· Private foundation
David & Katherine Lawrence 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER | $30,000 |
| DENVER ART MUSEUM LEADERSHIP FUND | $30,000 |
| BRAVO VAIL | $5,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF DENVER | $5,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS | $1,000 |
| CENTRAL CITY OPERA | $1,000 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE SCIENCE | $1,000 |
| ALZHEIMER ASSOC COLO CHAPTER INC | $1,000 |
| THE BRIDGE TRUST | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its 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.
24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVER3× · 2023–2025 · $98k · revenue +8%
- TBTHE BRIDGE TRUST9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +2%
- DADENVER ART MUSEUM7× · 2017–2023 · $38k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- SGSHE-CAN GLOBAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +234%
- AGALPINE GARDEN VAILone grant, 2017 · $1k
- DRDENVER RESCUE MISSIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +57%
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.
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…
At colorado college our goal is to provide the finest liberal arts education in the country. drawing upon the adventurous spirit of the rocky mountain west, we challenge students, one course at a time, to develop those habits of intellect…
The mission of the denver film society is to develop opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences. we strive to cultivate and celebrate film as an art form; to enrich and expand the…
The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.
The mission of the alexander dawson foundation is to establish, operate and maintain an educational organization that will provide students with the highest quality education, nurture future leaders, prepare young adults to excel in…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE TRUST ↗
- Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
- Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLORADO ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ↗
- Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER ↗
- Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
- Who funds SHE-CAN GLOBAL INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds OPERA COLORADO ↗
- Who funds COLORADO COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
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 Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David & Katherine Lawrence Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David & Katherine Lawrence Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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