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Payton's Lemonade Stand

To empower the next generation of philanthropists by harnessing the power of kids serving kids.

$800k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$39kHousing & Shelter$21kHuman Services$7kEducation$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kYouth Development$3kPhilanthropy$1kFood & Nutrition$250
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $27,661, the rows itemized in this filing. The $800,191 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $772,530 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.
$1,355
Median grant
2
States reached
$163k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UpSpring$8,770
Ronald McDonald House$6,520
Cincinnati Public Schools$4,833
Rising Stars of America$2,500
Bethany House$1,355
Aubrey Rose Foundation$1,254
Queen City Book Bank$1,250
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center$579
Madi's House$350
Master Provisions$250
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 (FY22–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Ronald McDonald House: $7k → 16%Ronald McDonald House: $6k → 16%Ronald McDonald House: $6k → 16%Ronald McDonald House: $6k → 16%BDK Fund: $444 → 16%Hope's Closet: $1k → 16%Hope's Closet: $500 → 16%A Kid Again: $4k → 16%A Kid Again: $2k → 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64k · 7 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$64k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $23k · revenue +71%
  • U
    UPSPRING
    3× · 2022–2025 · $19k · revenue +22%
  • MH
    Madis House Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • M2
    Matthew 25 Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -24%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +78%
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +14%
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
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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2
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
3
Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services
4
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
5
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc

To meet the special needs of each child and family served in order to help improve their quality of life. the board of trustees and staff members of the home are committed to bringing the highest quality resources available to the…

Human Services
6
United Methodist Ministry With Children and Families Inc

Methodist childrens homes seeks to bring restoration to children and youth who have been neglected or abused. by the end of their time with us, we hope to see that they find reconciliation with their biological families, love within an…

Human Services
7
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination…

Human Services
8
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
9
Mercy Life Center Corporation

We, pittsburgh mercy health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life center is a member of pittsburgh mercy health system…

Health
10
Children's Restoration Network

Our mission is to offer hope and support, enabling children and their mothers to break the cycle of homelessness by empowering them to become part of mainstream society as active, productive citizens through programs and special events…

Human Services
11
Central New York Ronald McDonald House

Housing and programs for sick children and thier families.

—
12
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Indiana Inc

To provide a supportive home-away-from-home for families of children receiving medical care at riley children's health and other area hospitals.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lighthouse Youth Services; the most unlike its peers is The Mary Magdalen Foundation 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

25 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $23,160 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATE…A KID AGAIN INC: $5,035 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INCHOPE'S CLOSET INC: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $444 · Human ServicesUPSPRING: $19,295 · Youth DevelopmentUPSPRINGMadis House Inc: $8,889 · HealthMadis House IncCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,329 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL …SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS F…+1 more: $250 · HealthCincinnati City School District: $4,833 · OtherCincinnati Ci…RISING STARS OF AMERICA: $2,500 · OtherRISING STARS …LITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI DBA QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK: $2,110 · OtherLITERACY NETW…+1 more: $250 · OtherMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $5,000 · InternationalBethany House Services Inc: $1,355 · Housing & ShelterAUBREY ROSE FOUNDATION: $1,254 · EducationMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Human Services$30,139Youth Development$19,295Health$14,968Other$9,693International$5,000Housing & Shelter$1,355Education$1,254Philanthropy$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 budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $23,160 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUPSPRING: $19,295 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMadis House Inc: $8,889 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $5,035 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,329 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI DBA QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK: $2,110 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE'S CLOSET INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAUBREY ROSE FOUNDATION: $1,254 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BDK FUND: $444 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $250 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.

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 Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…Matthew 25 Ministries…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Duke Energy FoundationJosephine S Russell C…Millstone FundElsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Interact for HealthThe Scripps Howard Fo…The James J and Joan …Charles H Dater Found…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH33× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Matthew 25 Ministries Inc · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Millstone Fund · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Interact for Health · The Scripps Howard Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc

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 Payton's Lemonade Stand funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Payton's Lemonade Stand. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 Payton's Lemonade Stand?

Find your warmest path to Payton's Lemonade Stand 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 17 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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