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Lana Vento Charitable 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.

$646k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MPhilanthropy$584kHealth$512kRecreation & Sports$501kArts & Culture$200kScience & Tech$175kEmployment$170kYouth Development$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $500k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FDN OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS$110,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$100,000
FRIENDS OF TAHOE TRUCKEE WALDORF$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS$58,800
VIRGIN ISLANDS MONTESSORI INT'L ACA$56,383
SKY TAVERN$30,000
TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE$25,000
ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE$25,000
CANCER SUPPORT VI INC$20,000
TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION$20,000
MY BROTHER'S WORKSHOP$20,000
INNERRHYTHMS INC$3,500
PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE$2,564
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD: $25k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $100k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI: $75k → 10%TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $25k → 11%NEW VINTAGE BAROQUE INC: $1k → 12%PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $3k → 14%COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS: $6k → 7%TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $60k → 8%WYLIE ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%BIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD: $25k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI: $50k → 10%TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $15k → 11%COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS: $3k → 7%TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $30k → 8%SKY TAVERN: $45k → 10%BIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD: $20k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI: $50k → 10%TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $15k → 11%TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%SKY TAVERN: $45k → 10%BIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD: $15k → 6%TUMORI: $230k → 10%TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $15k → 11%TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%SKY TAVERN: $45k → 10%TAHOE FUND: $25k → 6%TUMORI: $150k → 10%INNERRHYTHMS INC: $4k → 11%TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20k → 8%SKY TAVERN: $36k → 10%TUMORI: $52k → 10%INNERRHYTHMS INC: $1k → 11%SKY TAVERN: $30k → 10%TUMORI: $50k → 10%truckee dirt union: $500 → 11%NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: $1k → 10%Simmaron Research: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 17 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +101% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
10

Total granted

$3.0M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+22%

Still filing today

76%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $547k · revenue +38%
  • TT
    THE TUMORI FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $482k · revenue ×14 · 73% of their budget
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TAHOE TRUCKEE WALDORF
    6× · 2019–2025 · $380k · revenue +207%

Funded once

  • TF
    TAHOE FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +133%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NAT'L
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • ST
    ST THOMAS HISTORICAL TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +239% · 31% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc

The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) is working towards a system of trails and bikeways in and around Truckee, California that will connect people and places, reduce our community's dependence on automobiles, and improve our physical,…

Environment
2
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science

To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach.

Environment
3
Tahoe Community Foundation

The Foundation envisions a thriving community created through meaningful philanthropy, inclusive communication, and the willingness to explore possibilities together.

Education
4
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
5
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
6
Sierra State Parks Foundation

The Sierra State Parks Foundation provides critically needed financial and professional support to the Lake Tahoe-Donner Sierra State Parks for Education, Restoration, and Cultural and Environmental Preservation in partnership with…

Recreation & Sports
7
Truckee River Watershed Council

The truckee river watershed council was founded to implement locally developed public-private collaborative solutions to protect and improve water quality and biological resources for the sustainable environmental and economic health of…

Environment
8
Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce

A membership organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and serving your business and community. Our goal is to sustain a high quality of life by achieving economic vitality, with sensitivity and respect for the environment.

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9
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation

The tahoe truckee community foundation brings together trusted partners to align strategies and inspire philanthropy to nurture a resilient community and environment.

Philanthropy
10
Mltpa Foundation

To plan, steward, interpret, promote, and sustain a system of four-season trails and public access to natural areas in the Mammoth Lakes and Eastern Sierra Nevada region in the state of California while protecting its natural resources.

Environment
11
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance

At Yosemite Rivers Alliance, we unite conservation and community to protect and restore the three rivers that ?ow through the Yosemite Regionthe Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced.

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12
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship is creating and maintaining world-class trails responsibly, sustainably, and collectively.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tahoe Rim Trail Association and the most unlike its peers is The Tumori Foundation. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS — $546,927 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDSVIRGIN ISLANDS MONTESSORI INT'L ACA — $295,233 · OtherVIRGIN ISLANDS MONTESSORI INT'L ACAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI — $175,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCIMY BROTHER'S WORKSHOP — $165,000 · OtherMY BROTHER'S WORKSHOPPISTARCKLE THEATER — $112,920 · OtherPISTARCKLE THEATERUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEYST THOMAS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION INC — $59,630 · OtherBIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD INC — $85,305 · Other+7 more — $80,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF TAHOE TRUCKEE WALDORF — $379,908 · EducationFRIENDS OF TAHOE TR…ANTILLES SCHOOL INC — $173,000 · EducationANTILLES SCHOOL INCTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTE…+1 more — $2,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC — $572,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDAT…+2 more — $11,064 · PhilanthropyTHE TUMORI FOUNDATION — $482,000 · HealthTHE TUMORI FOU…+1 more — $10,000 · HealthSky Tavern Inc — $201,000 · Recreation & SportsSky Tavern…Tahoe Rim Trail Association — $150,000 · Recreation & SportsTahoe Rim …ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE — $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE — $70,000 · Arts & CultureST THOMAS HISTORICAL TRUST INC — $10,670 · Arts & CultureINNERRHYTHMS INC — $4,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,620,515Education$654,908Philanthropy$583,564Health$492,000Recreation & Sports$351,000Youth Development$95,000Arts & Culture$87,170

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC — $572,500 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS — $546,927 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TUMORI FOUNDATION — $482,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetFRIENDS OF TAHOE TRUCKEE WALDORF — $379,908 over 6y, 15% of budgetSky Tavern Inc — $201,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetANTILLES SCHOOL INC — $173,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTahoe Rim Trail Association — $150,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE — $95,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetBIKING FOR A BETTER WORLD INC — $85,305 over 4y, 14% of budgetTRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE — $70,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetST THOMAS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION INC — $59,630 over 6y, 10% of budgetTAHOE FUND — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT VI INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST THOMAS HISTORICAL TRUST INC — $10,670 over 1y, 31% of budgetSIMMARON RESEARCH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc — $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWYLIE ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINNERRHYTHMS INC — $4,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of the Truckee Library Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VINTAGE BAROQUE INC DBA MUSICA SIERRA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNevada Museum of Art — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTruckee Dirt Union — $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Tahoe Truckee Communi…Tahoe Community Found…Martis Camp Community…Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation · Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lana Vento Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lana Vento Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Lana Vento Charitable Trust 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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