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John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc

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.

$275k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 37
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$275k13%
FY202437$420k27%
FY202329$280k3%
FY202228$296k11%
FY202134$297k18%
FY202031$311k19%
FY201935$365k14%
FY201835$379k34%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$598kArts & Culture$583kHealth$391kPhilanthropy$352kYouth Development$253kRecreation & Sports$244kAnimals$140kHuman Services$96kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Lenny Zakim Fund$175,00092%
Hellenic Women's Club Inc$172,475923%
Boston Ballet Inc$150,00060%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$146,25072%
Ballet West$125,00050%
Access Youth Academy$115,00053%
Milton Academy$110,00090%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc$107,50090%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$105,00080%
Museum of Fine Arts$100,00020%
Alpha Omega Council Inc$85,000710%
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc$80,00060%
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp$80,00090%
Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc$65,00030%
Noble and Greenough School$45,00040%
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod$45,00091%
The Neighborhood House Charter School Inc$42,5002n/a
Project Mexico of the Orthodox Church$30,00021%
Streetsquash Inc$30,00050%
Hellenic College Inc$30,0003n/a
Dana Hall School$27,50060%
New England Society for Abandoned Animals Inc$27,50069%
American Hellenic Institute Inc$25,00015%
Neponset River Watershed Association$20,50061%
Hyannis Public Library$18,35041%
Bridgewater State University Foundation$15,00010%
Hyannis Yacht Club Foundation Inc$15,00031%
Milton Animal League Inc$14,85054%
Cape Cod Academy$12,50030%
Trustees of Boston College$11,00030%
Trinity College$10,00010%
Squashbridge Inc$10,0001n/a
New England Wildlife Center Inc$10,00020%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,00010%
Society for the Preservation of New Engl$10,00010%
Greek Institute Inc$5,0001n/a
Museum of Science$5,00010%
Yarmouth Food Pantry Inc$5,00011%
National Ability Center$5,00010%
Figawi Charities Inc$4,5003n/a
The Cat House on the Kings Inc$4,50020%
Pilar Pobil Legacy Foundation$3,00019%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($855k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Lenny Zakim Fund: $175,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetHellenic Women's Club Inc: $172,475 over 9y, 23% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEmerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: $146,250 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetBallet West: $125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAccess Youth Academy: $115,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMilton Academy: $110,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: $107,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Fine Arts: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlpha Omega Council Inc: $85,000 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetBrockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp: $80,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNoble and Greenough School: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arts Foundation of Cape Cod: $45,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetProject Mexico of the Orthodox Church: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetStreetsquash Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDana Hall School: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Society for Abandoned Animals Inc: $27,500 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetAmerican Hellenic Institute Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNeponset River Watershed Association: $20,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHyannis Public Library: $18,350 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBridgewater State University Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHyannis Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMilton Animal League Inc: $14,850 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCape Cod Academy: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Wildlife Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for the Preservation of New Engl: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Science: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYarmouth Food Pantry Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNational Ability Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cat House on the Kings Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPilar Pobil Legacy Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc

How much does John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc give?
John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (13%).
Who are John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Lenny Zakim Fund ($175k), Hellenic Women's Club Inc ($172k), Boston Ballet Inc ($150k).
Does John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Fidelity Foundation.
Where is John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc based?
John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 78 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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