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Lor Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16M
Granted FY2020
152
Itemized grants FY2020
35
Organizations funded FY2023
91%
First-time grantees FY2023
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69% of Lor Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Lor Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 35 organizations, $16M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’19
35
’20
27
’21
0
’22
0
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2020
$15M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$14,400,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 102
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2020
14
Total assets, FY2020
$323M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 91% of the organizations Lor Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsFood & NutritionReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202335$280k91%
FY202139$446k64%
FY2020102$15M96%
FY201914$15Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$50MEnvironment$877kEducation$274kArts & Culture$148kYouth Development$104kHuman Services$63kFood & Nutrition$57kHousing & Shelter$48kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jackson Hole Land Trust$573,33414%
Taos Land Trust$115,00028%
Onward a Legacy Foundation$104,98014%
Localogy$58,630320%
The Paseo Project Inc$53,150310%
American Library Association$50,00010%
Taos Municipal Schools$31,0402n/a
Nonviolence Works Inc$30,00010%
Dream Tree Project$30,00011%
Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos$27,164227%
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All grantees of Lor Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jackson Hole Land Trust$573,33414%
Taos Land Trust$115,00028%
Onward a Legacy Foundation$104,98014%
Localogy$58,630320%
The Paseo Project Inc$53,150310%
American Library Association$50,00010%
Taos Municipal Schools$31,0402n/a
Nonviolence Works Inc$30,00010%
Dream Tree Project$30,00011%
Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos$27,164227%
Central Wyoming College Foundation$25,50021%
Lander Childrens Museum$21,389219%
Lander Cycling Club$17,8001n/a
National Outdoor Leadership School$17,00020%
Lewis-Arriola Community Center$16,305127%
Taos Initiative for Life Together$13,240127%
Not Forgotten Outreach Inc$11,3951n/a
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$10,61520%
Twirl A Play and Discovery Space Inc$10,00013%
Asociacion De Vecinos De San Cristobal$9,5951n/a
True Kids 1$9,00011%
Lander Performing Arts$8,400117%
Fremont County School District #1$8,1852n/a
Cortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center$8,00023%
Academy of the Winds$7,96613%
Hannah Grimes Center$7,06511%
Youth Heartline$5,87711%
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated$5,00010%
Lions Club of Taos Inc$4,900110%
Lander Art Center$4,50022%
Bridges Project for Education$4,00022%
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$3,00010%
Central Wyoming College$2,5001n/a
Taos Valley Acequia Association$2,00011%
Popo Agie Conservation District$2,0001n/a
The Good Samaritan Center$1,50011%
Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation$1,00016%
First Stop Help Center$1,0001n/a
Bent County Development Foundation$1,00011%
Taos Health Systems Inc$1,00010%
Central Wyoming Climbers Alliance$1,00011%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition$1,00010%
Catalyst Montana$1,00010%
Bear Paw Development Corp$1,00010%
Battered Families Services Inc$1,00010%
The Archer Group$1,00010%
Foundation for Community Care$1,00010%
Embudo Valley Library and Community Center$1,00010%
Conservation Voters for Idaho Education Fund Inc$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Pend Doreille Bay Trail Inc$1,0001n/a
San Antonio del Rio Colorado$1,00011%
Carbon County Library Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Bridgercare$1,00010%
Colorado Cross Disability Coalition$1,00010%
Crossroads Community Health Clinic Inc$93811%
St Barnabas Episcopal Church$7001n/a
Community Radio Project Inc Ksjd$50010%
Lander Library Friends Association$3501n/a

Plus 111 recipients with no EIN on record ($29M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lor Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJackson Hole Land Trust: $573,334 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTaos Land Trust: $115,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetOnward a Legacy Foundation: $104,980 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLocalogy: $58,630 over 3y, 20% of budgetThe Paseo Project Inc: $53,150 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetAmerican Library Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNonviolence Works Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDream Tree Project: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAlianza Agri-Cultura de Taos: $27,164 over 2y, 27% of budgetCentral Wyoming College Foundation: $25,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLander Childrens Museum: $21,389 over 2y, 19% of budgetNational Outdoor Leadership School: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLewis-Arriola Community Center: $16,305 over 1y, 27% of budgetTaos Initiative for Life Together: $13,240 over 1y, 27% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $10,615 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTwirl A Play and Discovery Space Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTrue Kids 1: $9,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLander Performing Arts: $8,400 over 1y, 17% of budgetCortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center: $8,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAcademy of the Winds: $7,966 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHannah Grimes Center: $7,065 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYouth Heartline: $5,877 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLions Club of Taos Inc: $4,900 over 1y, 10% of budgetLander Art Center: $4,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBridges Project for Education: $4,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTaos Valley Acequia Association: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Good Samaritan Center: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetColorado Farm Bureau Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBent County Development Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTaos Health Systems Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Wyoming Climbers Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Immigrant Rights Coalition: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatalyst Montana: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBear Paw Development Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBattered Families Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Archer Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Community Care: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmbudo Valley Library and Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSan Antonio del Rio Colorado: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBridgercare: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Cross Disability Coalition: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Community Health Clinic Inc: $938 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Radio Project Inc Ksjd: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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 Taos Community Fo…Los Alamos National L…Marshall L and Perrin…Lander Community Foun…Quail Roost FoundationReed Family Foundatio…New Mexico Community …Grace Family Foundati…Santa Fe Community Fo…Robert T Keeler Found…Nusenda FoundationCon Alma Health Found…
The Taos Community Foundation IncNM40.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Taos Community Foundation Inc · Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Lander Community Foundation · Quail Roost Foundation · Reed Family Foundation Inc · New Mexico Community Foundation · Grace Family Foundation Inc · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Robert T Keeler Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Con Alma Health Foundation 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.

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Find your warmest path to Lor Foundation Inc 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.

About Lor Foundation Inc

How much does Lor Foundation Inc give?
Lor Foundation Inc reported 152 itemized grants totaling $15,065,112, out of $15,532,392 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 102 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Lor Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Environment (1%), Education (0%).
Who are Lor Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Jackson Hole Land Trust ($573k), Taos Land Trust ($115k), Onward a Legacy Foundation ($105k).
Does Lor Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lor Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lor Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Taos Community Foundation Inc, Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Lor Foundation Inc based?
Lor Foundation Inc is based in PA.

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 174 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $11M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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