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Lake Road 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

63% of Lake Road Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 44 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

40
’21
34
’22
32
’23
27
’24
44
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$7.1MArts & Culture$725kEducation$456kCivil Rights$383kHuman Services$307kHealth$304kInternational$163kReligion$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $256k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$2,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND$1,110,000
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA$100,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$100,000
THE AFYA FOUNDATION$75,000
CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY$50,000
AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE$40,000
WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES$25,720
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$25,189
NY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP$25,000
SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION$21,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$18,000
US FRIENDS OF DROR ISRAEL INC$15,000
PEACE HOUSE$15,000
PAN-MASS CHALLENGE$10,763
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $220k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services: $1k → 14%Peace House: $27k → 5%SGA Youth and Family Services: $1k → 14%Swipe Out Hunger: $1k → 14%Sunrise Association: $45k → 6%PEACE HOUSE: $15k → 5%Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services: $518 → 14%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION: $21k → 6%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $184 → 14%Sunrise Association: $1k → 6%COMMON CIRCLES: $1k → 9%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%Sunrise Association: $186 → 6%Peace House: $10k → 5%Peace House: $6k → 5%Swipe Out Hunger: $500 → 14%JAMES LENOX HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $3k → 17%James Lenox House Association Inc: $1k → 17%James Lenox House Association Inc: $1k → 17%THE AFYA FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%The Afya Foundation: $5k → 9%DOROT: $4k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
MO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 59 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

59 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
47

Total granted

$3.0M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+23%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $644k · revenue +5%
  • TW
    THIRD WAY INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $300k · revenue +16%
  • MM
    MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA
    3× · 2021–2025 · $300k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • ML
    Michael Lowenstein Philanthropic Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • WC
    Weill Cornell - Brain Tumor Research
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • FR
    Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Education Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
2
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
3
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
5
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
6
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
8
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
9
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
10
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
11
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
12
United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York Inc

To build / maintain a strong and united jewish community in order to ensure the continuity of the jewish people. the federation is the central agency for meeting jewish needs and articulating jewish concerns in the capital region, in…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is My Sisters Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stardust Foundation Inc. 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

86 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. 86 of the 141 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/86
Grantees still filing
51/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $5,125,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUNDUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $643,917 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YOR…+8 more: $59,109 · PhilanthropyMichael Lowenstein Philanthropic Fund: $1,000,000 · OtherMichael Lowenstein Phi…Hospital for Special Surgery: $177,269 · OtherHospital for Special S…WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $139,280 · OtherWESTCHESTER JEWISH COM…+94 more: $578,652 · Other+94 moreMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $572,757 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $34,349 · Arts & CultureMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $300,000 · EducationAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $26,052 · EducationTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $300,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $60,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $13,363 · Civil RightsNEW VENTURE FUND: $270,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $10,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,300 · EnvironmentTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $80,182 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $67,186 · Human ServicesPeace House Inc: $57,811 · Human Services+7 more: $15,017 · Human Services
Philanthropy$5,828,026Other$1,895,201Arts & Culture$682,106Education$451,052Civil Rights$373,363Environment$281,300Human Services$220,196

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $5,125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $643,917 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $572,757 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $270,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $139,280 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $80,182 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $67,186 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeace House Inc: $57,811 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $38,358 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $26,355 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $20,122 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $19,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $18,545 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,855 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $15,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAMARONECK SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $12,093 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $11,415 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLarchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force Inc: $11,100 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYellowhammer Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP AVODA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe International Focusing Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMy Sisters Place Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF STAMFORD INC: $6,217 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetQUAKER RIDGE EMPLOYEE CHARITY FUND: $6,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE EMELIN THEATRE: $5,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $5,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES LENOX HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $4,901 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDOROT INC: $3,722 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHillels of Georgia Inc: $3,708 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAMARONECK-LARCHMONT STUDENT AID FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $2,557 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.

Jewish Communal FundGlff IncCombined Jewish Phila…Jewish Community Fede…United Jewish Appeal-…Stuntz Family Foundat…Stern Family Philanth…Jewish Community Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Boston Foundation IncK & M Weisburgh Chari…Jjj Family Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY31× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Glff Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Stuntz Family Foundation · Stern Family Philanthropic Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · K & M Weisburgh Charitable Fund Inc · Jjj Family 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 Lake Road Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lake Road Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The New England Center for Children Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
21report 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 Lake Road Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lake Road 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 141 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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