The Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation concentrates its entire documented giving on supporting national philanthropic infrastructure, specifically an online giving/campaign fund. All grants go to a single recipient that operates or facilitates online fundraising and donor-directed giving, indicating the foundation prioritizes enabling broader charitable giving rather than direct service delivery. Their pattern suggests a strategic, narrowly focused approach to philanthropy that invests in platforms which channel funds to other nonprofits.
Highly concentrated: all recorded support is to one grantee (repeat grants), representing a single strategic beneficiary rather than dispersed or program-specific funding.
Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation’s documented giving is tightly centered on one philanthropic infrastructure channel: American Online Giving Foundation Inc in Newark, Delaware. The largest recent grant in the file was $958,330 in 2025, followed by $733,811 in 2024, both marked general and unrestricted. The same recipient also appears in campaign-fund support across multiple years, showing a consistent pattern of backing an online giving and donor-directed fundraising vehicle rather than a broad mix of operating charities. That narrow structure makes the foundation distinct among grantmakers. Instead of spreading dollars across many issue areas, it appears to use a single national intermediary to move funds into charitable campaigns and restricted giving vehicles. The recipient list also shows smaller allocations to affiliated online giving entities in the UK, plus occasional support for specific humanitarian or employee-relief purposes. The result is a funder profile built around fundraising infrastructure, with repeated grants to the same platform-like recipient and a small number of adjacent payees.
The clearest topic area is philanthropic infrastructure. In 2024, the foundation gave $298,126 to American Online Giving Foundation Inc for campaign fund support, one of several campaign-designated grants to the same recipient over multiple years. A second theme is donor-directed giving through affiliated entities. The foundation awarded $15,776 in 2024 to The UK Online Giving Foundation in London for general and unrestricted support, then made another $1,583 grant in 2024 to that same organization for campaign fund support. It also made a small set of grants tied to relief and emergency response. In 2023, it gave $8,795 to American National Red Cross for aid given to the crisis in Ukraine, alongside smaller Ukraine-related grants to United States Association for Unhcr and United States Fund for UNICEF. Employee relief appears as well through a $50,000 grant to Employee Assistance Foundation for the Lumen Employee Relief Fund.
Grant sizes are highly polarized. The typical grant size is $500 at the 25th percentile, $1,180 at the median, and $36,830 at the 75th percentile, while annual giving totaled $3,046,099 and assets were $12,082,840. The pattern is strongly recurring rather than one-off: American Online Giving Foundation Inc appears repeatedly across 2023, 2024, and 2025, with multiple grants at different sizes and designations. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recipient mix suggests a grantmaker using a small number of organizational conduits, especially for campaign and unrestricted support.
$971K
$12.1M
$3.2M
$1.1M
Most grants fall between $500 and $37K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$37K
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 39 | $3M | 66.1% |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
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Notable grantees: American Online Giving Foundation Inc
Grant dollars are concentrated in Delaware, where 47% of grants go and where the top recipient city is Newark. Beyond Delaware, the file includes recipient activity in London and Cirencester in the UK, plus individual grants to Washington, DC and New York, NY. Recipient geography is therefore centered on the foundation’s Delaware pipeline, with a second cluster in the UK and scattered humanitarian or intermediary grants elsewhere.
Its documented giving centers on philanthropic infrastructure and online giving vehicles, especially American Online Giving Foundation Inc in Newark, Delaware. The file also includes support for The UK Online Giving Foundation, employee relief through Employee Assistance Foundation, and a few humanitarian grants tied to Ukraine.
Yes. American Online Giving Foundation Inc appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025 in multiple grants, including both general and unrestricted support and campaign-fund support. The UK Online Giving Foundation also appears more than once in 2024.
The grant-size distribution is $500 at p25, $1,180 at the median, and $36,830 at p75. That spread shows many small grants, with a smaller set of much larger awards driving overall giving.
Delaware is the top state by grant count, with 47% of grants going to recipients in DE. Newark is the main recipient city in the file, reflecting the foundation’s repeated use of Delaware-based giving infrastructure.
No. The provided profile says it funds individuals: False and makes program-related investments: False. The grant list is entirely organizational, not individual, support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 19 |
| $46K |
32.2% |
| 3 | Germany | 1 | $50 | 1.7% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $958,330 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $11,664 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHARITABLE GIVING | TAVISTOCK, DE | $555 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| HAUS DES STIFTENS FUR UNTERNEHMEN AND NON-PROFITS | MUNICH, BA | $50 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $733,811 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $298,126 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $92,418 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $53,379 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $49,843 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $41,631 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $37,966 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $15,776 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHARITABLE GIVING | TAVISTOCK, DE | $9,705 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $1,583 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $1,180 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $660 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $450 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $400 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $331 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| CHARITABLE GIVING | TAVISTOCK, DE | $165 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $141 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | LONDON | $110 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| CHARITABLE GIVING | TAVISTOCK, DE | $89 | 2024 | CAMPAIGN FUND |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $216,732 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $114,017 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $53,531 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $50,929 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION | BATON ROUGE, LA | $50,000 | 2023 | Lumen Employee Relief Fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $45,297 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $43,715 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $35,695 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $35,441 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $33,083 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $31,438 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS | WASHINGTON, DC | $8,795 | 2023 | aid given to the crisis in Ukraine |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | NEWARK, DE | $3,443 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR | WASHINGTON, DC | $3,361 | 2023 | aid given to the crisis in Ukraine |
| UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF | NEW YORK, NY | $1,713 | 2023 | aid given to the crisis in Ukraine |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | CIRENCESTER, GL | $1,331 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | CIRENCESTER, GL | $1,295 | 2023 | campaign fund |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | WESTMINSTER, CO | $500 | 2023 | Ship 324 program |
| SERTOMA INC | MANSFIELD, OH | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS | SAINT LOUIS, MO | $500 | 2023 | General Support |
| JORDAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | WEST JORDAN, UT | $500 | 2023 | Mrs. Goodwin's 5th Grade Class fund Hayden Peak Elementary |
| WELD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY | GREELEY, CO | $500 | 2023 | General Support |
| SEAN D BIGGS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | OVERLAND PARK, KS | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| LIEN DOAN POTOMAC INC | CLARKSBURG, MD | $500 | 2023 | Seabase fund |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO | DENVER, CO | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| RESTON COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC | RESTON, VA | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR COLORADO INC | DENVER, CO | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$11,664General & Unrestricted
CHARITABLE GIVING
$555General & Unrestricted
HAUS DES STIFTENS FUR UNTERNEHMEN AND NON-PROFITS
$50General & Unrestricted
CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$15,776General & Unrestricted
CHARITABLE GIVING
$9,705General & Unrestricted
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$1,583CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$1,180CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$660CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$450CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$400CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$331CAMPAIGN FUND
CHARITABLE GIVING
$165CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$141CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$110CAMPAIGN FUND
CHARITABLE GIVING
$89CAMPAIGN FUND
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$1,331campaign fund
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$1,295campaign fund
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$500Ship 324 program
SERTOMA INC
$500General & Unrestricted
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
$500General Support
Mrs. Goodwin's 5th Grade Class fund Hayden Peak Elementary
WELD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
$500General Support
SEAN D BIGGS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
$500General & Unrestricted
LIEN DOAN POTOMAC INC
$500Seabase fund
RESTON COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC
$500General & Unrestricted