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Lewis House Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$3k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

International$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kHuman Services$15kEducation$8kHealth$7kEnvironment$4kFood & Nutrition$4kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
13
States reached
$128k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$2,500
UN HIGH COMMAND FOR REFUGEES$2,000
JONNYCAKE CENTER$2,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,000
UNICEF USA$2,000
NARROW RIVER LAND TRUST$1,500
OXFAM AMERICA$1,000
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME$1,000
ANGEL FUND$1,000
SUDAN RELIEF FUND$1,000
THE CARTER CENTER$500
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$500
ACLU FOUNDATION$500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$500
CARE USA$500
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HELP OF OJAI: $253 → 10%IN-SIGHT RI: $500 → 7%MOUNTAIN SEED FOUNDATION: $100 → 6%HELP OF OJAI: $250 → 10%FRIENDS OF THE NARRAGANSETT LIBRARY: $150 → 7%GREATER DC DIAPER FUND: $100 → 8%HELP OF OJAI: $250 → 10%HOPE HEALTH: $150 → 14%FRIENDS OF THE NARRAGANSETT LIBRARY: $50 → 7%HOPE HEALTH: $150 → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: $1k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $150 → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $1k → 14%ADOPTION RI: $500 → 14%ADOPTION RI: $500 → 14%ADOPTION RI: $250 → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $250 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $100 → 14%PROVIDENCE RESCUE MISSION: $100 → 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

VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
MS
GA
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64k · 38 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
29

Total granted

$64k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

71%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthEnvironmentEducationFood & 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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +13%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $5k · revenue +36%
  • OXFAM-AMERICA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • AR
    ANIMINAL RESCUE RHODE ISLAND
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • WA
    WORKING AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +73%
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
8
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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9
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
10
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
11
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
12
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary 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

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 84 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
27/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $8,500 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INCSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $5,250 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTERUNICEF USA: $4,500 · OtherUNICEF USAUN HIGH COMMAND FOR REFUGEES: $3,500 · OtherUN HIGH COMMAND FOR REFUGEESIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+44 more: $15,700 · Other+44 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA IN…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $2,250 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF FUND INCAFRICA EXCHANGE PROJECT INC: $1,350 · InternationalAFRICA EXCHANGE PROJECT INCTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $1,250 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 · International+2 more: $600 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $1,250 · Human ServicesADOPTION …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …HELP OF OJAI INC: $753 · Human ServicesHELP OF O…IN-SIGHT: $500 · Human ServicesIN-SIGHTHOPEHEALTH: $450 · Human ServicesHOPEHEALT…CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $250 · Human Services+4 more: $600 · Human Services+4 moreANGEL FUND INC: $3,000 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $750 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $750 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $500 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthNarrow River Land Trust Inc: $3,250 · EnvironmentSAVE THE BAY INC: $300 · EnvironmentNARROW RIVER PRESERVATION ASSOC INC: $250 · EnvironmentBIKE NEWPORT: $250 · EnvironmentHOPEWELL FUND: $1,250 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $150 · PhilanthropyWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $500 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $500 · Education
Other$40,450International$22,950Human Services$6,803Health$5,150Environment$4,050Philanthropy$2,400Education$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $5,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNarrow River Land Trust Inc: $3,250 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FUND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICA EXCHANGE PROJECT INC: $1,350 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING AMERICA: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS FOR DEMOCRACY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $753 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN-SIGHT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEHEALTH: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S HOMELESS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIKE NEWPORT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY MUSEUM INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Narragansett Library: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND RESCUE MINISTRIES: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN SEED FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWoonsocket Cat Sanctuary Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…Amica Companies Found…Citizens Charitable F…The Champlin Foundati…Banknewport Charitabl…The Schein Family Fou…Centreville Savings B…Washington Trust Co C…United Way of Rhode I…Lincoln Financial Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · The Schein Family Foundation · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Lewis House Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lewis House Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Lewis House Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lewis House 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 84 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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