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Leroy and Helge Lamb Family Private Foundation at a glance

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Leroy and Helge Lamb Family Private Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$128k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$102kAnimals$84kHuman Services$79kEducation$68kArts & Culture$55kYouth Development$53kPublic Benefit$46kFood & Nutrition$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Glut1 Deficency Foundation$9,000
Houston Humane Society Wildlife Cen$6,000
BEAR League$6,000
Salvation Army Southern Nevada$6,000
Ronald McDonald House Houston$6,000
American Red Cross Southern Nevada$6,000
Ft Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels$6,000
PTSD Fdn of America Camp Hope Houst$6,000
Foriver Trukee River Watershed Coun$5,000
Federalist Society$5,000
Caring Sharing of South Walton$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities Grt$5,000
Gary Sinise Foundation$5,000
Southern NV Pub Tele KLVX Comms$5,000
Tahoe Truckee School of Music$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%A21 USA: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NV
CA
KY
TN
NC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$497k · 31 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
8

Total granted

$497k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+1%

Still filing today

77%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PF
    PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2017–2023 · $36k · revenue +118%
  • BL
    BEAR LEAGUE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +93%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • CB
    CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DEPARTMEN
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +10%
  • TR
    THE REFUGE FOR DMST
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -59%
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
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc

Building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
2
Girl Scouts of Utah

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
3
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
4
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest Southern New Mexico & West Texas Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

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5
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
6
Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
7
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence & character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
8
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc

Girl scouts builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

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9
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles

Girl scouts' mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. girl scouts of greater los angeles ("gsgla the "council "girl scouts"), the largest girl-serving nonprofit in southern…

Youth Development
10
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
11
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Johnson City Vol Fire Dept. 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

36 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. 36 of the 58 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/36
Grantees still filing
24/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEANDER ISD: $24,500 · OtherLEANDER ISDRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGAS: $23,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGASTHE SALVATION ARMY: $21,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYVIPER NATION ACADEMIC BOOSTER: $20,500 · OtherVIPER NATION ACADEMIC BOOSTERBig Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty: $19,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada CntyTEXAS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COALITION INC: $17,300 · OtherTEXAS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COALITION INCCROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH: $11,000 · OtherViperbots Friends & Family Inc: $16,500 · OtherViperbots Friends & Family IncTruckee River Watershed Council: $16,000 · OtherGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $11,500 · Other+27 more: $126,000 · Other+27 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $31,400 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD …GLUT1 Deficiency Foundation Inc: $25,000 · HealthGLUT1 Deficiency…CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $17,000 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS F…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $16,300 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITA…BEAR LEAGUE: $30,000 · AnimalsBEAR LEAGUEHUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE: $26,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCI…Kaya's K-9's: $2,500 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · AnimalsTahoe School of Music: $21,000 · Arts & CultureTahoe Sch…KVIE INC: $13,500 · Arts & CultureKVIE INCSOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION: $9,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN …CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCLARE BOO…+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CulturePTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $35,700 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Public BenefitFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $21,300 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,000 · Human ServicesA21 USA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$306,800Health$89,700Animals$60,500Arts & Culture$50,000Public Benefit$43,200Human Services$39,300Youth Development$20,500

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 budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $35,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $31,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBEAR LEAGUE: $30,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE: $26,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGLUT1 Deficiency Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGAS: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $21,300 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTahoe School of Music: $21,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetVIPER NATION ACADEMIC BOOSTER: $20,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty: $19,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTEXAS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COALITION INC: $17,300 over 5y, 24% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $17,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetViperbots Friends & Family Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $16,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTruckee River Watershed Council: $16,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKVIE INC: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLSTART: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DEPARTMEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA21 USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON CITY VOL FIRE DEPT: $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG CONSERVATIVES OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKaya's K-9's: $2,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 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.

United Way of Souther…Shell USA Company Fou…Austin Community Foun…Nevada Community Foun…Mgm Resorts FoundationBaker Hughes Foundati…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …Greater Houston Commu…Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
United Way of Southern NevadaNV17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Southern Nevada · Shell USA Company Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Leroy and Helge Lamb Family Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leroy and Helge Lamb Family Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get 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, FY20–25
    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.

    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 58 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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