Lowndes Foundation

The Lowndes Foundation is a 501(c)(3) exempt private foundation located in Boston, MA.

In 2012, the foundation reported $868,273 in revenue, $889,010 in expenses, and $14,263,026 in assets (fair market value).

Connections to State Policy Network

From 2009 to 2011, the Lowndes Foundation has donated just over 70 percent of all grants to members of the State Policy Network, a network of conservative think tanks and right-wing groups that works to promote conservative ideology and public policy on the state and national level. Of the $1,940,507 donated by the Lowndes Foundation, $1,372,124 has gone to SPN members. These organizations include:

• Competitive Enterprise Institute received $15,000.
• Mercatus Center received $40,000.
• Fund for American Studies received $5,000.
• George Mason University received $125,018.
• State Policy Network received $55,000.
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute received $20,000.
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation received $150,000.
• Freedomworks Foudation received $10,000.
• Institute for Justice received $45,000.
• Leadership Institute received $5,000.
• Heritage Foundation received $42,000.
• Foundation for Economic Education received $135,000.
• Cato Institute received $210,000.
• Students for Liberty received $35,000.
• American Enterprise Institute received $30,000.
• S.C. Policy Council received $440,106.
• Americans for Limited Government received $10,000.
• Advocates for Self-Government received $10,000.

Key Personnel

Board of Trustes

The board of trustees, as of 2012, includes:

• William Lowndes III, president/treasurer
• Henrietta M. Lowndes, secretary/trustee

Contact

Lowndes Foundation
c/o Atlantic Trust Company
100 Federal St, 37th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
(864) 583-3635

References

Forms 990

• Lowndes Foundation, 2012 Form 990, organizational IRS tax filing, May 22, 2013.
• Lowndes Foundation, 2011 Form 990, organizational IRS tax filing, May 18, 2012.
• Lowndes Foundation, 2010 Form 990, organizational IRS tax filing, April 25, 2011.