The J.K. Lowder Family Foundation is dedicated to the idea of community. Through our support of youth and family, education, community development and revitalization, and the arts, the Foundation seeks to support those organizations that remind us of what it means to be a conscious citizen.
Our Funding Goals generally fall within the following categories:
The first step in applying to the Foundation requires that all potential grantees fill out and submit our online Application Request Form. We review these forms on a continual basis, and they may be submitted at any time during the year. We try to acknowledge the receipt of all application requests. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt within two weeks of submitting your form, feel free to contact us.
All requests are first reviewed to determine if they fall within the Foundation's Funding Goals listed above. Those that do not are immediately declined. Requests that meet our goals are then reviewed to determine the following:
Please see our Grant Guidelines page for more information.
"In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit."
- John F. Kennedy
"The idea of a community taking care of its citizens, its landscape, its history, its future - it makes so much sense if you think about it.
We think about it a lot, and are grateful for the opportunity to work with others who are also dedicated to community. The relationships we have built, and hope to continue to build, mean so much to us. We believe in the greatness of our state, our country, and our world. We also recognize a need for improvement, and most importantly, we recognize that improvement is at our fingertips. Or, as Anne Frank put it, ‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!'
Growing up in a family business environment, I learned quickly that great things could be accomplished when people work together for a common goal. If our goal is to improve the world around us one grant at a time, then how can we possibly fail? Support doesn't end when the grant is made, but continues on in ways that we can't always capture in a report or on a website. Sometimes it's these "intangibles" that make the world a better place. You can't show it in a chart necessarily, but you can see it all around you. You know the good is there.
When I look back on my childhood, I am filled with a sense of community, of art, of a rich and vibrant culture, of family, of history and preservation, of change and progress. These things add a quality to life - something our foundation feels everyone should have.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website, and for your interest in our foundation."
- Emily Lowder Wootten