La-Z-Boy Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Check your location first: the foundation's guidelines normally limit grants to US communities where La-Z-Boy Incorporated has manufacturing facilities and to areas within a 30-mile radius of its corporate headquarters, and although the filing shows grants mainly in Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina and Arkansas, no geographic focus is stated.
- Its grants are concentrated in human services and education and libraries, and it does not fund direct grants to individuals, travel and conferences, loans or startup funds of seed money, so organisations seeking those should not apply.
- Begin with a short letter briefly describing the basic need, since no formal application form or deadlines are given, and a modest request suits it: half of its 310 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $2,000 and $40,000, though its largest grant was $140,000.
- Repeat giving is strong, as 82% of its grant dollars to organisations in the most recent filing went to groups it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so building on an existing connection is worthwhile, though this does not rule out a first approach.
- Elaborate presentations are unnecessary, so keep the first contact simple.
Overview
La-Z-Boy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Monroe, MI.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation invites qualified tax-exempt organisations to begin with a letter briefly describing the basic need. Its recorded grants are concentrated in human services and education and libraries, with a substantial further share classified as public benefit. Recipients include schools and other education bodies, community and social-service organisations, food-support providers, health-care organisations and cultural groups. For grant consideration, its guidelines normally limit locations to communities in the United States where La-Z-Boy Incorporated has manufacturing facilities and to areas within a 30-mile radius of corporate headquarters. The foundation does not make direct grants to individuals; elaborate presentations are unnecessary.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Human services
- Education and libraries
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina and Arkansas.
What They Don't Fund
- Direct grants to individuals
- Travel and conferences
- Loans
- Startup funds of seed money
How to apply
Qualified tax-exempt organisations should first send a letter briefly describing the basic need. No formal application form or established submission procedure is provided.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 82% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 310 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: 6%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 82% of grant dollars went to organisations La-Z-Boy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 16% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 120 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- River Raisin NBP Foundation · Education-libraries$140,0002024 tax year
- Neosho R-5 Schools Charitable Foundation · Education-libraries$100,0002024 tax year
- United Way Of Monroelenawee Co · Public benefit$95,0002024 tax year
- Monroe County Opportunity Program · Human services$76,0002024 tax year
- Appalachian State University · Education-libraries$66,6002024 tax year
- Rhea County United Way · Public benefit$55,0002024 tax year
- Siloam Springs Public Schools · Education-libraries$50,0002024 tax year
- Monroe Family YMCA · Human services$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Raphael Z Richmond — Director
- Lindsay A Barnes — Director
- Melinda D Whittington — Director
- Beth A Lambrix — Secretary
- Christopher Knabusch — President
- Susan J Vanisacker — Administrator / Treasurer
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,571,211 | $1,449,325 | $24,934,581 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,489,951 | $1,391,950 | $26,644,113 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,564,705 | $1,478,000 | $27,699,996 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (734) 242-1444
- Monroe, MI