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Life Time Foundation

Through financial grants and direct action, we support youth nutrition by helping schools serve wholesome, nourishing, minimally processed food to students; youth movement by championing physical movement programs that get children active and excited to move for life; and a healthy planet by supporting forestation and conservation…

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$300k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.2MEnvironment$1.5MYouth Development$899kEducation$297kRecreation & Sports$50k
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $289k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $702k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$38,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FORESTS$300,000
THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NYC DOE$150,000
ONE TREE PLANTED INC$100,000
WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS$100,000
NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING ASSOCIATION$100,000
ELIASSEN GROUP$90,959
NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK$61,480
THE EDUCATION FUND$50,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$50,000
CITY PARKS FOUNDATIOATION$45,000
CITY PARKS FOUNDATIOATION$40,000
SUGI FOUNDATION$38,000
SWAN SOLUTIONS LLC$35,063
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$29,500
MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $364k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK: $61k → 10%NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK: $61k → 10%NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK A PROJECT OF TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $236k → 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
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
DC
AL
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 19 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
44

Total granted

$4.1M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+29%

Still filing today

42%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $634k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • TF
    THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +32%
  • WI
    WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $314k · revenue +544%
  • CA
    CHEF ANN FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $290k · revenue +781%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +24%
  • DP
    DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue -1%
  • US
    URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $236k · revenue +146% · 25% of their budget
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
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
2
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
3
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
4
National Park Foundation

As the official philanthropic partner of the national park service, the national park foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance america's national parks for present and future generations.

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5
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
6
New Schools Fund

To improve public education by identifying and supporting the most promising education ventures in the country, and creating a nationwide network of education entrepreneurs committed to closing the achievement gap.

Education
7
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
8
Camp Fire Minnesota

With nature as our catalyst, we energize youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
9
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
10
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc

Eff is a nonprofit social impact fund that believes all children deserve a quality education. we empower high-performing public charter schools with equitable access to low-cost, long-term financing by innovatively combining…

Education
11
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; the most unlike its peers is Native Strength Revolution 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

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 75 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $1,046,697 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCDenver Public Schools: $504,984 · OtherDenver Public SchoolsCincinnati City School District: $433,406 · OtherCincinnati City School DistrictLAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $300,623 · OtherLAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTSWAN SOLUTIONS LLC: $206,563 · OtherSWAN SOLUTIONS LLCNATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING ASSOCIATION: $200,000 · OtherCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $160,500 · Other+46 more: $982,927 · Other+46 moreNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AN…CHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $289,844 · EducationCHEF ANN …AUSTIN PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationAUSTIN PU…CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $91,005 · EducationCHILDREN …THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $50,000 · EducationTHE EDUCA…MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $47,693 · Education+4 moreAmerican Forests: $300,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100,000 · EnvironmentSUGi FOUNDATION: $38,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUND: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $16,000 · EnvironmentURBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $236,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $127,959 · Human ServicesDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $13,560 · PhilanthropyWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $313,687 · Health
Other$3,835,700Animals$1,000,000Education$598,542Environment$474,000Human Services$363,959Philanthropy$363,560Health$313,687

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 budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $1,046,697 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $313,687 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetAmerican Forests: $300,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $289,844 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetURBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $236,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetNATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING ASSOCIATION: $200,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $160,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $127,959 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $91,005 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUGi FOUNDATION: $38,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BICYCLING ASSOCIATION - COLORADO: $17,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $16,693 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOPPET FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARYLAND STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNETBALL AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetFAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SCORES: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN MINNESOTA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBolder Options: $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEmporia Community Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH CLUB OF TRINIDAD INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMY TOWN MIRACLES INC: $6,060 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetDRIVEN FOUNDATION: $5,022 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 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.

Share Our StrengthGenYOUTH IncorporatedProject Lead the Way …For Inspiration and R…Round It Up America I…Good Sports IncProject Lead the Way …Dick's Sporting Goods…Save the Music Founda…Digital Promise GlobalThe Mr Holland's Opus…Southern Poverty Law …
Share Our StrengthDC39.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Share Our Strength · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Project Lead the Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Round It Up America Inc · Good Sports Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Save the Music Foundation · Digital Promise Global · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · Southern Poverty Law Center 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 Life Time Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Life Time Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report 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
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 Life Time Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Life Time 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 75 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 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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