Virginia · Private foundation
Lawson-Fierbaugh 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $153k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 7 | $8k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $13k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $15k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullins Academy | $33,600 | 7 | 0% |
| The Principia Corporation | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rescate Fenix | $2,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Healing Hands Health Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gallastar Equine Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Documentary Fund | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Haven of Rest Rescue Mission Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Providence Academy | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation
- How much does Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation give?
- Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $7,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Religion (33%), Animals (4%).
- Who are Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Sullins Academy ($34k), The Principia Corporation ($15k), Rescate Fenix ($3k).
- Does Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lawson-Fierbaugh 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 Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation based?
- Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation is based in VA.
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