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Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$533k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY$80,000
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$42,000
BLACK BELT UNINCORPORATED WASTEWATER PROGRAM$15,000
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$12,500
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$12,500
PROVINCE OF ST JOSEPH OF THE CAPUCHIN ORDER INC$3,000
GATEWAY HEALTHCARE$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY$2,000
AVALON VILLAGE INC$1,000
CANCER CARE INC$1,000
PASADENA WALDORF SCHOOL$1,000
UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$1,000
SMILE TRAIN INC$1,000
DETROIT IMPACT INC$1,000
PROJECT PEANUT BUTTER$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRIDGING TECH CHARITABLE FUND: $500 → 7%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA: $1k → 14%FAMILIES TO FREEDOM INC: $1k → 14%FOSTER SUCCESS INC: $500 → 16%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1k → 14%COOL KIDS CHILD CARE EDUCATION AND NUTRITION: $1k → 16%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1k → 14%HOMEMADE HOPE FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500 → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500 → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500 → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500 → 14%CHILDREN 4 TOMORROW: $1k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $1k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $1k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $500 → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $500 → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $500 → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $500 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
MO
MD
DE
KS
SC
DC
AL
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 49% of Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$716k · 30 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
19

Total granted

$716k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+5%

Still filing today

87%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
    5× · 2019–2025 · $222k · revenue +8%
  • BB
    BLACK BELT UNINCORPORATED WASTEWATER PROGRAM
    3× · 2023–2025 · $57k · revenue +11%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • LH
    LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • CI
    CY-HOPE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +131%
  • CK
    COOL KIDS CHILD CARE EDUCATION AND NUTRITION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +36%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
2
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
3
Friends of the Children - Chicago

Friends of the children - chicago has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Human Services
4
Childhood Education International

To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide

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5
Yes Every Kid Inc

yes. every kid. is a leading advocacy team with a families-first approach to transform America's education policy landscape.

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6
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
7
Global Fund for Children

Global fund for children partners with grassroots organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.

Arts & Culture
8
Friends of the Children - Austin

Friends of the children - austin is a texas based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,no matter…

Youth Development
9
Youth & Opportunity United Inc

Youth & opportunity united, inc. is a not-for-profit, youth development agency that provides services and leadership to meet the emerging needs of young people and their families in our community. y.o.u. programs are trauma-informed,…

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10
Onechild Global

One child global's mission is to advocate for children in hard places and provide holistic care so they have hope and thrive. onechild global's 355 hope centers provide holistic child development progress in nineteen countries.

International
11
For the Children

To transform lives and communities by providing an array of programs, all directed toward changing the lives of children in the foster care system aimed to prevent academic failure, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking,…

Recreation & Sports
12
Children and Youth Justice Center

The center for children & youth justice was founded in 2006 with one mission: reform the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to improve the lives of generations of children and youth in washington state. our focus is large-scale,…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Avalon Village Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $340,684 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY+22 more: $61,250 · Other+22 moreUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $222,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY+6 more: $16,000 · Education+6 moreBLACK BELT UNINCORPORATED WASTEWATER PROGRAM: $57,000 · EnvironmentUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $7,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCOOL KIDS CHILD CARE EDUCATION AND NUTRITION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES TO FREEDOM INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF GALVESTON COUNTY: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN 4 TOMORROW: $1,000 · Human ServicesHomemade Hope for Homeless Children: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesDetroit Impact Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentAvalon Village Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP TAYLOR INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT PEANUT BUTTER: $6,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · InternationalJUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC: $1,000 · InternationalHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · International+1 more: $250 · InternationalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $7,500 · Crime & LegalChildren At Risk: $500 · Crime & Legal
Other$401,934Education$238,000Environment$57,000Human Services$17,000Youth Development$13,500International$9,750Crime & Legal$8,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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
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.

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 Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence and Sherian Washington Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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