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The Lowndes Foundation

Name: The Lowndes Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

51
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Palmetto Promise Institute3 grants · $300,000
Foundation for Economic3 grants · $300,000
The Clemson Institute3 grants · $300,000
The Independent Institute3 grants · $225,000
Cato Institute3 grants · $220,000
The Federalist Society3 grants · $150,000
Heritage Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Hillsdale College3 grants · $150,000
Mercatus Center3 grants · $150,000
Students for Liberty3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$955,000

2022

$935,000

2023

$935,000

2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Foundation for Economic · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Contribution
$100,000
Palmetto Promise Institute · Columbia, SC · 2024
Contribution
$100,000
The Clemson Institute · Clemson, SC · 2024
Contribution
$100,000
Foundation for Economic · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Contribution
$100,000
Palmetto Promise Institute · Columbia, SC · 2023
Contribution
$100,000
The Clemson Institute · Clemson, SC · 2023
Contribution
$100,000
Foundation for Economic · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Contribution
$100,000
Palmetto Promise Institute · Columbia, SC · 2022
Contribution
$100,000
The Clemson Institute · Clemson, SC · 2022
Contribution
$80,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$75,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Contribution
$75,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Contribution
$75,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Contribution
$70,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$70,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Institute of Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Students for Liberty · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
The Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2024
Contribution
$50,000
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Institute of Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Students for Liberty · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
The Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2023
Contribution
$50,000
Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Institute of Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
Students for Liberty · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$50,000
The Ludwig Von Mises Institute · Auburn, AL · 2022
Contribution
$30,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$30,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$30,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$30,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
$30,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$30,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$25,000
Sc Public Interest Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2024
Contribution
$25,000
Sc Public Interest Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2023
Contribution
$25,000
Sc Public Interest Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2022
Contribution
$15,000
US Term Limits Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
US Term Limits Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$5,000
US Term Limits Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.