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Laurie & Dave Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
ANCHOR LANCASTER$2,000
MAKING A DIFFERENCE OF LEBANON PA$2,000
JUBILEE MINISTRIES$1,250
LEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$1,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL OF LEBANON COUNTY$500
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 (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. Its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +9% for those 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
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

  • 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%
  • MH
    MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +40%
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
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…

—
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster County Community Foundation; 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.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 39 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetANCHOR LANCASTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LEBANON COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEPA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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
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 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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    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.

    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 39 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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