Lowes Foundation
Mooresville, NC · EIN 56-6061689. Reported 89 grants totalling $45.1M to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Lowes Foundation, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for education (NTEE B12).
- How spread out its giving is. 72 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 30% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $500,000. Half of what it reported fell between $250,000 and $750,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $1,525,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | Pocatello, ID | $2,616,150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Goodwill Industries International Inc | Rockville, MD | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Center for Construction Education Research | Alachua, FL | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region Inc | Charlotte, NC | $1,900,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Skills USA Inc | Leesburg, VA | $1,700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| She Built This City | Charlotte, NC | $1,590,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc | Charlotte, NC | $1,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbus Technical Institute Foundation Inc | Columbus, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc | Charlotte, NC | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maricopa County Community College District Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Midlands Technical College Foundation Inc | Columbia, SC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Foundation Inc | Perkinston, MS | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Palm Beach State College Fdn Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Foundation-North Inc | Fitzgerald, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Masters Apprentice | Denver, CO | $930,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baton Rouge Community College Foundation Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $850,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Virginia Women Work Inc | Fairmont, WV | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coconino County Community College Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Colleges Foundation | Seattle, WA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alaska Works Partnership Inc | Anchorage, AK | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Women in Trades | Chicago, IL | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Renovations | Chapel Hill, NC | $625,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte Inc | Charlotte, NC | $625,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berkeley Heights Parent Teacher Organization | Berkeley Hts, NJ | $601,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moore Community House | Biloxi, MS | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uncommon Construction Inc | New Orleans, LA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilkes Community College Foundation Inc | Wilkesboro, NC | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Montana | Missoula, MT | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Within My Hands | San Rafael, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Maine Community College | Auurn, ME | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlotte Rescue Mission | Charlotte, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Scholarship and Tuition Services | Nashville, TN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miami Dade College | Miami, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miracosta College Foundation | Oceanside, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Non Traditional Employment for Women | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Alabama Homebuilding Academy Inc | Huntsville, AL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Positive Workforce Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valencia College Foundation | Orlando, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Livingstone Schools Inc | Seffner, FL | $480,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeast Community College | Milford, NE | $470,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madisonville College Foundation Inc | Madisonville, KY | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ser-Metro-Detroit Jobs for Progress Inc | Detroit, MI | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mountwest Community & Technical College | Huntington, WV | $415,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Howard College - San Angelo | Spring, TX | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | Atlanta, GA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Academy of Workforce Development Inc | Madison, WI | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Multicultural Community Services | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mooresville Area Christian Mission Inc | Mooresville, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next Step of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southside Virginia Communtiy College Foundation Inc | Alberta, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspire Community Capital | Charlotte, NC | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centro Hispano | Provo, UT | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rain Inc | Charlotte, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roc Charlotte Inc | Charlotte, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Craft & Trade Academy | Charlotte, NC | $143,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community College of Baltimore County Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc | Durham, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun Inc | Mesa, AZ | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Fields | Cleveland, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Builds | Independence, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central New Mexico Community College | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern California Construction & Training Inc | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Odessa College Foundation Incorporated | Odessa, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revolution Workshop | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wsu Tech Foundation | Wichita, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sampson Community College Foundation Inc | Clinton, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
13 of 72 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 of 72 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $4,358,000 | $275,000 |
| 2022 | 7 | $2,225,000 | $300,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $20.0M | $500,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $18.5M | $500,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
23% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $500,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lowes Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 35 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1000 Lowes Blvd, Mooresville, NC, 28117.
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