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The Lomax Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lomax 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.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$43kInternational$41kHealth$39kEnvironment$22kHuman Services$18kHousing & Shelter$15kAnimals$13kEducation$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$873k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY$5,000
MANNA FOOD BANK$2,500
THE HAYWOOD STREET WELCOME TABLE$2,000
GIFT OF GRACE MINISTIRES$2,000
ABCCMORG$2,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE$1,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,500
VECINOS$1,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,500
ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,500
HENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION$1,500
CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$1,256
MERCY SHIPS$1,000
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OUTREACH: $500 → 4%GRACE OF GOD RESCUE MISSION: $700 → 16%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%GRACE OF GOD RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 16%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$210k · 68 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

68 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
60

Total granted

$210k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+4%

Still filing today

56%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • MARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $12k · revenue +0%
  • HR
    HENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $7k · revenue +69%
  • Washington and Lee University
    2× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • RE
    REFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +4%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • FS
    FOUR SEASONS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Conservation International Foundation

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

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
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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4
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
5
Conservation Trust for North Carolina

Ctnc conserves land in ways that inspire and enable people to build resilient, just communities. we carry out our mission in collaboration with other conservation organizations and the communities we serve. our goal is to lessen the…

Environment
6
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
7
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
8
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
9
Wild Landscapes Inc

Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…

Animals
10
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
11
North Carolina Conservation Network

The north carolina conservation network supports, trains, and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.

Environment
12
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

59 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. 59 of the 135 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
42/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $9,855 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEMORY CARE FOUNDATION: $9,030 · OtherMEMORY CARE FOUNDATIONHENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $7,400 · OtherABCCMORG: $6,950 · OtherGRACE CHURCH: $6,600 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $6,200 · OtherGIFTS OF GRACE MINISTRIES INC: $6,000 · Other+94 more: $115,287 · Other+94 moreChildren International: $8,065 · InternationalChildren Inter…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,450 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …International Rescue Committee INC: $4,200 · InternationalInternational …WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $3,750 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOME…Mercy Corps: $3,050 · InternationalMercy CorpsMercy Ships International: $2,500 · InternationalMercy Ships In…WORLD VISION INC: $2,014 · InternationalWORLD VISION I…HONDURAS FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: $1,600 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 · International+3 more: $1,650 · InternationalMARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC: $11,740 · HealthVECINOS INC: $6,500 · Health+4 more: $1,550 · HealthWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $6,100 · EnvironmentConserving Carolina: $2,600 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $2,250 · EnvironmentMountainTrue: $1,925 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $950 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $810 · EnvironmentFoothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc: $700 · Environment+1 more: $200 · EnvironmentDefenders of Wildlife: $3,950 · AnimalsAPPALACHIAN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $2,500 · AnimalsFoothills Humane Society Inc: $1,500 · AnimalsWashington and Lee University: $6,500 · EducationSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $700 · Education+1 more: $150 · EducationMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,400 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$167,322International$33,779Health$19,790Environment$15,535Animals$7,950Education$7,350Food & Nutrition$5,650

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC: $11,740 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetChildren International: $8,065 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $7,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVECINOS INC: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $6,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $3,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $3,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $3,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConserving Carolina: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPALACHIAN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC: $2,495 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,014 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSERGE GLOBAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMountainTrue: $1,925 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHONDURAS FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: $1,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFoothills Humane Society Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOTHILLS EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,365 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGRACE OF GOD RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRYON RIDING & HUNT CLUB INC: $1,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDEEMING LOVE MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSKYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE CORPORATION: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE REMAINS YOUTH RANCH INC: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $810 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS RESCUE MISSION: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutreach Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

  • Who funds MARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC ↗
  • Who funds Children International ↗
  • Who funds HENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
  • Who funds VECINOS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds Conserving Carolina ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds REFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN WILDLIFE REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Foundation for the Ca…Nat P Ozmon Family Fo…Polk County Community…Duke Energy FoundationJ M Smith FoundationDogwood Health TrustThe Cannon Foundation…Baxter International …The Dobbs Family Char…Community Foundation …Wnc Bridge Foundation
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC24.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Nat P Ozmon Family Foundation · Polk County Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Baxter International Foundation · The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lomax Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lomax Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 135 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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