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Lugers Family Foundation

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.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$70kAnimals$66kHealth$40kFood & Nutrition$27kRecreation & Sports$25kEducation$20kYouth Development$20kEnvironment$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$347k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$6,000
KID'S FOOD BASKET$4,000
MARY FREE BED FOUNDATION$4,000
BENJAMIN'S HOPE$3,000
USTAMIDWEST TENNIS & EDUCATIONAL F$2,500
HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY$2,250
RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE$2,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$2,000
GUMBO LIMBO NATURE CENTER$2,000
PAWS WITH A CAUSE$2,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOC OF W MI$1,500
HOLLAND YOUTH TENNIS$1,000
LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND$1,000
OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER$1,000
SPECTRUM SAILING$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $4k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $3k → 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%RESILIENCEADV FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $2k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $2k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $1k → 8%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%CAMP SUNSHINE: $1k → 10%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290k · 30 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
5

Total granted

$290k
$4k

Still filing today

47%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +16%
  • BH
    BENJAMIN'S HOPE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +212%
  • HH
    HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • HA
    HOLLAND ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT-HPS
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • HH
    HOLLAND HIGH SR CLASS PARTY-HPS
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • HA
    HOLLAND AREA VISITORS BUREAU
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
3
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
4
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
5
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
6
Humane Society of South Mississippi

The mission of the humane society is to save and enhance the lives of pets through cooperative and innovative approaches to adoption, spay/neuter, sheltering and community engagement.

Animals
7
Summit Assistance Dogs

Summit assistance dogs is a nonprofit organization that creates life-changing partnerships by providing highly-trained mobility assistance dogs for people living with disabilities.

Human Services
8
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
9
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
10
Macomb County Humane Society

Provide care for homeless/abused animals

Animals
11
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
12
Spokanimal Care

Spokanimal leads communities in humane/proactive ways to promote and preserve the human-companion animal bond.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is Odc Network. 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. 14 of the 38 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEGRAAF NATR CTR-ADOPT ANIMALS: $17,460 · OtherDEGRAAF NATR CTR-ADOPT ANIMALSCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $16,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERLAKESHORE RESCUE MISSIONS: $14,000 · OtherLAKESHORE RESCUE MISSIONSHOLLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherHOLLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONMARY FREE BED FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherMARY FREE BED FOUNDATIONDOWN SYNDROME ASSOC OF W MI: $9,700 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOC OF W MIBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $8,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $7,200 · OtherHOLLAND YOUTH TENNIS: $7,000 · OtherHOLLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherCTR WOMEN IN TRANS-GIRLS ON THE RUN: $6,000 · Other+15 more: $33,955 · Other+15 moreBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $24,000 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN'S HOPEPaws With A Cause: $16,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A CauseRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $13,500 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR EN…LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $8,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLINDCAMP SUNSHINE: $8,000 · Human ServicesCAMP SUNSHINECRITTER BARN: $5,000 · Human ServicesCRITTER BARNHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,650 · AnimalsHARBOR HUMA…ODC NETWORK: $13,000 · AnimalsODC NETWORKKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $26,651 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOO…GUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$150,315Human Services$74,500Animals$30,650Food & Nutrition$26,651Arts & Culture$16,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Education$1,000

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 budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $26,651 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOPE: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetODC NETWORK: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE: $8,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $7,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRITTER BARN: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY HEALTH PARTNERS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOPE ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds ODC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds CRITTER BARN ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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.

The Community Foundat…Grand Haven Area Comm…Merle & Sheri Dewitt …Jim and Ginger Jurrie…Douglas & Sandra Deko…De Witt Families Cond…John and Judy Spoelho…The Samuel L Westerma…Pat & Herb Eldean Fam…Tim and Nancy Vande B…Howard Miller Foundat…Marvin G & Jerene L D…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Merle & Sheri Dewitt Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · Pat & Herb Eldean Family Foundation · Tim and Nancy Vande Bunte Family Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family 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 Lugers Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lugers Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–15%
    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.

    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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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