· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF BRISTOL | $3,600 |
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH | $1,000 |
| THE PRINCIPIA | $1,000 |
| SULLINS ACADEMY | $600 |
| RESCATE FENIX | $500 |
| ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH | $500 |
| PROVIDENCE ACADEMY | $300 |
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 (FY18–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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 +37% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASULLINS ACADEMY7× · 2018–2024 · $34k · revenue +29%
- TPThe Principia Corporation7× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +76%
- RFRESCATE FENIX5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +524%
Funded once
- GSGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIANSone grant, 2023 · $2k
- SDSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUNDgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $800 · revenue +423%
- TBTHE BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSICone grant, 2021 · $500
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.
This corporation is organized to operate a preschool-12 private school of high academic quality grounded in the teachings of jesus christ and the bible and to encourage such other educational, charitable and religious activities as the…
Providence equips students for lives of wisdom, virtue, and eloquence to the glory of god by teaching them to love what is true, good, and beautiful, using the scriptures and the classical liberal arts, and assisting parents in fulfilling…
To provide an enriching and challenging curriculum and educational community which encourages students to be life-long learners, develop strong character, serve their community, and deepen their faith.
In dependence upon Almighty God, for His glory alone, and together with family and church, the mission of Providence Christian Academy is to provide exemplary education for the vulnerable in the light of God's Word for time and eternity.
Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…
Education
We sharpen a student's knowledge, character, leadership and faith through an exceptional christ-infused academic experience that is created through the partnership of parent and school.
Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
To prepare students to serve christ and his church through biblical, experiential and practical ministry. prts provides theological training and instruction in accordance with the scriptures and the historic reformed creeds for promotion…
The baptist preparatory school provides educational services for students in grades k3 through 12.
St. dunstan's academy is an all-boys boarding school built on four main pillars: christian formation, classical academics, farming, and the skilled trades.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 22 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 SULLINS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds The Principia Corporation ↗
- Who funds RESCATE FENIX ↗
- Who funds HEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GALLASTAR EQUINE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND ↗
- Who funds HAVEN OF REST RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawson-Fierbaugh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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