Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation Grant 2025
Description
The Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation was created pursuant to the Last Will and Testament of Paul Lauzier. During his lifetime, Mr. Lauzier made numerous contributions to religious, educational and community organizations. His legacy of charitable giving continues through annual grants awarded by the Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation in support of community development, youth programs, public health and safety, education and agriculture. There is no geographical limitation for funding requests. However, the Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation prefers to fund programs and projects geographically located in rural communities in central and eastern Washington.
The Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation provides funding on an annual basis. The Foundation also provides support in the form of multi-year grants disbursed over several years. The Foundation will consider funding requests for program support, equipment and capital projects. Operating costs such as payroll, rent and utilities will not be considered.
The Trustees' decision to award a charitable grant does not constitute any agreement or commitment of future support.
Grants are made subject to the condition that a selected organization is a nonprofit tax-exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to which a gift qualifies as a charitable contribution under Section 170(c) and as a charitable deduction under Section 2055 (a) and Section 2522 (a). Schools, towns, cities, healthcare entities and governmental agencies may also apply.
The Foundation welcomes collaboration with other grantors and encourages grantees with multiple sources of funding support.
The Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation will NOT:
award grants to individuals.
award grants for overhead expenses or operating costs such as payroll, rent and utilities.
award grants for debt retirement, political campaigns, tuition assistance or any non-exempt activity.
award grants to organizations that discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, religion or physical ability.
About Paul Lauzier
Paul Lauzier, the son of French immigrants, was born in 1919. His parents were sheep herders from a small village in the French Alps. They operated a sheep business in the lower Yakima Valley, then eventually moved their lambing camp to a site near Ephrata, WA.
After serving in World War II, Mr. Lauzier returned to Grant County to run the family sheep business. He expanded it to include beef cattle and irrigated farming.
Paul passed away in 1995 after battling cancer. During his lifetime, Paul gave generously to support causes and programs he believed in. He created an estate plan to continue his legacy of charitable giving. Half of the net income from the assets of his estate are distributed through the Paul Lauzier Scholarship Foundation for college scholarships to Grant County, WA students. The other half of the net income is distributed through the Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation in the form of grants for community development, youth programs, public health and safety, education and agriculture.