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Mountain Lake Community Service Inc

To support local charities by making grants to these organizations so that they may carryout their charitable activities.

$374k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$374k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$822kHuman Services$584kYouth Development$320kArts & Culture$140kReligion$111kHealth$40kPhilanthropy$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$374,277
Median grant
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States reached
$514k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRANTS$374,277
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 (FY17–24, $297k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GREEN & GOLD FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%GREEN & GOLD FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%Green and Gold Foundation of Lake Wales Inc: $15k → 16%Green and Gold Foundation of Lake Wales Inc: $15k → 16%Green & Gold Foundation: $10k → 16%GREEN & GOLD FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%GREEN & GOLD FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%GREEN & GOLD FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%Family Literacy Academy: $25k → 16%LAKE WALES FAMILY LITERACY: $25k → 16%FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY AT LW: $25k → 16%LAKE WALES FAMILY LITERACY: $25k → 16%LAKE WALES FAMILY LITERACY: $25k → 16%The Family Literacy Academy at Lake Wales Inc: $25k → 16%The Family Literacy Academy of Lake Wales Inc: $25k → 16%LAKE WALES FAMILY LITERACY: $22k → 16%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 22 repeat orgs$434k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
2

Total granted

$2.1M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-4%

Still filing today

64%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $374k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationReligionPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • LW
    LAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $545k · revenue +85%
  • FL
    FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY AT LAKE WALES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $197k · revenue +38%
  • VS
    VANGUARD SCHOOL OF LAKE WALES FLORIDA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue -4%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -60%
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
Lake Wales Main Street
Community Improvement
2
Young Mens Christian Association of Lake Wales Inc C/O Ymca of West Central Fl

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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3
Lake Wales Charter Schools Inc

To bring the best of public education to our community by providing innovation and choice within a continuous pre-school through post secondary curriculum so that each child recognizes the benefits of life-long learning, constructive…

Education
4
Historic Colony House Inc

To preserve and protect old and historic building of the mountain lake estates historic district in lake wales, florida.

Arts & Culture
5
Lakeland Christian Academy Association Inc

The organization exists to provide a biblically centered educational environment so that its students may be equipped to become christ honoring members of their families, churches, and communities.

Education
6
Educational Charter Foundation of Florida Inc

To provide elementary educational services to lake county, florida as a charter school.

Education
7
Learning Resource Center of Polk County Inc

The learning resource center of polk county, inc. (lrc) is passionately devoted to pursuing its mission to help students maximize their learning potential by providing personalized supplemental education programs for students, consultative…

Education
8
Lakeland Leadership League
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9
Lake Wales Care Center Foundation Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to render financial assistance and support the lake wales care center, inc. to assist in its endeavor to render assistance to those in genuine need with the highest level of caring, without regard to race,…

Health
10
Lake Wales Ministries Inc

The underlying property was sold in 2019. the organization is in the process of winding down.

Housing & Shelter
11
Lake Technical College Inc

To meet the educational needs of the community by offering a variety of high quality vocational and technical training opportunities for high school and adult students. the college is a post secondary technical college.

Education
12
Gainesville Independent School Inc Aka Lakeview Academy

Gainesville independent school, inc. a.k.a. lakeview academy is a college-preparatory school committed to excellence in the personal growth and academic development of today's student through a partnership of school, family, and community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lake Wales Care Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Idols Aside Ministries 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

18 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. 18 of the 25 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC: $545,130 · OtherLAKE WALES CARE CENTER INCGRANTS: $374,277 · OtherGRANTSLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $237,102 · OtherLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $185,000 · OtherCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INCOTHERS UNDER 5000: $79,870 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $74,000 · OtherLAKE WALES LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $58,000 · Other+6 more: $167,000 · Other+6 moreFAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY AT LAKE WALES INC: $197,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY LITERA…GREEN AND GOLD FOUNDATION OF LAKE WALES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesGREEN AND GOL…VANGUARD SCHOOL OF LAKE WALES FLORIDA INC: $124,500 · EducationVANGUARD S…VICTORY RIDGE ACADEMY INC: $102,708 · EducationVICTORY RI…LAKE WALES ARTS COUNCIL INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE WALES HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE WALES HERITAGE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCIRCLE OF FRIENDS MINISTRY INC: $58,800 · ReligionIdols Aside Ministries Inc: $36,000 · ReligionAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $40,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $24,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,720,379Human Services$297,000Education$227,208Arts & Culture$116,000Religion$94,800Health$40,000Youth Development$35,000Philanthropy$24,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC: $545,130 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $237,102 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetFAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY AT LAKE WALES INC: $197,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $185,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetVANGUARD SCHOOL OF LAKE WALES FLORIDA INC: $124,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetVICTORY RIDGE ACADEMY INC: $102,708 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGREEN AND GOLD FOUNDATION OF LAKE WALES INC: $100,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetLAKE WALES ARTS COUNCIL INC: $75,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetCIRCLE OF FRIENDS MINISTRY INC: $58,800 over 3y, 15% of budgetPOLK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIdols Aside Ministries Inc: $36,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE WALES HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $26,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE WALES HERITAGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetLAKE WALES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $13,500 over 2y, 7.2% 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 LAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY AT LAKE WALES INC ↗
  • Who funds CITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD SCHOOL OF LAKE WALES FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds VICTORY RIDGE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN AND GOLD FOUNDATION OF LAKE WALES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE OF FRIENDS MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds POLK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AdventHealth Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Idols Aside Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES HISTORY MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 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.

Givewell Community Fo…The Jahna Foundation …Florida's Natural Gro…United Way of Central…Publix Super Markets …Homer and Annette Tho…Epic Affect IncDollar General Litera…The McCance FoundationTruist Foundation IncRaymond James Charita…Duke Energy Foundation
Givewell Community Foundation IncFL26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Givewell Community Foundation Inc · The Jahna Foundation Inc · Florida's Natural Growers Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Florida Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Homer and Annette Thompson Foundation · Epic Affect Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The McCance Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Duke Energy 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 Mountain Lake Community Service Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mountain Lake Community Service Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lake Wales Care Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–5%
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.

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 25 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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