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Ltr Foundation Inc

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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$276kHealth$67kHuman Services$40kRecreation & Sports$36kHousing & Shelter$15kReligion$12kArts & Culture$2k
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$773k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LENNOXS LEGACY RESCUE INC$5,500
DRESSAGE FOUNDATION$5,000
OINKING ACRES FARM RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC$5,000
LAKELAND CENTER INC$5,000
AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
FRIENDS OF FERDINAND INC$5,000
BASHOR CHILDREN'S HOME$5,000
GSD RESCUE INDY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$3,000
WYANDOT COUNTY EQUINE RESCUE$3,000
FRIENDS OF INDIANAPOLIS DOGS OUTSIDE (FIDO)$3,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOONE COUNTY$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
MISTY EYES ANIMAL CENTER$3,000
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 (FY19–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WAY TO BATTLE: $5k → 9%PAWS AND THINK INC: $500 → 16%WAY TO BATTLE: $5k → 9%WAY TO BATTLE: $5k → 9%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $5k → 5%LAKELAND CENTER INC: $2k → 5%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
IN
OH
UT
NE
KY
GA
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$439k · 25 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
3

Total granted

$439k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
0%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • TD
    THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +194%
  • LC
    LAKELAND CENTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +30%
  • GR
    GSD RESCUE INDY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • RC
    RILEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • PT
    PAWS & THINK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue 0%
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
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
2
Healing Hearts Hooves and Paws Rescue

rescue rehab retraining and rehoming for homeless and neglected equine and canine

Animals
3
New Hope Farm Inc

Rescue and sanctuary for horses, donkeys, and mules.

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4
Fighting Chance Ranch & Rescue
Animals
5
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
6
Feeling Fine Canine and Equine Rescue Inc

rescue rehab rehome medically needy dogs and cats

—
7
Grace Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctu
Animals
8
Red Dog Ranch Animal Rescue Inc

We take in dogs, cats, donkeys, horses, and goats and provide them with care and training to assist them in finding a forever home.

Animals
9
Angel Wing Acres Animal Welfare Soc Lombas
Animals
10
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
11
Believe Ranch and Rescue
Animals
12
Hooves of My Heart Equine Rescue Ltd
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oinking Acres Farm Rescue & Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paws & Think 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

19 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. 19 of the 32 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $36,000 · OtherTHE DRESSAGE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBASHOR CHILDREN'S HOME: $25,000 · OtherBASHOR CHILDREN'S HOMEFRIENDS OF FERDINAND INC: $24,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF FERDINAND INCIndividual grant recipient: $22,050 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHUMANE SOCIETY OF BOONE COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF BOONE COUNTYFOUR LEGGED RANCH: $18,000 · OtherFOUR LEGGED RANCHMISTY EYES ANIMAL CENTER: $18,000 · OtherMISTY EYES ANIMAL CENTERHEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS (OUTREACH INDIANA): $15,000 · OtherHEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS (OUTREACH INDIANA)Individual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF INDIANAPOLIS DOGS OUTSIDE (FIDO): $9,000 · Other+4 more: $11,442 · OtherGSD RESCUE INDY INC: $32,000 · AnimalsGSD RESCUE INDY INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $21,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYHENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ARK INC: $20,000 · AnimalsHENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCI…OINKING ACRES FARM RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC: $15,460 · AnimalsOINKING ACRES FARM RESCUE & …LENNOXS LEGACY RESCUE INC: $13,500 · AnimalsLENNOXS LEGACY RESCUE INCWYANDOT COUNTY EQUINE RESCUE INC: $6,000 · AnimalsHUMAN-ANIMAL ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · Animals+2 more: $1,083 · AnimalsLAKELAND CENTER INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesLAKELAND CEN…WAY TO BATTLE: $15,000 · Human ServicesWAY TO BATTL…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $27,000 · HealthREINS OF HOPE INC: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,500 · HealthNARROW GATE HORSE RANCH INCORPORATED: $12,000 · ReligionEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$240,492Animals$114,043Human Services$47,500Health$31,500Religion$12,000Arts & Culture$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLAKELAND CENTER INC: $32,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetGSD RESCUE INDY INC: $32,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ARK INC: $20,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetFOUR LEGGED RANCH: $18,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetOINKING ACRES FARM RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC: $15,460 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWAY TO BATTLE: $15,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetLENNOXS LEGACY RESCUE INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNARROW GATE HORSE RANCH INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWYANDOT COUNTY EQUINE RESCUE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetHUMAN-ANIMAL ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetREINS OF HOPE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOOVED ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS & THINK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAKELAND CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GSD RESCUE INDY INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICKS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ARK INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUR LEGGED RANCH ↗
  • Who funds OINKING ACRES FARM RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds WAY TO BATTLE ↗
  • Who funds LENNOXS LEGACY RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NARROW GATE HORSE RANCH INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WYANDOT COUNTY EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN-ANIMAL ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds REINS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOW COST SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOVED ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PAWS & THINK INC ↗

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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ltr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ltr Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to Ltr Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ltr 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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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