· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k13 grants · $845k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC | $100,000 |
| Palmetto Promise Institute | $100,000 |
| THE CLEMSON INSTITUTE | $100,000 |
| THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE | $75,000 |
| CATO INSTITUTE | $70,000 |
| THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| Institute of Humane Studies | $50,000 |
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| MERCATUS CENTER | $50,000 |
| The Ludwig Von Mises Institute | $50,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| Atlas Network | $50,000 |
| STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY | $50,000 |
| Judicial Watch | $30,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TITHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +58%
- PPPalmetto Promise Institute5× · 2020–2024 · $400k · revenue +97%
- CICATO INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $380k · revenue +93%
Funded once
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.
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.
The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…
To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…
Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.
To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…
Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.
The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.
Isd-us is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to defending democracy and individual rights against threats to public safety and national security. isd-us is at the forefront of analyzing and innovating solutions…
The ulysses s. grant institute for the study of democracy promotes rigorous and objective study and analysis of the american democratic process.
The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
The mission of independence institute is to empower individuals and to educate citizens,legislators and opinion makers about public policies that enhance personal and economic freedom.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC ↗
- Who funds Institute for Humane Studies ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds US TERM LIMITS FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lowndes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lowndes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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