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Lincoln Dynamic 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.

$389k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$1.2MEnvironment$242kHealth$203kHuman Services$99kHousing & Shelter$83kArts & Culture$81kYouth Development$73kPhilanthropy$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $256k
$5,183
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION$200,000
CLIMATE MOBILIZATION PROJECT$56,250
GREEN OUR PLANET$25,000
DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$25,000
STARTEMPOWERMENT$17,225
CORE POWERED BY THE ROGERS FOUNDATION$15,275
THE OBODO COLLECTIVE INC$15,000
COOL EFFECT$5,183
COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION$5,000
FOSTER KINSHIP$5,000
NEVADA NEWS BUREA INC$5,000
ONE DROP FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
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 (FY21–24, $153k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $5k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $363 → 12%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $2k → 13%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $58k → 13%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $27k → 13%FOSTER KINSHIP: $15k → 13%FOSTER KINSHIP: $10k → 13%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%FOSTER KINSHIP: $5k → 13%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%BABY'S BOUNTY: $10k → 13%BABY'S BOUNTY: $3k → 13%PRIDE TREE: $5k → 13%PROJECT 150: $1k → 13%THERE IS NO HERO IN HEROIN FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%SERVING OUR KIDS FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 28 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
28

Total granted

$1.9M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+19%

Still filing today

68%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +95%
  • NP
    NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
    4× · 2020–2023 · $75k · revenue +59%
  • GA
    Grant A Gift Autism Foundation
    4× · 2019–2022 · $70k · revenue +401%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • AS
    AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS GREATER LAS VEGAS INNER-CITY GAMES
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -2%
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.

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Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Nevada Kids Foundation Inc

The nevada kids foundation is a children's non profit that provides essential items and resources to the struggling youth in our communities. our goal is to empower children to live a life with greater hope, freedom, and opportunities for…

Human Services
3
Nevada Peer Support Network Inc
Health
4
Nevada Child Seekers

Nevada child seekers mission is to advocate for and engage in prevention, identification and location efforts on behalf of missing and exploited children.

Crime & Legal
5
Jobs for Nevadas Graduates Inc

Jobs for nevadas graduates has a mission to empower young people with the skills and support to succeed in education, employment, and life.

Education
6
Nevada Succeeds

Our membership is united in pursuit of immediate and continuous improvements to the state's education system. we support an ambitious, agressive and comprehensive reform agenda to dramatically increase the college and workforce readiness…

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7
Green Chips Dba Impact Nv

Founded in 2008, ImpactNV has served as an independent nonprofit comprised of Nevadas public and private entities and NGOs. The goal of this alliance is to make Nevada and its communities more environmentally, economically and socially…

Environment
8
Prevent Child Trafficking Nevada Dba Alliance for Child Protection

Our mission is to prevent child trafficking by empowering young people to protect themselves and by educating and engaging the community to recognize the signs and to take safe and responsible action.

Education
9
Educate Nevada Now

Educate Nevada Now (ENN) is a non-partisan education policy organization focused on ensuring that every Nevada child has access to a quality education, regardless of their family income or circumstances. ENN strives to make fair and…

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10
Kids Chance of Nevada

Kids Chance of Nevada provides college and technical scholarships to the children of parents who have been killed or severely injured in a workplace accident in Nevada.

Education
11
Nevada Hands & Voices

To support, encourage and educate families of deaf and hard of hearing children to empower them to make choices that will enable their children to achieve their full potential.

Education
12
Communities in Schools of Nevada Inc

Communities in schools of nevada, inc. (the organization) was originally established in 1992 as cities of schools of las vegas, but remained relatively dormant until 2003 when it reestablished its mission to coincide with the national…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leaders in Training; the most unlike its peers is Critical Care Comics. 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

43 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. 43 of the 63 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
27/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,041,138 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION+5 more: $46,275 · EducationNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMLESS YOUT: $55,000 · OtherNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR …THE NATURAL CONSERVANCY OF NEVADA: $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURAL CONSERVANCY…SAFE NEST: $25,000 · OtherSAFE NESTIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…EYE CARE 4 KIDS NEVADA: $20,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF NEVADA WILDERNESS: $20,000 · OtherGLOBAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: $16,000 · OtherAFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS GREATER LAS VEGAS INNER-CITY GAMES: $15,000 · OtherTHE OBODO COLLECTIVE INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE JUST ONE PROJECT: $54,600 · OtherTHE JUST ONE PROJECTTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FO…Start Empowerment Inc: $17,225 · OtherBRIDGE TO TURKIYE: $16,000 · Other+21 more: $80,931 · Other+21 moreClimate Mobilization Project Inc: $89,250 · EnvironmentClimate M…Cool Effect Inc: $49,642 · EnvironmentCool Effe…GREEN OUR PLANET: $35,000 · EnvironmentGREEN OUR…+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentCOLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $91,506 · Human ServicesFOSTER KINSHIP: $30,150 · Human ServicesBABY'S BOUNTY: $13,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $5,363 · Human Services+5 more: $13,000 · Human ServicesGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $69,999 · HealthFUTURE SMILES: $8,000 · HealthThe Ability Center of Southern Nevada Inc: $7,500 · Health+2 more: $1,227 · HealthNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPELINK OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $35,100 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,087,413Other$419,756Environment$174,892Human Services$153,019Health$86,726Housing & Shelter$80,000Arts & Culture$60,600

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,041,138 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $91,506 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetClimate Mobilization Project Inc: $89,250 over 5y, 25% of budgetNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $75,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $69,999 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JUST ONE PROJECT: $54,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCool Effect Inc: $49,642 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $35,100 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGREEN OUR PLANET: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCORE POWERED BY THE ROGERS FOUNDATION: $30,275 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFOSTER KINSHIP: $30,150 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEVADA WILDERNESS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetStart Empowerment Inc: $17,225 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBRIDGE TO TURKIYE: $16,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBABY'S BOUNTY: $13,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10,157 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFUTURE SMILES: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ability Center of Southern Nevada Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHARITIES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $5,363 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPELINK OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA NEWS BUREAU INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPride Tree: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetLEADERS IN TRAINING: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHERE IS NO HERO IN HEROIN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVEGAS STRONGER: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION: $2,671 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSERVING OUR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRACE GLOBAL: $1,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT 150: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA DE LUZ: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $727 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRITICAL CARE COMICS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA LAS VEGAS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHORSES 4 HEROES: $165 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.

NV Energy Charitable …United Way of Souther…Nevada Community Foun…Mondays DarkSpeedway Children's C…Canarelli Family Foun…Wynn Resorts Foundati…Engelstad Family Foun…Mgm Resorts FoundationVegas Golden Knights …Raiders Foundation NvThree Square
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV48.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Mondays Dark · Speedway Children's Charities · Canarelli Family Foundation · Wynn Resorts Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Raiders Foundation Nv · Three Square

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 Lincoln Dynamic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lincoln Dynamic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report 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.

    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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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