California · Private foundation
Thomas E Lemons 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.
- $189k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Thomas E Lemons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 5 | $189k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $170k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $282k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $182k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $187k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $213k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $200k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Global Hunger Project | $1,107,827 | 7 | 1% |
| The Polg Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Pachamama Alliance | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Our House | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| So You Want to Change the World Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| iEmpathize | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Institute of Heartmath | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Give to Give Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarematrix | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Global Hunger Project | $1,107,827 | 7 | 1% |
| The Polg Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Pachamama Alliance | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Our House | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| So You Want to Change the World Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| iEmpathize | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Institute of Heartmath | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Give to Give Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clarematrix | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas University Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Help of Ojai Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $1,032 | 1 | 0% |
| Naturebridge | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fordham Preparatory School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Claire's Place Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Navigator | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas E Lemons 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.
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How this is measured
About Thomas E Lemons Foundation
- How much does Thomas E Lemons Foundation give?
- Thomas E Lemons Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $189,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Thomas E Lemons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (79%), Environment (10%), Health (5%).
- Who are Thomas E Lemons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Global Hunger Project ($1.1M), The Polg Foundation Inc ($50k), The Pachamama Alliance ($43k).
- Does Thomas E Lemons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas E Lemons 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 Thomas E Lemons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good.
- Where is Thomas E Lemons Foundation based?
- Thomas E Lemons Foundation is based in CA.
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