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Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3,159
Grants FY2025still arriving
49
States reached
$250k
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 2025.

Education$8.0MArts & Culture$6.5MHuman Services$6.5MYouth Development$5.9MPhilanthropy$5.5MFood & Nutrition$5.2MHousing & Shelter$4.1MCommunity Improvement$2.5MOther$0
02FY2025 · 3159 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2913 grants · $969k
  • $10k–50k214 grants · $5.1M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$100
Median grant
49
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC$247,534
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$150,000
JALEN HURTS FOUNDATION$125,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$100,000
UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC$100,000
The HistoryMakers$100,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC$100,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN INDIANA$90,000
Heights Philadelphia$90,000
Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley Inc$85,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA INC$80,000
THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA$75,000
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS$75,000
YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC$72,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $6.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Partners Ending Homelessness: $53k → 16%Catholic Charities New Hampshire: $35k → 7%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35k → 16%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $35k → 7%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35k → 16%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35k → 16%YWCA Northeast Indiana Inc: $150k → 12%NH Catholic Charities: $35k → 7%PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $35k → 16%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $100k → 12%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $35k → 7%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $90k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $65k → 14%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $80k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $75k → 12%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35k → 16%Lifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $45k → 12%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35k → 16%AGING AND IN-HOME SERVICES OF NE IN: $40k → 12%AGING AND IN-HOME SERVICES OF NE IN: $40k → 12%AGING AND INHOME SERVICES OF NE IN: $40k → 12%AGING AND IN-HOME SERVICES OF NE IN: $40k → 12%Women's Center for Advancement: $38k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $35k → 12%Youth Emergency Services Inc: $35k → 12%Project HOME: $45k → 22%Hands on Hartford Inc: $61k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $35k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $35k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $35k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $35k → 11%Interfaith Hospitality Network of Gr Fort Wayne: $53k → 12%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $35k → 11%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAY: $45k → 12%AGING AND INHOME SERVICES OF NE IN: $40k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF G REATER FORT WA: $40k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAY: $35k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF G REATER FORT WA: $35k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $72k → 12%Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness: $38k → 11%People's Emergency Center: $44k → 22%METROPOLITAN YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $45k → 12%YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne: $45k → 12%SCAN Inc: $38k → 12%Greensboro Urban Ministry Inc: $45k → 16%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

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OR
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WY
SD
IA
IN
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CA
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CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48M · 1272 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

1272 repeat relationships: 721 still active in FY2025, 551 since wound down; 123 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1272
573

Total granted

$48M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+12%

Still filing today

85%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $591k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CH
    COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $614k · revenue +12%
  • TH
    THE HISTORYMAKERS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +41%
  • HP
    HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $585k · revenue +306%

Funded once

  • GC
    GREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -28%
  • GC
    Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
  • AC
    AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURANCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
2
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic

Advancing health through research, education, clinical practice, and community partnerships; providing each person the best care in the right place, at the right time, every time.

Health
3
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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4
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
5
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
6
United Food Bank

Uniting communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Furman University

Furman university is an institution of higher education providing distinctive undergraduate education emphasizing an engaged approach combining classroom learning with real world experiences and self-discovery.

Education
8
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

Central maine healthcare corporation supports its affiliated healthcare institutions in order for these entities to provide exceptional healthcare services.

Health
9
Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma city university prepares all learners to create, lead and serve.

Education
10
Emmanuel College

Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with over 2,046 undergraduate and graduate students.

Education
11
United States Naval Institute

To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.

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12
Arbor Research Collaborative for

To improve patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sesame Workshop. 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

1637 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. 1637 of the 2,000 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
307
Early backer (in before they grew)
1611/1637
Grantees still filing
1134/1637
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $675,000 · Other+90 more: $15,933,221 · Other+90 moreYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $572,284 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEAST I…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $367,784 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $267,500 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $246,690 · Human ServicesPARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $222,500 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $213,013 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $205,950 · Human Services+26 more: $3,937,975 · Human Services+26 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $1,500,600 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $1,252,721 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $492,774 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $401,725 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …THE EAGLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · PhilanthropyTHE EAGLES …COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $176,700 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HISTORYMAKERS: $600,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTOR…ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $398,950 · Arts & CultureARTS UNITE…UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC: $313,250 · Arts & CultureUNITED ART…PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $217,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPH…SCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $209,900 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CE…THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $187,162 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $180,743 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $150,743 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $135,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HORACE BUSHNELL MEMORIAL HALL: $131,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL: $130,000 · Arts & CultureHARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $129,810 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $1,077,100 · Arts & Culture+10 moreHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $585,368 · EducationHEIGHTS PH…Teach for America Inc: $555,000 · EducationTeach for …UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $250,900 · EducationUNITED NEG…The American College: $249,101 · EducationThe Americ…THE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC: $215,621 · EducationTHE LITERA…EAST WAYNE STREET CENTER INC: $210,000 · EducationEAST WAYNE…THE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $207,200 · EducationTHE ACTUAR…GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE: $185,909 · EducationHARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS INC: $156,000 · EducationREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE: $150,000 · EducationEducation Alliance for New Hampshire: $150,000 · EducationAchieve Now: $150,000 · EducationPHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC: $135,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $129,600 · Education+5 more: $511,005 · Education+5 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $314,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $302,050 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $297,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $294,141 · Youth DevelopmentJALEN HURTS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $238,000 · Youth DevelopmentPHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC: $210,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $163,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $153,727 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $148,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NH INC: $142,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEED IN DEED: $125,100 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT INC: $112,423 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $110,490 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $110,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $613,739 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $384,528 · Food & NutritionSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $330,025 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $285,406 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $284,075 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $230,100 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $213,475 · Food & NutritionOUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $181,268 · Food & NutritionGREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER: $149,241 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $119,464 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $106,879 · Food & Nutrition
Other$16,608,221Human Services$6,033,696Philanthropy$4,274,520Arts & Culture$3,861,158Education$3,840,704Youth Development$3,225,431Food & Nutrition$2,898,200

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $1,500,600 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $1,252,721 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $675,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $613,739 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HISTORYMAKERS: $600,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $585,368 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $572,284 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $555,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $551,800 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $525,406 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $518,408 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $492,774 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $475,800 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $401,725 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $398,950 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetPhilabundance: $384,528 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $367,784 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EAGLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $346,691 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGRANITE UNITED WAY: $338,816 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $330,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $314,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC: $313,250 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $302,050 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $298,224 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $297,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $295,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $294,141 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $285,406 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $284,075 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania: $270,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $267,500 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $255,500 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $250,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJALEN HURTS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetThe American College: $249,101 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $246,690 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC: $245,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $238,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC: $232,268 over 6y, 11% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $232,200 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $230,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Granite Young Men's Christian Association: $230,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $225,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $222,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $220,852 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $217,500 over 6y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORYMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE EAGLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANITE UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds VINCENT VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds JALEN HURTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The American College ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON HARTFORD INC ↗

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.

Edward M Wilson Found…English-Bonter-Mitche…The Waterfield Founda…M E Raker Foundation …Howard P Arnold Found…Dr Louis a and Anne B…The James Foundation …Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Community Foundation …Edward D & Ione Auer …Zollner FoundationFlora Dale Krouse Fou…
Edward M Wilson FoundationPA91.5× affinity66 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The James Foundation Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Zollner Foundation · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Harc Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation: 77% of income from government
  • Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: 54% of income from government
  • The Mark Twain Memorial: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Our Piece of the Pie Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
  • Theaterworks Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Riverfront Recapture Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Forge City Works Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
90report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
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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 2000 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home