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Llhlhm Foundation Margaret Baird Trustee at a glance

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Llhlhm Foundation Margaret Baird Trustee

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.

$179k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$573kEnvironment$293kHealth$109kHuman Services$105kInternational$89kArts & Culture$65kHousing & Shelter$28kFood & Nutrition$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $141k
$12,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC$15,000
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC$15,000
GLOBAL KIDS INC$15,000
HAMAKUA YOUTH FOUNDATION INC$15,000
SELF-ESTEM$15,000
GROUNDWORK LAWRENCE$15,000
CIRCESTEEM THE CHICAGO YOUTH CIRCUS$15,000
1ST PLACE FOR YOUTH$12,000
RAW ART WORKS$12,000
LIFEWORKS$12,000
ECOLOGIC$7,500
EARTH FORCE INC$7,500
CIRCUS SMIRKUS$6,000
NEWS LITERACY PROJECT$6,000
PREVENTION INSTITUTE$6,000
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 (FY17–25, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $27k → 9%TURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $20k → 9%LIFEWORKS: $12k → 7%TURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $20k → 9%TURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $20k → 9%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

VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 20 repeat orgs$278k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
30

Total granted

$1.3M
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+23%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentYouth DevelopmentInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • GK
    GLOBAL KIDS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $126k · revenue +117%
  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $115k · revenue +62%
  • WA
    WAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $109k · revenue +319%

Funded once

  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN HAVEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • RT
    RAINFOREST TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +130%
  • THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +44%
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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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
2
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
3
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
4
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
5
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
6
Rocky Mountain Institute

Transform the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.

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7
The Breakthrough Institute

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges.

Environment
8
GoodWeave International

GoodWeave works to stop child and forced labor in global supply chains. Permanently.

International
9
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
10
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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11
Groundwork Rva Inc

Mission: to cultivate the next generation of urban conservationists in richmond, virginia. vision: groundwork rva works with richmond youth to increase environmental, economic, and social well-being in neighborhoods by transforming…

Community Improvement
12
Justice Innovation Inc

The center for justice innovation is a non-profit organization that works to create a fair, effective, and humane justice system and build strong, thriving communities.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Third Sector New England Inc; the most unlike its peers is Living Observatory 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

44 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. 44 of the 53 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
30/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CIRCESTEEM THE CHICAGO YOUTH CIRCUS: $123,000 · OtherCIRCESTEEM THE CHICAGO YOUTH CIRCUSSELF-ESTEM: $95,000 · OtherSELF-ESTEMIndividual grant recipient: $61,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientECOLOGIC: $33,600 · OtherECOLOGIC1ST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $32,000 · Other+30 more: $271,500 · Other+30 moreGLOBAL KIDS INC: $126,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLOBAL KIDS INCWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $109,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INCHamakua Youth Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentHamakua Youth Foundation…+1 more: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentTURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $87,000 · Human ServicesTURTLE ISLAN…Earth Force Inc: $82,500 · Human ServicesEarth Force …LIFEWORKS INCORPORATED: $12,000 · Human ServicesLIFEWORKS IN…Groundwork Lawrence Inc: $108,000 · Community ImprovementGroundwor…THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $18,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SEC…BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $115,000 · HealthRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE INC: $5,000 · HealthDIRECT RELIEF: $54,000 · InternationalYOUTHLINC: $35,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUST: $20,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,000 · InternationalCIRCUS HARMONY: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePrevention Institute: $26,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CIRCUS BARN INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$616,100Youth Development$343,000Human Services$181,500Community Improvement$126,000Health$120,000International$120,000Arts & Culture$77,000

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 budgetGLOBAL KIDS INC: $126,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $115,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $109,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $108,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHamakua Youth Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetSELF-ESTEM: $95,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $87,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetEarth Force Inc: $82,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCUS HARMONY: $40,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetYOUTHLINC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPrevention Institute: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HAVEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SECOND STEP INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLIFEWORKS INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CIRCUS BARN INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDISCOVERY SCHOOLHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLSTART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH VENTURE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGREEN KIDS NOW: $7,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetFamilies in Transition: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSBRIDGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALA'AI: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOYOTE CENTRAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget350ORG: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS CREATIVE 404 INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLiving Observatory Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 8.8% 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.

National Life Group C…Agnes M Lindsay TrustThe Vermont Community…Boston Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…
National Life Group Charitable Foundation IncVT13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · The Vermont Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Llhlhm Foundation Margaret Baird Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Llhlhm Foundation Margaret Baird Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Good Samaritan Haven Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Riverside Community Care Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Living Observatory Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Turtle Island Children's Center Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Discovery Schoolhouse Inc: 4% of income from government
  • North Branch Nature Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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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Find your warmest path to Llhlhm Foundation Margaret Baird Trustee 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 53 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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