· Private foundation
Bernard J & Jeanne M Lawler Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOVE FUND OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,200 |
| INTERFAITH WORKS | $400 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $300 |
| SAMARITAN CENTER | $300 |
| ST JUDE | $300 |
| GOLISANO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $300 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $250 |
| HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $200 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $150 |
| WYATT LUCHSINGER FUND | $100 |
| TULLY HILL TREATMENT & RECOVERY | $100 |
| AURORA OF CNY | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against -40% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +61%
- SCSAMARITAN CENTER INC4× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +30%
Save The Children Federation Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $600 · revenue +0%
Funded once
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2022 · $800 · revenue -40%- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $800
- IWINTERFAITH WORKS - AFGAHN PLIGHTone grant, 2021 · $750
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…
Our mission is to foster a thriving and equitable central new york region by leading and inspiring a community culture of giving, celebrating legacy and stewarding charitable resources for today and tomorrow.
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Vision: a world where no child's life is torn apart by war.children in conflict works tirelessly to restore hope, safety and childhoods to children whose lives are affected by war.
Using the power of volunteers and community partnerships to expand dignified access to food in the heart of disadvantaged communities.
To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.
To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.
To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.
Children's services
Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…
Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds AURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernard J & Jeanne M Lawler Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard J & Jeanne M Lawler Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
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