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Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$27M
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$11M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$18MPhilanthropy$15MEducation$11MYouth Development$8.9MHousing & Shelter$8.0MCivil Rights$3.5MCommunity Improvement$2.9MHealth$2.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $227k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+13 grants · $24M
$11,755
Median grant
3
States reached
$135M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA$10,677,226
CHARLES E LAKIN HUMAN SERVICE CAMPUS FOUNDATION$6,014,500
AVENUE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$1,922,403
MICAH HOUSE CORPORATION$1,003,000
EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS$1,000,000
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE$1,000,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$560,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK INC$536,144
COMPLETELY KIDS$510,100
THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC$344,000
BETHESDA URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC$266,590
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$250,902
CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER$250,000
TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM$241,500
BETHLEHEM HOUSE$206,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $8.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $116k → 9%NISHNA PRODUCATIONS INC: $10k → 13%EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $1.0M → 9%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $154k → 6%FAITH'S FRIENDS: $10k → 14%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $27k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 6%THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $500k → 11%THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $344k → 11%CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $250k → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $11k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $5k → 12%IMPACT HILL: $300k → 12%IMPACT HILL: $121k → 12%METRO CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $75k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $14k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $6k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $265k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $259k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $18k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $13k → 12%THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $10k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.3M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.2M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $108k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $104k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $102k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $100k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $91k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $209k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $50k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $161k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $150k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $150k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $6k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $118k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$54M · 90 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against -15% for the ones you funded once.

90 repeat relationships — 63 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
40

Total granted

$54M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-15%

Still filing today

72%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AS
    AVENUE SCHOLARS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $9.1M · revenue +36% · 43% of their budget
  • CK
    COMPLETELY KIDS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +64%
  • SC
    STEPHEN CENTER INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +28% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • CT
    CROSS TRAINING CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $1.7M
  • TL
    TABOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $680k
  • NB
    NEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -74% · 80% of their budget

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
2
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
3
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
4
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp

Through dynamic partnerships, quality family services, advocacy and education, neicac advances community development and improves social and economic conditions for individuals and families with limited resources.

Human Services
5
Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc

Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.

Community Improvement
6
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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7
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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8
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

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9
Community Action of Nebraska Inc

Mission: community action of nebraska strives to alleviate poverty through enhancing program development, providing technical assistance, and advocating public policy to support all community action agencies in nebraska.

Community Improvement
10
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
11
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

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12
Operation Threshold Inc

Operation threshold will collaborate, educate and provide services to help meet the basic needs of people and create opportunities for self-sufficiency.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc and the most unlike its peers is Learning for All. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 20 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%7%<5yr14%16%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr18%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%59%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr18%10%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%3/108
the rest of the field
11%
531/4,755

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 96 of the 140 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/96
Grantees still filing
51/96
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHARLES E LAKIN HUMAN SERVICE CAMPUS FOUNDATION — $6,773,265 · OtherCHARLES E LAKIN HUMAN SERVICE CAMPUS FO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB — $2,685,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient — $2,105,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM — $2,000,000 · OtherTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAMCROSS TRAINING CENTER — $1,716,322 · OtherCROSS TRAINING CENTERSOUTHWEST IOWA FAMILY SERVICES INC — $1,085,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC — $1,000,000 · Other+76 more — $8,642,129 · Other+76 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA — $14,499,026 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FO…+3 more — $610,500 · PhilanthropyAVENUE SCHOLARS — $9,067,336 · EducationAVENUE SCHOLARSAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN — $3,463,597 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPO…100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC — $525,000 · EducationNOBLE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION — $511,755 · Education+5 more — $382,000 · EducationHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE — $2,931,164 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAM…OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC — $1,059,000 · Human ServicesOMAHA BRIDGES…EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS — $1,000,000 · Human ServicesEAST MILLS CH…THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC — $844,000 · Human ServicesTHE STANTON C…WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT — $589,300 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTE…YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA — $562,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREAT…TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA — $468,000 · Human ServicesTOGETHER INC …IMPACT HILL — $421,491 · Human Services+19 more — $772,660 · Human Services+19 moreMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION — $2,782,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC — $2,512,867 · Housing & ShelterNEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION — $500,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMPLETELY KIDS — $3,093,876 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids Inc — $249,100 · Youth Development+1 more — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT — $741,666 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $526,848 · HealthOLLIE WEBB CENTER INC — $50,000 · Health+8 more — $100,620 · Health
Other$26,006,716Philanthropy$15,109,526Education$13,949,688Human Services$8,648,115Housing & Shelter$5,794,867Youth Development$3,348,976Health$1,419,134

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA — $14,499,026 over 6y, 26% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS — $9,067,336 over 6y, 43% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN — $3,463,597 over 6y, 40% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS — $3,093,876 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE — $2,931,164 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION — $2,782,000 over 6y, 38% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC — $2,512,867 over 7y, 49% of budgetOMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC — $1,059,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetEAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS — $1,000,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetTHE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC — $844,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetBETHESDA URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — $799,770 over 3y, 84% of budgetSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT — $741,666 over 3y, 48% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE — $632,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT — $589,300 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA — $562,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $526,848 over 3y, 1.9% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC — $525,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetNOBLE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION — $511,755 over 2y, 33% of budgetTHE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA — $500,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetNEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION — $500,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA — $468,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetIMPACT HILL — $421,491 over 2y, 61% of budgetAPPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE — $420,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetPolice Athletics for Community Engagement — $401,067 over 3y, 26% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS — $345,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetVISION TREYNOR GROUP INC — $336,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetBLUFFS ARTS COUNCIL — $311,282 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetOMNI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — $300,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEBRASKA ENTERPRISE FUND — $300,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetFIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER — $250,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPartnership 4 Kids Inc — $249,100 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetOMAHA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $240,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $206,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JET AWARD FOUNDATION & TRUST — $204,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC — $195,565 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION — $118,460 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHRESHOLD COC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWHISPERING ROOTS INC — $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA — $68,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetLEARNING FOR ALL — $55,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetOLLIE WEBB CENTER INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetIOWA WEST FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLILY HAVEN — $35,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetPost Traumatic Growth Institute — $34,120 over 6y, 12% of budgetOMAHA EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION — $28,300 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSUBURBAN ROTARY CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $27,500 over 7y, 3.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA ↗
  • Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds MICAH HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds TABOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds NOBLE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA ↗
  • Who funds NEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT HILL ↗
  • Who funds APPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Police Athletics for Community Engagement ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds VISION TREYNOR GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUFFS ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds OMNI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationImmanuel Community Vi…Iowa West FoundationSuzanne & Walter Scot…United Way of the Mid…The Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…
The Lozier FoundationNE79× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Iowa West Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 140 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Source object · view filing

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