· 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.
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 · FY2026
- Under $10k19 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CROWN CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVING | $150,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,000 |
| HIAS | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $5,000 |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO | $4,000 |
| LAUGHING BEAR BAKERY | $3,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $3,000 |
| LUPUS FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| NAMI OF MISSOURI | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| MIRIAM SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| PETER AND PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES | $1,000 |
| BACKSTOPPERS | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
65 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2026, 45 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CROWN CENTER INC6× · 2017–2026 · $308k · revenue +151%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2022–2026 · $25k · revenue +13%- NONAMI OF MISSOURI10× · 2017–2026 · $20k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- LALOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENTone grant, 2025 · $5k
- SLST LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONone grant, 2021 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $3k
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.
To provide integrated services such as financial assistance, case management, and referrals to families and individuals of all ages to reduce the propensity for homelessness, abuse and neglect, and to provide the tools to achieve…
The mission of saint louis counseling is to bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate caring presence. the purpose of saint louis counseling is "guided by the teachings of jesus christ, saint…
Provide temporary care and shelter to children confronted with various life crises and to offer emergency support and community referrals to family members.
Providing a safe home, compassionate care and high-quality mental health services to children and youth who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood and equip them to productive adulthood.
To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.
Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…
In the tradition of the sisters of st. joseph of carondelet and in partnership with benedictine, nazareth living center participates in the healing ministry of jesus ministering with compassion and responding creatively to the needs of…
To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.
To provide outpatient and residential rehabilitative services to individuals and families referred by various government agencies. these individuals include substance abusers, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, and abused…
The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.
How this is measured
34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 84 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 THE CROWN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LAUGHING BEAR BAKERY ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NAMI OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds READY READERS ↗
- Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S VOICES RAISED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds THE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward & Thea Lawton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
How this is measured
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