Texas · Private foundation
The Lu 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Lu Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $570k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $2.2M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $903k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $761k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $261k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $320k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhill School | $490,235 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Formosan Christian Church of Dallas | $250,660 | 5 | n/a |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| T L C Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Creek Chinese Gospel Church | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Christian Fellowship Intl | $106,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Northwest Ascending Campaign | $90,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Bcm International Inc | $63,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Christian Creative Communication Ce | $61,015 | 6 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhill School | $490,235 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Formosan Christian Church of Dallas | $250,660 | 5 | n/a |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| T L C Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Creek Chinese Gospel Church | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Christian Fellowship Intl | $106,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Northwest Ascending Campaign | $90,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Bcm International Inc | $63,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Christian Creative Communication Ce | $61,015 | 6 | 5% |
| International House of Prayer | $59,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley Church | $52,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus Gospel Fellowship | $51,419 | 1 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley Harvest | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Church Ministries International Inc | $42,430 | 5 | n/a |
| Little Shepherd Foundation | $39,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Crown College | $30,085 | 3 | 0% |
| Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plano Chinese Alliance Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Omf International Inc | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Grove Presbyterian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Chinese Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Keepers Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Passing on Mission | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North Texas Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kairos Communication Service International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lu Family Foundation 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lu Family Foundation
- How much does The Lu Family Foundation give?
- The Lu Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $2,206,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Lu Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (24%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are The Lu Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Greenhill School ($490k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($280k), Formosan Christian Church of Dallas ($251k).
- Does The Lu Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lu Family Foundation 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 Lu Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Lu Family Foundation based?
- The Lu Family Foundation is based in TX.
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