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Lorch Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Human Services$53kHealth$32kPhilanthropy$16kAnimals$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kCrime & Legal$9kHousing & Shelter$7kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$574k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
434 Ministries$2,500
Choices Life Resource Center$2,500
Spirit of Louisville Foundation$2,500
New Life Center$2,000
NelCASA$2,000
Volunteers of America$2,000
The Healing Place$2,000
Louisville Zoo$1,000
Seven Counties Services$1,000
SOS International Inc$1,000
Beacon House$1,000
Colon Cancer Prevention Project$1,000
People Advocating Recovery$1,000
Sunrise Childrens Services$1,000
Neighborhood House$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%New Life Center: $2k → 11%New Life Center: $2k → 11%New Life Center: $1k → 11%New Life Center: $1k → 11%SPARC Hope: $18k → 15%Apron Inc: $2k → 15%Hoseas House: $3k → 15%Hoseas House: $3k → 15%Hopes Closet: $3k → 15%Hoseas House: $2k → 15%Hoseas House: $1k → 15%Paws with Purpose: $1k → 15%ElderServe: $3k → 15%ElderServe: $3k → 15%Louisville Urban League: $1k → 15%Neighborhood House: $1k → 15%Neighborhood House: $1k → 15%Neighborhood House: $500 → 15%Neighborhood House: $500 → 15%Neighborhood House: $500 → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$93k · 18 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
12

Total granted

$93k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+71%

Still filing today

89%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterCrime & LegalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SC
    SEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +29%
  • NI
    NELCASA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +43%
  • 4M
    434 MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • MC
    MOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +18%
  • LM
    LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +182%
  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +9%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greater Louisville Behavior Health Center

The mission of Greater Louisville Behavioral Health is to provide services surrounding behavioral health and substance abuse, especially to those in the criminal justice system

Human Services
2
Day Spring Inc

Day spring provides a path forward for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through services that cultivate hope, belonging, and community.we envision every person being valued and having a path forward regardless of…

Human Services
3
Responsibility House Inc

Supportive housing and substance use disorder treatment prorgrams serve the community by providing support and counseling to families and individuals who struggle with substance use disorders, homelessness, mental illness and/or hiv/aids.

Health
4
Westcare Kentucky Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
5
Worksite Wellness Council of Louisville
Health
6
Harbor House of Louisville Inc

To empower individuals with disabilities and their families to lead fulfilled and productive lives. harbor house empowers individuals through employment, education, and community building opportunities.

Civil Rights
7
The Center for Women and Families Inc

To help victims of intimate partner abuse or sexual violence become survivors through supportive services, community education and cooperative partnerships that foster hope, promote self-sufficiency and rebuild lives.

Human Services
8
House of Hope for Recovery Inc

Rehabilitation of adult alcoholics and drug addicts.

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9
Renewal House Inc

To treat, promote healing and provide housing to women and their children affected by substance use disorders.

Health
10
Hospice of Southern Kentucky Inc

The hospice mission is to honor life through exceptional service and compassionate care. the organization is primarily engaged in providing care and support that enables the terminally ill to spend their final days in a comfortable and…

—
11
Recovery St Louis
Health
12
Serenity Consultants Inc

Serenity recovery network provides safe affordable housing for men and women recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Healing Place Inc and the most unlike its peers is People Advocating Recovery Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%4%<5yr16%4%5–10yr17%17%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr15%38%35–55yr14%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%5%<5yr16%2%5–10yr17%10%10–20yr17%33%20–35yr15%46%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/27
the rest of the field
14%
607/4,252

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC — $18,000 · Human ServicesMOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INCHOSEAS HOUSE INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesHOSEAS HOUSE INCNEW LIFE CENTER INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE CENTER INCELDERSERVE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesELDERSERVE INCNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $3,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INCPAWS WITH PURPOSE INC — $3,500 · Human ServicesPAWS WITH PURPOSE INCHOPE S CLOSET INC — $2,500 · Human Services+2 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesNELCASA INC — $8,500 · OtherNELCASA INCSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $6,000 · OtherSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INCTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $6,000 · OtherTHE HEALING PLACE INCSPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 · OtherSPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INCLouisville Zoo — $5,000 · OtherLouisville ZooVolunteers of America — $3,750 · OtherVolunteers of AmericaTHE MORTON CENTER INC — $3,000 · OtherTHE MORTON CENTER INCGOOD HEALTH IDEAS INC DBA COLON CANCER PREVENTION PROJECT — $3,000 · OtherGOOD HEALTH IDEAS INC DBA COLON CANCER…SOS INTERNATIONAL INC — $3,000 · OtherSOS INTERNATIONAL INCChoices Life Resource Center — $2,500 · OtherDogs Helping Heroes Inc — $2,000 · Other+4 more — $2,000 · OtherSEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES INC — $11,182 · HealthSEVEN COUNT…BEACON HOUSE AFTERCARE PROGRAM INC — $3,000 · HealthBEACON HOUS…PEOPLE ADVOCATING RECOVERY INC — $1,000 · HealthPEOPLE ADVO…+1 more — $500 · HealthTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyShirley's Way Inc — $1,000 · PhilanthropyLOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Crime & Legal434 MINISTRIES INC — $7,000 · Housing & ShelterDARE TO CARE INC — $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$49,000Other$50,750Health$15,682Philanthropy$11,000Crime & Legal$10,000Housing & Shelter$7,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC — $18,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES INC — $11,182 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNELCASA INC — $8,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHOSEAS HOUSE INC — $8,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budget434 MINISTRIES INC — $7,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE CENTER INC — $6,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERSERVE INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS WITH PURPOSE INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MORTON CENTER INC — $3,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON HOUSE AFTERCARE PROGRAM INC — $3,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD HEALTH IDEAS INC DBA COLON CANCER PREVENTION PROJECT — $3,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSOS INTERNATIONAL INC — $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDogs Helping Heroes Inc — $2,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAPRON INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShirley's Way Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE ADVOCATING RECOVERY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncThe Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Republic Bank Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…V V Cooke Foundation …Kosair Charities Comm…Sam Swope Family Foun…Norton Healthcare IncBaird Foundation Inc
The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository IncKY33.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Sam Swope Family Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · Baird Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lorch Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lorch Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Lorch Family 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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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