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Ment Ltd

Aims to educate, train and inspire excellence in young culinary professionals and champions the diversity and creativity of the traditions and quality of cuisine in america.

$99k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$110kYouth Development$105kFood & Nutrition$55kCommunity Improvement$50kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$10kPublic Benefit$10kEmployment$5k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $99,016 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $89,016 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$665k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN SMOKE FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Heart of the House Foundation: $10k → 11%Alex Yoon Restaurant Group LLC: $10k → 7%Keller Restaurant Relief Fund: $10k → 9%State Bird Provisions: $10k → 10%Berkin Restaurants Inc: $5k → 11%Jolie LLC: $5k → 14%Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance: $20k → 9%Hand in Hand a Daniel Boulud Foundation: $10k → 17%SOUTHERN SMOKE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%Rose's Luxury Group: $10k → 14%Quarter LLC: $10k → 21%Hot and Hot Fish Club: $10k → 16%Niche Food Group: $10k → 11%Sidney Street Cafe: $10k → 21%Henrietta Red: $10k → 14%Jacques Pepin foundation: $10k → 7%Bacchanalia & Star Provisions: $5k → 13%SC Restaurant Ventures LLC: $10k → 10%StreetBird Newark LLC: $10k → 16%Rosendale Collective: $10k → 4%Spicer Rosendale: $10k → 23%The Lee Initiative: $20k → 15%JBI LLC: $10k → 14%Hawaii AG and Culinary Alliance: $10k → 9%St Hospitality Group: $10k → 17%World Central Kitchen: $10k → 14%Chulio Inc: $5k → 13%The Lee Initiative: $5k → 15%Republique LLC: $10k → 14%Craft Worldwide Holding LLC: $10k → 17%Stone's Food Inc: $10k → 14%EBNB 70 Pine Owner: $10k → 17%Charcoal Venice Partners LLC: $10k → 14%Gabriel Kreuther Restaurant: $10k → 17%Hope Street Restaurant LLC: $10k → 14%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

MN
MI
NY
PA
NJ
RI
CA
MO
KY
VA
TN
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
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 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.

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Brewnited
Philanthropy
2
Food Jobs Work Foundation
Employment
3
The Habit Restaurants Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Restaurant Giving Circle Inc

Improve the lives of restaurant workers

Philanthropy
5
Chefs for Humanity

To donate money to other not-for-profit agencies

Food & Nutrition
6
Culinary Hospitality Opportunities Program
Employment
7
Walter Family Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Chef Joey Schilling Memorial Foundation
Education
9
The Culinary Trust co Under Control Llc

The Culinary Trust gives culinary professionals the tools and opportunites to understand and act on critical issues in the world of food. The mission is fulfilled through educational programs, grants for hunger alleviation, culinary…

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10
Dessert Holdings Covid-19 Employee Assistance Fund

To provide financial assistance to employees of dessert holdings most significantly impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.

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11
Merrimans Culinary Scholarship

To provide scholarships to students entering or continuing in the field of Culinary Arts in Hawaii.

Education
12
Kitchen Work Foundation

Provides financial support and mentorship to food entrepreneurs, matching them with funding and providing access to experienced professionals as they embark on establishing new restaurants, markets, cafes, bakeries, and other local food…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lee Initiative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hand in Hand Daniel Boulud Foundation. 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

8 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. 8 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherCraft Worldwide Holding LLC: $10,000 · OtherSt Hospitality Group: $10,000 · OtherSC Restaurant Ventures LLC: $10,000 · OtherHAND IN HAND DANIEL BOULUD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHope Street Restaurant LLC: $10,000 · OtherRepublique LLC: $10,000 · OtherEBNB 70 Pine Owner: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherAlex Yoon Restaurant Group LLC: $10,000 · OtherNiche Food Group: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherJBI LLC: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherHot and Hot Fish Club: $10,000 · OtherStone's Food Inc: $10,000 · OtherCharcoal Venice Partners LLC: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherQuarter LLC: $10,000 · OtherStreetBird Newark LLC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $20,000 · Other+4 moreLEE INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 · EmploymentLEE INITIAT…JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $10,000 · EmploymentJACQUES PEP…HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $30,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII AG…Heart of the House Foundation: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterKELLER RESTAURANT RELIEF FUND: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalSouthern Smoke Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$250,000Employment$35,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Public Safety & Disaster$20,000International$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLEE INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHeart of the House Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetHAND IN HAND DANIEL BOULUD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKELLER RESTAURANT RELIEF FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Smoke Foundation: $10,000 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 HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LEE INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Heart of the House Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAND IN HAND DANIEL BOULUD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE ↗
  • Who funds KELLER RESTAURANT RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Smoke Foundation ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Ment Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ment Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    0get 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.
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    How do I get to Ment Ltd?

    Find your warmest path to Ment Ltd 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 34 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 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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