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Maria E. Lavorato Fund
Est. 2000 by Nicholas B. Lavorato
in memory of his mother for general
educational purposes.
The Thomas & Elizabeth Lazay
Charitable Fund
Est. 2007 as a Donor Advised Fund
by Thomas J. & Elizabeth V. Lazay.
Anne & Steven Lazrove Fund
$25,312
Est. 1993 as a Donor Advised Fund by
gift of Anne & Steven Lazrove.
LEAP Endowment Fund
$112,375
Est. 2004 by the Board of Directors
of Leadership, Education and
Athletics in Partnership Inc.
Stanley A. & Margaret R. Leavy Fund
$261,059
Est. 1996 by a gift from Stanley A.
Leavy for the benefit of Christ
Church and Western New England
Institute for Psychoanalysis Inc.
Lee Scholarship Fund
$1,455,344
Est. 1999 to assist with the
educational needs of the Lee
Company employees, children
and spouses.
Wilson H. Lee Fund
$137,230
Est. 1950 by bequest for broad
charitable purposes.
The Catherine Kennedy Foundation
for Leeway Fund
$582,128
Est. 1998 by transfer of assets and gifts
from the community to further the
purposes and mission of Leeway.
Marvin Lender Scholarship Fund
$23,131
Est. 1991 by Marvin Lender to
provide scholarships for Hillhouse
High School students pursuing
post-secondary education.
Martha F. Leonard Fund
$358,822
Est. 2006 by bequest to benefit the
First Church of Christ in New
Haven; Highland Park Reformed
Church, New Jersey; Interfaith
Cooperative Ministry, New Haven;
Yale Child Study Center;
Church World Service, New York;
International Physicians for Prevention
of Nuclear War, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Grant Foundation for
Hospital Albert Schweitzer, St. Marc,
Haiti; The Douglass College, New
Brunswick, New Jersey; John
Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore,
Maryland; and Heifer International,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Letters for My Children Fund
Est. 2001 by Russel H. Goddard to
promote mental wellness in children
and young people.
Selma Levine Fund
$53,753
Est. 1977 by bequest for Hillhouse
High School; Neighborhood Music
School; Congregation B’nai Jacob.
Helen Leyerzapf Fund
$270,162
Est. 1978 by bequest to benefit
organizations in the medical field.
Friends of the Lighthouse Park
Carousel Fund
Est. 1996 by members of the
community for the restoration and
maintenance of the carousel.
Ruth C. Lindwall Fund
$333,494
Est. 1988 by bequest for broad
charitable purposes.
Elsa Guttman Links & Leo Links
Fund
$1,573,305
Est. 1981 by bequest for New Haven
Scholarship Fund.
Elsa Guttman & Leo Links
Scholarship Fund
$561,265
Est. 1982 by bequest for broad
charitable purposes.
Beatrice Shapiro Lipsher Fund
$24,698
Est. 1990 by a gift from Tyler Cooper
& Alcorn, Counselors At Law, in
support of the public opening of the
New Haven Foundation Building.
Mrs. Beatrice Shapiro Lipsher, who
won the privilege of naming and
determining the fund’s use, chose
to support women suffering from
domestic violence, Yale Hillel,
and scholarships for individuals
studying music.
Judith A. Lisi Fund
$14,074
Est. 1992 by gifts of friends in honor
of the Shubert’s former executive
director, for the encouragement of
singing and the production of
opera at the Shubert Performing
Arts Center.
Benjamin Liveten Fund
$409,633
Est. 2002 by bequest for the
benefit of multiple agencies and
unrestricted use.
Mary G. & Isaac S. Liveten Fund
$62,239
Est. 1990 by gift from Benjamin D.
Liveten in honor of his parents for
the Jewish Home for the Aged and
Gaylord Hospital.
The John & Margaret Loehr Family
Fund
Est. 2007 as a Donor Advised Fund
by John & Margaret Loehr.
Long Wharf Doris Duke Endowment
Fund
$1,825,083
Est. 2004 to support Long
Wharf Theatre.
Long Wharf Future Fund
$1,829,118
Est. 1983 to support Long
Wharf Theater.
Frances L. Loro Hamden High School
Scholarship Fund
$295,466
Est. 2000 by bequest for college
scholarships for Hamden High
School graduating seniors who have
participated in the music program
and are pursuing a college education
in the field of music.
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