California · Private foundation
John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $126k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $34,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $125k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $168k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $131k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $108k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $129k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $120k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $110k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $74k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $101,100 | 5 | 0% |
| College Track | $97,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Head Royce School | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of South Dakota Foundation | $41,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $34,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $31,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The College Preparatory School | $29,300 | 5 | 0% |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | $25,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $19,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Laguna Seca | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The San Francisco Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation with peer funders
About John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation
- How much does John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation give?
- John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $125,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Health (18%), Religion (12%).
- Who are John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($101k), College Track ($97k), The Head Royce School ($90k).
- Does John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence 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 John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, The Yelp Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation based?
- John H & Amy Bowles Lawrence Foundation is based in CA.
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