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Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$94kHealth$85kEducation$39kRecreation & Sports$30kArts & Culture$25kAnimals$14kCommunity Improvement$10kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$193k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
J LaPlace$5,000
T Clark$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FEED THE NEED MISSIONS: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
NY
MA
NJ
CA
AZ
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 7 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
61

Total granted

$150k
$197k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+100%
+11%

Still filing today

29%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OM
    ONE MIND
    4× · 2018–2021 · $68k · revenue +100%
  • HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $23k · revenue +64%
  • P
    P4L
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k

Funded once

  • RT
    ROUND TOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • DW
    Delta Waterfowl Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • UO
    University of St Thomasgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +69%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Throw a Dog a Bone Dog Rescue

Throw a Dog a Bone is an all-breed dog rescue located in Austin, TX. We focus on saving dogs primarily in the rural shelters in South Texas. Many of these shelters have no exposure and very few resources. Our mission is to rescue as many…

Animals
2
Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Philanthropy
3
Chances - Dog Rescue and Relocation

Animal Rescue

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4
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Inc
Arts & Culture
5
Texas Flying Legends Museum
—
6
Heb Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
7
Poodle Rescue of Houston

Rescue of unwanted dogs

—
8
Texas Rescue Inc
Animals
9
Roughriders Bar-B-Q Inc

Participating in and hosting events that support Texas youth, education, and agricultural & livestock practices.

Youth Development
10
Texas State Rifle Association Foundation Inc
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11
Heart of Texas Lab Rescue Inc

Rescue labrador retrievers from shelters, pounds, abandonment, and other situations, and place them in loving, caring homes.

Animals
12
Hudson Folkerts Memorial Foundation Inc
Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ptsd Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Bruce Cohen Memorial Cancer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 68 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

P4L: $20,000 · OtherP4LST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $18,000 · OtherST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOLBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING AND DEVELOP: $10,000 · OtherBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING AND DEVELOPT Clark: $10,000 · OtherT ClarkSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICESA SHELTER FOR CANCER FAMILIES: $10,000 · OtherA SHELTER FOR CANCER FAMILIESJ LaPlace: $8,000 · OtherM Deaton: $6,500 · OtherA Matta: $6,500 · Other+45 more: $86,500 · Other+45 moreONE MIND: $67,500 · HealthONE MINDBRUCE COHEN MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBRUCE COHEN MEMORIAL CA…ROUND TOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $19,500 · Arts & CultureFRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsUniversity of St Thomas: $10,000 · EducationWaller Dugout Booster Club: $5,500 · EducationSARATOGA CTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · EducationDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $10,000 · AnimalsSUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC: $1,500 · AnimalsARIZONA ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION: $1,500 · AnimalsGardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter: $1,000 · AnimalsFeed The Need Missions: $5,000 · Human ServicesPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,500 · Public Benefit
Other$185,500Health$72,500Arts & Culture$24,500Recreation & Sports$22,500Education$20,500Animals$14,000Human Services$5,000Public Benefit$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetONE MIND: $67,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROUND TOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $19,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SHELTER FOR CANCER FAMILIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFeed The Need Missions: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRUCE COHEN MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 83% of budgetFRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKCEF FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHOUSTON TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 ONE MIND ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
  • Who funds ROUND TOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds A SHELTER FOR CANCER FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds Waller Dugout Booster Club ↗
  • Who funds Feed The Need Missions ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA CTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BRUCE COHEN MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds KCEF FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION ↗

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX11× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Lawson Bauer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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