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Lott 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.

$630k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Lott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving34$553k29%
FY202329$8.5M28%
FY202240$547k25%
FY202134$511k24%
FY202044$475k34%
FY201938$431k47%
FY201836$349k31%
FY201738$307kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$8.7MHuman Services$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$482kArts & Culture$203kCivil Rights$89kRecreation & Sports$83kReligion$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
ID
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Lott Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Breakthrough T1d$8,130,00014%
Jewish Family Service$217,50080%
Open Window School$107,21050%
Barrow Neurological Foundation$100,00010%
The Friendship Circle of Washington$95,90862%
Seattle Children's Foundation$93,50040%
Washington State Jewish Historical Socie$71,00083%
Safe Crossings Foundation$68,50082%
Camp Solomon Schechter$65,00051%
Hamlin Robinson School$58,40041%
Anti-Defamation League$57,86170%
Northwest Parkinsons Foundation$52,78332%
The Healing Center$45,00046%
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation$44,9005n/a
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$41,05030%
Northwestern University$40,00040%
Mercer Island Schools Foundation$36,95061%
University of Washington Foundation$36,00030%
Kline Galland Center$30,00060%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$27,50051%
One Roof Foundation$26,00031%
United Way of King County$24,65930%
Brothers for Life$23,41050%
Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer$23,35021%
Community Cancer Fund$20,00021%
5th Avenue Theatre Association$17,50040%
Community Library Association$15,50040%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$15,00020%
Cardigan Mountain School$15,00020%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$13,00040%
Kindering Center$12,54640%
Friends of the Children$7,63020%
Mary's Place Seattle$7,00030%
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth$7,0005n/a
Kidvantage$7,00030%
Wellspring Family Services$6,50030%
Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation$5,50020%
Everstrong Prevention$5,35030%
Kukio Hoomana Fund$5,00010%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$5,00010%
Beyond Type 1$5,00010%
American Jewish Committee$5,00010%
Rave Foundation$5,00010%
Wild Grief$5,00022%
Stand With US Inc$5,0001n/a
Listen and Talk$3,75020%
Wood River Jewish Community Inc$2,8002n/a
Type 1 United$2,57510%
Seattle Theatre Group$2,50010%
The Bennett Foundation$2,5001n/a
Nephcure Kidney International$2,50010%
Share Our Strength$2,20010%
Lakeside School$1,90060%
Yale University$1,5002n/a
Island Choral Experience Dba Harmony Youth Collective$1,50013%
CDC Foundation$1,10012%
Rainier Scholars$1,06910%
Codeorg$1,05210%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$1,00010%
After-School All-Stars$1,00010%
The Detlef Schrempf Foundation$1,00010%
No More Under$1,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Emory University$9503n/a
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$75010%
Emory University$70030%
Hydrocephalus Association$50010%
Bellevue Firefighters Community Support Foundation$50011%
Childhaven$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Birthday Dreams$50010%
National Ramah Commission Inc$50010%
Treehouse$30010%
Beyond Bedtime Inc$25810%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$25010%
Rwanda Girls Initiative$20010%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lott Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBreakthrough T1d: $8,130,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetJewish Family Service: $217,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOpen Window School: $107,210 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBarrow Neurological Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friendship Circle of Washington: $95,908 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $93,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashington State Jewish Historical Socie: $71,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetSafe Crossings Foundation: $68,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCamp Solomon Schechter: $65,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHamlin Robinson School: $58,400 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $57,861 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Parkinsons Foundation: $52,783 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Healing Center: $45,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetSwedish Medical Center Foundation: $41,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercer Island Schools Foundation: $36,950 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKline Galland Center: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $27,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOne Roof Foundation: $26,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $24,659 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $23,410 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer: $23,350 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Cancer Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget5th Avenue Theatre Association: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Library Association: $15,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCardigan Mountain School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKindering Center: $12,546 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Children: $7,630 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMary's Place Seattle: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKidvantage: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWellspring Family Services: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $5,350 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKukio Hoomana Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Seattle Aquarium Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Type 1: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRave Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWild Grief: $5,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetListen and Talk: $3,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetType 1 United: $2,575 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Theatre Group: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNephcure Kidney International: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLakeside School: $1,900 over 6y, 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 70.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA45.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Robins Nest Family Foundation · Samis Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Feinberg 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.

Compare Lott Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Lott Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lott Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Lott Foundation

How much does Lott Foundation give?
Lott Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $629,995 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lott Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (68%), Human Services (14%), Philanthropy (9%).
Who are Lott Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Breakthrough T1d ($8.1M), Jewish Family Service ($218k), Open Window School ($107k).
Does Lott Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lott 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 Lott Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Where is Lott Foundation based?
Lott Foundation is based in WA.

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 126 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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