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Lookout Foundation

The LOOKOUT FOUNDATION invests in communities outside of our own doors where we can see the results.

$174k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Employment$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kEducation$60kFood & Nutrition$35kCivil Rights$25kReligion$25kInternational$25kScience & Tech$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $138,420, the rows itemized in this filing. The $174,230 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,810 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 · FY2022

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECURE DIVERSITY INC$100,000
AMERICA'S CHARITIS$38,420
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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $10k → 6%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.

Grants abroad, by region: $20k on the FY2022 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$20k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its 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 Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
2
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
3
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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4
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
5
Techbridge Inc

Techbridge breaks the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofit and community impact. techbridge's work is focused on four pillars: hunger relief, homeless support, social justice and…

Philanthropy
6
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
100 Fold

100 fold plans on consulting and educating individuals and businesses on wise stewardship and faithful giving. this activity will be conducted remotely as well as in person dependent upon necessity.

Religion
9
Global Technology Industry Association Inc

The organization is dedicated to advancing information technology industry growth through its educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications, and public policy advocacy.

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10
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
11
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
12
Digital Harbor Foundation

Democratizing societal and economic well-being through digital equity for everyone, increased diversity in the tech sector, innovative education, and technology for the public good

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rights Action Lab Inc; the most unlike its peers is Next Gen Cyber Talent 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

14 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.

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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECURE DIVERSITY INC (FORMERLY #BRAINBABE INC): $125,000 · EducationSECURE DIVERSITY INC (FORMERLY #BRAINBABE INC)NEXT GEN CYBER TALENT INC: $40,000 · EducationNEXT GEN CYBER TALENT INCPROJECT TF: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT TFTUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $10,000 · EducationTUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INCAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $105,885 · OtherAMERICA'S CHARITIESGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $15,000 · OtherElectronic Frontier Foundation IncRIGHTS ACTION LAB INC: $25,000 · InternationalRIGHTS ACTIO…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE …GLIDE MEMORIAL CHURCH: $25,000 · ReligionGIRLS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Social ScienceFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMUSIC WILL INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$185,000Other$145,885International$50,000Religion$25,000Youth Development$10,000Social Science$10,000Human Services$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetSECURE DIVERSITY INC (FORMERLY #BRAINBABE INC): $125,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $105,885 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT GEN CYBER TALENT INC: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetRIGHTS ACTION LAB INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT TF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $5,000 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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation 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 Lookout Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lookout Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lookout Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lookout 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 14 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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