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Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$176k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$80,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$533k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalCrime & LegalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$176k17%
FY202424$147k25%
FY202320$223k25%
FY202219$21k47%
FY202115$12k33%
FY202013$30k54%
FY201911$76k36%
FY201813$29k54%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$585kEnvironment$58kHealth$19kYouth Development$18kHuman Services$17kReligion$11kInternational$9kCivil Rights$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
MO
MD
DE
KS
SC
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Detroit Mercy$222,00050%
Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program$57,00031%
Smile Train Inc$11,00080%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc$8,5005n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$7,50020%
United Friends of the Children$7,00090%
Project Peanut Butter$6,00040%
Detroit Impact Inc$5,00051%
Hidden Genius Project$5,00050%
The Experimental Station$5,00050%
Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Detroit Mercy$222,00050%
Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program$57,00031%
Smile Train Inc$11,00080%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc$8,5005n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$7,50020%
United Friends of the Children$7,00090%
Project Peanut Butter$6,00040%
Detroit Impact Inc$5,00051%
Hidden Genius Project$5,00050%
The Experimental Station$5,00050%
The Midnight Golf Program$5,00030%
Kids' Meals Inc$4,00060%
Reach Out and Read Inc$3,50060%
Gateway Healthcare$3,50030%
Fort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room$2,50030%
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$2,50020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$2,00040%
Sue Duncan Children's Center Inc$2,00021%
St James Parish$2,0002n/a
Cy-Hope Inc$2,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,00030%
Avalon Village Inc$2,00020%
Northshore Amateur Sports Academy Inc$1,5003n/a
Kaboom Inc$1,50030%
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Codeorg$1,50020%
Black Girls Code Inc$1,50020%
Lunches of Love$1,00020%
Pasadena Waldorf School$1,00010%
Cancer Care Inc$1,00010%
Cool Kids Child Care Education and Nutrition Inc$1,00010%
Families to Freedom Inc$1,00010%
Justice Defenders (Usa) Inc$1,00010%
Casa of Galveston County$1,00010%
Children 4 Tomorrow$1,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Heart to Heart International Inc$1,00020%
Homemade Hope for Homeless Children$1,00010%
Camp Taylor Inc$1,00020%
My Brothers Keeper Inc$5001n/a
Good Sports Inc$50010%
Bridging Tech Charitable Fund$50010%
Feed America$5001n/a
Children At Risk$50010%
Stepping Into Shoes$5001n/a
Foster Success$50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Detroit Mercy: $222,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBlack Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program: $57,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Friends of the Children: $7,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetProject Peanut Butter: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Impact Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHidden Genius Project: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Experimental Station: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Midnight Golf Program: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGateway Healthcare: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSue Duncan Children's Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCy-Hope Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAvalon Village Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKaboom Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCodeorg: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Girls Code Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLunches of Love: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Waldorf School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCool Kids Child Care Education and Nutrition Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies to Freedom Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJustice Defenders (Usa) Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Galveston County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren 4 Tomorrow: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomemade Hope for Homeless Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Taylor Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGood Sports Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Tech Charitable Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren At Risk: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoster Success: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation

How much does Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation give?
Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $176,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Environment (8%), Health (2%).
Who are Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Detroit Mercy ($222k), Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program ($57k), Smile Train Inc ($11k).
Does Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family 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 Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
Where is Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation based?
Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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