Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Lowndes Foundation Inc
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.
- $935k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Lowndes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $885k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $885k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $905k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $785k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $810k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Independent Institute | $500,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Palmetto Promise Institute | $400,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Cato Institute | $380,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $240,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $230,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Independent Institute | $500,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Palmetto Promise Institute | $400,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Cato Institute | $380,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $240,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $230,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $140,000 | 5 | 0% |
| US Term Limits Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 8% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lowndes Foundation Inc 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Lowndes Foundation Inc
- How much does The Lowndes Foundation Inc give?
- The Lowndes Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $935,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Lowndes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Social Science (31%), Public Benefit (30%), Education (15%).
- Who are The Lowndes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Independent Institute ($500k), Palmetto Promise Institute ($400k), Cato Institute ($380k).
- Does The Lowndes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lowndes Foundation Inc 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 The Lowndes Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Lowndes Foundation Inc based?
- The Lowndes Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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