The Lawrence Foundation

 
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    Funder Type

    Corporate Foundation

    IT Classification

    C - Funds little to no technology

    Authority

    The Lawrence Foundation

    Summary

    The Lawrence Foundation is a private family foundation focused on making grants to support environmental, education, human services and other causes. The mission of The Lawrence Foundation is support organizations that are working to solve pressing environmental, educational, human services and other issues.

    The foundation makes grants to US based qualified charitable organizations. To date we have funded organizations that address the following areas of interest:
    • Environment (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world),
    • Human Services
    • Disaster relief (US headquartered organizations responding to disasters in the US or elsewhere in the world on an occasional basis),
    • Other (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world).
     

    History of Funding

    The foundation has received over 10,000 grant applications since it's inception and approved 525 of those applications for a total of $4,578,593. Previous awardees can be seen at https://www.commongrantapplication.com/grantmaker_statistics.php?orgId=20&appLoiType=app#revStatsCauseSummary and https://thelawrencefoundation.org/past-grants.

    Additional Information

    The foundation will not make grants to international charitable organizations that are not qualified in the US or to for-profit businesses. The foundation does not typically make grants for the following purposes. Requests to fund the following purposes are likely to be denied: 

    • Computers or software,
    • Audio or video equipment,
    • Designing and producing videos, kiosks or promotional material,
    • Music programs or musical instruments,
    • Gardening programs or equipment,
    • Physical education programs or equipment,
    • Recreational programs,
    • Theater arts or performing arts programs or equipment,
    • Hospice or old age home programs,
    • Churches,
    • Religious, charter or magnet schools
    • Individuals for any purpose,
    • International organizations that do not have a qualified domestic 501(c)(3) representative,
    • Political lobbying activities or other political purposes,
    • Voter registration,
    • Private foundations,
    • Dinners, balls, or other ticketed events,
    • Purposes outside of the foundation's funding priorities
    • Program Related Investments


    Contacts

    Lori Mitchell

    Lori Mitchell
    530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 207
    Santa Monica, CA 90401
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are: Nonprofit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, Public schools, and Libraries.

    Deadline Details

    Grants are awarded twice a year. Grant applications are to be submitted by April 30 and October 31, annually. The grant application process is fairly simple and is initiated by submitting a grant application using the Common Grant Application available on the funder's website.

    Award Details

    Grants typically range between $5,000 - $10,000. In some limited cases the funder may make larger grants, but that is typically after they have gotten to know your organization over a period of time. They also generally don't make multi-year grants, although they may fund the same organization on a year by year basis over a period of years. General operating or program/project grant requests within the funder's areas of interests are accepted.


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