The Lawrence Foundation

The Lawrence Foundation is a US private family foundation focused on making grants to support environmental, education, human services and other causes [GuideStar.org [http://www.guidestar.org] ] . It makes both program and operating grants and does not have any geographical restrictions. Nonprofit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code or other similar organizations are eligible for grants from The Lawrence Foundation.

Background

The Lawrence Foundation was established in 2000 by Jeff Lawrence and Diane Troth (husband and wife) [Martelle, Scott. "It’s a Do-It-Yourself Era for Budding Benefactors". Los Angeles Times, April 08, 2002. [http://articles.latimes.com/2002/apr/08/local/me-giving8] ] from the proceeds received from the acquisition of Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. by Intel Corporation. ["Company News; Intel to Buy Trillium for $300 Million". The New York Times, August 2, 2000 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E7D81E3DF931A3575BC0A9669C8B63] ] . Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. developed and licensed communications software and was founded in 1988 by Jeff Lawrence and Larisa Chistyakov.

Grant Funding

Since its founding in 2000, the Foundation has received over 3,000 grant applications and made grants of over US$3 million [Frazier, Eric. "Grantseeking Goes Paperless". The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 3, 2008. [http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v20/i12/12f00401.htm] ] . In 2007, the Foundation received over 400 grant applications and approved 36 grants worth US$173,415. The Foundation ended 2007 with US$5.3 million in assets. Statistics of all applications received and grants made in 2007 and earlier can be found [http://www.commongrantapplication.com/cga_gmkstatistics.php?secNav=Statistics&indId=20&orgId=20 here] . To apply to The Lawrence Foundation, non-profits must use the Common Grant Application, an online grant application and management system. The Lawrence Foundation does not accept paper-based letter of inquiry and/or grant applications.

Direct Funding

In March 2005, The Lawrence Foundation, in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Tufts University, organized and hosted a workshop of environmental economists from academia. The purpose of the workshop was to identify, develop and engage a network of economists and others that shared and supported a common vision of developing, delivering and advocating credible and effective economic theories and arguments for environmental protection, stewardship, and investment. In 2006, the economists who attended that meeting started Center for thr Applied Study of Economics and Environment (CASE&E), with a year of preliminary programs – launching an online directory of economists open to working with the environmental movement, and offering summer internships with environmental groups, and dissertation support, for economics graduate students. The organization continues to grow and recently changed its name to [http://www.e3network.org Economics for Equity and the Environment (E3)] to more accurately reflect its current focus.

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External links

* [http://www.thelawrencefoundation.org/ The Lawrence Foundation Web site]