Kentucky · Public charity
Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc
The mission of lyrics for life is to make a difference in the fight against pediatric cancer by donating monies raised to both groups working to find a cure and those aiming to enrich the lives of patients and their families.
- $160k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $100k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 2 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $414k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $267k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $231k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $115k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Children's Cancer Inc | $693,880 | 6 | 46% |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation Inc | $592,225 | 6 | 4% |
| Beat Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Cancer Center Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
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 Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc
- How much does Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc give?
- Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Stop Children's Cancer Inc ($694k), Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation Inc ($592k), Beat Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc ($60k).
- Does Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc based?
- Lyrics for Life Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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