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J Landis and Sharon Martin Family Foundation at a glance

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J Landis and Sharon Martin Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$900k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$4.3MEducation$2.9MArts & Culture$2.8MHealth$360kEnvironment$3kHuman Services$1k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL$900,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$835,000
SIGLER WESTERN MUSEUM$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$200,000
DENVER ACADEMY$100,000
CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$50,000
GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION$25,000
GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$8,500
COLORADO OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER$1,000
ALS UNITED ROCKY MOUNTAIN$1,000
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$500
COLORADO ACADEMY$258
ST ANNES EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$100
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DESERT CABELLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $250k → 11%CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $50k → 6%ST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL: $900k → 12%DENISON UNIVERSITY: $154k → 10%SIGLER WESTERN MUSEUM: $250k → 11%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $213k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $3.0M → 14%DESERT CABELLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $250k → 11%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $211k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $835k → 14%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $205k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $235k → 14%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $193k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $213k → 14%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $9k → 12%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $9k → 12%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $9k → 12%GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $5k → 12%CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $735k → 12%CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $295k → 12%RINO GIVES BACK: $100k → 12%RINO ART DISTRICT: $50k → 12%RINO GIVES BACK: $11k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $50k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $50k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $52k → 12%DENVER FILM SOCIETY: $50k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%DENVER FILM SOCIETY: $50k → 12%DENVER ACADEMY: $105k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%DENVER ACADEMY: $100k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%DENVER ACADEMY: $100k → 12%GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $576k → 12%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $50k → 12%SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $50k → 12%SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $50k → 12%SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 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

IL
OH
CT
CA
CO
DE
AZ
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.4M · 22 repeat orgs$957k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
9

Total granted

$9.4M
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+86%

Still filing today

86%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $951k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    8× · 2018–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +33%
  • GC
    GRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $852k · revenue +37%
  • DC
    DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM
    3× · 2023–2025 · $750k · revenue +782%

Funded once

  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • TW
    The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +38%
  • PS
    PADDINGTON STATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +86%
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
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
2
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
5
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
6
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global 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
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
11
International School of Denver

Our inclusive, globally-minded community develops highly motivated and academically successful bilingual learners. isd students are inter-culturally adept and make positive contributions in a complex world.

Education
12
Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Academy; the most unlike its peers is Rino Gives Back. 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

27 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. 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwestern University: $4,268,935 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern UniversityST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL: $900,000 · EducationST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOLGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $852,204 · EducationGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $600,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATI…DENVER ACADEMY INC: $307,105 · EducationDENVER ACADEMY INCDENISON UNIVERSITY: $154,400 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $101,750 · Education+5 more: $5,524 · EducationCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $1,030,122 · OtherCENTRAL CITY OPERA …DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $750,000 · OtherDESERT CABALLEROS W…+9 more: $9,900 · OtherMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $725,667 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF …Rino Gives Back: $111,368 · Arts & CultureRino Gives…DENVER FILM SOCIETY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER FIL…CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,250 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $326,772 · HealthSAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthRINO ART DISTRICT: $55,000 · Community ImprovementColorado Outdoor Education Center Inc: $5,500 · Environment
Recreation & Sports$4,268,935Education$2,920,983Other$1,790,022Arts & Culture$989,285Health$357,772Community Improvement$55,000Environment$5,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwestern University: $4,268,935 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL: $900,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $852,204 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetDESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $750,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER: $725,667 over 4y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $326,772 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetDENVER ACADEMY INC: $307,105 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $154,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRino Gives Back: $111,368 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $101,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRINO ART DISTRICT: $55,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetColorado Outdoor Education Center Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMount Vernon Nazarene University: $2,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ACADEMY: $1,724 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPADDINGTON STATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART GARAGE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $100 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Gates Family Foundati…Rose Community Founda…Bonfils-Stanton Found…The Anschutz Foundati…Caulkins Family Found…The Janus Henderson F…Morgan Stanley Global…Amg Charitable Gift F…Xcel Energy Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Caulkins Family Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 J Landis and Sharon Martin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Landis and Sharon Martin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • St Anne's Episcopal School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report 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 J Landis and Sharon Martin Family 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 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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