· Private foundation
The Lutz Fund
Its FY2019 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, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k2 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $170k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| VOTE LATINO | $10,000 |
| NAACP | $10,000 |
| PEOPLE'S POWER AND LIGHT | $10,000 |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INCL PY CORRECT | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD | $10,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FU | $10,000 |
| THOUSAND CURRENTS | $10,000 |
| ACLU | $10,000 |
| LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS | $10,000 |
| 350ORG | $10,000 |
| PARTNERS IN HEALTH | $10,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $10,000 |
| BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE | $10,000 |
| CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FEFair Elections Center3× · 2017–2019 · $85k · revenue ×31
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +39%- TCTHOUSAND CURRENTS3× · 2017–2019 · $55k · revenue +378%
Funded once
Rape Abuse & Incest National Networkgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +174%
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +206%
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +48%
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.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.
To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…
Namati, inc. (namati) is dedicated to putting the law in people's hands. we strive to build a just world, in which every one of us can take part in the decisions and demand accountability from the institutions that affect our lives.…
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 21 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.
- Who funds Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) ↗
- Who funds Fair Elections Center ↗
- Who funds 350ORG ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds THOUSAND CURRENTS ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds VOTO LATINO INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lutz Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lutz Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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