· Public charity
Lend A Helping Can Inc
LAHC was created to collect donations and distribute money to Not For Profit food banks and homeless shelters in New England.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $352k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $32,000 |
| Families in Transition | $32,000 |
| Crossroads House | $32,000 |
| VT Food Bank | $32,000 |
| My Friends Place | $32,000 |
| NH Food Bank | $32,000 |
| Salvation Army | $32,000 |
| Community Partners | $32,000 |
| Davids House | $32,000 |
| Rockingham Community Action | $32,000 |
| Salvation Army | $32,000 |
| Got Lunch Ashland-Holderness | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
| Got Lunch Campton-Thornton | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CRCross Roads House Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $144k · revenue +70%
- DHDAVID'S HOUSE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $144k · revenue +230%
- MFMY FRIEND'S PLACE5× · 2020–2024 · $144k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- GLGOT LUNCH LACONIAone grant, 2023 · $8k
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.
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.
Joans Pantry provides free food to those in need in our community We receive food from USDA and the NH Food Bank and also purchase food to supplement what we get for free
Feed Every Need is fighting hunger and food insecurity in Vermont by providing prepared meals to partner organizations for distribution to htose in need.
CityHope walks with individuals and families, empowering and equipping them with the necessary resources and skills needed to thrive in their communities. By providing support services to those experiencing financial hardships and housing…
Provide food clothing and comfort to the homeless in So NH
Food Security
Groundworks collaborative, inc. provides emergency shelter, housing assistance & a food shelf for homeless persons.
Southern New Hampshire Health is dedicated to providing exceptional care that improves the health and well-being of individuals and communities we serve.
We advocate to end food insecurity, improve equitable access to nutritious food, and address hunger's root causes for all new hampshire residents.
Heart of Maine Resource Center was founded in 2018 to bridge persistan gaps in access to food and supportive services for neighbors in the greater Dexter ME area. Transending the current community barrie
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lend A Helping Can Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lend A Helping Can Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
How this is measured
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