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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$486k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$13MEducation$11MInternational$4.6MHuman Services$2.4MEmployment$659kArts & Culture$524kCommunity Improvement$419kAnimals$391kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $517k
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$174M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$486,137
KINGS BAY YM-YWHA$350,000
HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL$250,000
HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL$242,788
LIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL$209,902
BENETECH$204,578
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS OPTOMETRIC CENTER O$198,319
DR SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL$175,000
VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED$175,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE$168,699
FUNDACION GUATEMALTECA PARA NINOS CON SORDOCEGUERA ALEX (FUNDAL)$150,000
LAVELLE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$150,000
SEVA FOUNDATION$146,410
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED NEW YORK$143,276
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$134,412
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 (FY20–25, $6.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT: $71k → 15%BENETECH: $239k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $75k → 9%VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $100k → 13%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $150k → 16%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $198k → 20%VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE: $206k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $200k → 11%ASSOCIATION FOR THE MULTIPLE IMPAIRED BLIND: $200k → 11%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $86k → 7%CORE CAREER: $77k → 9%SUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT: $50k → 15%BENETECH: $227k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $75k → 9%VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $50k → 13%TOGETHER ACHIEVING DREAM INC FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $108k → 16%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $150k → 20%VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE: $125k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $200k → 11%CORE CAREER: $73k → 9%SUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT: $50k → 15%BENETECH: $215k → 8%VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $50k → 13%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $108k → 16%HELEN KELLER SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $106k → 20%VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE: $75k → 11%SUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT: $50k → 15%BENETECH: $208k → 8%HELEN KELLER SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 20%VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE: $69k → 11%BENETECH: $205k → 8%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED NEW YORK: $143k → 17%ADAPTIVE DESIGN ASSOCIATION INC: $104k → 17%SAFE TODDLES INC: $174k → 9%SAFE TODDLES INC: $161k → 9%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $175k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $175k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $175k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $175k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $175k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $129k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $126k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $125k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $125k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $123k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $119k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $116k → 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

VT
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
TX
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 10% of Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 49%.

Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% 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.
$31M · 67 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

67 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
45

Total granted

$31M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+1%

Still filing today

79%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $928k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • PS
    PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +33%
  • HK
    HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.7M · revenue +47%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $601k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
    one grant, 2020 · $239k
  • HI
    HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
    one grant, 2021 · $225k · revenue -9%
  • NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER OF WNY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +31%
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
Visability

Provide innovative training and tools for people who are blind or visually impaired to help them achieve their goals and dreams

Human Services
2
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
American Board of Ophthalmology

None

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4
Braille Institute of America Inc

To positively transform the lives of those with vision loss. (See Schedule O)

Human Services
5
Keralink International Inc

Keralink international works to end avoidable blindness by developing, delivering, and scaling affordable solutions for all, powered by innovative technology and partnerships.

Health
6
National Industries for the Blind

To enhance the opportunities for the economic and personal independence of people who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining, and improving employment.

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7
Bestwork Industries for the Blind Inc

Bestwork industries for the blind, inc. is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for training and productive employment for many people who are blind and visually impaired. bestwork industries works closely with the…

Employment
8
In-Sight

In-sight inspires confidence and builds skills that help people who are visually impaired and blind to thrive and succeed.

Human Services
9
The Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind Inc

To improve occupational opportunity and public perception of legally blind arkansans through community engagement, work skills enhancement and the production of quality goods and services.

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10
Envision Industries Inc

To improve the quality of life and provide inspiration and opportunity for people who are blind and visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research.

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11
The Boston Foundation for Sight Inc

Our mission is to improve quality of life by transforming the understanding, treatment, and care of the ocular surface.

Human Services
12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lighthouse Guild International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Success Beyond Sight 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

