Kentucky · Private foundation
Lowman Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $218k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Lowman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 31 | $218k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $192k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $165k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $155k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $154k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $150k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $134k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Christian Church | $417,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Lexington Theological Seminary | $224,000 | 8 | n/a |
| River Cities Harvest Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Ashland Community Kitchen Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Casa of Northeast Kentucky Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Shelter of Hope Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Christian Student Fellowship Inc | $26,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Transylvania University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kentucky Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | $8,300 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Christian Church | $417,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Lexington Theological Seminary | $224,000 | 8 | n/a |
| River Cities Harvest Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Ashland Community Kitchen Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Casa of Northeast Kentucky Inc | $41,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Shelter of Hope Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Christian Student Fellowship Inc | $26,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Transylvania University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kentucky Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | $8,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Ashland Animal Rescue Fund | $7,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe | $6,810 | 7 | 0% |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Bruce United Methodist Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pastor of St Theresa Parish- South Lake Tahoe a Corporation Sole | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vista Rise Collective | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Federated Charities | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charity Navigator | $516 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($403k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lowman Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Northeast Kentucky · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Beulah M Field Memorial T U W D July 3 1986 · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lowman Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Lowman Family Foundation Inc give?
- Lowman Family Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $218,215 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lowman Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (60%), Human Services (13%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Lowman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: First Christian Church ($418k), Lexington Theological Seminary ($224k), River Cities Harvest Inc ($42k).
- Does Lowman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lowman Family Foundation Inc 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 Lowman Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Northeast Kentucky, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, Beulah M Field Memorial T U W D July 3 1986.
- Where is Lowman Family Foundation Inc based?
- Lowman Family Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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