Missouri · Private foundation
Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $211k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2026
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 54
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 12% of the organizations Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 21 | $211k | 5% |
| FY2025 | 26 | $77k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $78k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $88k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $76k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $259k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $99k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 54 | $110k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crown Center Inc | $308,150 | 6 | 4% |
| Laughing Bear Bakery | $33,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Congregation Temple Israel | $27,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Central Reform Congregation | $25,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Hias Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nami of Missouri | $20,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $12,100 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($566k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Jewish Federation of St Louis · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Millstone Foundation
How this is measured
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About Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation
- How much does Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation give?
- Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $210,750 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 54 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Health (19%), Education (12%).
- Who are Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Crown Center Inc ($308k), Laughing Bear Bakery ($33k), Congregation Temple Israel ($27k).
- Does Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward & Thea Lawton 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 Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
- Where is Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation based?
- Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation is based in MO.
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