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Richard Lounsbery Foundation
AbbreviationRLF
TypePhilanthropic organization
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
ChairmanJesse H. Ausubel
Key people
Revenue$2,959,461 (2016)
Expenses$3,409,876 (2016)
Websitewww.rlounsbery.org

The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is a philanthropic organization in Washington D.C. It was founded in 1959, with a goal to enhance national strengths in science and technology (in the United States) and foster strong Franco-American cooperation. To this day, the Foundation has stayed true to its roots while expanding to promote science among youth and to support components of US policy issues pertaining to science. The Foundation supports research projects, science education, key scientific policy issues, and others.

History

The foundation was set up from the Lounsbery family's wealth which derived from the extensive business activities of James Ben Ali Haggin, grandson of Ibrahim Ben Ali and the grandfather of Richard Lounsbery. It was founded in 1959 and has had charitable status since 1960. In 1967, after Richard Lounsbery's death, Vera Lounsbery, Richard Lounsbery's wife, and the family attorney Alan F. McHenry to establish clear goals of the foundation. Mr. McHenry became the first president of the foundation in 1980. McHenry's son, Richard, currently serves on the foundation's board of directors.

Presidents

Alan F. McHenry 1980–1993
Frederick Seitz 1993–2002
David Abshire 2002–2014
William Happer 2014–2017
Jesse H. Ausubel 2017–    

Board of Directors

Jesse H. Ausubel Chairman
David D. Sabatini Vice-Chairman
Maxmillian Angerholzer III Director
R. Nicholas Burns Director
Catherine Dulac Director
Claire Max Director
Richard J. McHenry Director

Mission

The Richard Lounsbery Foundation aims to enhance national strengths in science and technology through support of programs in the following areas: research that helps build bridges between outstanding groups outside the US and American science; joint international research between nations in conflict; science and technology components of US policy issues; elementary and secondary science and math education, especially in New York City and Washington DC; historical studies and contemporary assessments of key trends in the natural sciences; and start-up assistance for establishing the infrastructure of research projects or new fields of research.  Among international initiatives, the Foundation has a long-standing priority in French-American cooperation.

The Foundation generally provides seed money or partial support, rarely renews grants for continuing activities, does not normally fund endowments or capital equipment, and aims to achieve high impact by funding novel projects and forward-looking leaders.  

The Foundation takes a special interest in cooperative activities between French and American scholars. It may have been the first philanthropic organization to fund the Wikimedia Foundation. Lounsbery's early role as a benefactor of Wikimedia is recognized for 2005 to 2008 at and for 2008 to 2009 at . A prospective Lounsbery grant in late 2004 accelerated Wikimedia to get US Internal Revenue Service approval as an educational foundation in April 2005.

The Foundation's largest and most frequent grantees include the American Museum of Natural History, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of International Education, French Académie des Sciences, U.S. Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Awards & Grants

Awards supported by the foundation include:

References

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  2. "Richard Lounsbery Foundation Home Page". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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  4. ^ "EARLY ANTECEDENTS". Richard Lounsbery Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. "BIG Online: US Foundation Summary". www.bigdatabase.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  6. "Foundation History". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  7. "Alan F. McHenry Obituary". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  8. "Richard McHenry". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  9. "Foundation History". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  10. "Foundation History". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  11. "D. Sabatini". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  12. "M. Angerholzer". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  13. "N. Burns". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  14. "C. Dulac". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  15. "C. Max". www.rlounsbery.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  16. Benefactors Wikimedia Foundation

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