California · Private foundation
William and Karen Lavoie Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $126k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 49
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations William and Karen Lavoie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 47 | $125k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $121k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $127k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $112k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $122k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $131k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $126k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Redwoods League | $237,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting Service | $82,744 | 5 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ocean Institute | $25,500 | 5 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $24,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $12,432 | 7 | 0% |
| International Bird Rescue | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Karen Lavoie 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: Sempra Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William and Karen Lavoie Foundation with peer funders
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About William and Karen Lavoie Foundation
- How much does William and Karen Lavoie Foundation give?
- William and Karen Lavoie Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $126,026 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 49 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William and Karen Lavoie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (38%), Arts & Culture (30%), Animals (4%).
- Who are William and Karen Lavoie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Save the Redwoods League ($237k), Public Broadcasting Service ($83k), Sierra Club Foundation ($30k).
- Does William and Karen Lavoie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Karen Lavoie 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 William and Karen Lavoie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is William and Karen Lavoie Foundation based?
- William and Karen Lavoie Foundation is based in CA.
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