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The Lawrence Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Environment$490kEducation$91kFood & Nutrition$77kHuman Services$75kHealth$72kAnimals$64kInternational$55kCrime & Legal$42kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $97,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $190,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $93,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA Foundation$10,000
NRDC$10,000
Yampa Valley Sustainable Council$5,000
Green Corp$5,000
(AAAS) American Association for the Advancement of Science$5,000
Southern Environmental Law Center$5,000
ALMA Backyard Farms$5,000
E-LAW$5,000
Coral Reef Alliance$5,000
350 Colorado$5,000
World Wildlife Fund$5,000
Santa Monica Mountains Fund$5,000
Earth Law Center$5,000
Clothes to Kids of Denver, Inc.$5,000
Hillisdes$5,000
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 (FY17–20, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Engineers for a Sustainable World: $5k → 11%Angels Foster Family Network: $5k → 11%TRI-LAKES CARES: $5k → 9%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%Tides: $5k → 10%Ocean Park Community Center: $3k → 14%Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer: $5k → 14%TRI-LAKES CARES: $5k → 9%Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer: $5k → 14%Womenspace Inc: $5k → 15%Clothes to Kids of Denver: $5k → 12%HOMELESS NOT TOOTHLESS: $5k → 14%Toberman Neighborhood Center: $5k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $5k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $5k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $5k → 14%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

VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 9% of The Lawrence Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

The Lawrence Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$560k · 36 repeat orgs$479k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +67% since the first grant, against +44% for the ones you funded once.

36 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
97

Total granted

$560k
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+44%

Still filing today

78%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationHealthOther

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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $55k · revenue +43%
  • YV
    YAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL
    5× · 2017–2021 · $30k · revenue +386%
  • EL
    ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +277%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • PA
    Pesticide Action Network North America
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +14%

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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
6
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
9
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
11
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clean the World Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Loyalty Foundation. 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 backsteadyPublic University Foundatio…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Health CentersFood Pantries & AssistanceChristian Missionary Organi…Volunteer Fire DepartmentsChristian Youth CampsEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Child and Family ServicesUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Affordable Housing Developm…Elementary Literacy TutoringSenior Support ServicesLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Government Accountability R…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Animal Rescue and AdoptionCancer Support OrganizationsLand Conservation Organizat…
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 32 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%9%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr11%32%35–55yr13%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr11%39%35–55yr13%18%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.9% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%1/109
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,869

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.

05the grantee network

106 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 148 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)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/106
Grantees still filing
81/106
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $50,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYUCLA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING APP SCI — $30,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE — $28,000 · OtherENVIRONMENT CA RESEARCH POLICY CENT — $20,000 · OtherAmerican Assoc Advancement of Scien — $20,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIA — $20,000 · OtherFCNL EDUCATION FUND — $20,000 · Other+75 more — $409,000 · Other+75 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $55,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL — $30,000 · EnvironmentYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILI…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE — $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE350 COLORADO — $18,000 · Environment350 COLORADOPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER — $15,000 · EnvironmentPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND R…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $15,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE…Pesticide Action Network North America — $10,000 · EnvironmentGREEN CORPS INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentEARTH ECONOMICS — $10,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc — $9,000 · Environment+14 more — $61,000 · Environment+14 moreTRI-LAKES CARES — $10,000 · Human ServicesTRI-LAKES…CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER — $10,000 · Human ServicesCLAYTON D…Proyecto Pastoral — $10,000 · Human ServicesProyecto …ALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesALL FOR K…CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES T…Bridge House — $5,000 · Human ServicesTIDES INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesENGINEERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD — $5,000 · Human ServicesANGELS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY — $5,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS WEST — $5,000 · Human ServicesWOMENSPACE — $5,000 · Human ServicesTOBERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS NOT TOOTHLESS — $5,000 · Human Services+1 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST — $15,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $15,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals International — $7,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA — $5,000 · AnimalsOPERATION DELTA DOG INC — $5,000 · AnimalsTHE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS — $4,000 · AnimalsKINKATOPIA INC — $3,000 · AnimalsTurtles Fly Too Inc — $2,500 · AnimalsEARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL — $2,500 · AnimalsUCLA FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationMY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE — $5,000 · EducationTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationBOOKS IN HOMES USA INC — $5,000 · EducationACCESS BOOKS — $2,500 · Education+1 more — $1,000 · EducationFOOD FINDERS INC — $17,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FORWARD INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionALMA BACKYARD FARM — $5,000 · Food & NutritionUpcycled Food Foundation — $5,000 · Food & NutritionSPOONFULS — $5,000 · Food & NutritionBALANCED INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionWORLD VISION INC — $15,000 · InternationalMICROLOAN FOUNDATION USA — $9,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International — $5,000 · InternationalCLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · InternationalMARALLIANCE — $3,000 · International
Other$597,000Environment$253,000Human Services$97,500Animals$59,000Education$58,500Food & Nutrition$42,000International$37,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL — $30,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE — $28,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE — $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFCNL EDUCATION FUND — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget350 COLORADO — $18,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC — $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER — $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRI-LAKES CARES — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSEACOLOGY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProyecto Pastoral — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP THORPE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN CORPS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSIGHTSAVERS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEARTH ECONOMICS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc — $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICROLOAN FOUNDATION USA — $9,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals International — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHEAL THE BAY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION DELTA DOG INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopi Relief — $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSTAND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENGINEERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD — $5,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES FOUNDATION SAN FERNANDO & SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS SA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

PatagoniaorgCA22.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · The Marisla Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Baby2baby

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 The Lawrence 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
202122232425
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Womenspace62% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc2% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation0% of income from government
  • Clean the World Foundation Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

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 148 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $173k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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