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Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$139k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Health$103kInternational$73kHuman Services$61kEducation$31kCrime & Legal$14kYouth Development$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,350
Median grant
20
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOC$7,300
ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN$5,500
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND$4,800
Individual grant recipient$4,700
LOVE 146$4,600
DREAM FOUNDATION$4,500
NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION$4,024
THE ALS ASSOCIATION$3,700
THE SALVATION ARMY$3,700
GOOD360$3,650
FREEDOM SERVICE DOG$3,600
MAP INTERNATIONAL$3,550
KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE$3,550
THE CONCIL ON RECOVERY$3,250
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$3,100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS INC: $2k → 10%KIDS OUTDOOR ZONE: $4k → 12%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES: $1k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOG: $4k → 8%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $1k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YARD ELIEZER: $1k → 11%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%DREAM FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS INC: $750 → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%FREEDOM SERVICE DOG: $3k → 8%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%DREAM FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%VOLUNTEER INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS: $2k → 16%VOLUNTEER INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS SW: $2k → 16%VOLUNTEER INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS SW: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
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VA
MD
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NC
DC
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GA
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FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$310k · 39 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships — 36 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
19

Total granted

$310k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+31%

Still filing today

82%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterPublic BenefitOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MAP International Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $43k · revenue +68%
  • OG
    ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +35%
  • TF
    THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $12k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • GB
    GREAT BASIN WILDLIFE RESCURE
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -47%
  • SA
    SOLDIERS' ANGELSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +34%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Donor Alliance Inc

Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…

Health
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
4
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
5
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
11
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soldiers' Angels and the most unlike its peers is Therapy Pet Pals of Texas. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyMilitary Veterans SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterAddiction Recovery ServicesCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesChristian Youth CampsEnvironmental Conservation …United Way AffiliatesPolicy Research and AdvocacyHealth Access Advocacy and …Cancer Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%38%35–55yr16%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%48%35–55yr16%18%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/59
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,506

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 75 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/59
Grantees still filing
39/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association — $25,600 · OtherCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant AssociationSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND — $16,150 · OtherSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDTHE SALVATION ARMY — $12,100 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES — $11,800 · OtherTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIESBAYSIDE LIONS CLUB — $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $5,700 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $5,650 · OtherNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION — $6,175 · OtherCOMPASSION & CHOICES — $5,775 · OtherBeloved and Beyond — $6,700 · Other+30 more — $63,114 · Other+30 moreMAP International Inc — $42,725 · InternationalMAP International IncORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC — $14,800 · InternationalORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INCGOOD360 — $8,900 · InternationalGOOD360Matthew 25 Ministries Inc — $7,200 · InternationalMatthew 25 Ministries …MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC — $2,550 · InternationalDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $14,900 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAM…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $6,700 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE…Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers SW — $5,250 · Human ServicesVolunteer Inter…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home — $4,750 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan…WELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $4,450 · Human ServicesWELLSPRINGS VIL…Paws With A Cause — $4,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cau…THE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC — $3,550 · Human ServicesTHE KIDS OUTDOO…THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS — $2,500 · Human Services+3 more — $3,875 · Human Services+3 moreNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION — $9,294 · HealthNATIONAL PSORI…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $8,670 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LA…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $7,310 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPI…The Council on Recovery — $6,700 · HealthThe Council on…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $5,350 · HealthNATIONAL DISAS…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $4,475 · HealthSEMPER FI & AM…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $3,100 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION…Nora's Gift Foundation Inc — $2,431 · HealthTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION — $1,900 · HealthLOVE146 INC — $11,700 · Crime & LegalNative American Heritage Association — $1,900 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL HOSPICE FOUNDATION — $4,900 · PhilanthropyDEACONS OF DEADWOOD — $2,255 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAY — $2,100 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Houston — $1,900 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC — $3,100 · Public Safety & DisasterSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $2,350 · Public Safety & DisasterALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $2,200 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBICON INC — $2,200 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$167,264International$76,175Human Services$49,975Health$49,230Crime & Legal$13,600Philanthropy$11,155Public Safety & Disaster$9,850

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMAP International Inc — $42,725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association — $25,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $14,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC — $14,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES — $11,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE146 INC — $11,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION — $9,294 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD360 — $8,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $8,670 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $7,310 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc — $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeloved and Beyond — $6,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $6,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Council on Recovery — $6,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION — $6,175 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES — $5,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $5,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS TRANSPLANT INITIATIVE — $5,350 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON EYE ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION — $5,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVolunteer Interfaith Caregivers SW — $5,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL HOSPICE FOUNDATION — $4,900 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home — $4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $4,475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $4,450 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPaws With A Cause — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KIDS OUTDOORS ZONE INC — $3,550 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC — $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBack 2 Basics Ministry — $2,900 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFeeding America — $2,585 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC — $2,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS — $2,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc — $2,431 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $2,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEACONS OF DEADWOOD — $2,255 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC — $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY — $2,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST — $2,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION — $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston — $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association — $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION — $1,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeroic Gardens — $1,750 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE — $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN ASSOCIATION OF MISSIONARIES AND PILOTS US — $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…The Medallion Foundat…Sterling-Turner Found…Charity Guild of Cath…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Strake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Thrivent Financial fo…The Chicago Community…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Natl Christian Charit…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX26.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Medallion Foundation Inc · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • LOVE146 Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education — 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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