· Private foundation
W Buford Lewis and Linda M Lewis Family Foundation Inc
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 $10k11 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| THE METROPOLITAN OPERA | $25,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| COROLLA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,500 |
| UVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES | $1,000 |
| COMMUNITY IN CRISIS | $1,000 |
| NINOS CON FUTURO FUNDACION USA | $1,000 |
| THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND | $1,000 |
| WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL | $500 |
| LSU FOUNDATION | $500 |
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, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +98% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CECOROLLA EDUCATION FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +281%
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC6× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +371%- LFLSU FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2024 · $4k · revenue +103%
Funded once
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +48%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +98%- CHCONVENANT HOUSEone grant, 2023 · $500
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.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
The jefferson scholars foundation (foundation) provides academic merit-based scholarship, fellowship and professorship support to students and faculty at the university of virginia (uva).
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 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.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 24 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 VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COROLLA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds LSU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization W Buford Lewis and Linda M Lewis Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W Buford Lewis and Linda M Lewis Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Community in Crisis Inc: 56% of income from government
How this is measured
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