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L6 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$191kPublic Benefit$130kHealth$95kHuman Services$46kHousing & Shelter$31kInternational$3kArts & Culture$3kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$961k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING TAMPA BAY$25,000
BOLEY CENTERS INC$10,000
FELLOWSHIP PLACE$7,500
GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON$5,000
The Harbor Dish Inc$4,000
NEW YORK CITY RESCUE MISSION BOWERY MISSION$3,500
HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM$3,000
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC$3,000
TEAM RED WHITE AND BLUE$3,000
METRO INCLUSIVE HEALTH METROPOLITAN CHARITIES$3,000
New Life Village$2,500
ST VINENT DE PAUL CARES$2,500
KEEP PINELLAS BEAUTIFUL INC$1,500
ST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE$1,500
THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON: $5k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON: $5k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $3k → 13%GUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE: $3k → 12%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOUTH PINELLAS INC: $1k → 12%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOUTH PINELLAS INC: $3k → 12%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON: $6k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON: $3k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATON: $3k → 13%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$480k · 16 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$480k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
0%

Still filing today

88%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +37%
  • FP
    FELLOWSHIP PLACE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $55k · revenue +30%
  • BC
    BOLEY CENTERS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $23k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BT
    BOMB TECHS WITHOUT BORDERS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • GA
    GUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INC GUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +49%
  • TR
    TEAM RED WHITE AND BLUE
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Inc

To get our neighbors experiencing homelessness off the street through proactive outreach and services and provide placement in a program that will help them get "home."

Human Services
2
St Vincent Depaul Middletown

St. vincent depaul middletown (svdm) was founded in 1980 by the sisters of mercy and the catholic diocese of norwich. svdm's mission is to provide food, shelter and basic human services to poor and homeless individuals regardless of race,…

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3
The Lord's Place Inc

The lord's place, inc. (the lord's place or agency) is a non-sectarian organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness for men, women and children in our community. supportive services offered through our housing programs…

Housing & Shelter
4
Feeding South Florida Inc

Feeding south florida's mission is to end hunger in south florida by providing immediate access to nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and transforming lives through innovative programming and education.

Food & Nutrition
5
Preble Street

To provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to those problems.

Human Services
6
Pibly Residential Programs Inc

Pibly's mission embraces the belief that the needs of its consumers can be met and their goals can be achieved. pibly strives to expand opportunities for people living with mental health challenges by delivering person centered services…

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7
The Open Door Shelter Inc

Open door shelter, inc. strives to make a direct impact in the greater norwalk area by guiding every person in the cycle of homelessness towards housing stability. we will accomplish this by engaging every person at risk of, and…

Housing & Shelter
8
The Light House Inc

To rebuild the lives of people in need in anne arundel county through service and compassion by providing shelter, preventing homelessness, and empowering individuals as they work toward self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
9
St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury

The st. vincent depaul mission of waterbury, inc., through its network of services, aids, supports and empowers people experiencing poverty, homelessness, hunger, and mental health challenges so they may recover with dignity and develop…

Health
10
Journey Home Inc

Journey home's mission is to ensure a home for all. we believe the most powerful way to do this is collectively - by working together with service providers, elected officials, businesses, and local communities to end homelessness in the…

Human Services
11
Caring for the Homeless of Peekskill Inc

At caring for the hungry and homeless of peekskill (chhop), we believe that every person is entitled to safe and affordable housing and healthy nutritious food.

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12
Citizens Inn Inc

The organization's mission is to prevent and end hunger and homelessness by providing integrated services that promote long-term stability, health, and independence. (see schedule o for full description)

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeless Emergency Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Qplus Queer Youth Program of Connecticut. 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

23 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. 23 of the 29 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $130,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INCFAIR FOOD STANDARDS COUNCIL INC: $11,000 · Food & NutritionFAIR FOOD STANDARDS COUNCIL INCTHE HARBOR DISH INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionTHE HARBOR DISH INCFELLOWSHIP PLACE INC: $55,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP PLACE INCCOMMUNITY DINING ROOM INC: $19,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY DINING ROOM INCMETRO INCLUSIVE HEALTH METROPOLITAN CHARITIES: $16,500 · OtherMETRO INCLUSIVE HEALTH METROPOLIT…DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC: $13,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INCNEW YORK CITY RESCUE MISSION BOWERY MISSION: $10,500 · OtherNEW YORK CITY RESCUE MISSION BOWE…New York City Rescue Mission: $10,500 · OtherNew York City Rescue MissionCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $9,500 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC+7 more: $13,500 · Other+7 moreHelp Our Military Heroes Inc: $114,000 · Public BenefitHelp Our Military Heroes IncTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $15,500 · Public BenefitTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INCGROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOUTH PINELLAS INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesGUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INC GUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE VILLAGE INC: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterHOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterBROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterBOLEY CENTERS INC: $23,000 · HealthST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Food & Nutrition$149,000Other$148,000Public Benefit$129,500Human Services$30,500Housing & Shelter$23,500Health$23,000Arts & Culture$3,000

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 budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHelp Our Military Heroes Inc: $114,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP PLACE INC: $55,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBOLEY CENTERS INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY DINING ROOM INC: $19,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetNEW LIFE VILLAGE INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $15,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFAIR FOOD STANDARDS COUNCIL INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNew York City Rescue Mission: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARBOR DISH INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOUTH PINELLAS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INC GUILFORD A BETTER CHANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQPLUS QUEER YOUTH PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Pinellas Community Fo…Community Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…Rays Baseball Foundat…Suncoast Credit Union…Publix Super Markets …Aetna Foundation IncRaymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…
Pinellas Community FoundationFL19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinellas Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 L6 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from L6 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Fellowship Place Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Boley Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
  • New Life Village Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Brookwood Florida Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grow Into You Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to L6 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to L6 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 29 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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