· Private foundation
Thomas H Lowder 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k45 grants · $139k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $362k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $203k
- $250k+2 grants · $711k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALZHEIMERS DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION | $370,000 |
| MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $341,000 |
| JUBILEE FAMILY FOUNDATION | $53,000 |
| LULU STRONG FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA | $50,000 |
| CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA | $50,000 |
| ST BERNARD PREPERATORY SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| UAB - HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE CLINICAL RESEARCH FUND | $30,000 |
| OMNICRON DELTA KAPPA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| PROJECT ALS | $25,000 |
| ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $20,000 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST CECILIA CONGREGATION | $20,000 |
| ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH | $20,000 |
| MARANATHAN ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S OF CENTRAL ALABAMA | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
123 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 71 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ADALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +227%
- TCThe Children's Hospital of Alabama4× · 2021–2024 · $226k · revenue +19%
- ACAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation4× · 2017–2020 · $220k · revenue +81%
Funded once
- MGMASSACHUSSETS GENERAL HOSPITALone grant, 2021 · $280k
- AUAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - JARMAN LOWDER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2020 · $50k
- UPUAB - PROFESSORSHIP IN NEUROSCIENCEone grant, 2022 · $35k
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.
Provide post-secondary education of excellence.
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…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
See Disclosure Above.
Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…
Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…
The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.
We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.
To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.
How this is measured
114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 233 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Children's Hospital of Alabama ↗
- Who funds Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ALS INC ↗
- Who funds THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES ↗
- Who funds JUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
- Who funds TUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER RELIEF ↗
- Who funds OMICRON DELTA KAPPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALS ASSOCIATION DCMDVA CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GLENWOOD INC ↗
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: Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Protective Life Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Hackney Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · The Thomas E Jernigan Foundation · Debardeleben Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas H Lowder Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas H Lowder Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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