Funding search · EIN 521498472 · Kirkland, WA

Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation

Name: Sam and Mary Lawrence Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

81
grants reported: $197,898
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,300
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Keepers of Baker Island1 grant · $25,500
American Independent Radio (Co American Independent Foundation)1 grant · $10,000
National Philanthropic Fund1 grant · $10,000
Environmental Law Institute1 grant · $7,500
Our Children'S Trust1 grant · $7,500
Americares2 grants · $7,000
Feel Good Action1 grant · $5,000
Center for Public Integrity1 grant · $5,000
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education1 grant · $5,000
Environmental Educators of North Carolina1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$36,775

2022

$53,623

2023

$107,500

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$25,500
Keepers of Baker Island · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
To promote stewardship of baker island's natural and cultural resources
$10,000
American Independent Radio (Co American Independent Foundation) · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the use of radio journalism to educate the public on local and federal issues
$10,000
National Philanthropic Fund · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Ukraine relief
$7,500
Environmental Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support promotion of laws and policies that enable leaders to make environmental progress
$7,500
Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2024
To support the empowerment of youth in transforming the entire energy paradigm
$5,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
To help people and communities around the world access health care in times of disaster and every day
$5,000
Black Voters Matter · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
To support the empowerment and mobilization of black voters against voter suppression
$5,000
Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2024
To support journalistic investigation of inequity and threats to democracy
$5,000
Compassion and Choices · Littleton, CO · 2024
To support patient autonomy and individual choice at the end of life
$5,000
Feel Good Action · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support the creation of shareable media to promote social justice and voter participation
$5,000
Movement Voter Project · Northampton, MA · 2024
To support year-round organizing and movement building in pivotal places and races
$5,000
Report for America · Beaverton, OR · 2024
To support local journalism that strengthens communities and our democracy
$5,000
When We All Vote · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
To support increasing participation in elections by helping to close the race and age gap
$5,000
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education · Denver, CO · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Environmental Educators of North Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges · Homer, AK · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Herring Gut Coastal Science Center · Port Clyde, ME · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education · Elizabethtown, KY · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Lsu Coastal Roots Via Payne School of Education Off of Sponsored Research · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Maine Envorinmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Reefkeeper Belize Via Law of the Wild · Seattle, WA · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$5,000
Salmon Valley Stewardship · Salmon, ID · 2023
To connect youth to nature in ways that inspire stewardship and build community
$2,750
Sw Harbor Conservation Commission · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2023
To support community education and park maintenance
$2,500
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the growth of digital nonprofit local newsrooms that are run by the public they serve
$2,500
Children and Nature Network · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To support leaders in increasing children's safe and equitable access to the natural world
$2,500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support pro bono public interest environmental law
$2,500
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
To promote stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty of acadia national park
$2,500
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To support the use of science, policy and law to confront the climate crisis and protect nature
$2,500
North American Association for Environmental Education · Washington, DC · 2024
To support programs to help professionals advance environmental literacy and civic engagement
$2,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
To support the provision of emergency medical assistance
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
To support the provision of medical humanitarian assistance
$2,000
Care · Merrifield, VA · 2022
unrestricted
$2,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$2,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · 2022
unrestricted
$2,000
Heartland Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$2,000
Maine Organic Farmers Association · Unity, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$1,600
Silver Spring Progressive Alliance · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$1,500
Ccmmon Power International · Seattle, WA · 2022
unrestricted
$1,500
Rural Democracy Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$1,500
Tiny Trees · Seattle, WA · 2022
unrestricted
$1,300
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$1,300
League of Conservation Voter Educat · 2022
unrestricted
$1,000
Climate To Thrive · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$1,000
Ground Truth Project · Boston, MA · 2022
unrestricted
$1,000
North America Envirionmental Educat · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$1,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
unrestricted
$618
Clarice Smith Performing Centers · College Park, MD · 2023
To support arts programs
$500
Charlotte Rhoades Garden (Swh Conservation Commission) · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
To promote conservation education and gardening instruction in southwest harbor
$500
Southwest Harbor House · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
To support health and fitness classes and activities for the residents of mount desert island
$500
Southwest Harbor Library · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
To support the library in promoting life-long learning and love of literacy
$500
Wendall Gilley Museum · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
To support vibrant art exhibitions and hands-on creative and educational programs
$500
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
To help alleviate food insecurity
$500
National Capital Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
To help alleviate food insecurity
$500
Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$500
Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reportin · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$500
Rotary Foundation of Rotary Interna · Evanston, IL · 2022
unrestricted
$425
Univ of Md Clarisse Smith Center · College Park, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$300
Olney Theatre · Olney, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$200
Society of the Cincinnati · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$200
Southwest Conservation Commission · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$200
St John and St Andrew Episcopal Chu · Southwest Harbor, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$155
Washington National Cathedral · Washington, DC · 2023
To help maintian cathedral facility and programs
$150
Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$130
National Cathedral · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$100
Death With Dignity National Center · Portland, OR · 2023
To support end-of-life options
$100
Carnegie Institute · 2022
unrestricted
$100
Cathedral Chorale Society · Washington, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$100
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$100
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$75
Harvard College · Cambridge, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Bcc Rescue Service · Bethesda, MD · 2022
unrestyricted
$50
Beatrix Farrand Society · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Gilley Museum · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Harbor House · Southwest Harbor, AL · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Mdi Historical Society · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$50
Sw-Tremont Ambulance Service · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$40
Chevy Chase Historical Society · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
unrestricted
$35
Southwest Harbor Historical Society · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$20
Saint Ann'S Church · Waashington, DC · 2022
unrestricted

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