California · Private foundation
Lamb 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.
- $281k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Lamb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 28 | $156k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $147k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $150k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $148k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $162k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $146k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $154k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $105k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Research Foundation | $86,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $67,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $50,500 | 7 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $50,259 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $44,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $43,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $11,100 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($631k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lamb Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Lamb Foundation
- How much does Lamb Foundation give?
- Lamb Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $281,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lamb Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (59%), Health (31%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Lamb Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Brain Research Foundation ($87k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($68k), Israel Emergency Alliance ($51k).
- Does Lamb Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lamb 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 Lamb Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Edward Jones Foundation.
- Where is Lamb Foundation based?
- Lamb Foundation is based in CA.
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