How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
-
HTTPSWWWLAFONDATION3DSORG
175 Wyman Street
Waltham, MA 024511223
(781) 810-3000
[email protected] - Form and materials
- See application on website (above)
- Deadlines
- No stated deadlines for applications
- Restrictions
- Grants only within the charitable purposes of the foundation
Assets and giving by year
-
Tax year 2025
$412,276
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $135,871
-
Tax year 2024
$219,022
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $179,980
-
Tax year 2023
$429,000
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $22,221
-
Tax year 2022
$494,500
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $73,714
-
Tax year 2021
$260,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $186,318
-
Tax year 2020
$589,635
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $39,379
-
Tax year 2019
$262,200
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $247,817
-
Tax year 2018
$470,000
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $15,808
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
-
Massrobotics IncCambridge, MA
To support the "jumpstart fellowship program"
$100,000 -
Field Ready IncEvanston, IL
Establishing a 3d innovation makerspace at aleppo university
$60,676 -
University of California RiversideRiverside, CA
Advancing the virtual lung: constructing a novel model for disease progression and pathology for clinical translation
$60,000 -
Georgia Tech Research CorporationAtlanta, GA
To support "generative economy | material circularity gen next innovation framework"
$48,600 -
York UniversityToronta, Canada
To support the program "from person to prototype: aidfab's approach to aging in place"
$37,000 -
Workshops for WarriorsSan Diego, CA
To support the "manufacturing training for veterans" project
$30,000 -
The Connecticut Invention Convention IncHartford, CT
To support the program "advancing computeraided-design in invention convention"
$26,000 -
Youth Development Organization IncLawrence, MA
To support the project continuum of STEM learning & leadership for youth in lawrence, ma
$25,000 -
Society of Women EngineersSunnyvale, CA
To support the "get science, engineering, and technology (getset) program"
$10,000 -
University of California IrvineIrvine, CA
Ics summer academy
$10,000 -
Providence Public LibraryProvidence, RI
To support the "mindspark steam club" to make STEM accessible to low income areas
$5,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education2 grants $65,00025% of the total
- Public affairs1 grant $60,67624% of the total
- Health1 grant $48,60019% of the total
- Jobs and employment1 grant $30,00012% of the total
- Science and technology1 grant $26,00010% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $25,00010% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Massachusetts2 grants $125,000
- California4 grants $110,000
- Illinois1 grant $60,676
- Georgia1 grant $48,600
- Connecticut1 grant $26,000
- Rhode Island1 grant $5,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Deborah DeanDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Mark NeilDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Thibault de TersantDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Victoire de MargerieDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Wanda EpsteinDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Donna DevitaTREASURER Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Bernard CharlesHONORARY CHAIRMAN Hours 0.25Pay $0
- Erin ChrzanowskiSECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in Massachusetts
- Private foundations in Waltham
- Foundations that fund education in Massachusetts
- Foundations that fund public affairs in Massachusetts
- Foundations that fund health in Massachusetts
Similar foundations
Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
- The Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation 18 grants Preselected only $369,000 giving
- National Biomedical Research Foundation Inc 1 grant Preselected only $567,000 giving
- The Pacer Foundation 32 grants Preselected only $154,000 giving
- Ina & Lewis Heafitz Charitable Foundation 15 grants Preselected only $410,812 giving
- Charles Caron Foundation 19 grants Preselected only $407,580 giving