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Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation

Cypress, TX · EIN 76-0312167. Reported 155 grants totalling $449,111 to 86 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,900median grant
$449,111granted, 2020-2024
86organizations funded
56%of grantees funded again the next year
$83,654assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,900. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,400 and $2,800; the smallest was $65 and the largest $71,862. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
9 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
136 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
See Attached ScheduleSee Attached Schedule, TX$71,862112020
Map InternationalBruswick, GA$42,725442024
Children's Organ Transplant AssocBloomington, IN$25,600442024
South Dakota State University FoundBrookings, SD$16,150332024
Dream FoundationSanta Barbara, CA$14,900442024
Orphan Grain TrainNorfolk, NE$14,800442024
The Fund for American StudiesWashington, DC$11,800442024
Love 146Charlotte, NC$11,700442024
National Psoriasis FoundationPortland, OR$9,294442024
The Als AssociationArlington, VA$8,670442024
Bayside Lions ClubBaycliff, TX$8,500442024
Matthew 25MINISTRIESBlue Ash, OH$7,200332024
Beloved and BeyondBrenham, TX$6,700442024
Freedom Service DogEnglewood, CO$6,700222024
GOOD360Alexandria, VA$6,550222024
The Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$6,500222024
Compassion & ChoicesPortland, OR$5,775442024
Shriners Hospitlas for ChildrenTampa, FL$5,775332024
Young America'sReston, VA$5,700222024
Habitat for HumanityAmericus, GA$5,650442024
The Salvation ArmyHouston, TX$5,600222022
Children's Transplant InitiativeSpring, TX$5,350332024
National Disaster Search Dog FoundaSanta Paula, CA$5,350332024
Great Basin Wildlife RescureSpanish Fork, UT$5,290112022
National Military Family AssocAlexandria, VA$5,000222024
National Hospice FoundationAlexandria, VA$4,900222024
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$4,750332024
Semper Fi & America's FundOcenside, CA$4,475332024
Wellsprings Village IncHouston, TX$4,450222024
The Concil on RecoveryHouston, TX$4,350222024
Paws With a CauseWayland, MI$4,000222023
Native American Hertiage AssocationFront Royal, VA$3,900222024
Kids Outdoor ZoneSmithville, TX$3,550112024
Houston Eye Assoicates FoundationHouston, TX$3,350222024
Foundation Fighting BlindnessColumbia, MD$3,100112024
The Center for Disaster PhilanthropWashington, DC$3,100112024
Back 2 Basics MinistryThe Woodlands, TX$2,900222022
Lung Cancer Foundation for Young WoCypress, TX$2,800112024
Fostering Futures of Wisconsin IncMilwaukee, WI$2,650112024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$2,585222024
MedshareDecatur, GA$2,550112023
Student Conservation AssociationArlington, VA$2,500222024
Therapy Pet Pals of Texas IncAustin, TX$2,500222024
Lung Cancer Foundation for Yng WomeCypress, TX$2,450222022
Nora's HomeHouston, TX$2,431222024
Good 360Alexandria, VA$2,350112021
Soldiers' AngelsSan Antonio, TX$2,350112021
The Council on RecoveryHouston, TX$2,350112021
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Senior Ride and MoreHouston, TX$2,350112024
Deacons of DeadwoodHouston, TX$2,255112022
All Hands and HeartsMattapoisett, MA$2,200112024
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$2,200112024
Maui United WayWailuku, HI$2,100112023
Turning Point USAPhoenix, AZ$2,000112022
Center for Creative EducationWest Palm Beach, FL$1,900112021
Easter SealsHouston, TX$1,900112021
Houston Eye Associates FoundationHouston, TX$1,900112021
Native American Heritage AssocBlack Hawk, SD$1,900112021
The Sunshine Kids FoundationHouston, TX$1,900112021
United Way of Greater HoustonHouston, TX$1,900112021
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw Seniro Rides and MoreBellaire, TX$1,900112021
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont, CO$1,750112024
Gentle Giants Draft HorseEnglewood, CO$1,750112024
Heroic GardensElkins, PA$1,750112024
Lutheran Indian MinistriesBrookfield, WI$1,750112024
National Association of ScholarsNew York, NY$1,750112024
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FL$1,535112021
Soldiers AngelsTampa, FL$1,500112024
American Friends of Yard EliezerJackson, NJ$1,400112024
Charity NavigatorSaddle Brook, NJ$1,300112024
Ptsd Foundation of AmericaHouston, TX$1,300112024
Americans for Propserity FoundationArlington, VA$1,200112023
Bethesda Lutheran CommunitiesWatertown, WI$1,175112021
National Military Family AssociatioAlexandria, VA$1,175112021
Americans Farmland TrustWashington, DC$1,150112024
First LibertyPlano, TX$1,100112024
South Dakota State University FoundationBrookings, SD$1,100112021
WildcoastDel Mar, CA$1,100112022
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw Senior Rides and MoreBellaire, TX$1,000112022
Young America's FoundationReston, VA$1,000112021
American Farmland TrustWashingtom, DC$900112021
Student Conservation AssocArlington, VA$900112021
Consumer ReportsYonkers, NY$700222024
World Affairs Council of Greater HoustonHouston, TX$444112022
Coastal Conservation AssociationHouston, TX$430112022
Second Servings of HoustonHouston, TX$65112022

38 of 86 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 81 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
13 grants
International Affairs
12 grants
Health Care
10 grants
Diseases & Disorders
8 grants
Civil Rights
5 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20201$71,862$71,862
202140$71,890$1,900
202227$84,260$1,850
202334$81,825$1,775
202453$139,274$2,350

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$150K
Georgia
$51K
Virginia
$50K
California
$28K
Indiana
$26K
Nebraska
$20K
South Dakota
$19K
District of Columbia
$17K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,900. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Robert H & Anita Q Lawe Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 13529-N Skinner Rd, Cypress, TX, 77429. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 76-0312167 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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