Texas · Private foundation
Ligon-Lamsam 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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $294k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Ligon-Lamsam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $176k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $125k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $97k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $239k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $116k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College | $371,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $124,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tejas Educational Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 95% |
| University of Virginia Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loudoun Community Media | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Deep Run Hunt Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College | $371,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $124,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tejas Educational Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 95% |
| University of Virginia Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loudoun Community Media | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Deep Run Hunt Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Farm Sanctuary Aka Fuller-Wiggs Farms Animal Sanctuary | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($529k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ligon-Lamsam Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Ligon-Lamsam Foundation
- How much does Ligon-Lamsam Foundation give?
- Ligon-Lamsam Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $72,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ligon-Lamsam Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Arts & Culture (11%), Public Benefit (4%).
- Who are Ligon-Lamsam Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St John's College ($371k), Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums ($124k), Texas Tribune Inc ($45k).
- Does Ligon-Lamsam Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ligon-Lamsam 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 Ligon-Lamsam Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Ligon-Lamsam Foundation based?
- Ligon-Lamsam Foundation is based in TX.
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