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LNS&ARS Foundation at a glance

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LNS&ARS 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.

$443k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$165kHealth$160kArts & Culture$130kEducation$127kEnvironment$110kReligion$93kCivil Rights$36kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $415k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$40,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD HEBREW CENTER$38,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM$32,000
SAFE HORIZON$30,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,000
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHAL SCHOOL$25,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NYC$20,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$20,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF FL$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MA$15,000
ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL$15,000
BREARLEY SCHOOL$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAFE HORIZON: $30k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $30k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $15k → 17%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILREN'S SERVICES: $15k → 17%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 17%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 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.
$700k · 25 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
2

Total granted

$700k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+41%

Still filing today

76%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BC
    BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $90k · revenue +23%
  • SH
    SAFE HORIZON INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +3%
  • JB
    JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • ST
    SIGNATURE THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +41%
  • OF
    OBERMAYER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue +37%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
4
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
5
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
6
Marian Friedman Greenblatt Education Fund Inc
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7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
9
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
10
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sheriff's Meadow Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Obermayer Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTER: $88,000 · OtherMARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTERPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NYC: $80,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NYCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $45,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INCMOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN SCHOOLPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MA: $15,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF FL: $15,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · Other+9 more: $43,250 · Other+9 moreSAFE HORIZON INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HORIZON INCJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF …SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FA…THE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $32,000 · EducationTHE BREARLEY…ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationETHICAL CULT…ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationABRAHAM JOSH…PARK CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL: $8,000 · EducationPARK CHILDRE…FRIENDS OF CHILMARK PRE-SCHOOL INC: $3,500 · EducationBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $90,000 · Crime & LegalBRADY CENTE…MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $58,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S …American Museum of Natural History: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican …The Civilians Inc: $4,000 · Arts & CulturePARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $28,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $7,500 · Civil RightsSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$441,250Human Services$130,000Education$98,500Crime & Legal$90,000Arts & Culture$77,500Civil Rights$35,500Environment$35,000

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 budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $58,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Civilians Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILMARK PRE-SCHOOL INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOBERMAYER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Eric P & Evelyn E New…Martha's Vineyard Ban…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundAbigail Rose Solomon …The Stanton Family Fo…Sullivan Family Found…The Fledgling FundSusan S and Kenneth L…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…Boston Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…
Eric P & Evelyn E Newman Charitable Foundation Dtd 8/1/2013MO20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eric P & Evelyn E Newman Charitable Foundation Dtd 8/1/2013 · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation · The Stanton Family Foundation · Sullivan Family Foundation · The Fledgling Fund · Susan S and Kenneth L Wallach Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 LNS&ARS Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from LNS&ARS Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 LNS&ARS Foundation?

Find your warmest path to LNS&ARS 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 39 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
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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