· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k33 grants · $113k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $157k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATI | $41,750 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| AEI | $25,000 |
| PACIFIC PALISADES PRESBYTERIAN CHUR | $15,000 |
| POMONA COLLEGE | $15,000 |
| DEERFIELD ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL T | $9,885 |
| PALISADES MALIBU YMCA ANNUAL CAMPAI | $9,000 |
| CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLAGE | $7,500 |
| WESTERN LA COUNTY COUNCIL BOY SCOUT | $6,000 |
| HEAL THE BAY | $5,000 |
| YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES | $5,000 |
| THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $177k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 10% of Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 86% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 82%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC3× · 2019–2021 · $60k · revenue +38%- EMEisenhower Medical Center4× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +66%
- TOTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY6× · 2019–2024 · $56k · revenue +82%
Funded once
- YCYMCA CAMP WHITTLE METROPOLITAN LAone grant, 2021 · $25k
- YEYMCA EMERGENCY IMPACT FUNDone grant, 2020 · $25k
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELESgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +37%
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.
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.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…
To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.
How this is measured
84 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 84 of the 130 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LAS MADRINAS ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
- Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Clearity Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KENT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51 ↗
- Who funds REDISCOVER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ALS Network ↗
- Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SIMA ENVIRONMENTAL FUND ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds TOWN HALL LOS ANGELES ↗
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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ahmanson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles · The Deutsch Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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