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Learning for Life

Learning for Life is a character education program designed to support schools and community- based organizations in their efforts to prepare youth to successfully handle the complexities of our contemporary society.

$264k
Granted FY2019
7
Grants FY2019
7
States reached
$53k
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, FY2017 to 2019.

Youth Development$203k
02FY2019 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $117,299, the rows itemized in this filing. The $263,510 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $146,211 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k3 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$10,750
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIRCLE TEN CNCL 571$52,775
CONNECTICUT RIVERS CNCL #66$14,605
GREATER NEW YORK CNCL NO 640$12,024
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN CNCL NO 557$10,750
SAMOSET CNCL #627$9,785
CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL No 160$9,585
PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL$7,775
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%California Inland Empire Council: $15k → 14%CIRCLE TEN CNCL 571: $53k → 14%South Florida Council: $17k → 15%SAMOSET CNCL #627: $10k → 11%CONNECTICUT RIVERS CNCL #66: $15k → 11%GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN CNCL NO 557: $11k → 12%Middle Tennessee Council: $8k → 14%CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL No 160: $10k → 16%PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL: $8k → 14%Circle Ten Council: $14k → 14%Samoset Council: $9k → 11%Connecticut Rivers Council: $7k → 11%Crossroads of America Council: $9k → 16%Circle Ten Council: $5k → 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

IL
WI
NY
IN
CT
CA
TN
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$132k · 4 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -9% since the first grant, against -32% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
3

Total granted

$132k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
-32%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 571 CIRCLE TEN COUNCIL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $72k · revenue +18%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $22k · revenue -9%
  • BO
    BOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA 627 SAMOSET COUNCIL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $19k · revenue -23%

Funded once

  • SF
    SOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue -32%
  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -38%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -19%
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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Boy Scouts of America 388 Greater Hudson Valley Council

It is the mission of scouting america, greater hudson valley council, inc. to deliver the highest-quality, values-based youth program of character development and leadership training, based upon the precepts embodied in the scout oath and…

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2
Suffolk County Council Boy Scouts of America

The mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and scout law.

Youth Development
3
Central Mn Council of Boy Scouts of America

It is the mission of the boy scouts of america to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the scout law and oath.

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4
Grand Canyon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

The mission of scouting america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. (continued on schedule o)programs of scouting america and grand…

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5
Boy Scouts of America 624 Gateway Area Council

To prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.

Youth Development
6
Boy Scouts of America Sagamore Council 162

The corporation shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of…

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7
Patriots' Path Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

Provide youth services through the execution of the charter of the national council boy scouts of america.

Youth Development
8
Boy Scouts of America 0218 Pine Tree Council Inc

Prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling the values of the scout oath & law.

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9
Boy Scouts of America Council No 604 Blue Mountain Council Inc

To promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the…

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10
Great Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc

To prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.

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11
Boy Scouts of America Tuscarora Council

To try and prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them values of the scout oath and law.

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12
Sioux Council Boy Scouts of America Inc

The mission of the boy scouts of america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.scout oath:on my honor, i will do my best to do my duty…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Rivers Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boy Scouts of America 560 Middle Tennessee. 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

10 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.

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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
2/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 571 CIRCLE TEN COUNCIL: $72,309 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 571 CIRCLE TEN COUNCILGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $12,024 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $10,750 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TR…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $8,420 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEEBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INC: $21,870 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INCBOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA 627 SAMOSET COUNCIL: $18,940 · OtherBOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA 627 SAMOSET COUNCILCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $18,785 · OtherCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCSOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,250 · OtherSOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICACALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $14,751 · OtherCALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMER…PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,775 · OtherPATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Youth Development$103,503Other$99,371

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 571 CIRCLE TEN COUNCIL: $72,309 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INC: $21,870 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA 627 SAMOSET COUNCIL: $18,940 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $18,785 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA INLAND EMPIRE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $14,751 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $12,024 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $10,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $8,420 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,775 over 1y, 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.

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 10 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $44k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2019, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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