Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Lwh 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.
- $121k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Lwh Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 18 | $91k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $101k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $133k | 59% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $318k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $434k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $394k | 65% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $285k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $101,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Virginia Conservation Network | $60,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $55,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Central Virginia Horse Rescue | $51,000 | 3 | 14% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $48,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Virginia Public Access Project | $47,100 | 6 | 1% |
| Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions | $44,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $43,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Earth Sangha | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Centreville Immigration Forum | $38,500 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($712k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lwh 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: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Wolf Run Foundation Inc · Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · The Oak Hill Fund · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust
How this is measured
About The Lwh Family Foundation
- How much does The Lwh Family Foundation give?
- The Lwh Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $120,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lwh Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are The Lwh Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc ($101k), Virginia Conservation Network ($60k), Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund ($55k).
- Does The Lwh Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lwh 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 Lwh Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, United Way of the National Capital Area, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Lwh Family Foundation based?
- The Lwh Family Foundation is based in DC.
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