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Lat 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.

$7.8M
Granted FY2023
17
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$3.3MAnimals$2.8MEnvironment$1.8MCommunity Improvement$643kHuman Services$390kReligion$171kHousing & Shelter$150k
02FY2023 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+9 grants · $6.7M
$250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC$1,502,898
SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$1,502,368
BIG ARTS$1,001,516
CROW$1,001,516
SANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC$500,509
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY$350,000
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC$350,000
SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE$250,000
FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE$250,000
SANIBEL MUSIC FESTIVAL$200,000
GULF COAST SYMPHONY$150,000
FORT MYERS SYMPHONIC CHORUS INC$150,000
ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS$150,000
SANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST$150,000
WGCU PUBLIC MEDIA - FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIV$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $385k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $350k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $5k → 11%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 21 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$9.2M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+40%

Still filing today

76%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +42%
  • DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +56% · 27% of their budget
  • CF
    CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +131% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • SF
    SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    one grant, 2020 · $36k
  • CF
    CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE
    one grant, 2020 · $23k
  • GL
    GLADIOLUS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
South Florida Symphony Orchestra Inc

The orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.

Arts & Culture
2
Alhambra Music Inc

Community orchestra

Arts & Culture
3
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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4
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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5
Artis-Naples Inc

Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.

Arts & Culture
6
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
7
Texas State Aquarium Association

The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…

Animals
8
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival

Present the world's greatest musical artists in chamber music concerts of classical and alternative genres for diverse audiences. offer music education to concert attendees, students, and aspiring young musicians.

Arts & Culture
9
Symbioseas

Marine research

Science & Tech
10
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
11
The Salish Sea School

The salish sea schools mission is to awaken curiosity and deepen connections with the sea through shore and sea exploration programs for all ages.

Environment
12
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gladiolus Learning and Development 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.
04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 28 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $1,654,398 · AnimalsDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INCCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $1,171,516 · AnimalsCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF W…BIG ARTS: $1,168,516 · OtherBIG ARTSFLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE: $272,500 · OtherFLORIDA REPERTORY THEATR…SANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST INC: $167,000 · OtherSANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL U…LEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS INC: $165,000 · OtherLEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR …THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $107,500 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTH…+9 more: $100,500 · OtherSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $1,726,368 · EnvironmentSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSE…SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS ASSOCIATION INC: $473,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHWEST FLORIDA…SANIBEL MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $270,500 · Arts & CultureSANIBEL MUSIC FES…SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC: $270,000 · Arts & CultureSANIBEL HISTORICA…Fort Myers Symphonic Chorus Inc: $187,000 · Arts & CultureFort Myers Sympho…GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $167,500 · Arts & CultureGULF COAST SYMPHO…SYMPHONIC CHORALE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $82,000 · Arts & CultureSYMPHONIC CHORALE…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $642,509 · Recreation & SportsFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $385,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Housing and Resources Inc: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 · Education
Animals$2,825,914Other$1,981,016Environment$1,726,368Arts & Culture$1,451,000Recreation & Sports$642,509Human Services$385,000Housing & Shelter$150,000Education$135,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $1,726,368 over 5y, 13% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $1,654,398 over 4y, 27% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $1,171,516 over 3y, 31% of budgetSANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $642,509 over 5y, 22% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS ASSOCIATION INC: $473,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $385,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetSANIBEL MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $270,500 over 4y, 69% of budgetSANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE INC: $270,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFort Myers Symphonic Chorus Inc: $187,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetGULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $167,500 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetLEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS INC: $165,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetCommunity Housing and Resources Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $107,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSYMPHONIC CHORALE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $82,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetFORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGLADIOLUS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Southwest Florida Com…Charitable Foundation…Eugene Holt Massey Ch…Suncoast Credit Union…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Southwest Florida Community Foundation IncFL28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Charitable Foundation of the Islands Inc · Eugene Holt Massey Charitable Trust · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lat Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lat Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Lee County Alliance for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
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How do I get to Lat Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lat 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 28 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home