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Liautaud Family 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.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0180% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$5.1MHuman Services$1.4MAnimals$997kHealth$436kEnvironment$375kPhilanthropy$233kYouth Development$77kPublic Safety & Disaster$46kInternational$26kOther$2.3M
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$100,000
Median grant
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$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION$100,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $250k → 6%CHARITY WATER: $25k → 17%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $77k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $492k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $349k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $199k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 11% of Liautaud Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 19% of the giving stays in IL; read by stated purpose it is 10% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Liautaud Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.8M · 16 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
36

Total granted

$6.8M
$4.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+29%

Still filing today

88%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $500k · revenue +6%
  • CN
    CRISIS NURSERY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $315k · revenue +41%
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    3× · 2018–2020 · $300k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • BA
    Brewster Academygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +34%
  • YG
    Youth Guidancegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +121%
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC
    one grant, 2017 · $500k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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
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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3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
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Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
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The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
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World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
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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
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Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Kansas City Chapter Safari Club International Charitable Corp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Land Conservation Organizat…Public University Foundatio…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Animal Rescue and AdoptionYouth Development CentersYmca Community CentersVeteran Support ServicesGovernment Accountability R…Christian Missionary Organi…Independent K-8 SchoolsCancer Support OrganizationsCommunity Health CentersChild and Family ServicesAt-Risk Youth Mentoring
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%10%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr16%48%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 10% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/42
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,523

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
32/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $1,381,858 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INCBrewster Academy — $1,003,302 · EducationBrewster AcademyYouth Guidance — $1,000,000 · EducationYouth GuidanceJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITYTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $500,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION+3 more — $249,957 · EducationMAYO CLINIC — $500,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICDUCKS UNLIMITED INC — $382,047 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED INCCRISIS NURSERY — $315,000 · OtherCRISIS NURSERYLURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $300,492 · OtherLURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALTURNING POINT USA INC — $200,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $161,678 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS F…AMERICA'S CHARITIES — $97,817 · Other+21 more — $491,207 · Other+21 moreCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC — $1,367,089 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTHERN …+1 more — $25,203 · Human ServicesMULE DEER FOUNDATION — $498,670 · AnimalsMULE DEER …SPORTSMEN FOR FISH & WILDLIFE INC — $224,796 · AnimalsSPORTSMEN …Eco Defense Group — $150,000 · AnimalsEco Defens…FARM WAY SANCTUARY INC — $98,567 · AnimalsFARM WAY S…+1 more — $25,101 · AnimalsAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — $300,378 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $125,544 · Health+1 more — $10,014 · HealthHARPETH CONSERVANCY — $250,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC — $125,000 · EnvironmentTHE FERRARI FOUNDATION — $100,000 · PhilanthropyALL IN ALL THE TIME — $100,000 · PhilanthropyBREES DREAM FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $7,500 · Philanthropy
Education$5,135,117Other$2,448,241Human Services$1,392,292Animals$997,134Health$435,936Environment$375,000Philanthropy$232,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $1,381,858 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC — $1,367,089 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetBrewster Academy — $1,003,302 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetYouth Guidance — $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMULE DEER FOUNDATION — $498,670 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCRISIS NURSERY — $315,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — $300,378 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARPETH CONSERVANCY — $250,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetSPORTSMEN FOR FISH & WILDLIFE INC — $224,796 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $161,678 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEco Defense Group — $150,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $125,544 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC — $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOLS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FERRARI FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFARM WAY SANCTUARY INC — $98,567 over 4y, 50% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES — $97,817 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $26,037 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies — $25,512 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $25,203 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BONOBOS — $25,101 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREES DREAM FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $24,957 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $10,014 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKW CHAMPAIGN CARES — $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Shell USA Company Fou…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY12.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Liautaud Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get 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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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