The Lauren And Lee Fixel Family
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, with a strong emphasis on Jewish organizations and educational initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing community welfare through significant financial contributions to charities that address diverse needs, including education and health. The foundation primarily serves nonprofit entities that focus on Jewish community support, education, and health-related causes. It has a notable history of funding prominent organizations, particularly in New York and Florida, indicating a geographic focus on these areas.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established, mid-to-large nonprofit or educational institution—often with ties to Jewish community causes or a presence in New York or Florida—that can receive and steward sizable grants and is likely to be known or referred within the foundation’s network.
Good Fit
- • Established institutional reputation (university, major hospital, well-known Jewish organization).
- • Existing relationships or referrals to the foundation or its intermediaries.
- • Programs serving New York or Florida constituencies or priorities in education, Jewish community life, or health.
- • Capacity to manage multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar grants.
Geography
Grants in the latest year went to organizations in seven states, showing a multi-state footprint, but funding is heavily concentrated in one state and a second state, so the reach is broad but regionally concentrated.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation funded 24 distinct recipients (with 12 new and 12 returning), indicating a broadly distributed recipient set for a private foundation of this size despite dollar concentration among a few large grants.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly marks grants as preselected and the default application is invitation-only; there is no public website or submission route, so unsolicited unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to gain entry even though new grantees do appear via private selection or referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
