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Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family 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.

$269k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$41,750
Organizations funded a year
20 to 43
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4M
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 Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPublic BenefitPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving37$229k41%
FY202329$184k28%
FY202243$191k37%
FY202143$216k42%
FY202038$245k50%
FY201924$240k58%
FY201820$64k40%
FY201727$72kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$555kEducation$346kHuman Services$256kRecreation & Sports$103kYouth Development$84kEnvironment$39kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kCivil Rights$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$136,75050%
Children's Institute Inc$60,00030%
Eisenhower Medical Center$60,00040%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$55,50060%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$55,00020%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$50,00040%
Brightfocus Foundation$50,00060%
Pomona College$40,00050%
Las Madrinas$32,00032%
Harvard-Westlake School$24,50060%
Heal the Bay$22,00070%
Sojourn Inc$18,9093n/a
Marlborough School$15,00020%
The Clearity Foundation$14,05040%
Children's Burn Foundation$14,00050%
Kent School$13,00080%
American Heart Association Inc$12,00030%
Western Los Angeles County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 51$11,00030%
Rediscover Center Inc$10,50040%
ALS Network$10,50020%
Union Rescue Mission$10,40060%
Sima Environmental Fund$10,00021%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$10,00010%
Town Hall Los Angeles$10,00011%
Coro Southern California Inc$10,00010%
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall$9,88511%
Prager University Foundation$9,85020%
Canyon School Booster Club$9,00040%
Los Angeles Parks Foundation$7,50030%
Level UP LA$7,50033%
Claremont McKenna College$7,50010%
Allies for Every Child Inc$7,50030%
Martha's Village and Kitchen Inc$7,00050%
The Colleagues Inc$5,75021%
Fanconi Cancer Foundation$5,50050%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,50030%
The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Inc$5,00010%
Angel Force USA$5,00011%
A Place Called Home$4,60010%
Homeboy Industries$4,50030%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$4,50020%
Park Century School$4,50020%
Venice Family Clinic$3,50030%
Mar Vista Family Center$3,50030%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$3,35020%
Carlthorp School$3,00020%
The Uli Foundation$2,50010%
The Archer School for Girls Inc$2,50010%
The Sola Foundation$2,50010%
Pacifica Christian High School$2,50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50020%
The Grateful Film Fund$2,50011%
Camp Kesem National$2,00020%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$2,00010%
Palisades Pride Inc$2,00023%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$2,00010%
Los Angeles Waterkeeper$1,50010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$1,50020%
St Raphael School$1,0002n/a
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$1,00010%
Samueli Academy$1,00010%
Village for Vets$1,00010%
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Desert Mountains$1,00010%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$1,00010%
Unite-La Inc$1,00010%
Westside Guild of Children's Hospital$1,00010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$1,00010%
The Nancy Painter Foundation$1,00011%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$1,00010%
Protect Our Winters$1,00010%
Seal-Nsw Family Foundation$1,00010%
The Carter Center Inc$1,00010%
Better Angels United Inc$1,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$1,00010%
Safe Place for Youth Inc$75020%
Children With Hair Loss Inc$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
Water Missions International$50010%
Aspen Rotary Club Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Naturebridge$50010%
Ready to Succeed$50010%
Miracle Babies$50010%
Santa Teresita School$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($514k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSaint John's Health Center Foundation: $136,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Institute Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $55,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPomona College: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLas Madrinas: $32,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHarvard-Westlake School: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHeal the Bay: $22,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMarlborough School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clearity Foundation: $14,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Burn Foundation: $14,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKent School: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Los Angeles County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 51: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRediscover Center Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALS Network: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Rescue Mission: $10,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSima Environmental Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTown Hall Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCoro Southern California Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall: $9,885 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $9,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCanyon School Booster Club: $9,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles Parks Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLevel UP LA: $7,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Village and Kitchen Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colleagues Inc: $5,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFanconi Cancer Foundation: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAngel Force USA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetA Place Called Home: $4,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Recidivism Coalition: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPark Century School: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMar Vista Family Center: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $3,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarlthorp School: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Uli Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Archer School for Girls Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sola Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 79.

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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.

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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.

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About Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation

How much does Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation give?
Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $269,435 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (22%), Human Services (16%).
Who are Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Saint John's Health Center Foundation ($137k), Children's Institute Inc ($60k), Eisenhower Medical Center ($60k).
Does Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family 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 Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Joseph Drown Foundation.
Where is Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation based?
Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 130 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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