David & Shirley Lowe Family Foundation 14537900
This organization is a private foundation that focuses on charitable giving across various sectors, including education, health, community service, and religious institutions. It supports a wide range of causes, with notable contributions to churches, educational foundations, and health-related charities such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The foundation demonstrates a commitment to community service and youth development, as evidenced by its funding of local organizations and initiatives. While it primarily operates within Missouri, it also extends support to organizations in other states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small or mid-sized Missouri-based community nonprofit, church, school foundation, or local youth/health organization with demonstrable local ties or introductions.
Good Fit
- • Organization is based in or serves Clinton/Missouri or has a clear local partnership.
- • Request aligns with common past purposes (church support, education, youth activities, local history, memorial gifts).
- • Funding need fits typical award sizes (many grants under $5K, occasional $5K–$25K and a rare larger local project).
- • Has an existing relationship or can be introduced by a local leader, clergy, or a prior grantee.
- • Can present a clear, simple ask (program support, memorial gift, event sponsorship) rather than a complex unrestricted operating request.
Geography
Grants appear across multiple states (8 distinct states in the latest year) but giving is heavily concentrated in Missouri, which received about 92% of dollars in 2024, so the footprint is effectively state-focused with some out-of-state gifts.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a broad set of independent recipients (27 distinct organizations funded in 2024) across churches, education, health charities, veterans groups and local community organizations, and the foundation added many new grantees that year.
New Applicants
The foundation does not publish an open application and filings indicate grants are to preselected recipients, but behavioral evidence shows substantial turnover and 21 new recipients in 2024, implying unfamiliar organizations can be added—most likely via nomination, local introductions, or trustee selection rather than a public application portal.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
