The Loewy Family Foundation concentrates its giving on a small set of sizable, strategic gifts that combine higher-education endowments and STEM education initiatives with responsive humanitarian support for displaced populations. They make multi-year and repeat grants to institutional partners—funding scholarship endowments at Columbia, endowed STEM positions and robotics education, and emergency mental-health and protection work for refugees and migrants (notably Ukraine-related).
Loewy Family Foundation Inc has built a giving pattern around a few large, repeat commitments: a scholarship and endowed fund at Columbia College, sustained STEM education support through the Grauer Foundation for Education, and humanitarian funding for displaced people through Hias. The foundation’s recent grants show both long-term institutional support and responsive relief work. One of its largest commitments was $400,000 to Columbia University in 2023 to establish the Loewy Scholarship Fund and endowed fund at Columbia College, followed by additional Columbia support in 2024 and 2025 tied to the same fund. In STEM, the foundation has backed robotics education and an endowed chair in STEM innovation, including a $60,000 grant in 2023 and additional grants in later years. Alongside those education gifts, the foundation has also supported legal services, gender-based violence prevention, and mental health and psychosocial support for refugees and asylum-seekers, including work linked to Ukraine and Mexico. The overall picture is of a family foundation using larger, restricted grants to build institutional capacity while also addressing urgent humanitarian needs.
In higher education, Loewy Family Foundation Inc has repeatedly supported Columbia University to establish the Loewy Scholarship Fund and endowed fund at Columbia College, with grants of $400,000 in 2023, $190,000 in 2024, and $140,000 in 2025. In STEM education, it has funded the Grauer Foundation for Education for robotics education and to endow the Loewy-Linz Chair in STEM Innovation, including a $60,000 grant in 2023 and follow-on grants in 2024 and 2025. The foundation has also supported Mohonk Preserve Inc for science-based field work, including grants to extract and apply scientific data and recruit visiting scientists for targeted land research. On the humanitarian side, Hias has received grants for legal services, GBV prevention and response, and MHPSS support tied to crises affecting refugees and asylum-seekers in Ukraine and Mexico.
Typical grant sizes cluster in the tens of thousands, with a p25 of $24,250, median of $32,500, and p75 of $160,000. The pattern also includes several much larger commitments, especially for endowment-style support and multi-year installment funding. Repeat grants to the same organizations appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025, showing ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, and the recent grants are mostly restricted or project-specific in purpose.
$500K
$11.6M
$600K
$617K
Most grants fall between $24K and $160K, with a median of $33K.
25th Percentile
$24K
Median
$33K
75th Percentile
$160K
About 35% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated, large grants to a small number of institutional grantees with repeat support; mix of permanent endowments/scholarships and targeted emergency program funding.
Notable grantees: HIAS, Columbia University (Columbia College Loewy Scholarship Fund), Grauer Foundation for Education
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent grant list. New York City appears repeatedly through Columbia University, while Washington, DC and Silver Spring, Maryland both appear in Hias grants. Encinitas, California shows up in the STEM and robotics work through the Grauer Foundation for Education, and New Paltz, New York appears through Mohonk Preserve Inc. The recipient-state pattern is weighted toward Maryland, while 31% of grants go to recipients in New York, the foundation’s HQ state.
Recent grants center on Columbia College scholarship and endowment support, STEM education and robotics, and humanitarian aid for refugees and asylum-seekers. Hias grants also show work in legal services, gender-based violence prevention and response, and mental health and psychosocial support tied to crises in Ukraine and Mexico.
Yes. Columbia University received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for the same scholarship fund and endowed fund. Hias and the Grauer Foundation for Education also appear across multiple years, and Mohonk Preserve Inc received repeated support as well.
The listed grant-size distribution is p25 of $24,250, a median of $32,500, and p75 of $160,000. The recent record also includes larger strategic grants, such as $400,000 to Columbia University and $245,000 to Hias.
The grant list is U.S.-only. Recipients appear in New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, California, and New Jersey. Maryland is the top state by grant count, while 31% of grants go to recipients in New York.
