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Lowe - Skilling Foundation at a glance

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Lowe - Skilling Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$43kCrime & Legal$25kAnimals$18kEducation$10kCommunity Improvement$10kEnvironment$3kHuman Services$1kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$580k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
FRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER$2,500
HIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$2,500
THE BASCOM CORPORATION$1,000
HIGHLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,000
THE LITERACY & LEARNING CENTER$1,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC$1,000
TEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION$50
MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION$42
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $500 → 10%TEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $50 → 10%TEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $50 → 10%TEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $50 → 10%TEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION: $50 → 10%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

OH
CT
CA
NE
VA
NC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$67k · 11 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$67k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+24%

Still filing today

82%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TH
    TEXAS HERITAGE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +104%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +44%
  • TB
    The Bascom Corporation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • PE
    PRISON ENTERPRENEUR FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • TL
    Three Lakes Community Improvement Assoc DBA Pinecrest Community Improvement Assc
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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2
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
3
The University of Texas Foundation No 1

To support the university of texas system

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4
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
5
Cca Texas Fund

To support coastal conservation association in carrying out the charitable and educational purpose for which it was organized and is operated, namely, promoting and advancing the preservation, conservation and protection of marine, plant…

Environment
6
The University of Texas Foundation No 2

To support the university of texas system

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7
Texas Pharmacy Association

The association's purpose is to promote the role of the pharmacist and the practice of pharmacy in the state of texas.

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8
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
9
Texas Hospital Association

The texas hospital association's mission is to provide leadership in advocacy, information and education to enable texas hospitals to deliver superior, cost effective care which enhances the health care of individuals and their communities.

Health
10
Texas Alliance for Patient Access

Preserve access to quality healthcare for all texans

Community Improvement
11
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
12
The Texas Golf Association

To promote the playing and advancement of the royal and ancient game of golf in texas.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Texas Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Three Lakes Community Improvement Assoc Dba Pinecrest Community Improvement Assc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRISON ENTERPRENEUR FUND: $25,000 · OtherPRISON ENTERPRENEUR FUNDTEXAS PERFORMING ARTS: $11,000 · OtherTEXAS PERFORMING ARTSHIGHLANDS LAKES CANINE RESCUE: $9,000 · OtherHIGHLANDS LAKES CANINE RESCUETHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF CENTRAL TEXAS WATER COALITION: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $4,550 · Other+13 moreTEXAS HERITAGE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS HERITAGE SONGWRITERS AS…The Bascom Corporation: $5,500 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation+1 more: $442 · Arts & CultureThree Lakes Community Improvement Assoc DBA Pinecrest Community Improvement Assc: $10,150 · Community ImprovementThree Lak…FRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER: $5,000 · AnimalsHIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $2,420 · EducationRabun Gap-Nacoochee School: $2,000 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $800 · Food & Nutrition
Other$62,050Arts & Culture$30,942Community Improvement$10,150Animals$8,500Education$4,420Philanthropy$1,000Food & Nutrition$800

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 budgetTEXAS HERITAGE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetThree Lakes Community Improvement Assoc DBA Pinecrest Community Improvement Assc: $10,150 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $5,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $2,420 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRabun Gap-Nacoochee School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $442 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DPS TROOPERS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $100 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA10.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Lowe - Skilling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lowe - Skilling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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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