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Lanting 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.

$442k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
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.

Religion$735kEducation$271kHuman Services$72kHealth$53kYouth Development$28kRecreation & Sports$10kInternational$5kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $130k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALKING THE TEXT$250,000
LOVE GOD LOVE OTHERS$130,000
HOPE COLLEGE$25,000
SINGLE MOMM$22,000
MT28$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SINGLE MOMM: $22k → 10%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $5k → 8%ENCOMPASSKIDS: $5k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $3k → 10%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

IL
MI
OR
CO
TN
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$627k · 7 repeat orgs$559k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$627k
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+57%

Still filing today

29%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $312k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthInternationalOther
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

  • HC
    HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $246k · revenue +85%
  • LG
    LOVE GOD LOVE OTHERS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $180k
  • SA
    SHEVET ACHIM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $85k

Funded once

  • CM
    CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SA
    SHEVET ACHIM
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +11%
  • EY
    Escape YFGKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +273%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
3
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
4
Gull Lake Ministries

Gull lake ministries provides bible based, christian retreats year-round for families, churches and organizations where we exalt jesus and share his truth.

Religion
5
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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6
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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7
Lou Engle Ministries

Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.

Religion
8
Christian World Outreach

Providing responsible evangelism, leadership, development, and humanitarian assistance.

Employment
9
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
10
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
11
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
12
Christian Harvest International Min

To provide strategic teaching about prayer, prophecy, and intercession in the US and abroad. Books, manuals, and audio teachings are also used to equip Christians in strategic level spiritual prayer and warfare.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Shevet Achim. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY: $246,395 · OtherHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETYLOVE GOD LOVE OTHERS: $180,000 · OtherLOVE GOD LOVE OTHERSCHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherCHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCHSHEVET ACHIM: $85,000 · OtherSHEVET ACHIMFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $40,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILY+10 more: $52,000 · Other+10 moreWALKING THE TEXT: $250,000 · ReligionWALKING THE TEXTLiving on the Edge Ministries Inc: $60,000 · ReligionLiving on the Edge Ministries In…MT28 INC: $15,000 · Religion+3 more: $13,000 · ReligionSHEVET ACHIM: $50,000 · HealthHOPE COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationHIGHER GROUND AT LAKE LOUISE: $10,000 · EducationSINGLE MOMM: $22,000 · Human ServicesENCOMPASSKIDS: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesEscape YFGK: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPASSION FIRST: $5,000 · International
Other$703,395Religion$338,000Health$50,000Education$35,000Human Services$35,000Youth Development$20,000International$5,000

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 budgetWALKING THE TEXT: $250,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY: $246,395 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLiving on the Edge Ministries Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHEVET ACHIM: $50,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINGLE MOMM: $22,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMT28 INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetEscape YFGK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHIGHER GROUND AT LAKE LOUISE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetEmpty Tomb Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOMPASSION FIRST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetResourcing Christian Education International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $3,000 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.

The Community Foundat…John and Judy Spoelho…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Christopher and Misty…Howard Miller Foundat…Slikkers FoundationJim and Ginger Jurrie…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Barnabas FoundationBaird Foundation IncEdward Jones Foundati…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christopher and Misty Spoelhof Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Slikkers Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Edward Jones 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 Lanting Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lanting Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Lanting Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lanting 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 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-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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