Washington · Private foundation
Sam and Mary Lawrence 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.
- $108k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 94%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 42
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 94% of the organizations Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 22 | $108k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $54k | 94% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $37k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $29k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keepers of Baker Island | $25,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington Foundation | $15,249 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Law Institute | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Independent Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Children's Trust | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Public Integrity | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| New Georgia Project Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion & Choices | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Janet Stone Jones Foundation · E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (Dba Thornedge Fdn) · Fore River Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Seattle Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Tides Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
About Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation
- How much does Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation give?
- Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $107,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (37%), Public Benefit (15%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Keepers of Baker Island ($26k), University of Washington Foundation ($15k), Environmental Law Institute ($11k).
- Does Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 94% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam and Mary Lawrence 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 Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Janet Stone Jones Foundation.
- Where is Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation based?
- Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation is based in WA.
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