Recipients include a university, a humanitarian NGO, an education foundation, a land preserve, and a university. The named grantees include Columbia University, Hias, Grauer Foundation for Education, Mohonk Preserve Inc, and Centenary University.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIAS | WASHINGTON, DC | $245,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF ITS MARCH, 2025 PROPOSAL FOR A GRANT IN SUPPORT OF CRITICAL LEGAL SERVICES FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND OTHER FORCIBLY-DISPLACED POPULATIONS. |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $140,000 | 2025 | IN RESPONSE TO ITS PROPOSAL FOR A COMMITMENT OF $ 1,000,000, PAYABLE IN EQUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $ 200,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, $ 500,000 TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE, AND $ 500,000 TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE. |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $85,000 | 2025 | GRANT FOR RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF SUPPORT OF ITS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT STEM EDUCATION. CONTINUED FURTHER SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A TEACHING FELLOW TO FURTHER THE STEM PROGRAM. |
| MOHONK PRESERVE INC | NEW PALTZ, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | GRANT FOR RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF SUPPORT OF ITS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A TEACHING FELLOW TO FURTHER THE STEM PROGRAM. |
| HIAS | WASHINGTON, DC | $200,000 | 2024 | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF LIFE-SAVING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMMING AND MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES (MHPSS) IN MEXICO. |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $190,000 | 2024 | TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $35,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION |
| MOHONK PRESERVE INC | NEW PALTZ, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | RESTRICTED TOWARDS ORGANIZATION GOAL |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2023 | TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE |
| HIAS | SILVER SPRING, MD | $232,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY MHPSS RESPONSES TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE |
| HIAS | SILVER SPRING, MD | $150,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO AMELIORATE THE REFUGEE CRISIS AT THE MEXICAN BORDER |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $60,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION. |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $35,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION |
| MOHONK PRESERVE INC | NEW PALTZ, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT |
| MOHONK PRESERVE INC | NEW PALTZ, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $22,000 | 2023 | RESTRICTED TOWARDS ORGANIZATION GOAL |
| GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | ENCINITAS, CA | $13,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION |
| CENTENARY UNIVERSITY | HACKETTSTOWN, NJ | $10,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT TRAC PROGRAM (THERAPEUTIC RIDING AT CENTENARY) |
HIAS
$245,000IN SUPPORT OF ITS MARCH, 2025 PROPOSAL FOR A GRANT IN SUPPORT OF CRITICAL LEGAL SERVICES FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND OTHER FORCIBLY-DISPLACED POPULATIONS.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$140,000IN RESPONSE TO ITS PROPOSAL FOR A COMMITMENT OF $ 1,000,000, PAYABLE IN EQUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $ 200,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, $ 500,000 TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE, AND $ 500,000 TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
GRANT FOR RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF SUPPORT OF ITS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT STEM EDUCATION. CONTINUED FURTHER SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A TEACHING FELLOW TO FURTHER THE STEM PROGRAM.
GRANT FOR RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF SUPPORT OF ITS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A TEACHING FELLOW TO FURTHER THE STEM PROGRAM.
GRANT IN SUPPORT OF LIFE-SAVING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMMING AND MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES (MHPSS) IN MEXICO.
TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE
TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION
TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT
TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$400,000TO ESTABLISH THE LOEWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ENDOWED FUND AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE
TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY MHPSS RESPONSES TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO AMELIORATE THE REFUGEE CRISIS AT THE MEXICAN BORDER
TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION.
TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION
TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT
TO ENHANCE AND MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVE'S CAPACITY TO EXTRACT AND APPLY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO RECRUIT VISITING SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT TARGETED FIELD RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF HIGHEST-PRIORITY LAND MANAGEMENT
TO SUPPORT ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND TO ENDOW THE LOEWY-LINZ CHAIR IN STEM INNOVATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARS IN STEM EDUCATION
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY
$10,000TO SUPPORT TRAC PROGRAM (THERAPEUTIC RIDING AT CENTENARY)