Maryland · Private foundation
Lakan Incorporated
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $823k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Lakan Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $49k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $37k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $55k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $63k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $29k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $24k | 93% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guru Gobind Singh Foundation Trust | $14,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sikh Human Development Foundation | $12,050 | 3 | 1% |
| Guru Nanak Foundation of American | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $9,730 | 1 | 0% |
| Sikh American Legal Defense & Education | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ecosikh Incorporated | $5,600 | 3 | 3% |
| Global Sikh Economic Forum Incorporated | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $5,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sikh Coalition | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guru Gobind Singh Foundation Trust | $14,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sikh Human Development Foundation | $12,050 | 3 | 1% |
| Guru Nanak Foundation of American | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $9,730 | 1 | 0% |
| Sikh American Legal Defense & Education | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ecosikh Incorporated | $5,600 | 3 | 3% |
| Global Sikh Economic Forum Incorporated | $5,250 | 2 | n/a |
| The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $5,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sikh Coalition | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's National | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Suburban Hospital Inc | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Stroke Comeback Center | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Karuna Charities of Washington Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($177k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lakan Incorporated supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Lakan Incorporated
- How much does Lakan Incorporated give?
- Lakan Incorporated reported 15 grants totaling $49,230 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Lakan Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Religion (14%), Education (8%).
- Who are Lakan Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Guru Gobind Singh Foundation Trust ($14k), Sikh Human Development Foundation ($12k), Guru Nanak Foundation of American ($11k).
- Does Lakan Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lakan Incorporated 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 Lakan Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Verizon Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Lakan Incorporated based?
- Lakan Incorporated is based in MD.
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