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Lippincott Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lippincott Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$180kEducation$170kCivil Rights$155kPublic Benefit$90kScience & Tech$38kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$23kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$642k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ceres$10,000
Project Drawdown$10,000
Rainforest Action Network$10,000
Sylvia Earle Alliance Mission Blue$10,000
FCNL Education Fund$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,500
Union of Concerned Scientists$5,000
Let There Be Light International$3,500
Foundation Fighting Blindness$513
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Alliance for Social Justice: $5k → 15%Management Sciences for Health: $10k → 8%Noonday Farm: $10k → 11%Ceres: $10k → 16%Earth Island Institute: $5k → 10%Project Drawdown: $10k → 10%Thiteen - WNET: $6k → 17%Washington Office on Latin America: $25k → 14%Alliance for Social Justice: $5k → 15%Act Blue - Friends of Earth: $5k → 8%Noonday Farm: $9k → 11%Ceres: $5k → 16%Other Worlds: $13k → 10%Project Drawdown: $5k → 10%Washington Office on Latin America: $25k → 14%Engaging Schools: $25k → 8%Noonday Farm: $6k → 11%Ceres: $5k → 16%Project Drawdown: $5k → 10%Washington Office on Latin America: $25k → 14%Engaging Schools: $25k → 8%Ceres: $5k → 16%Project Drawdown: $5k → 10%Washington Office on Latin America: $20k → 14%Trust for Public Land: $5k → 12%Engaging Schools: $25k → 8%Washington Office on Latin America: $20k → 14%Engaging Schools: $20k → 8%Rainforest Action Network: $10k → 10%Washington Office on Latin America: $10k → 14%Engaging Schools: $20k → 8%Rainforest Action Network: $5k → 10%Washington Office on Latin America: $10k → 14%Engaging Schools: $20k → 8%Washington Office on Latin America: $10k → 14%Engaging Schools: $20k → 8%Engaging Schools: $15k → 8%Climate Reality Project: $8k → 14%Union of Concerned Scientists: $8k → 8%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 14%FCNL Education Fund: $10k → 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

NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$655k · 15 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$655k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
-13%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $513 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
EnvironmentInternationalPublic BenefitEducationScience & TechHealthOther
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

  • THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $38k · revenue +6%
  • TA
    THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $28k · revenue +26%
  • CI
    CERES INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • OW
    OTHER WORLDS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • MS
    MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -43%
  • Earth Island Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +76%
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
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
4
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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5
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
6
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
Climateworks Foundation

Climateworks foundation's mission is to connect philanthropy, grantees, and strategic partners to build and deliver high-impact climate solutions that benefit all people.

Science & Tech
9
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
10
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
11
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
12
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc; the most unlike its peers is Other Worlds 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENGAGING SCHOOLS INC: $170,000 · OtherENGAGING SCHOOLS INCNOONDAY FARM INC: $24,600 · OtherNOONDAY FARM INCIndividual grant recipient: $13,301 · OtherOTHER WORLDS INC: $12,500 · OtherAlliance for Social Justice: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $21,500 · Other+6 moreWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA: $145,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICATHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $37,500 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INCLET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig: $25,000 · InternationalLET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBL…RAINFOREST TRUST: $15,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUSTMANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC: $10,000 · InternationalFCNL EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 · Public BenefitFCNL EDUCATION…THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $27,500 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE …CERES INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentCERES INCRainforest Action Network: $15,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Ac…Earth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island …SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 · EnvironmentSUNRISE MOVEM…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR…PROJECT DRAWDOWN: $25,000 · EducationSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $25,000 · Science & TechTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $513 · Health
Other$251,901International$232,500Public Benefit$90,000Environment$82,500Education$25,000Science & Tech$25,000Health$513

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 budgetENGAGING SCHOOLS INC: $170,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA: $145,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFCNL EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $37,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCERES INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig: $25,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOTHER WORLDS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetMANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $513 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.

  • Who funds ENGAGING SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FCNL EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT DRAWDOWN ↗
  • Who funds Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue ↗
  • Who funds LET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds OTHER WORLDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS 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.

Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tides FoundationCA12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Lippincott Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lippincott Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • Management Sciences for Health Inc: 67% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 26 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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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