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LANFest

LANFest is dedicated to empowering gaming communities and supporting charitable efforts by creating unique gaming experiences.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$98kEducation$60kHuman Services$34kHealth$32kPhilanthropy$23kAnimals$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $25,873, the rows itemized in this filing. The $64,742 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $38,869 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,590
Median grant
4
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rights to Unmute$7,494
StackUP$6,590
Games for Love$5,895
Vaughns Valley Foundation$5,894
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 (FY17–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cross Training Center: $3k → 12%Fallen Officers Fund: $8k → 3%Games for Love: $6k → 9%StackUP: $7k → 14%StackUP: $6k → 14%StackUp: $9k → 14%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
MI
NY
NV
IN
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
MD
DC
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$172k · 6 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
22

Total granted

$172k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+9%

Still filing today

83%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • GO
    GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $66k · revenue +436%
  • SU
    STACK UP
    3× · 2022–2024 · $21k · revenue +48%
  • SC
    STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $18k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $26k · revenue -15%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • FO
    FALLEN OFFICER FUND OF DOUGLAS COUNTY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +50%
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
Dogs Playing for Life Inc

Dogs playing for life is redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for all sheltered dogs by improving their experience through playgroups and individualized training, resulting in urgent and responsible livesaving.

Animals
2
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
3
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
4
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
5
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
8
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
9
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
10
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
11
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
12
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Miracle Network; the most unlike its peers is Fallen Officer Fund of Douglas County 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

28 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. 28 of the 32 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $66,468 · Youth DevelopmentGAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC: $25,753 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD IN…HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $3,494 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,442 · Youth DevelopmentEIBO: $42,065 · OtherEIBOSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $17,858 · OtherSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,552 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRIGHTS TO UNMUTE: $7,494 · OtherRIGHTS TO UNMUTEVolunteers of America Western Washington: $7,149 · OtherVolunteers of America Western Washingt…CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $7,081 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $6,596 · OtherFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC+4 more: $6,254 · Other+4 moreSTACK UP: $21,248 · Human ServicesSTACK UPFALLEN OFFICER FUND OF DOUGLAS COUNTY FOUNDATION: $7,976 · Human ServicesFALLEN OFFICER…Games For Love: $5,895 · Human ServicesGames For LoveANGELS ON WHEELS INC: $3,494 · Human ServicesANGELS ON WHEE…PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $11,768 · PhilanthropyMETRO AREA YOUTH FOUNDATION: $6,537 · PhilanthropyMATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC: $3,060 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $1,867 · PhilanthropyPAWS YOUR GAMES INC: $6,580 · AnimalsBUFFALO GREYHOUND ADOPTION INC: $4,103 · AnimalsNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,477 · AnimalsCROSSROADS ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,297 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,514 · AnimalsThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $715 · Animals1000 DREAMS FUND: $17,570 · EducationCHILD'S PLAY: $5,093 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,205 · Health
Youth Development$98,157Other$106,049Human Services$38,613Philanthropy$23,232Animals$18,686Education$17,570Health$7,298

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 budgetGAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $66,468 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC: $25,753 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSTACK UP: $21,248 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $17,858 over 3y, 0.1% of budget1000 DREAMS FUND: $17,570 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $11,768 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers of America Western Washington: $7,149 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $7,081 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $6,596 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGames For Love: $5,895 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY: $5,093 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $3,494 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGELS ON WHEELS INC: $3,494 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,477 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATER FILIUS OF NEBRASKA INC: $3,060 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $2,442 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,297 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,205 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $1,867 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,514 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington State Parks Foundation: $732 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $715 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $500 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.

Textron Charitable Tr…The Blackbaud Giving …Chubb Charitable Foun…Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Silicon Valley Commun…Verizon FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for Good
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 LANFest?

    Find your warmest path to LANFest 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 32 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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