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Lm Foundation

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$1.2MPublic Benefit$1.0MHousing & Shelter$835kEducation$540kArts & Culture$425kPhilanthropy$330kHuman Services$141kHealth$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $171k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $880k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BREAKING GROUND$225,000
CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES$200,000
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE$150,000
JOHN JAY COLLEGE$100,000
GOVERNING FOR IMPACT$100,000
THE DOE FUND$55,000
GUGGENHEIM$50,000
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$40,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
BAIL PROJECT$25,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$20,000
CHURCH OF SAINT JOSEPH$16,000
COVENANT HOUSE$15,000
CITY HARVEST$10,000
BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HOUSING AND SERVICES INC: $5k → 20%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $25k → 14%NY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%DEMOCRACY FUND: $25k → 14%NY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 16 repeat orgs$642k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
15

Total granted

$4.1M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+21%

Still filing today

75%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k 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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterEmploymentArts & 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

  • BG
    BREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $750k · revenue +37%
  • TO
    THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $455k · revenue +55%
  • THE DOE FUND INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $65k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • FD
    FAIR DEMOCRACYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +85%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • DF
    Democracy Fund Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue ×25
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
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
2
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
3
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services Inc

Cases' mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community. we believe…

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4
Under 21

Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…

Human Services
5
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
6
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc

Envision freedom fund works alongside impacted communities to dismantle the oppressive and interconnected criminal legal and immigration systems. with freedom as our guiding principle, we invest in innovative campaigns and programs that…

Crime & Legal
7
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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8
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
9
Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.

Employment
10
Institute for Americas Future Inc

Iaf's purpose is to conduct research and publicize findings concerning citizen's attitudes about economic options confronting america. iaf is devoted to fostering a robust and democratic debate about ideas that will shape our country's…

Education
11
Leap Inc

Leap empowers low and moderate income people by helping them gain access to living-wage employment opportunities and career paths. we seek to develop programs that counter prevailing market inequalities and contribute to a broader movement…

Housing & Shelter
12
Nontraditional Employment for Women

See schedule onontraditional employment for women (new) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Doe Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Democracy Fund 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $455,000 · OtherTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INCHAMILTON PROJECT: $280,000 · OtherHAMILTON PROJECTEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $230,000 · OtherEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INCGUGGENHEIM: $225,000 · OtherGUGGENHEIMGOVERNING FOR IMPACT: $100,000 · OtherGOVERNING FOR IMPACTIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMT SINAI ADOLESCENT HEALTH CENTER: $75,000 · OtherFAIR DEMOCRACY: $100,000 · OtherFAIR DEMOCRACY+16 more: $302,000 · Other+16 moreBREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION: $750,000 · Housing & ShelterBREAKING GROUND HO…THE DOE FUND INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE DOE FUND INCCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $800,000 · Public BenefitCenter on Budget a…VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $650,000 · Crime & LegalVERA INSTITUTE OF…THE BAIL PROJECT INC: $90,000 · Crime & LegalTHE BAIL PROJECT …+1 more: $22,500 · Crime & LegalTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $170,244 · EducationJOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · EducationMACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesDemocracy Fund Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $15,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $165,400 · Arts & CulturePLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,867,000Housing & Shelter$815,000Public Benefit$800,000Crime & Legal$762,500Education$310,244Human Services$185,000Arts & Culture$175,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $800,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION: $750,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $650,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $455,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $230,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $170,244 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $165,400 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFAIR DEMOCRACY: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDemocracy Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 30 BIRDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY HOUSING AND SERVICES: $5,000 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundRobin Hood FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Lm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lm Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lm Foundation 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 42 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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