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James & Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation at a glance

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James & Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.3M
Granted FY2018
19
Grants FY2018
9
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$2.9MEducation$326kHuman Services$139kEnvironment$26kFood & Nutrition$25kCivil Rights$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kInternational$16kOther$0
02FY2018 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k9 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $281k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.9M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION$2,068,573
LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION$829,880
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$160,000
FAMILY & CHILDRENS AGENCY$70,500
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$50,000
GIVE TO THE WORLD FOUNDATION$15,000
THE UNH FOUNDATION$15,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY - BLOCK ISLAND EFFORTS$10,000
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION$10,000
BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY$5,000
BLOCK ISLAND VOLUTEER FIRE AND RESCUE$5,000
MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASPEN$5,000
BLOCK ISLAND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION$2,550
02The need
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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 (FY17–18, $177k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%HEALTH IN THE HOOD: $25k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AGENCY: $71k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AGENCY: $69k → 9%MARY D FUND: $3k → 7%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

NH
MI
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
FL
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.

7%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 5 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$241k
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+66%

Still filing today

60%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther
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

  • FC
    FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $139k · revenue -1%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +33%
  • NC
    NATURE CONSERVANCY - BLOCK ISLAND EFFORTS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • HI
    HEALTH IN THE HOOD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +66%
  • GO
    GRACE O'NEILL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Brown Emergency Medicine Inc

To provide exceptional emergency medical care, education, research, and service to the people of rhode island and beyond.

Health
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Long Island Community Hospital At Nyu Langone Health

The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…

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4
The Alumni Association of the University of Rhode Island

The university of rhode island alumni association informs and engages current and future alumni as committed partners of the university, its missions and traditions.

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5
Long Island University

To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.

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6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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8
Rhode Island College Foundation

To encourage and receive private and public support to enhance and expand rhode island college's continued tradition of educational excellence. the foundation provides support for scholarships, faculty research grants, capital…

Education
9
Long Island Medical Foundation Inc Dba Nuhealth Foundation

Long island medical foundation (limf) is the not-for-profit philanthropic arm of the nassau health care corporation. limf is devoted to inspire philanthropic support for the nassau university medical center, a. holly patterson skilled…

Health
10
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement

The uri foundation unites passion and purpose by engaging alumni, donors, and friends to strengthen the university of rhode island's growth through generosity, impact, and enduring connections.

Education
11
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
12
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health in the Hood Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lillie Family Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,898,453 · PhilanthropyLILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATIONNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $160,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC: $139,300 · Human ServicesHEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $60,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY - BLOCK ISLAND EFFORTS: $21,000 · OtherGRACE O'NEILL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $20,000 · OtherABC HOUSE OF WILTON: $18,500 · OtherGIVE TO THE WORLD FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherBLOCK ISLAND VOLUTEER FIRE AND RESCUE: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $23,050 · OtherBLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC: $11,045 · HealthBLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $5,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Philanthropy$2,898,453Education$236,000Human Services$176,800Other$167,550Health$11,045Environment$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$5,000

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 budgetLILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,898,453 over 1y, 100% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $160,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC: $139,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC: $11,045 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMARY D FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

Lillie Family Foundat…William C Young Famil…The Bluestone Foundat…The Charlotte Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Lillie Family FoundationFL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lillie Family Foundation · William C Young Family Foundation · The Bluestone Foundation · The Charlotte Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 James & Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James & Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Family & Children's Agency Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Health in the Hood Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 James & Lisa Lillie Charitable 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 25 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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