Delaware · Private foundation
Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 47
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $193k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $46k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $26k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $125k | 91% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Mind | $67,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Round Top International Film Festival | $19,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Search Homeless Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Shelter for Cancer Families | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Waller Dugout Booster Club | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed The Need Missions | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saratoga Cty Agricultural Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Mind | $67,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Round Top International Film Festival | $19,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Search Homeless Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Shelter for Cancer Families | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Waller Dugout Booster Club | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed The Need Missions | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saratoga Cty Agricultural Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bruce Cohen Memorial Cancer Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Franklin Mineral Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Thomas High School | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ptsd Foundation of America | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kcef Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Tennis Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunshine Dog Rescue Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Animal Rescue Mission | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Counselor Evangelical Lutheran Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($157k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation
- How much does Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation give?
- Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (28%), Health (25%), Education (12%).
- Who are Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: One Mind ($68k), Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc ($23k), Round Top International Film Festival ($20k).
- Does Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation based?
- Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation is based in DE.
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