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Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc

The mission of lincoln learning solutions(lls) is to empower learning communities by providing them with products, strategies and services aligned with proven educational practices.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$7.0MPhilanthropy$668kHuman Services$541kYouth Development$265kArts & Culture$190kRecreation & Sports$162kReligion$58kPublic Benefit$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $143,645, the rows itemized in this filing. The $152,045 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,400 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
$11,120
Median grant
1
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY$65,425
BEAVER COUNTY EDUCATIONAL TRUST$50,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE$11,120
MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$11,000
THE CENTER MIDLAND$6,100
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 (FY17–24, $515k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $40k → 9%HEKIMA PLACE: $300k → 11%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $40k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $19k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH: $18k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH: $16k → 9%mars home for youth foundation: $14k → 9%FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $7k → 10%CORNERSTONE OF BEAVER COUNTY: $34k → 10%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.3M · 18 repeat orgs$718k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$8.3M
$718k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+10%

Still filing today

72%
53%

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LP
    Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
    4× · 2017–2020 · $6.2M · revenue +6%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $525k · revenue +29%
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
    4× · 2017–2020 · $160k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • HP
    HEKIMA PLACE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue +59%
  • LA
    LEOPARD ATHLETICS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $137k · revenue -98% · 100% of their budget
  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
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
Lead Pa

Cultivating the next generation of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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2
Bear Creek Community Charter School

Our mission is to embrace a diverse student body and student success through an innovative an innovative curriculum, the cultivation of environmental stewardship, and accountability.

Education
3
Urban Pathways 6-12 Charter School

Charter school providing education to students from sixth through twelfth grade.

Education
4
Propel Charter School-McKeesport

Charter school for students in grades Kindergarten through Eighth. Propels mission is to catalyze the transformation of public education so that all children have access.

Education
5
Bethlehem Area Public Library

To provide educational, informational, cultural, and recreational services to the public. services are provided in bethlehem, pennsylvania and its supporting communities.

Education
6
Propel Charter School-Montour

Charter school in western Pennsylvania for students grades Kindergarten to Twelfth. Propels mission is to catalyze the transformation of public education so that all children have access.

Education
7
Beaver County Regional Council of Governments

Community Development through Intergovernmental cooperation and education

Public Benefit
8
Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School

To provide an academically challenging, knowledge-based curriculum, individually designed for each child's needs.

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
The Learning Community of Pennsylvania

To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.

Human Services
11
Pennsylvania Steam Academy Charter School

The goal of Pennsylvania Steam Academy is to make education fun, engaging and significantly streghthen the city and the region with an innovative approach to education

Education
12
Urban Pathways K-5 College Charter

A charter school for k-5 whose mission is to help every child find a pathway to a successful adult life in the city and beyond.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baden Academy Charter School; the most unlike its peers is Carnegie Free Library. 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School: $6,207,061 · EducationLincoln Park Performing Arts Charter SchoolBeaver County Educational Trust: $445,000 · EducationBeaver County Educational Trust+5 more: $190,101 · EducationUNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY: $525,009 · PhilanthropyMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $121,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $22,000 · PhilanthropyHEKIMA PLACE INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $173,605 · Human ServicesThe Cornerstone of Beaver County: $34,492 · Human Services+1 more: $6,824 · Human ServicesGREATER MIDLAND SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDAT: $55,980 · OtherSISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF BADEN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $51,063 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Othermidland development corporation: $49,611 · OtherGREATER MIDLAND SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $35,151 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BEAVER COUNTY: $32,068 · Otherlincoln park athletics: $25,000 · OtherBOROUGH OF ROCHESTER: $20,000 · OtherALIQUIPPA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15,822 · OtherMIDLAND WOMEN'S CIVIC CLUB: $15,000 · OtherCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $30,100 · Other+4 more: $31,268 · OtherACH Clear Pathways: $145,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $79,860 · Youth DevelopmentTRAILS Ministries: $39,930 · Youth DevelopmentLINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $160,160 · Arts & CultureVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLEOPARD ATHLETICS INC: $136,632 · Recreation & Sports
Education$6,842,162Philanthropy$668,009Human Services$514,921Other$411,063Youth Development$264,790Arts & Culture$190,160Recreation & Sports$136,632

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 budgetLincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School: $6,207,061 over 4y, 14% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY: $525,009 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetBeaver County Educational Trust: $445,000 over 8y, 57% of budgetMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $173,605 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetLINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $160,160 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetACH Clear Pathways: $145,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetLEOPARD ATHLETICS INC: $136,632 over 1y, 100% of budgetMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $121,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $79,860 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $73,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $30,100 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PREVENTION NETWORK: $28,994 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BEAVER COUNTY FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBADEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $18,107 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $6,824 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY: $5,000 over 2y, 7.2% 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 Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Beaver County Educational Trust ↗
  • Who funds HEKIMA PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ACH Clear Pathways ↗
  • Who funds LEOPARD ATHLETICS INC ↗
  • Who funds MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Lan Vwa Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRAILS Ministries ↗
  • Who funds The Cornerstone of Beaver County ↗
  • Who funds CENTER IN MIDLAND PA ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE PREVENTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE BEAVER COUNTY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds BADEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Independence Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY ↗

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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Michael Baker Interna…Pittsburgh Penguins F…The United Way of Sou…Nisource Charitable F…The Wright PromiseStaunton Farm Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA24.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Michael Baker International Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Wright Promise · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc 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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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