Skip to content
The Lsg Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Lsg Charitable 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.

$291k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MHealth$589kPhilanthropy$575kArts & Culture$337kReligion$331kPublic Benefit$150kHousing & Shelter$43kYouth Development$37kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM$100,000
BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS$50,000
ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$50,000
DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS$25,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$15,000
TENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$10,000
FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES$5,000
VELA$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DARREN WALKERS SCHOLARS PROGRAM$4,500
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EAGLES AUTISM FOUNDATION: $100k → 22%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $75k → 9%BRENTWOOD FOUNDATION: $40k → 5%US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $66k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT: $25k → 15%NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: $125k → 12%2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $50k → 9%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $60k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL ENDOWMENT: $100k → 10%EDUCATE TEXAS: $110k → 14%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $60k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL ENDOWMENT: $100k → 10%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $60k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL ENDOWMENT: $100k → 10%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $60k → 14%TULANE CANCER CENTER: $125k → 23%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $50k → 10%US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $60k → 14%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $30k → 10%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $30k → 10%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $30k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL: $25k → 10%BELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS: $34k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $25k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $101k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 10%UT AUSTIN DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL: $50k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOUNDATION: $190k → 10%TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY: $100k → 10%AUSTIN ED FUND: $57k → 10%AUSTIN ED FUND: $50k → 10%AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $145k → 10%AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55k → 10%2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%TEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $100k → 10%SHALOM AUSTIN: $40k → 10%SHALOM AUSTIN: $40k → 10%SHALOM AUSTIN - GENERATIONS DONOR COMMUNITY: $40k → 10%SHALOM AUSTIN - GENERATIONS DONOR COMMUNITY: $40k → 10%SHALOM AUSTIN - GENERATIONS DONOR COMMUNITY: $40k → 10%TEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $30k → 10%BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS: $50k → 10%BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS: $50k → 10%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

ME
WA
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
DC
LA
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 20 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
32

Total granted

$1.9M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+44%

Still filing today

50%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    8× · 2017–2024 · $331k · revenue +25%
  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +91%
  • B
    BREAKTHROUGH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • T2
    THE 2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue ×28 · 71% of their budget
  • TM
    The McCombs School of Business Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $190k · revenue +167%
  • TC
    TULANE CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $125k
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
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
2
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
3
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
4
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
5
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
9
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
10
Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

The foundation is committed to serving charitable needs both domestically and abroad through charitable grants and services at the discretion of the board of trustees.

Philanthropy
11
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
12
National Association of Independent Schools Inc

As the largest association of independent schools, nais co-creates the future of education by uniting and empowering our community. we do this through thought leadership, research, creation and curation of resources, and direct…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is E3 Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Brentwood Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 59 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL ENDOWMENT: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - DELL ENDOWMENTDELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $200,500 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTERTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $130,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHALOMTULANE CANCER CENTER: $125,000 · OtherTULANE CANCER CENTERSHALOM AUSTIN - GENERATIONS DONOR COMMUNITY: $120,000 · OtherSHALOM AUSTIN - GENERATIONS DONOR COMMUNITYAUSTIN ED FUND: $116,712 · OtherAUSTIN ED FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $110,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION+28 more: $453,850 · Other+28 moreTHE 2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationTHE 2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEV…The McCombs School of Business Foundation: $190,000 · EducationThe McCombs School of Busines…ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $140,000 · EducationST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $135,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INCBREAKTHROUGH: $125,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGHTeach for America Inc: $50,001 · EducationE3 ALLIANCE: $40,200 · EducationBELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $34,100 · Education+4 more: $40,250 · EducationAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMU…SHALOM AUSTIN: $80,000 · PhilanthropySHALOM AUSTI…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $331,000 · Arts & CultureThe United…+2 more: $6,250 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: $125,000 · Community ImprovementTri-Angel Unlimited Inc: $100,000 · Community ImprovementEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $100,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,656,062Education$1,004,551Philanthropy$435,000Arts & Culture$337,250Community Improvement$225,000Health$101,000Housing & Shelter$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $331,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetThe McCombs School of Business Foundation: $190,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $140,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $125,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: $125,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTri-Angel Unlimited Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSHALOM AUSTIN: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,001 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetE3 ALLIANCE: $40,200 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBRENTWOOD FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $34,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife Anew Restorative Justice: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVELA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin History Center Association Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $250 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 AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE 2033 HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The McCombs School of Business Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Tri-Angel Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds E3 ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Audubon Nature Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds TENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…Michael & Susan Dell …Topfer Family Foundat…The Moody FoundationMfi FoundationA Glimmer of Hope Fou…Ascension SetonSt David's FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Ibm International Fou…Greater Houston Commu…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Mfi Foundation · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin · Ascension Seton · St David's Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Ibm International Foundation · Greater Houston Community 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 Lsg Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lsg Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 59 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Lsg’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home