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Lillian Lincoln 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.

$5.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
99
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$900k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$4.8MEducation$4.1MInternational$3.8MFood & Nutrition$2.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.2MAnimals$1.1MHuman Services$930kReligion$793kOther$0
02FY2024 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $867k
  • $50k–250k37 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$30,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$82M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$900,000
MENLO COLLEGE$675,000
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE$150,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$150,000
OAKLAND ZOO$110,000
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
CALIF PACIFIC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$100,000
GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK OF MAINE$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$90,000
THE LIBRARY COMPANY$75,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND$75,000
CARIE$75,000
FEEDING AMERICA$65,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$60,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $588k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%Project Home: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $50k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $25k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 7%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 7%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 7%SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $60k → 10%Self-Help for the Elderly: $30k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $30k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $25k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $25k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $20k → 10%CHARITY CULTURAL SERVICES CENTER: $30k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $20k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $6k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $5k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $500 → 10%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

ME
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

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.

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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$18M · 133 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

133 repeat relationships — 90 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

133
37

Total granted

$18M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+2%

Still filing today

63%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $903k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman 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

  • SH
    SEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +466%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $575k · revenue +21%
  • CS
    CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AO
    AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $650k · revenue +180%
  • WH
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2018 · $500k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE USA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $464k · revenue -92% · 47% of their budget

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.

1
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
2
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
3
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
4
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
5
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
6
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
7
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
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
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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11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc and the most unlike its peers is University of Melbourne Usa Foundation. 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 backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterSenior Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Youth Sports ProgramsImmigrant Worker SupportWomen & Girls Leadership De…School District FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesCancer Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Developm…
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 37 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%9%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr11%30%35–55yr13%22%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/125
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,853

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.

04the grantee network

118 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. 118 of the 185 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/118
Grantees still filing
86/118
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MENLO COLLEGE — $675,000 · OtherMENLO COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient — $572,080 · OtherWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION — $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE USA FOUNDATION — $464,282 · OtherCalif Pacific Child Development Center — $460,000 · OtherHEALTH ACTION INTERNATIONAL — $438,880 · OtherSAMARITAN HOUSE — $435,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC — $410,000 · Other+109 more — $7,885,924 · Other+109 moreAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC — $650,000 · InternationalAMIGOS OF COS…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $575,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $256,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FO…International Rescue Committee INC — $179,000 · InternationalInternational…Save The Children Federation Inc — $150,000 · InternationalSave The Chil…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $131,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $127,000 · InternationalMETTA HEART INC — $125,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $92,520 · International+7 more — $164,200 · International+7 moreSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $1,270,000 · HealthSEQUOIA HOSP…MILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $370,000 · HealthMILLS-PENINS…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $270,000 · HealthPLANNED PARE…THE BEE FOUNDATION — $150,000 · HealthTHE BEE FOUN…A Cure in Sight — $100,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $100,000 · Health+7 more — $193,950 · Health+7 moreKALAMAZOO COLLEGE — $710,000 · EducationKALAMAZOO…WHEATON COLLEGE — $325,000 · EducationWHEATON C…Williams College — $213,500 · EducationWilliams …THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · EducationTHE BOARD…Marietta College — $140,000 · EducationMarietta …THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $76,000 · EducationTHE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA — $75,100 · Education+6 more — $92,150 · EducationCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $500,000 · Food & NutritionCHRONICLE…Feeding America — $405,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding A…Good Shepherd Food Bank — $300,000 · Food & NutritionGood Shep…WORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $250,000 · Food & NutritionWORCESTER…Project Open Hand — $152,000 · Food & NutritionProject O…Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank — $130,000 · Food & NutritionAlameda E…Philabundance — $100,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabund…Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA — $468,090 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC — $260,000 · AnimalsCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA — $150,000 · Animals+7 more — $85,000 · AnimalsSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY — $190,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME — $175,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $112,000 · Human ServicesPacifica Resource Center — $50,000 · Human ServicesWomens Division Christian Service Gum Moon Residence Hall — $41,000 · Human ServicesCharity Cultural Services Center — $30,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human Services
Other$11,841,166International$2,549,720Health$2,453,950Education$1,881,750Food & Nutrition$1,837,000Animals$963,090Human Services$608,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $1,270,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE — $710,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMENLO COLLEGE — $675,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC — $650,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $575,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $500,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA — $468,090 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE USA FOUNDATION — $464,282 over 1y, 47% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE — $435,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFeeding America — $405,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $370,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE — $325,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ADVOCACY FOR THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE ELDERLY — $325,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEMOVES — $275,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC — $260,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $256,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWilliams College — $213,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $195,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY — $190,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $179,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME — $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Mateo County Health Foundation — $160,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetProject Open Hand — $152,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA — $150,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BEE FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE — $150,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLIDE FOUNDATION — $144,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMarietta College — $140,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $131,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank — $130,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $127,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETTA HEART INC — $125,000 over 6y, 82% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $112,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Cure in Sight — $100,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds SEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MENLO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE USA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds MILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHEATON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ADVOCACY FOR THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds San Mateo County Health Foundation ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Gordon E and Betty I …Marin Community Found…United Way of the Bay…Jessie Cheng Charitab…Shp Christian Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Asian Pacific FundCathay Bank FoundationAtkinson FoundationJewish Community Fede…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA24.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Jessie Cheng Charitable Foundation · Shp Christian Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Asian Pacific Fund · Cathay Bank Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

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 Lillian Lincoln 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • East Lynne Theater Company — 12% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Wheaton College — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
  • Williams College — 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lillian Lincoln Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lillian Lincoln 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 185 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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