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Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation at a glance

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Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$415k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$165k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$490kYouth Development$317kHealth$246kHuman Services$241kFood & Nutrition$51kEducation$32k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $315k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES$165,218
PARKESBURG POINT YOUTH CENTER$75,000
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$75,000
THE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER$40,000
WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD$25,000
OXFORD LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER$18,000
BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE FOUNDATION$16,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $242k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $89k → 6%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $10k → 7%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $78k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $10k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $6k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $5k → 6%WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 6%COMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMENS ALLIANCE: $15k → 6%BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $17k → 6%THE BELIEVE AND ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $11k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 10 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$1.3M
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+60%

Still filing today

70%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CY
    CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $490k · revenue +56%
  • CV
    COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $246k · revenue +120%
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $188k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CY
    COMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -37%
  • MC
    MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +139%
  • CP
    COATESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +11%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Young Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa

See schedule o for form 990, part iii, line 1 - organization's mission

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2
Port Chester Carver Center Inc

Port chester carver center helps our community thrive through programs that nourish, educate, and empower.

Human Services
3
Greater Wyoming Valley Area Ymca

The greater wyoming valley area ymca (gwva ymca) is a volunteer led public charity that includes men, women and children of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. our mission is to put christian principles into practice through…

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4
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County

The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…

Human Services
5
Cumberland Valley Community Connections
Youth Development
6
The Lancaster County Partners for Youth
Philanthropy
7
Young Mens Christian Association of Pakersburg West Virginia

The parkersburg ymca is a charitable community service organization that includes men, women, and children of all ages, abilities, income, races, and religions. we are dedicated to building strong kids, strong families, and strong…

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8
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County

THE MISSION OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY IS TO REDUCE domestic violence by supporting survivors and advancing prevention strategies.

Human Services
9
Center for Community Action

The center for community action is the designated lead poverty agency for blair, bedford, fulton, and huntingdon counties in central pennsylvania and exists to provide a broad spectrum of services to the low income residents of the…

Housing & Shelter
10
Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County

The ymca of centre county is a charitable, non-profit organization that provides opportunities to all individuals and families in the community by putting high moral values and principles into practice through facilities, programs,…

Human Services
11
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ministries

To share the good news of the gospel of jesus christ with unchurched young people i the central pennsylvania communities.

Youth Development
12
The Christian Academy

The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Youth & Women's Alliance; the most unlike its peers is The Parkesburg Point. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $490,336 · Civil RightsCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INCCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $245,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS…YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $188,302 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER BRA…BELIEVE & ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $27,800 · Human ServicesBELIEVE & ACHIEVE F…COMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $14,947 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY YOUTH & W…MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,363 · Human ServicesTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $142,000 · EducationTHE GARAGE …+1 more: $500 · EducationOXFORD LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $64,167 · OtherOXFORD LI…CYWA FOOD PANTRY: $20,000 · OtherCYWA FOOD…LOCUST LANE RIDING ACADEMY: $16,800 · OtherLOCUST LA…COATESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $6,700 · OtherCOATESVIL…THE FOUNDATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATI: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $3,000 · OtherTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $109,658 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PARKE…WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Civil Rights$490,336Health$245,500Human Services$242,412Education$142,500Other$115,667Youth Development$109,658Food & Nutrition$31,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $490,336 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $245,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $188,302 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $142,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $109,658 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBELIEVE & ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $27,800 over 2y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $14,947 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOATESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $6,700 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,363 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Family Academy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chester County Commun…The Alliance for Heal…United Way of Chester…Chester County Food B…Connelly FoundationStewart Huston Charit…The Dansko Foundation…Justamere FoundationThe Gordon Charter Fo…W W Smith Charitable …Rite Aid Healthy Futu…The Philadelphia Foun…
Chester County Community FoundationPA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Alliance for Health Equity · United Way of Chester County Inc · Chester County Food Bank · Connelly Foundation · Stewart Huston Charitable Trust · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Justamere Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · The Philadelphia Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bill and Janet Lasko Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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