Missouri · Nonprofit
DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC
DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,149,691 to it, the largest being CRUSE LEE H TRUST DTD 04301987 ($755,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Drew Lewis Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our mission at the drew lewis foundation is to educate, empower, and support under-served families through personalized programs and coaching to increase quality of life and build resilient communities. To accomplish this, we partner with existing area organizations to establish community hubs, which boost the economic and physical wellbeing of neighborhood residents. We achieve these outcomes through a variety of means, including educational and vocational programs, garden-to-table initiatives, public health services, and community events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The fairbanks continues to grow as a community hub. Multiple community partners continue to collaborate and use this space to serve the local community. A girl like me network, sps base and fairbanks coffee shop continue to operate in the facility. American indian center of springfield joined as a tenant and collaborate for community betterment and cultural education. Missouri mentoring partnership and springfield community gardens also lease space and collaborate on services offered to the community. The springfield brewing company bike shop operates as a program of the drew lewis foundation to serve transportation needs.
$1,260,093 spent$138,754 earned by the program78% of program spendingDrew lewis foundation continued the program reaching independence through support and education(rise). This includes the continued expansion into rural communities and other nonprofit organizations in missouri. The program works with families and individuals to overcome challenges of living in poverty through financially supporting weekly community-driven programs. The rise programming continued on thursday evenings where a community dinner is provided and programming remained in person and in online formats and classes continued to work to build social capital while offering education on financial literacy, physical and mental well-being, family dynamics and relationships, and other life skills. State funds were used in operations and to incentivize participation. Families were able to pick up food resources; diaper and hygiene resources as needed through 2024. Partnerships for rise include over 130 organizations and individuals.
$254,650 spent16% of program spendingOther community initiatives included: 1. Hosted 9th annual community fundraising event, fashion forward, which features children of northwest springfield modeling a back-to-school outfit in a fashion show and sharing their dreams for the future. The event also provides school supplies and family resources 2. Hosted second harvest home fall festival for the community. This event promotes community connection, and helps reinforce a sense of place while showcasing resources available. 3. Continued development of "the blue house project" which purchases homes in northwest springfield, updates the homes to current standards and then offers them on a rent to own basis to rise members. The project now has 17 homes that are in various stages of renovations, member use, or have been sold. 4. Continued development and initial implementation of classes for the nonprofit career academy(nca). Nca is a post secondary education program that provides training services for individuals to attain the skill set necessary for application in the private and nonprofit sectors; including administration, fundraising, community outreach, and more. 5. Strengthened online curriculum with development of…
$110,032 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,624,775.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $3.2M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 3% · 2019 21% · 2020 35% · 2021 1% · 2022 39% · 2023 52% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Amy Blansit
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $26k → $254k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 63% · 2021 82% · 2022 43% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
30% of DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $647k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC?
- DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,149,691 to it, the largest being CRUSE LEE H TRUST DTD 04301987 ($755,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,149,691 in grants to DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC?
- CRUSE LEE H TRUST DTD 04301987 is the largest funder on record, with $755,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing