William & Betty Lester Foundation

Where William & Betty Lester Foundation Makes Grants

Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in New Jersey: 71% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and New Jersey is also the top state by grant count. Greater MetroWest NJ is the core geography, with repeated grants to organizations in Whippany and Livingston. The foundation also gives to Boca Raton, Florida, through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. Programmatic geography extends further in the active grant list, including county-level support in Essex, Union, and Morris counties and Israel-focused grants tied to partnership communities such as Ofakim, Merchavim, Arad, Kibbutz Erez, Rishon LeZion, and Hurfeish.