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Lego Community Fund US Inc at a glance

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Lego Community Fund US Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$70k
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 2024.

Education$4.4MArts & Culture$3.8MYouth Development$1.9MScience & Tech$1.6MHuman Services$1.5MCivil Rights$550kEmployment$500kFood & Nutrition$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k34 grants · $16k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOODSHARE INC$69,500
JDRF$2,295
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$1,738
GIRL SCOUTS OF CONNECTICUT INC$1,500
FOURTH OF JULY TOWN CELEBRATION COMMITTEE INC$1,000
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC$500
RILEY'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION$500
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$500
HANDS ON HARTFORD MANNA PROGRAM$500
YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND$500
HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY$500
FAMILYAID BOSTON INC$500
LONGMEADOW LITTLE LEAGUE$500
WEST END HOUSE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $75k → 8%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY DBA SQUARE ONE: $310k → 17%SHE'S THE FIRST: $100 → 17%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN: $250k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $500 → 22%KIDS CAMPAIGN INC: $175 → 11%NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COLOMBIAN CHILDREN: $25 → 7%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $75k → 8%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY DBA SQUARE ONE: $200k → 17%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $75k → 8%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY DBA SQUARE ONE: $200k → 17%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN: $75k → 11%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $125k → 9%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY DBA SQUARE ONE: $150k → 17%SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $200 → 17%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $125k → 9%GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $100 → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $80 → 11%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $150 → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $236k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $200k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $119k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $119k → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $350 → 11%CONNECTICUT COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $500 → 11%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

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
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.
$13M · 50 repeat orgs$985k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
53

Total granted

$13M
$978k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & 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

  • SF
    SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.8M · revenue +125%
  • MW
    MUSIC WILL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $900k · revenue +0%
  • SD
    SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $860k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EXPLORATORIUM
    one grant, 2022 · $405k · revenue -20%
  • TC
    THE CHILDRENS MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $245k · revenue +42%
  • EW
    ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +27%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
3
Cold Spring School Inc

Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.

Education
4
Stamford Charter School for Excellence

The stamford charter school for excellence prepares young people in stamford, connecticut to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social,…

Education
5
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
6
The Charles River School Inc

A pre-kindergarten through grade 8 independent school committed to academic excellence and the joy of childhood, fostering intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and the development of the whole child.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
11
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
12
Providence Children's Museum

The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Childrens Museum; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

86 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. 86 of the 128 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/86
Grantees still filing
55/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSIC WILL INC: $900,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WILL INCAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $475,000 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUMDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $470,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLACE INCChicago Children's Museum: $463,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Children's MuseumDUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $461,025 · Arts & CultureDUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUMCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $457,620 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INCMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $456,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INCTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $405,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATORIUMChildrens Creativity Museum: $358,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Creativity MuseumTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $245,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Museum of Richmond: $217,075 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $7,870 · Arts & CultureSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $1,800,000 · EducationSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPP…PROTEUS FUND INC: $500,060 · EducationPROTEUS FUND INCYEAR UP INC: $500,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $310,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN…CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS INC: $288,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF S…ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC+5 more: $2,154 · EducationSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $860,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD DAY NU…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $673,340 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRIST…THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $325,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE FOR FA…Social Impact Partners Inc: $250,000 · Human ServicesSocial Impact Part…FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST PAR…+9 more: $2,255 · Human ServicesCAMP COURANT INC: $425,000 · OtherCAMP COURANT IN…SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA: $411,000 · OtherSCIENCE MUSEUM …TOWN OF ENFIELD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $400,000 · OtherTOWN OF ENFIELD…EASTCONN REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER INCORPORATED: $229,000 · OtherEASTCONN REGION…FOODSHARE INC: $198,580 · OtherFOODSHARE INCENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $138,874 · OtherENFIELD PUBLIC …+72 more: $117,719 · Other+72 moreTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $800,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BROTHER…THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $444,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS AN…HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS NA…+2 more: $30,020 · Youth DevelopmentGLSEN INC: $100,040 · Civil Rights+1 more: $105 · Civil RightsTHE TOY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $300 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$4,915,590Education$3,600,214Human Services$2,335,595Other$1,920,173Youth Development$1,524,520Civil Rights$100,145Community Improvement$10,300

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 budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $1,800,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $900,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $860,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $800,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN HARTFORD INC: $673,340 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $500,060 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $475,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $470,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $463,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $461,025 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $457,620 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $456,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $444,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP COURANT INC: $425,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $405,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildrens Creativity Museum: $358,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $325,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $310,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS INC: $288,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $250,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetSocial Impact Partners Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $245,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $225,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $217,075 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $198,580 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGLSEN INC: $100,040 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,944 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOURTH OF JULY TOWN CELEBRATION COMMITTEE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $2,685 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlayhouse Theatre Group Inc: $1,420 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,238 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gray House Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCanyon Rim Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWOOD LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $840 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY AT CHARLEMONT INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDRAMA STUDIO INCORPORATED: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIFTS OF LOVE INC: $530 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW NORTH CITIZENS COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Hartford Foundation f…Aetna Foundation IncFarmington Bank Commu…Peoples United Commun…The William and Alice…Liberty Bank Foundati…Burton & Phyllis Hoff…Sandra & Arnold Chase…The Maximilian E and …The Beveridge Family …Community Foundation …J Walton Bissell Foun…
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT28.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Aetna Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · J Walton Bissell 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 Lego Community Fund US Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lego Community Fund US Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Alianza Dv Services Inc: 82% of income from government
  • New North Citizens Council Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Springfield Day Nursery Corporation: 61% of income from government
  • Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: 54% of income from government
  • The Village for Families and Children: 50% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Eastconn Regional Educational Service Center Incorporated: 13% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Museum of Discovery and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Drama Studio Incorporated: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Childrens Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Association of Schools Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Lego Community Fund US Inc?

Find your warmest path to Lego Community Fund US 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 128 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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