85 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. 85 of the 123 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/85
Grantees still filing
53/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAVELLE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $1,737,075 · OtherLAVELLE SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDFUNDACION GUATEMALTECA PARA NINOS CON SORDOCEGUERA ALEX (FUNDAL): $1,022,500 · OtherFUNDACION GUATEMALTECA PARA NINOS CON SORDO…RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE: $836,263 · OtherRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CITY UNIVERSITY OF N…DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $828,507 · OtherDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORKORBIS INTERNATIONAL: $716,344 · OtherORBIS INTERNATIONALDR SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL: $713,421 · OtherDR SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITALRUTGERS DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION AND COUNSELING PROFESSIONS: $667,514 · OtherKINGS BAY YM-YWHA INC: $555,000 · OtherNORTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND AT ALBANY INC: $444,747 · Other+49 more: $5,752,716 · Other+49 moreVISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $1,760,848 · Human ServicesVISIONSSERVICES FOR T…BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $1,093,903 · Human ServicesBENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY…VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE INC: $553,719 · Human ServicesVISIONSERVE ALLIANCE …Helen Keller Services: $503,220 · Human ServicesHelen Keller ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $400,000 · Human ServicesLearning Ally IncFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $391,000 · Human ServicesFreedom Guide Dogs fo…SAFE TODDLES: $340,544 · Human ServicesVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $249,975 · Human ServicesSUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT INC: $221,073 · Human Services+8 more: $1,019,201 · Human Services+8 morePERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $3,237,300 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR …The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $510,385 · EducationThe New York Public…Fordham University: $431,067 · EducationFordham UniversityTHE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $379,080 · EducationTHE FILOMEN M DAGOS…ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $271,648 · EducationHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $225,000 · EducationMARIST UNIVERSITY: $218,158 · Education+11 more: $650,055 · Education+11 moreHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $2,707,549 · InternationalHELEN KELLER …SEVA FOUNDATION: $821,821 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATI…CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION INTERNAT'L INC: $437,976 · InternationalCHRISTIAN BLI…+2 more: $187,480 · InternationalVISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $468,597 · HealthVISION FO…FRIENDS OF ARAVIND INC DBA ARAVIND EYE FOUNDATION INC: $441,252 · HealthFRIENDS O…THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $396,952 · HealthTHE CARRO…Cancer Care Inc: $393,420 · HealthCancer Ca…THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthTHE FRED …BETANCES HEALTH CENTER: $200,000 · HealthBETANCES …COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $129,598 · HealthCENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $127,993 · HealthASSN FOR EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $119,858 · HealthTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND: $105,606 · Health+6 more: $136,391 · HealthAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $601,255 · Arts & CultureCITY ACCESS NEW YORK INC: $447,906 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $31,000 · Arts & CultureLIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $430,117 · PhilanthropyVISIONSPRING INC: $272,221 · PhilanthropyLions Clubs International Foundation: $215,715 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$13,274,087Human Services$6,533,483Education$5,922,693International$4,154,826Health$2,769,667Arts & Culture$1,140,161Philanthropy$920,053

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 budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $3,237,300 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $2,707,549 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetVISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $1,760,848 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetBENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $1,093,903 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $828,507 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $821,821 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $601,255 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKINGS BAY YM-YWHA INC: $555,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetVISIONSERVE ALLIANCE INC: $553,719 over 4y, 22% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $510,385 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Keller Services: $503,220 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $468,597 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetCITY ACCESS NEW YORK INC: $447,906 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetNORTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND AT ALBANY INC: $444,747 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARAVIND INC DBA ARAVIND EYE FOUNDATION INC: $441,252 over 3y, 32% of budgetCHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION INTERNAT'L INC: $437,976 over 4y, 18% of budgetFordham University: $431,067 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $430,117 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $396,952 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $393,420 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $391,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $379,080 over 6y, 10% of budgetGOODWILL VISION ENTERPRISES INC: $356,182 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSAFE TODDLES: $340,544 over 3y, 53% of budgetLUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERS INC: $319,254 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetVISIONSPRING INC: $272,221 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $271,648 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $253,705 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $249,975 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $237,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $225,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSUCCESS BEYOND SIGHT INC: $221,073 over 4y, 52% of budgetMARIST UNIVERSITY: $218,158 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLions Clubs International Foundation: $215,715 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER OF WNY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE MULTIPLE IMPAIRED BLIND INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBETANCES HEALTH CENTER: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAURORA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $186,645 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSEEDLINGS BRAILLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: $183,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetINTANDEM CYCLING INC: $160,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCORE CAREER: $150,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetADAPTIVE DESIGN ASSOCIATION INC: $143,675 over 4y, 14% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED IN NEW YORK INC: $143,276 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetROOM TO READ: $134,309 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $131,881 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGS BAY YM-YWHA INC ↗
  • Who funds VISIONSERVE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds Helen Keller Services ↗
  • Who funds VISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CITY ACCESS NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND AT ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ARAVIND INC DBA ARAVIND EYE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION INTERNAT'L INC ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Learning Ally Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Cancer Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FILOMEN M DAGOSTINO GREENBERG MUSIC SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL VISION ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE TODDLES ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds VISIONSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Reader's Digest Partn…The Gibney Family Fou…Mother Cabrini Health…Sarah Decoizart Perpe…Allene Reuss Memorial…National Industries f…The New York Communit…Delta Gamma FoundationWilliam G and Helen C…Consumer Technology A…The Barker Welfare Fo…Altman Foundation
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight FoundationNY36.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr · Allene Reuss Memorial Trust · National Industries for the Blind · The New York Community Trust · Delta Gamma Foundation · William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn · Consumer Technology Association Foundation · The Barker Welfare Foundation · Altman 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 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
20report 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.
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How do I get to Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc?

Find your warmest path to Lavelle Fund for the Blind 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 123 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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