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Margaret Q Landenberger Research Foundation at a glance

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Margaret Q Landenberger Research Foundation

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.1MEducation$2.5MScience & Tech$1.2MPhilanthropy$620kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN$100,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$100,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$100,000
THE WISTAR INSTITUTE$100,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$100,000
JOHN'S HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$100,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $200k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $300k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $300k → 17%CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $100k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $200k → 10%MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100k → 13%JOHN'S HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $200k → 16%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF: $200k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $200k → 17%CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $100k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $100k → 10%JOHN HOPKINS UNIV: $200k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $200k → 16%THE WISTAR INSTITUTE: $200k → 22%THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%JOHN HOPKINS UNIV: $200k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100k → 16%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF: $100k → 22%THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%JOHN HOPKINS UNIV: $100k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100k → 16%THE WISTAR INSTITUTE: $100k → 22%THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%JOHN HOPKINS UNIV: $100k → 19%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THE WISTAR INSTITUTE: $100k → 22%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THE WISTAR INSTITUTE: $100k → 22%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF: $100k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $200k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 22%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $200k → 22%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $200k → 22%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $200k → 22%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $200k → 22%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $100k → 22%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

WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
MD
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 12 repeat orgs$400k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
2

Total granted

$6.6M
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+18%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +72%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $900k · revenue +127%
  • TW
    THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
    4× · 2020–2025 · $500k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • MS
    MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +18%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
3
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
10
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

Education
11
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
12
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Johns Hopkins University; the most unlike its peers is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $900,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $800,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $600,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SCH OF MED: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SCH OF MEDCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF: $100,000 · OtherTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $900,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $400,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSY…The George Washington University: $300,000 · EducationThe George Washington UniversityUniversity of Miami: $200,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100,000 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,200,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF…THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $500,000 · HealthTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF AN…CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $200,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTIT…THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $531,607 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $88,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,900,000Education$2,600,000Health$1,900,000Philanthropy$531,607Community Improvement$88,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $900,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $531,607 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $500,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $400,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $88,000 over 1y, 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 THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Margaret Q Landenberger Research Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Q Landenberger Research 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to Margaret Q Landenberger Research Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Margaret Q Landenberger Research 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 19 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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