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.
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:
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.
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.