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Lander Community Foundation
The LANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is a local philanthropic foundation whose mission is to create a stronger community by promoting philanthropy, encouraging and supporting effective giving, and providing leadership on issues that are important to our community.
- $851k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $782k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,475
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,606
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $701k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Lander Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 | 42 | $766k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $602k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $554k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $466k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $450k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $348k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $298k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help for Health | $374,665 | 7 | 4% |
| Lander Pet Connection Inc | $222,667 | 7 | 41% |
| Lander Care and Share Food Bank | $209,877 | 7 | 9% |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council | $172,711 | 7 | 3% |
| Almost Home Wyoming | $127,755 | 6 | n/a |
| Central Wyoming Climbers Alliance | $125,514 | 7 | 16% |
| Lander Library Friends Association | $119,785 | 7 | n/a |
| Lander Search and Rescue | $113,193 | 6 | n/a |
| Lander Art Center | $107,760 | 7 | 13% |
| Wyoming Shakespeare Company | $106,591 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 49 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help for Health | $374,665 | 7 | 4% |
| Lander Pet Connection Inc | $222,667 | 7 | 41% |
| Lander Care and Share Food Bank | $209,877 | 7 | 9% |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council | $172,711 | 7 | 3% |
| Almost Home Wyoming | $127,755 | 6 | n/a |
| Central Wyoming Climbers Alliance | $125,514 | 7 | 16% |
| Lander Library Friends Association | $119,785 | 7 | n/a |
| Lander Search and Rescue | $113,193 | 6 | n/a |
| Lander Art Center | $107,760 | 7 | 13% |
| Wyoming Shakespeare Company | $106,591 | 7 | n/a |
| Apple Valley School | $100,617 | 4 | 34% |
| Lander Nordic Ski Association | $97,519 | 7 | n/a |
| Lander Free Medical Clinic | $91,445 | 3 | 40% |
| First United Methodist Church | $88,964 | 6 | n/a |
| Anam Cara Giving | $87,743 | 3 | 7% |
| Academy of the Winds | $80,816 | 3 | 7% |
| Water for Wildlife Foundation | $80,484 | 5 | 14% |
| Museum of the American West | $74,751 | 5 | 25% |
| Lander Swim Club Inc | $71,461 | 7 | 10% |
| Wyoming Wildlife Federation | $68,079 | 7 | 2% |
| Lander Performing Arts | $67,433 | 7 | 46% |
| Church of the Holy Rosary | $55,642 | 7 | n/a |
| Fremont Symphony Orchestra | $55,597 | 7 | n/a |
| Lander Childrens Museum | $55,109 | 5 | 14% |
| Lander Spay and Neuter | $53,424 | 3 | n/a |
| Lander Climate Action Network | $53,404 | 3 | n/a |
| Fremont County School District #1 | $48,115 | 5 | n/a |
| Lander Cycling Club | $45,504 | 5 | n/a |
| Fremont County Pioneer Association | $42,779 | 6 | n/a |
| Soldiers House Inc | $41,670 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Lander - Rodeo Grounds | $38,643 | 5 | n/a |
| Sinks Canyon Wild | $34,343 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Entry Services Inc | $32,169 | 5 | 0% |
| Lander Presents Inc | $29,691 | 3 | 15% |
| The Rock Church Lander | $28,610 | 4 | n/a |
| Wyoming Pathways | $26,360 | 3 | 3% |
| Lander Womentum | $24,849 | 4 | n/a |
| Lander Chamber of Commerce Inc | $23,338 | 4 | 3% |
| Child Development Services of Fremont County | $21,591 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Wyoming College Foundation | $21,341 | 3 | 1% |
| Wind River Cultural Centers Foundation | $18,842 | 2 | 24% |
| Bookmarked Literary Arts Festival | $15,045 | 2 | n/a |
| Lander Senior Citizens Center | $12,766 | 1 | 1% |
| Wind River Dojo | $9,702 | 1 | n/a |
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $8,373 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of South Pass | $7,093 | 1 | 12% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Wyoming Inc | $5,578 | 1 | 3% |
| The Sinks Canyon Conservancy | $5,470 | 1 | 10% |
| Wyoming Wilderness Association | $5,207 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lander Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Wyoming Community Foundation · Lightner Sams Foundation of Wyoming · Fairview Foundation · Lor Foundation Inc · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Wyoming Humanities Council · Trillium Family Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Wyoming Assn of Non Profit Organizations dba Wyoming Nonprofit Network · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Sts Foundation · The Musser Fund
How this is measured
About Lander Community Foundation
- How much does Lander Community Foundation give?
- Lander Community Foundation reported 44 itemized grants totaling $782,362, out of $851,441 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lander Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Health (17%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Lander Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Help for Health ($375k), Lander Pet Connection Inc ($223k), Lander Care and Share Food Bank ($210k).
- Does Lander Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lander Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wyoming Community Foundation, Lightner Sams Foundation of Wyoming, Fairview Foundation.
- Where is Lander Community Foundation based?
- Lander Community Foundation is based in WY.
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