· Private foundation
James W Lundberg Philanthropic Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Sentencing Project | $15,000 |
| A4TE Education Fund | $12,000 |
| Innocence Project | $7,000 |
| National Coalition Against Censorship | $7,000 |
| Jimmy Carter Center | $3,000 |
| Equal Justice Institute | $2,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity McLean County Illinois | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SENTENCING PROJECT7× · 2019–2025 · $68k · revenue +430%
- TITHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC7× · 2019–2025 · $45k · revenue +35%
- AFADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND2× · 2023–2024 · $27k · revenue +100%
Funded once
- NCNATIONAL COALITION AGAINSTone grant, 2021 · $5k
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +23%
- HFHabitat for Humanity Internationalone grant, 2018 · $2k
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.
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.
The center for american liberty leads the fight for free speech and civil liberties across the country. by leveraging its nationwide network of litigators, the center for american liberty zealously advocates on behalf of individuals whose…
To preserve and protect the sanctity of our vote by promoting commonsense, nonpartisan election security reforms that prevent hacking and fraud without restricting eligible citizens from accessing the polls.
Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…
To promote civil liberties through communication and interaction with and between the citizens and legislators of the state of florida
To defend the civil liberties of the residents in the state of florida
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Advocates for basic legal equality, inc. (able) is a non-profit law firm that provides high quality legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low-income individuals and groups in western ohio achieve self-reliance, and equal…
The sixth amendment center seeks to ensure that no person faces potential time in jail or prison without first having the aid of a lawyer with the time, ability and resources to present an effective defense, as required under the united…
Economic security project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all americans. we aim to build fair and healthy markets, advocate for tax credits, and champion a guaranteed income. see schedule oto support these fights, we work…
Since 1971, the national center for state courts (the center) partners with state courts in their evolution into modern governmental institutions and helps to introduce efficiency and cost-effectiveness into the administration of justice…
The Southern Center for Human Rights is working for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. SCHR fights for a world free from mass incarceration, the death penalty, the…
The capital appeals project is a non-profit law office seeking to end the death penalty
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SENTENCING PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MCLEAN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James W Lundberg Philanthropic Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James W Lundberg Philanthropic Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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