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Lb Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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$2.3MHousing & Shelter$2.2MSocial Science$1.4MEducation$754kCrime & Legal$543kCommunity Improvement$257kYouth Development$180kFood & Nutrition$151kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $243k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $941k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.7M
$86,025
Median grant
2
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY EFFECT$1,216,850
SOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$752,000
MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES$500,000
TIME SERVED$250,000
SOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$246,000
MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES$154,445
BEST SKILLS ACADEMY$150,000
POE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$110,450
FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS$100,000
BEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS$94,100
BEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS$86,025
BEAUTY MARKS$47,443
SAFE HARBOR INC$41,855
COLLEGE UNBOUND$37,771
GIRLUP GVL$35,640
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, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BETHLEHEM CENTER: $101k → 15%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $500k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $366k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $325k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $154k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $15k → 10%TIME SERVED: $250k → 10%TIME SERVED: $162k → 10%TIME SERVED: $6k → 10%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $100k → 10%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $23k → 10%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 14 repeat orgs$452k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$7.5M
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k 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
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalSocial ScienceFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SC
    SOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +54% · 35% of their budget
  • MV
    MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +43%
  • TS
    TIME SERVED
    2× · 2024–2025 · $418k · revenue +13% · 57% of their budget

Funded once

  • BC
    BETHLEHEM CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $101k · revenue +146%
  • JR
    JASMINE ROAD INC
    one grant, 2024 · $78k · revenue +16%
  • RO
    RIPPLE OF ONE
    one grant, 2024 · $69k · revenue +9%
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
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
2
South Carolina Victim Assistance Network

The south carolina victim assistance network's mission is to ensure crime victims receive access to, and assistance from the criminal and juvenile justice systems and related social service providers; to improve the quality of services…

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3
Battered But Not Broken

Teach a positive lifestyle and promote social, emotional and spiritual growth by providing housing and resources for women previously incarcerated who have suffered from drug and alcohol abuse or violent crimes. we strive to reduce…

Crime & Legal
4
Greenlight Family Services

Greenlight's mission is to achieve the best outcomes for families, young adults, and children by providing the highest quality services. its primary focus is to provide adoption and guardianship for children in the welfare system.

Human Services
5
South Carolina Empowerment Centre

SCEC launched to address the increasing challenges facing youth along with their families in generational poverty by providing support mentorship and services that encourage youth to realize their full potential.

Community Improvement
6
The Stride Center

As an innovative social enterprise, The Stride Center's mission is to empower men and women facing barriers to employment to achieve economic self-sufficiency. We provide a comprehensive career development program that includes job skills…

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7
Benevolence Farm

Benevolence farm seeks to cultivate leadership, promote sustainable livelihoods, and reap structural change with individuals impacted by the criminal legal system in north carolina.

Housing & Shelter
8
Southlight Healthcare Inc

Southlight healthcare provides access to high-quality mental health and substance use treatment, fostering a resilient community by supporting individuals in their recovery.

Health
9
Grace to Grow

We provide a recovery community that includes outpatient treatment and community support. Providing a hand-up, not a hand out through collaborative partnerships, housing and support services.

Health
10
Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Center Inc

Our mission is to provide compassionate support, resources, and advocacy for victims of violent crime. we are dedicated to empowering children, teens and adults in their journey to healing by offering a safe place, emotional care, and the…

Human Services
11
Beyond Abuse

To lead the community beyond sexual violence and child abuse through awareness, advocacy, and action.

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12
Cmtm-Children Matter the Most - Family Life Center

Our vision is to make a positive impact in our community by rebuilding strong family foundations. We create a safe fun and caring environment for children and provide parent training. Through counseling parenting classes and mentorship…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soteria Community Development Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Best Skills Academy. 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

21 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. 21 of the 25 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $1,359,670 · Human ServicesMILL VILLAGE MINISTRIESSAFE HARBOR INC: $597,255 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR INCTIME SERVED: $417,541 · Human ServicesTIME SERVEDFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $123,400 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM CENTER: $101,265 · Human ServicesSOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,167,849 · Crime & LegalSOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CO…JASMINE ROAD INC: $78,291 · Crime & LegalTHE FAMILY EFFECT: $1,425,235 · Social ScienceTHE FAMILY EFFECTPOE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $353,981 · EducationPOE MILL ACHIE…BEST SKILLS ACADEMY: $340,924 · EducationBEST SKILLS AC…BEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $257,438 · EducationBEL-AIRE COMMU…RIPPLE OF ONE: $68,734 · EducationRIPPLE OF ONEGirlUp GVL: $173,632 · Youth DevelopmentBeauty Marks for Girls: $47,443 · Youth Development+1 more: $4,417 · Youth DevelopmentGREENVILLE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $54,921 · OtherHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $42,625 · OtherSUNDAY DINNER WITH A TWIST LLC: $39,398 · OtherCollege Unbound: $37,771 · OtherAUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT: $21,750 · OtherWOMENS RIGHTS AND EMPLOWERMENT: $15,000 · Other+2 more: $7,000 · OtherTHE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC: $150,732 · Food & NutritionUNITY HEALTH ON MAIN: $32,519 · Health
Human Services$2,599,131Crime & Legal$2,246,140Social Science$1,425,235Education$1,021,077Youth Development$225,492Other$218,465Food & Nutrition$150,732Health$32,519

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOTERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,167,849 over 5y, 35% of budgetTHE FAMILY EFFECT: $1,425,235 over 4y, 13% of budgetMILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $1,359,670 over 4y, 16% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $597,255 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTIME SERVED: $417,541 over 2y, 57% of budgetPOE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $353,981 over 3y, 23% of budgetBEST SKILLS ACADEMY: $340,924 over 2y, 71% of budgetBEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $257,438 over 2y, 28% of budgetGirlUp GVL: $173,632 over 2y, 43% of budgetTHE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC: $150,732 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $123,400 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBETHLEHEM CENTER: $101,265 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetJASMINE ROAD INC: $78,291 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetRIPPLE OF ONE: $68,734 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetGREENVILLE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $54,921 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBeauty Marks for Girls: $47,443 over 1y, 39% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $42,625 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSUNDAY DINNER WITH A TWIST LLC: $39,398 over 2y, 20% of budgetCollege Unbound: $37,771 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITY HEALTH ON MAIN: $32,519 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetYOUTHBASE INC: $4,417 over 3y, 2.1% 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 Jolley FoundationSisk Foundation Bunco…United Way of Greenvi…Dabo's All in Team Fo…South Carolina Christ…Scsymmes FoundationGerrish H Milliken Fo…Scansource Charitable…Sisters of Charity Fo…Duke Energy FoundationCharity Ball Board of…Crane Fund for Widows…
The Jolley FoundationNV26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jolley Foundation · Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Duke Energy Foundation · Charity Ball Board of Greenville · Crane Fund for Widows and Children

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 Lb Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lb 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 25 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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