· Private foundation
Lawlor Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS | $5,000 |
| ST JOSEPH SCHOOL | $2,852 |
| CLINTON SALVATION ARMY | $2,000 |
| CAFE ON VINE | $1,500 |
| HUMILTY OF MARY CENTER | $1,500 |
| VINCE JETTER COMMUNITY CENTER | $1,000 |
| LIFE CONNECTIONS PEER RECOVERY HOUS | $1,000 |
| DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| DEWITT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $500 |
| CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | $500 |
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 (FY22–26, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down.
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; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CDCONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD5× · 2022–2026 · $27k · revenue +266%
- COCAFE ON VINE5× · 2017–2026 · $8k · revenue +37%
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +119%
Funded once
- SOSISTERS OF ST FRANCESone grant, 2017 · $3k
- WVWELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTone grant, 2018 · $3k
- CCCLINTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -28%
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.
County fair to exhibit to the public cattle and livestock shows, 4-h exhibits and commercial activities of the residents of ringgold county, iowa.
To provide consistent food acces to those in need in the greater pottawatomie county area.
Community crisis services and food bank is a volunteer-driven organization that provides immediate and non-judgmental support for individuals facing emotional, food, or financial crisis.
To provide support to realtors and those afffiliated with real estate sales. to facilitate membership in the national association of realtors, to provide a safe, secure way for members of the public to provide access to homes and…
Protect lives and property from fire/disaster
To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.
Community action of eastern iowa respectfully partners with people to improve their health, finances, and education.
4-h/ffa fair
Fire & emergency response
To provide a youth achievement show.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 31 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 CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD ↗
- Who funds CAFE ON VINE ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
- Who funds LIFE CONNECTIONS PEER RECOVERY SERV ↗
- Who funds DEWITT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds CLINTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HEARTLAND 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: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lawlor Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawlor Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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