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Liana Foundation Inc

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.

$221k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$102MArts & Culture$521kPhilanthropy$272kHousing & Shelter$104kReligion$86kInternational$83kFood & Nutrition$68kHealth$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$57M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL$50,000
POETS & WRITERS$35,000
UTAH FILM CENTER$25,000
COMMUNITY FDN OF JACKSON HOLE$20,000
NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION$15,000
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS$10,000
GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSN$10,000
RI COMMUNTIY FOOD BANK$10,000
FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES$10,000
MORY'S PRESERVATION INC$5,000
NEW HAVEN READS$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000
CAVAN KERRY PRESS$5,000
GRAYWOLF PRESS$5,000
HOLY LAND CHRISTIANS SOCIETY$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%federal hill house: $3k → 14%LIFE CAMP: $10k → 5%MARINE CORP'S HERITAGE FDN: $50k → 7%world food program usa: $3k → 14%LIFE CAMP: $5k → 5%LIFE CAMP: $5k → 5%LIFE CAMP: $5k → 5%LIFE CAMP: $5k → 5%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
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
NM
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$102M · 19 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
28

Total granted

$102M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+7%

Still filing today

63%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionInternationalOther
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

  • TA
    THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $98k · revenue +91%
  • GP
    GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $80k · revenue +39%
  • ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $70k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WHEELER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue +2%
  • BP
    BEING PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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 Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
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
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
6
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
7
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
8
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
9
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
10
Princeton University Press

Our fundamental mission is to bring scholarly ideas to the world. we publish books that connect authors and readers across spheres of knowledge to advance and enrich the human conversation. we embrace the highest standards in our…

Arts & Culture
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Academy of American Poets Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 56 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)
42/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YALE UNIVERSITY: $80,004,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $20,035,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY+26 more: $1,570,331 · OtherTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $1,000,000 · EducationNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $40,000 · Education+3 more: $31,000 · EducationTHE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC: $97,500 · Arts & CultureGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePOETS AND WRITERS INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCAVANKERRY PRESS LTD: $33,000 · Arts & CultureGRAYWOLF PRESS: $32,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMORY'S PRESERVATION INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePOETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $239,000 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $7,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesLIFE CAMP INC: $30,000 · Human Services+2 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC: $70,000 · ReligionHOLY LAND CHRISTIANS SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · ReligionREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 · InternationalSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 · International
Other$101,609,331Education$1,071,000Arts & Culture$378,500Philanthropy$271,500Human Services$85,000Religion$75,000International$55,000

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 budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $239,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC: $97,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $80,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $40,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetPOETS AND WRITERS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAVANKERRY PRESS LTD: $33,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetGRAYWOLF PRESS: $32,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE CAMP INC: $30,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMORY'S PRESERVATION INC: $22,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $22,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPROTECTION & EDUCATION RE ANIMALS CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $17,281 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST: $11,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTaos Art Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANK LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterConnections 21: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPEAPACK GLADSTONE FIRE CO 1 INC: $250 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Community Foundation …The Poetry FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Just Buffalo Literary…Hawthornden FoundationThe Brooks FoundationBerkshire Taconic Com…Greater Washington Co…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Poetry Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc · Hawthornden Foundation · The Brooks Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Liana Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Liana Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Cavankerry Press Ltd: 24% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Life Camp Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Liana Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Liana Foundation 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 56 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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