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Laurie & Dave 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.

$132k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$108k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Human Services$1.5MRecreation & Sports$35kHealth$31kReligion$28kFood & Nutrition$24kYouth Development$19kCivil Rights$9kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$257k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER$108,177
SUSQUEHANNA AREA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION$10,000
ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,500
MAKING A DIFFERENCE OF LEBANON PA$2,000
ANCHOR LANCASTER$2,000
JUBILEE MINISTRIES$1,250
LEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$1,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL OF LEBANON COUNTY$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $918k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $525k → 11%CHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $280k → 11%CHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $108k → 11%STEP INTO LIFE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$1.6M
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+9%

Still filing today

85%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LF
    LEBANON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +6%
  • LC
    LEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
    5× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +57%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CC
    CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • SI
    STEP INTO LIFE MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • WE
    WEPA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +44%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva

Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.

Education
2
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon Pennsylvania

The good samaritan hospital is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare that improves the overall health of the community.

Health
3
Lebanon Historical Society
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4
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
5
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc

See schedule oper the bylaws of the delaware & lehigh national heritage corridor(which were updated by the merged board of the national canal musuem and the d&l), our mission is to work with government entities, non-profit organizations…

Arts & Culture
6
Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health education, injury prevention, and…

Health
7
Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce

We are lebanon valley's leading business organization providing education, networking, services, and advocacy to support and develop our members and business community.

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8
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health
9
Lebanon Valley Volunteers in Medicine Clinic

Our mission is to serve the health and wellness needs of the uninsured who live in lebanon county, pa.

Health
10
Family Care Centers Inc

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network, part of jefferson health. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health…

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11
Marian L Spitler Lebanon High School Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon valley college educates students for lifelong success through exceptional undergraduate liberal-arts programs and professional graduate programs delivered in an engaging and supportive academic and co-curricular environment.…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster County Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is James Biever Police Community Alliance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%9%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr15%19%35–55yr15%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%60%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr17%2%20–35yr15%2%35–55yr15%35%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 60% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
11%
2,074/18,889

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER — $913,177 · Human ServicesCHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER+1 more — $5,000 · Human ServicesLEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCA — $550,000 · OtherLEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCALEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — $22,300 · Other+25 more — $69,040 · Other+25 moreSusquehanna Area Mountain Biking Association — $35,000 · Recreation & SportsLEBANON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $25,100 · Health+2 more — $850 · HealthJAMES BIEVER POLICE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE — $6,060 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $1,100 · EducationTHE CEDAR FOUNDATION — $1,100 · EducationSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $8,000 · Crime & LegalMAKING A DIFFERENCE OF LEBANON PA — $4,000 · Community ImprovementLEBANON VALLEY RAILS TO TRAILS INC — $3,250 · Community Improvement
Human Services$918,177Other$641,340Recreation & Sports$35,000Health$25,950Education$8,260Crime & Legal$8,000Community Improvement$7,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHESTNUT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER — $913,177 over 3y, 36% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCA — $550,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSusquehanna Area Mountain Biking Association — $35,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetLEBANON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $25,100 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — $22,300 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES BIEVER POLICE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE — $6,060 over 2y, 13% of budgetLEBANON RESCUE MISSION INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTEP INTO LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY RAILS TO TRAILS INC — $3,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL OF LEBANON COUNTY — $3,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJUBILEE MINISTRIES — $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEPA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LEBANON COUNTY INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CEDAR FOUNDATION — $1,100 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMDRC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION — $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF LIBERIA INC — $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPENNON ORGANIZATION — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON COMMUNITY LIBRARY — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Francis J Dixon F…The Foundation for En…The Bishop FoundationNorth Foundation IncWenger Foundation IncWellspan HealthNorthwest Charitable …Central Pennsylvania …Raymond Wentling Trus…United Way of Lebanon…Burkholder Family Fou…Firstenergy Foundation
The Francis J Dixon FoundationPA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Francis J Dixon Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · The Bishop Foundation · North Foundation Inc · Wenger Foundation Inc · Wellspan Health · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Raymond Wentling Trust 31v045014 · United Way of Lebanon County Inc · Burkholder Family Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Laurie & Dave Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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