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Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE LAND OF LINCOLN connects people who care with causes that matter.

$7.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
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.

Philanthropy$20MEducation$612kHuman Services$268kHealth$205kReligion$147kCommunity Improvement$105kArts & Culture$104kEnvironment$94kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $302,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,546,097 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,244,097 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $157k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$120M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL$75,000
SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT$70,000
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FOOD PANTRY$35,000
ST ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$25,000
MACOUPIN COUNTY$25,000
ST MARTIN DE PORRES CENTER$22,000
RIVOLI FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$20,000
GREATER ALL NATIONS TABERNACLE CHUR$15,000
THE OFFICE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COMMUNITY CONNECTION POINT: $45k → 11%THE PARENT PLACE: $21k → 11%THE OUTLET: $10k → 11%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.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$332k · 6 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
61

Total granted

$332k
$1.7M

Still filing today

0%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • SS
    SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186
    2× · 2017–2025 · $105k
  • LH
    LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2025 · $100k
  • GE
    GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
    2× · 2017–2025 · $46k

Funded once

  • University of Illinois Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $274k · revenue +127%
  • MH
    MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2017 · $139k
  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $135k · revenue +118%
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
Southern Illinois Community Foundation

To foster and encourage private philanthropic giving to improve communities of the Southern Illinois Region by connecting charitable donors with worthy causes and to build endowment funds that will support those worthy causes in perpetuity.

Philanthropy
2
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
3
Illinois Presbyterian Home

Operate homes for the aged and to conduct charitable and benevolent enterprises

Human Services
4
Helping Hands of Springfield Inc

To identify problems facing the poor and homeless in springfield, il and to implement and coordinate services to help address those problems.

Housing & Shelter
5
Advocates for Illinois Children

Improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes in public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and community outreach.

Human Services
6
Springfield Boys & Girls Club Foundation

Unification and growth of the resources available to support activities of the Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois, including safeguarding funds and growing the principal balance.

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7
Health Care Council of Illinois Inc

The health care council of illinois was formed to serve as the public policy entity. this entity provides the framework for a unified message on all issues involving legislation, regulatory and political activities.

Community Improvement
8
Children's Museum of Illinois

The operation of a children's museum.

Arts & Culture
9
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation

Cultivating philanthropy to build better communities.

Philanthropy
10
Cpa Endowment Fund of Illinois

To ensure a strong, talented, and diverse cpa profession in illinois by encouraging individuals to choose accounting as a career choice and become a cpa, and by supporting students, particularly those in need, in achieving the cpa.

Education
11
Feeding Illinois

Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.

Food & Nutrition
12
Siu Physicians & Surgeons Inc

To be a leader in quality health care to all people of central and southern illinois in support of the mission of the southern illinois university school of medicine.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Presidential Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. 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

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
30/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM: $138,500 · OtherMEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMSPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186: $104,700 · OtherSPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherLUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOLGRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $45,500 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $45,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD: $44,750 · OtherST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $40,500 · OtherSENIOR SERVICES OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $40,600 · Other+46 more: $651,423 · Other+46 moreUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $273,500 · EducationUniversity of Illinois…SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV…+3 more: $25,000 · Education+3 moreTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17,250 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS: $5,900 · PhilanthropyNEW COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INC: $104,500 · Community ImprovementCommunity Child Care Connection Inc: $45,000 · Human ServicesEDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE PARENT PLACE: $21,000 · Human ServicesThe Outlet: $10,000 · Human ServicesAbraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation Inc: $94,400 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $51,452 · Arts & CultureILLINOIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDANA-THOMAS HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL OPERA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,210,973Education$433,500Philanthropy$143,150Community Improvement$104,500Human Services$101,000Environment$94,400Arts & Culture$76,452

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $273,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INC: $104,500 over 1y, 37% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAbraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation Inc: $94,400 over 1y, 20% of budgetCommunity Child Care Connection Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $40,600 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis: $27,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompass for Kids Inc: $25,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetCONTACT MINISTRIES: $21,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE PARENT PLACE: $21,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SANGAMON COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois: $14,050 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC: $13,900 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCentral Illinois Foodbank Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Outlet: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-THOMAS HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetOne Hope United: $9,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF SPRINGFIELD IN: $9,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSt Joseph's Home of Springfield: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPRINGFIELD: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY: $7,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS: $5,900 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROTHER JAMES COURT ASSOCIATION: $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL OPERA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOLD STATE CAPITOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% 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.

Levi Ray & Shoup Foun…Green Family Charitab…M G Nelson Family Fou…United Way of Central…The Cellini Family Fu…Horace Mann Educators…Memorial Health Syste…Memorial Health SystemAa Harvey FoundationSusan C House - Educa…Carmax FoundationGod's Out Reach of Sh…
Levi Ray & Shoup FoundationIL42.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Green Family Charitable Foundation · M G Nelson Family Foundation · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · The Cellini Family Fund Trust Co William F Cellini Jr · Horace Mann Educators Foundation · Memorial Health System Group · Memorial Health System · Aa Harvey Foundation · Susan C House - Educational Xxxxx7008 · Carmax Foundation · God's Out Reach of Sherman Inc

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 Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln?

    Find your warmest path to Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln 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 73 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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