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The Lowe Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2026still arriving
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Grants FY2026still arriving
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States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212026.

Education$146kArts & Culture$3kHealth$2kInternational$1kCivil Rights$1kFood & Nutrition$950Housing & Shelter$800Human Services$500Other$0
02FY2026 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$25,000
Median grant
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States reached
$106k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASU FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100 → 11%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

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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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$156k · 24 repeat orgs$625 to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

24 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2026, 23 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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7

Total granted

$156k
$625

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

63%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
InternationalArts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2021–2026 · $146k · revenue +94%
  • HI
    HIAS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $550 · revenue +18%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $400 · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100 · revenue -81%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100 · revenue 0%
  • BO
    BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER PHOENIXgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100 · revenue +39%

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.

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The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
5
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
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American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
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Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
Repair the World

Repair the world mobilizes jews and their communities to take action to pursue a more just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service. we believe service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing jewish community and an…

Community Improvement
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Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
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The Jewish Publication Society

Our mission has always been to enhance jewish literacy through the publication of great books.

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Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc and the most unlike its peers is Rosies House a Music Academy for Children 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 31 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.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $146,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITYFRIENDS OF AZ PBS — $700 · OtherUS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM — $500 · OtherHILLEL — $400 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD — $400 · OtherMEMORIAL KETTERING CANCER CENTER — $400 · OtherANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $400 · OtherArizona Jewish Historical Society — $400 · OtherCASS — $400 · OtherFPRAZ 895 — $400 · OtherMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $400 · OtherDUET PARTNERS IN HEALTH & AGING INC — $400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $300 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $300 · Other+6 more — $525 · OtherHIAS INC — $550 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $400 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $400 · InternationalSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $400 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC — $400 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $300 · Arts & CultureARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $400 · HealthJBI INTERNATIONAL INC — $400 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $100 · HealthST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $550 · Food & NutritionRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc — $400 · Housing & Shelter
Education$146,000Other$5,925International$1,350Arts & Culture$1,100Health$900Food & Nutrition$550Housing & Shelter$400

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 budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $146,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC — $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUET PARTNERS IN HEALTH & AGING INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER PHOENIX — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB — $25 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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater PhoenixAZ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Arizona Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Lowe Foundation Inc 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.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 88%
  • Hias Inc88% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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.

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How do I get to The Lowe Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Lowe Foundation Inc 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 31 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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