Texas · Private foundation
LSF 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.
- $945k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 0% of the organizations LSF Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $945k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark School Inc | $325,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Assessment Center Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Area Women's Center | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood | $100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Mission of Yahweh Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wellsprings Village Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Child Advocates Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Denver | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Serve Up a Cure Houston | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($420k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
LSF Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 LSF Foundation
- How much does LSF Foundation give?
- LSF Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $944,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does LSF Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Education (26%), Health (15%).
- Who are LSF Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Landmark School Inc ($325k), Children's Assessment Center Foundation ($100k), The Houston Food Bank ($100k).
- Does LSF Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does LSF 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 LSF Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is LSF Foundation based?
- LSF Foundation is based in TX.
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