Texas · Private foundation
Lack 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.
- $114k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of Lack Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $77k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Lack Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 1 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $23,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanu El | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fay School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
About Lack Foundation
- How much does Lack Foundation give?
- Lack Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $113,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lack Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (68%), Environment (17%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Lack Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Galveston Bay Foundation Inc ($50k), Holocaust Museum Houston ($23k), Congregation Emanu El ($10k).
- Does Lack Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lack 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.
- Where is Lack Foundation based?
- Lack Foundation is based in TX.
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