California · Private foundation
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $141k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2024
- $98k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 82% of the organizations The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $98k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $35k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read to Me Project | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Diocese of Md | $13,190 | 2 | n/a |
| Sundog Theater Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Start Lighthouse | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire Education Project | $6,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read to Me Project | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Diocese of Md | $13,190 | 2 | n/a |
| Sundog Theater Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Start Lighthouse | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire Education Project | $6,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Connections Centers | $3,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Monroe Public Library | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| County of Ventura-Auditor | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunshine Family Outreach Center | $3,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Brooklyn Public Library | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Missoula Public Library Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| RedLou Inc | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emily's Place Inc | $900 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lois Lenski Covey 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.
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How this is measured
About The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation
- How much does The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation give?
- The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation reported 27 itemized grants totaling $98,450, out of $140,950 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (80%), Religion (2%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Read to Me Project ($15k), Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Diocese of Md ($13k), Sundog Theater Inc ($10k).
- Does The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Stocker Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation based?
- The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation is based in CA.
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