Grant Guidelines, Information and Deadlines: The grant guidelines provide background information about the minimum requirements that must be met to be eligible for us to consider your grant application. The grant deadlines provide detailed information about the schedules and deadlines of the grant application process. The grant guidelines and deadlines are subject to change. Our foundation is still young and our focus, requirements and procedures will evolve as we gain experience in the area of grant making. Guidelines The initial focus of our contributions and grants will be education, environment and health although our interests are fairly diverse and may lead us into other areas on an occasional basis. Nonprofit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or public schools and libraries are eligible for contributions or grants. For-profit businesses are not eligible. Unsolicited grant requests will be accepted for all grant cycles. Only United States or United States based international organizations are eligible. Grants are not awarded to individuals, or for political lobbying, political campaign or voter registration purposes. Contribution and grant amounts will vary. The duration of grants will be typically for a single year. Program Related Investments are not currently made. The Lawrence Foundation is not currently a member of a common grant community of grantmakers. All grant applications must be submitted directly to us at the Contact Address for consideration. Information We receive many grant requests and letters of inquiry by mail and email during our grant cycles. The following table lists the number of requests and letters of inquiry we have received during each cycle and the corresponding number of commitments and/or grants we made in that same cycle. Commitments are grants we have told an organization that we will be paying in the future. Commitments are listed in Part XV 3 "Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment" of our 2002 990-PF. Grants are paid either during or at the end of our grant cycle. Grants are listed in Part XV 3 "Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment" of our 2002 990-PF. Grant Cycle Letters of Interest Received Grants Committed Grants Made June 2005 236 0 22 December 2004 184 0 14 June 2004 212 0 14 December 2003 226 0 12 June 2003 159 1 9 December 2002 177 1 15 June 2002 103 5 0 December 2001 152 0 15 June 2001 97 0 2 December 2000 N/A 1 0 Grants Made by the Foundation The foundation makes grants to US based qualified chartable organizations. To date we have funded organizations that address the following areas of interest: Education (US headquartered organizations for programs in the US), Environment (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world), Health (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US with national scope or specific programs in the Los Angeles area), Disaster relief (US headquartered organizations responding to disasters in the US or elsewhere in the world on an occasional basis), Other (US headquartered organizations operating programs in the US or elsewhere in the world). Grants That the Foundation Will Not Make The foundation does not typically make grants for the following purposes. Requests to fund the following purposes are likely to be denied: Computers or software, Audio or video equipment, Designing and producing videos, kiosks or promotional material, Music programs or musical instruments, Gardening programs or equipment, Physical education programs or equipment, Recreational programs, Theatre arts or performance arts programs or equipment, Hospice or old age home programs, Religious organizations, Religious, charter or magnet schools Individuals for any purpose, International organizations that do not have a qualified domestic 501(c)(3) representative, Political lobbying activities or other political purposes, Private foundations, Dinners, balls, or other ticketed events, Purposes outside of the foundation's funding priorities as listed in the prior section. Other than legal requirements, these lists are not absolute and may not always apply, but they provide some guidance about our interests. More information about The Lawrence Foundation can be read in the Annual Letters. Deadlines Grants are awarded twice a year. There is a one or two step process 1) a letter of inquiry and in some cases 2) a request for a full proposal. Letters of inquiry are open to any organization that wishes to be considered for a grant that meets the grant guidelines. In many cases the letter of inquiry provides sufficient information to make a decision. In some cases we may ask for a full proposal to provide additional information to make a decision. If you do not receive an invitation to submit a full proposal that does not necessarily mean your letter or inquiry is not under consideration. The calendar for this process is:   June Grant Cycle December Grant Cycle Letters of inquiry due by: Feb 1 Aug 1 Board selection from letters of inquiry Feb/Mar Aug/Sept Invitation to submit full proposal (if needed) mailed by: Mar 31 Sept 30 Full proposal (if needed) due by: Apr 30 Oct 31 Board selection from full proposals: Apr/May Oct/Nov Notification of selection mailed by: Jun Dec Funding by: Jun 30 Dec 31 Any letters of inquiry received after a deadline will be considered during the next grant cycle.

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