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Edward H Lane Foundation co John E Lane III at a glance

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Edward H Lane Foundation co John E Lane III

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$202kEducation$195kReligion$99kPublic Benefit$57kHealth$55kHuman Services$30kScience & Tech$20kAnimals$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$335k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Generals Redoubt$15,000
Avoca Museum$15,000
University of Kentucky Children's H$10,000
Stone Ridge Foundation$10,000
Randolph Macon Academy$5,000
Ferrum University$5,000
DAWN$5,000
The Antioch Partners$5,000
Liberty University$5,000
Hickory Christian Academy$5,000
Blue Grass Farms Charities$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Alumni Free Speech Alliance$2,000
Coopers Cove Community Center$500
League for Animal Protection$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Walnut Hill School for the Arts: $18k → 8%The Antioch Partners: $5k → 16%Hickory Christian Academy: $5k → 12%Princeton University: $29k → 11%Protestant Episcopal High School: $5k → 9%Randolph Macon Academy: $12k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $17k → 12%Avoca Museum: $26k → 13%SML Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescu: $8k → 13%Liberty University: $5k → 20%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $15k → 15%Walnut Hill School for the Arts: $13k → 8%The Antioch Partners: $5k → 16%Princeton University: $28k → 11%Randolph Macon Academy: $12k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $16k → 12%Avoca Museum: $15k → 13%Liberty University: $5k → 20%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $12k → 15%Walnut Hill School for the Arts: $5k → 8%Princeton University: $20k → 11%Randolph Macon Academy: $12k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $15k → 12%Stone Ridge Foundation: $10k → 13%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $12k → 15%Trustees of Princeton University: $20k → 11%Randolph Macon Academy: $11k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $15k → 12%Stone Ridge Foundation: $10k → 13%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $11k → 15%Princeton University: $10k → 11%CURB: $21k → 8%Randolph Macon Academy: $11k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $15k → 12%Avoca Museum: $8k → 13%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $10k → 15%Princeton University: $5k → 11%Randolph Macon Academy: $8k → 10%The Generals Redoubt: $12k → 12%DAWN: $5k → 13%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $10k → 15%Princeton University: $5k → 11%Randolph Macon Academy: $5k → 10%The Spectator of Washington Lee: $10k → 12%DAWN: $5k → 13%Blue Grass Farms Charities: $10k → 15%Randolph Macon Academy: $5k → 10%The Spectator of Washington Lee: $5k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
NJ
KY
VA
AZ
NC
DC
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$589k · 21 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$589k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
-9%

Still filing today

62%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionArts & CulturePublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsOther
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

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    6× · 2017–2023 · $97k · revenue +5%
  • TG
    THE GENERALS REDOUBT
    6× · 2020–2025 · $94k · revenue +383%
  • BG
    BLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • C
    CURB
    one grant, 2017 · $21k
  • TO
    Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • UO
    University of Ky Children's Hospita
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
3
Erskine College and Theological Seminary

Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.

Education
4
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
5
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
6
Roberts Wesleyan University

As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.

Education
7
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
8
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
11
Andrews University

Education

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walnut Hill Center for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Huddleston Veterans Memorial Courts. 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

15 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. 15 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Trustees of Princeton University: $97,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton UniversityRandolph-Macon Academy: $75,100 · EducationRandolph-Macon AcademyWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $39,200 · EducationWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $14,000 · Education+3 moreAvoca Museum: $49,000 · OtherAvoca MuseumThe Spectator of Washington Lee: $24,000 · OtherThe Spectator of Washington LeeCURB: $21,000 · OtherCURBTrustees of Princeton University: $20,000 · OtherTrustees of Princeton UniversityUniversity of Ky Children's Hospita: $14,500 · OtherUniversity of Ky Children's HospitaKentucky Children's Hospital: $12,000 · OtherKentucky Children's HospitalCoopers Cove Community Center: $11,700 · OtherUniversity of Kentucky Children's H: $10,000 · OtherSML Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescu: $10,000 · OtherFerrum University: $10,000 · OtherUniversity of Kentucky: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $29,000 · Other+9 moreBLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC: $88,600 · ReligionBLUE GRASS FARMS…THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS: $10,000 · ReligionTHE A PARTNERS D…THE GENERALS REDOUBT: $94,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GENERALS RE…STONE RIDGE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS: $20,000 · Public BenefitLEAGUE FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION INC: $10,500 · AnimalsDAWN INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHuddleston Veterans Memorial Courts: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$235,300Other$221,200Religion$98,600Arts & Culture$94,000Public Benefit$20,000Animals$10,500Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $97,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENERALS REDOUBT: $94,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetBLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC: $88,600 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetRandolph-Macon Academy: $75,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $39,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTONE RIDGE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEAGUE FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION INC: $10,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTHE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAWN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetHICKORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ARIZONA DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHuddleston Veterans Memorial Courts: $2,000 over 2y, 2.2% 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.

  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds THE GENERALS REDOUBT ↗
  • Who funds BLUE GRASS FARMS CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Randolph-Macon Academy ↗
  • Who funds WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds STONE RIDGE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds DAWN INC ↗
  • Who funds HICKORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL ARIZONA DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Huddleston Veterans Memorial Courts ↗
  • Who funds Alumni Free Speech Alliance ↗

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.

The Minnie and Bernar…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Minnie and Bernard Lane FoundationVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Edward H Lane Foundation co John E Lane III funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward H Lane Foundation co John E Lane III. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Edward H Lane Foundation co John E Lane III 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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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