicated to inspiring Healthy People, a Healthy Planet, and a Healthy Way of Life. Through financial grants and direct action, the Foundation supports youth nutrition (healthier, minimally-processed school meals), youth movement (programs that expand access to physical activity), and a healthy planet (forestation, restoration, and conservation initiatives).
Focus Areas
Youth NutritionYouth MovementForestation / ReforestationSchool food systemsCommunity physical activity programsEnvironmental conservation
Who They Fund
school-aged children (K–12 students)youth organizers and movement participantsschool meal programs / school districts
Funding Style
technology/tool development (software)
About Life Time Foundation
A five-year, $1,000,000 grant to the New York City Department of Education shows how Life Time Foundation works: it backs district-scale nutrition changes, not just one-off program support. The grant was designed to accelerate scratch cooking, prepare clean foods, and remove specified harmful ingredients across NYC schools, which fits the foundation’s broader emphasis on healthier, minimally processed meals for K–12 students. That school-food work sits alongside youth movement and healthy-planet funding. In recent grants, the foundation gave $250,000 to Denver Public Schools for school nutrition and $185,704 to Lake County School District for both school nutrition and youth movement. It also supported environmental work, including a $1,000,000 grant to the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation for environmental work and a $300,000 grant to American Forests for environment. The foundation is a public charity with national geographic scope, and its recent grant list shows repeated support for schools, nonprofits, and public agencies that shape children’s daily habits and environments.
What Life Time Foundation Funds
School nutrition is a core line of work. Life Time Foundation gave $236,000 to Urban School Food Alliance Inc. for school nutrition, and $145,184 to Chef Ann Foundation for school nutrition. It also funded Wellness in the Schools Inc. with $63,687 in 2023 for school nutrition, reflecting an interest in improving what students are served at scale. Children’s nutrition appears in separate grants tied to clean-label and ingredient transparency work. The foundation awarded $90,959 to Eliassen Group for children’s nutrition - clean label database, and $61,480 to National Farm to School Network for children’s nutrition. A third strand is youth movement: it gave $100,000 to National Interscholastic Cycling Association for youth movement and $70,000 to Get Outdoors Leadville for youth movement, showing support for organized physical activity opportunities as well as school-based programs.
How Life Time Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the middle five figures: p25 is $13,552, median is $19,762, and p75 is $68,439. The recent list also includes larger program and partnership grants, including seven-figure awards. The foundation is a public charity and a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund or a vehicle for individual giving. Recent entries show repeat support for some organizations across more than one year, including the Fund for Public Schools, Wellness in the Schools, Trust for Public Land, and the National Farm to School Network. Unsolicited requests are accepted for some programs, including Healthy Planet / Forestation Grants and ScratchWorks Collective Funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.3M
Total Assets
$2.6M
Total Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$2.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $68K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$68K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
About 12% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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