The Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation makes strategic charitable investments in support of medical research, education, and community engagement.

Established in 2002, the foundation seeks to create positive change within three core issue areas. Through strategic grantmaking, we invest in organizations that accelerate medical and scientific discovery, enable access to educational and economic opportunity for young people, and enrich and strengthen the communities where our founders live and work. We review grant proposals on an invitation-only basis and regrettably cannot accept unsolicited funding requests.

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Medical Research
Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation Establishes Program for the Study of Neuroimmune Interactions in Dementia at Yale
The Ludwig Program aims to accelerate research at the intersection of neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s disease by fostering a community of researchers at Yale Medical School.
May 31, 2024
Education
Hurst Horizon Scholarship Founding Donors Reflect on Two Years of Giving
The Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation co-created the scholarship to eliminate the debt barrier that hinders many students from pursuing legal education.
Yale Law School
March 11, 2024
Medical Research
LFF-funded Investigator Li-Huei Tsai’s Lab Published a Study Providing New Insight into the Mechanisms of How Specific Frequencies of Light and Sound May Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients
In this new study in Nature, researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory of MIT reveal that flickering light and sound stimulation at a frequency of 40Hz can produce a specific brain rhythm that clears amyloid plaques from the brain via the brain’s glymphatic system, a recently discovered “plumbing” network parallel to the brain’s blood vessels.
The Picower Institute
February 28, 2024
Education
The Carol and Gene Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership Brings Students Together with Local Leaders to Showcase Career Pathways
The New Haven Leadership series connected Yale Law School students with public sector leadership role models in government, community organizations, nonprofits, and the arts.
Yale Law School
December 8, 2023
Education
Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation Partners with the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University
A new grant will fund pilot programs at three NISS partner institutions, enabling them to provide students with modest financial support in addition to a suite of advising, academic, and financial wellness supports and support the NISS in its mission to identify and find solutions for institutional barriers to equity and college completion.
Georgia State University
November 30, 2023
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