The Lum Foundation funds a mix of civil‑liberties/legal advocacy, workforce/technology access, and education initiatives with an emphasis on national organizations. Grants are typically large, unrestricted general program support awards to policy-oriented groups, social-justice legal organizations, and skills/education nonprofits, suggesting a focus on systemic change through litigation, public education, and workforce pathways.
Concentrated portfolio of relatively few, large grants (many six‑figure awards), primarily general program support to national organizations rather than many small local gifts; mix of policy/advocacy groups and service providers.
Lum Foundation’s recent giving is marked by large, flat general-program grants to policy, legal, and education organizations, with a $425,000 award to Moral Compass Federation as the single largest grant in the latest list. The foundation backs civil-liberties and criminal-justice work, technology and workforce access, and education initiatives, using unrestricted support to strengthen organizations rather than fund narrow projects. In the same pattern, it gave $250,000 each to the Institute for Justice, Arc Research Institute, Seattle Foundation, and Per Scholas Inc. It also supported Equal Justice Initiative with $200,000. That mix points to a funder that leans toward systemic change, pairing legal advocacy with public-policy ideas and practical pathways into work and digital participation. The grants suggest a national set of grantees, even though every listed recipient is in the United States and the foundation’s giving is locally scoped in the data provided. The foundation’s support also reaches education-related work through organizations such as Camfed USA Foundation and Digital Citizen Fund, alongside pro-liberty and civic-persuasion groups like Famm Foundation and The Roots of Progress.
In criminal justice reform and legal advocacy, Lum Foundation gave $250,000 to the Institute for Justice for general program support and $200,000 to Equal Justice Initiative for general program support. Those awards fit a pattern of backing organizations working on litigation and related advocacy. In technology workforce training and digital citizenship, it gave $250,000 to Per Scholas Inc and $150,000 to Digital Citizen Fund, both as general support, signaling interest in skills access and online citizenship education. Education also appears in a grant of $100,000 to Camfed USA Foundation for general program support, connecting the foundation to girls’ and youth education work. A separate $100,000 grant to The Roots of Progress shows support for civic-persuasion and public-policy efforts as well.
The typical grant size is $150,000 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, which shows a tight cluster around a single award level even though the recent list also includes larger grants. The foundation’s giving in the provided data is entirely to U.S. recipients, and every listed grant is for general program support or general support. The pattern also suggests recurring thematic support across multiple years: the recent list includes a 2023 grant to Digital Citizen Fund alongside 2025 awards, indicating activity across at least two filing years. Lum Foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$1.9M
$28.5M
$13.3M
$2.2M
Most grants fall between $150K and $150K, with a median of $150K.
25th Percentile
$150K
Median
$150K
75th Percentile
$150K
About 20% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Lum Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 15 | $4.4M | 88.2% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 2 |
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Notable grantees: Moral Compass Federation, Per Scholas Inc, Institute for Justice, Equal Justice Initiative, Digital Citizen Fund
All listed grants go to U.S. recipients, and the recipient-country distribution is 100% US. Within the recent list, grants land in a range of cities including Alexandria, Arlington, Palo Alto, Seattle, the Bronx, Montgomery, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Washington, and Beaverton. New York is the top state by grant count, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. The geography reflects a U.S.-only pattern with several East Coast recipients and a smaller set in the West and South.
The recent grants point to civil-liberties and legal advocacy groups, workforce and technology-access organizations, education nonprofits, and public-policy or civic-persuasion groups. Examples in the data include legal advocacy, digital citizenship, girls’ education, and pro-liberty/public education work.
The grant-size distribution is very tight: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $150,000. Recent grants include larger awards, but the central tendency in the data is $150,000.
No. The recipient-country distribution shows 10 grants to U.S. organizations, or 100% of the listed grants.
Yes. Every grant in the recent list is labeled general program support or general support, which indicates broad, unrestricted-style funding rather than project-specific awards.
Yes. The recent grants list includes awards from both 2025 and 2023, including a 2023 grant to Digital Citizen Fund and multiple 2025 grants to other organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| $400K |
11.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORAL COMPASS FEDERATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $425,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PER SCHOLAS INC | BRONX, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SEATTLE FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | ARLINGTON, VA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ARC RESEARCH INSTITUTE | PALO ALTO, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE | MONTGOMERY, AL | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS | BEAVERTON, OR | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CAMFED USA FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| FAMM FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RENEW DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION | NEW YORK, NY | $750,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONSUMER CHOICE EDUCATIONS | ARLINGTON, VA | $288,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DIGNITAS UKRAINE | CRANFORD, NJ | $250,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HOSPITALLERS UKRAINE AID LIMITED | COVENT GARDEN LONDON | $200,000 | 2024 | SEE EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT |
| AFGHAN EVAC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $32,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DIGITAL CITIZEN FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $150,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
MORAL COMPASS FEDERATION
$425,000GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
FAMM FOUNDATION
$100,000GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
CONSUMER CHOICE EDUCATIONS
$288,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DIGNITAS UKRAINE
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
HOSPITALLERS UKRAINE AID LIMITED
$200,000SEE EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
AFGHAN EVAC
$32,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DIGITAL CITIZEN FUND
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT