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Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation at a glance

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Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren 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.

$696k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$743kHealth$205kSocial Science$200kRecreation & Sports$90kCivil Rights$20kEnvironment$9kYouth Development$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $212k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $450k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Theatre in America Inc$175,000
Brookings Institution$100,000
Brooklyn Academy Of Music$75,000
Brown University$50,000
British Schools and Universities Foundation Inc$50,000
Whitney Museum Of American Art$35,000
Friends Of The High Line$30,000
Joyce Theater Foundation$26,500
Friends Of Hudson River Park$25,000
University of Virginia (Darden Annual Fund)$25,000
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America$25,000
Americans For Oxford Inc$10,000
MiracleFeet$10,000
Racing Thoughts Inc$5,000
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 (FY22–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Bellport Area Community Action Committee: $5k → 7%The Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area: $5k → 7%The Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area: $3k → 7%Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport Area: $1k → 7%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 27 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
10

Total granted

$2.2M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+17%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NT
    NATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $570k · revenue +39%
  • BA
    BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $410k · revenue +78%
  • TB
    THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AA
    American Associates of Royal National Theater
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $31k
  • UO
    University of Virginia
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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.

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Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
2
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
6
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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7
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
8
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
9
Bow Street Theatre Trust
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10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
12
Arthur Miller Foundation

To honor the legacy of the great american playwright, arthur miller, and his new york city public school education, the arthur miller foundation (the "foundation") increases equitable access to quality theater education for public school…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of Eton College. 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

28 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. 28 of the 42 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)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $570,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INCWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $140,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $135,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INCJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $80,550 · Arts & Culture+6 moreBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $410,000 · OtherBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ETON COLLEGE: $125,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ETON COLLEGEUniversity of Virginia (Darden Annual Fund): $100,000 · OtherUniversity of Virginia (Darden Annua…American Associates of Royal National Theater: $100,000 · OtherAmerican Associates of Royal Nationa…Individual grant recipient: $31,000 · OtherBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUND…+17 more: $86,680 · Other+17 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $401,500 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $200,000 · Social SciencePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 · HealthMIRACLEFEET: $50,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $70,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $40,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INC: $90,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$962,050Other$902,680Community Improvement$401,500Social Science$200,000Health$130,000Education$111,000Recreation & Sports$90,000

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 budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $570,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $410,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $401,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ETON COLLEGE: $125,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRacing Thoughts Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMABOU MINES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE BELLPORT AREA INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF BELLPORT BAY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $5,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES NY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOST-MORROW FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELLPORT-BROOKHAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $200 over 2y, 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.

The Gardener Foundati…Select Equity Group F…The New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Gardener Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gardener Foundation Inc · Select Equity Group Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren 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 42 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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