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Lawrence B Taishoff Foundation at a glance

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Lawrence B Taishoff 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.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Food & Nutrition$153kEducation$112kReligion$96kHealth$50kHuman Services$42kInternational$35kArts & Culture$34kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST DUNSTANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$18,500
BREAD FOR THE CITY$10,000
TRINITY COLLEGE$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
HIPS$5,000
PROMISE LANDING FARM$5,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
HUNGRY FOR MUSIC$4,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ALASKA$4,000
ALASKA FELLOWS PROGRAM$3,000
PATRIOT PAWS$2,500
SHARE$2,500
ARLINGTON FOOD ASSISTANCE CENTER$2,500
AMERICAN LEGION POST 24$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%PROMISE LANDING FARM: $5k → 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%HIPS: $5k → 14%PROMISE LANDING FARM: $3k → 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%HIPS: $5k → 14%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 5%HIPS: $5k → 14%PATRIOT PAWS: $3k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 5%HIPS: $5k → 14%HIPS: $2k → 14%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

AK
NY
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$578k · 27 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
12

Total granted

$578k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+52%

Still filing today

70%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • BF
    BREAD FOR THE CITY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +16%
  • TRINITY COLLEGE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $37k · revenue +49%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $35k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOLY CHILD
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TC
    TRINITY COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • TM
    THE MCLEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +52%
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
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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2
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
3
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
4
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
5
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
6
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
7
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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8
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

The mission of the school is to provide outstanding legal education in a collegial and supportive environment with attention to newly emerging areas of law, particularly those related to technological development, globalization and the…

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
11
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
12
Maryland Independent College & University Association Inc

Serving the interests of independent higher education and supporting the work of campus leaders throughout the state of maryland.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moco Kidsco 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

27 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. 27 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST DUNSTAN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $60,704 · OtherST DUNSTAN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHNORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $50,000 · OtherNORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $37,500 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INCIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHARE INCORPORATED: $17,500 · OtherSHARE INCORPORATED+20 more: $76,363 · Other+20 moreTRINITY COLLEGE: $37,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLE…LANDON SCHOOL: $17,000 · EducationLANDON SCHOOLEckerd College: $15,000 · EducationEckerd Colleg…THE MCLEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE MCLEAN SC…BREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD FOR TH…MARTHA'S TABLE INC: $17,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TAB…Arlington Food Assistance Center: $2,500 · Food & NutritionHIPS: $32,000 · Human ServicesHIPSPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $29,500 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS…PROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesPROMISE LAND…FOOD & FRIENDS INC: $24,000 · HealthAMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION: $17,500 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $34,500 · InternationalHUNGRY FOR MUSIC: $15,500 · Arts & CultureMOCO KIDSCO INC: $14,500 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER IN ORANGE INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$302,067Education$74,000Food & Nutrition$69,500Human Services$69,000Health$41,500International$34,500Arts & Culture$33,500

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 budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $37,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $34,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHIPS: $32,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $29,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION: $17,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLANDON SCHOOL: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGRY FOR MUSIC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEckerd College: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOCO KIDSCO INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATURE CAMP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MCLEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS CENTER IN ORANGE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Northern Virginia: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREX FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCLEAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HIPS ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HUNGRY FOR MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds Eckerd College ↗
  • Who funds MOCO KIDSCO INC ↗
  • Who funds PROMISE LANDING FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURE CAMP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MCLEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska ↗
  • Who funds ARTS CENTER IN ORANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds The Arc of Northern Virginia ↗
  • Who funds Arlington Food Assistance Center ↗
  • Who funds REX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗

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.

Greater Washington Co…Verizon FoundationThe Jv Schiro Zavela …The Chicago Community…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Lawrence B Taishoff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence B Taishoff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Moco Kidsco Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 43 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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