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Lankton Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lankton Family Foundation Inc

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.

$207k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.4MEnvironment$300kEducation$102kPhilanthropy$88kHealth$27kInternational$20kHuman Services$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECOTARIUM WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY$200,000
AVOW FOUNDATION INC$5,000
WOODHAVEN CAMP GROUND ASSOCIATION$2,000
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 (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUBBOCK IMPACT: $1k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $1k → 17%LUBBOCK IMPACT: $1k → 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

NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Lankton Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Lankton Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.1% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 20 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
14

Total granted

$1.7M
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+56%

Still filing today

60%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • IM
    ICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $1.4M · revenue +627% · 56% of their budget
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +46%
  • FO
    FOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • BT
    BETA THETA PI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +88%
  • LC
    LANKTON CHARITABLE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $86k · revenue -100% · 75% of their budget
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +84%
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
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
2
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
3
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
4
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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5
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
6
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
7
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
8
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
9
Vitalant

Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.

Health
10
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Icon Museum and Study Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 37 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER INC: $1,375,000 · PhilanthropyICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER INC+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyECOTARIUM WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $300,000 · OtherECOTARIUM WORCESTER NATUR…LANKTON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $86,000 · OtherLANKTON CHARITABLE CORPOR…+20 more: $46,500 · Other+20 moreBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationMANNA PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 · EducationFOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $4,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,000 · InternationalAvow Foundation Inc: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · HealthPEARLS MEMORY BABIES INC: $2,000 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesLUBBOCK IMPACT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesWoodhaven Campground Association Inc: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$1,377,000Other$432,500Education$106,000International$13,000Health$9,500Human Services$8,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetICON MUSEUM AND STUDY CENTER INC: $1,375,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLANKTON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $86,000 over 1y, 75% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodhaven Campground Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUBBOCK IMPACT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWebster Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Lankton Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lankton Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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How do I get to Lankton Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Lankton Family Foundation Inc 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 37 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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