Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Fixel Family Foundation broadly awards grants to disease related organizations across the United States. It also funds several large, national Jewish organizations.

IP TAKE: This funder typically awards unrestricted grants to support general operating costs rather than grants restricted to specific projects. It’s not an accessible funder and doesn’t offer clues as to how it makes grants—a tough nut to crack.

PROFILE: Established around 2010, the Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation maintains a low public profile and does not maintain a website or employ any paid staff members. According to tax filings, the foundation has sizable assets and funds various nonprofit organizations across the United States including disease-related organizations. 

Grants for Diseases

The Fixel Foundation makes regular, large donations to major hospitals and universities such as the University of Florida, New York Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center and Washington University in St. Louis. It also supports a number of disease-related organizations, including the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and the Lung Cancer Research Foundation.

Grants for Brain and Cell Research

While the foundation does not specifically prioritize brain and cell diseases, tax filings show that Fixel has supported organizations such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which received funding for Parkinson’s disease research, as well as the University of Florida, which received a substantial grant to help establish the Normal Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases. 

Grants for Jewish Causes

In addition to its health and diseases grantmaking, Fixel supports several schools and nonprofits that work to promote Jewish causes, such as UJA Federation of New York, Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok, and the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association.

Important Grant Details: 

Fixel Foundation grant amounts can be sizable and exceed $1 million; however, the majority of grants fall in the $25,000 to $100,000 range. While the foundation tends to show a preference for organizations based or operating in New York, Fixel awards grants to organizations working in a number of states across the country.

The Fixel Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding. A mailing address and phone number are provided below.

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CONTACT:

Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation

c/o Vinitas Partners

1175 Peachtree Street NE, Building 100, Suite 1825

Atlanta, Georgia 30361

(212) 882-1404