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Robert E Lamb Foundation Inc at a glance

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Robert E Lamb Foundation Inc

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.

$321k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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$898kHealth$514kHousing & Shelter$306kHuman Services$250kEmployment$211kFood & Nutrition$100kArts & Culture$78kPublic Benefit$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL$50,000
THE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION$40,000
FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUC$30,000
GOOD WORKS INC$20,000
DARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION$20,000
PHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC$15,000
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$15,000
CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES$15,000
CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE$10,000
BAKER INDUSTRIES$10,000
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$10,000
SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS$10,000
HANDI-CRAFTERS INC$10,000
ORION COMMUNITIES$10,000
CAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTO$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $437k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $10k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $10k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $15k → 6%SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $10k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10k → 6%SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $5k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $10k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $10k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $8k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $8k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 6%KENNET AREA SENIOR CENTER: $2k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $20k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $15k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $15k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $15k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $10k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $10k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $10k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $10k → 6%DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $10k → 6%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 46 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
3

Total granted

$2.6M
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+58%

Still filing today

61%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +12%
  • GW
    GOOD WORKS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +78%
  • PF
    PHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • KA
    KENNETT AREA SENIOR CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -18%
  • FP
    FRIENDS PUBLISHING CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +58%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $250
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
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
2
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
3
Princeton Senior Resource Center Dba Center for Modern Aging Princeton

Psrc is the go-to resource where aging adults and their families find support, guidance, educational and social programs to help navigate life transitions and continue to be active, healty and engaged in the community.

Human Services
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

The corporation's mission includes, but is not limited to, combatingcommunity deterioration within chinatown; preserving and developingthe chinatown community; leading the community in neighborhoodplanning, considering land use, and…

Community Improvement
6
Connections Work

Connections work changes lives and improves communities by providing services and supports to individuals seeking pathways to success.

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7
Free Clinic Association of Pennsylvania

The pennsylvania charitable healthcare coalition advances the healthcare safety net by empowering organizations that increase access to care for the uninsured and underinsured.

Health
8
Chester County Hospital & Health System

The provision of management services to the chester county hospital and its affiliates.

Health
9
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
10
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
11
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future

The mission of pennfuture is to lead the transition to a clean energy economy in pennsylvania and beyond. pennfuture is protecting our air, water and land, and empowering citizens to build sustainable communities for future generations.

Environment
12
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Whyy 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS: $322,800 · OtherPHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDSFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUC: $125,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $87,500 · OtherMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INCDARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $77,500 · OtherDARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATIONBAKER INDUSTRIES INC: $76,000 · OtherBAKER INDUSTRIES INCORION COMMUNITIES INC: $76,000 · OtherORION COMMUNITIES INCCONSERVATIVE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $40,000 · OtherFRANCISVALE HOME FOR SMALLER ANIMALS: $60,000 · OtherMain Line Art Center: $40,000 · Other+20 more: $224,950 · Other+20 moreCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $125,000 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTNERS FO…HANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesHANDI-CRAFTERS INCLCH Health and Community Services: $70,000 · Human ServicesLCH Health and Com…DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesDAEMION COUNSELING…SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesSURREY SERVICES FO…Wings for Success Inc: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesPHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC: $125,000 · HealthPHOENIXVILLE F…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $115,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLU…HEALTH CARE ACCESS: $48,500 · HealthHEALTH CARE AC…PAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthPAOLI MEMORIAL…THE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationTHE MAIN LINE…CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $140,000 · EducationCHESTER COUNT…Conservative Partnership Institute: $27,500 · EducationConservative …+1 more: $1,000 · EducationGOOD WORKS INC: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterGOOD WORK…GATEWAY HOUSING GROUP: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterGATEWAY H…CAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS INC: $90,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $65,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,129,750Human Services$437,000Health$328,500Education$308,500Housing & Shelter$230,000Food & Nutrition$140,000Youth Development$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 8y, 82% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $140,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetGOOD WORKS INC: $140,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC: $125,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $125,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $115,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $115,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY HOUSING GROUP: $90,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $87,500 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetBAKER INDUSTRIES INC: $76,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetORION COMMUNITIES INC: $76,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $70,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDAEMION COUNSELING CENTER INC: $70,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $65,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFRANCISVALE HOME FOR SMALLER ANIMALS: $60,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS: $48,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMain Line Art Center: $40,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWings for Success Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENNETT AREA SENIOR CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS PUBLISHING CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVERFORD SCHOOL: $1,000 over 4y, 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 MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds HANDI-CRAFTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY HOUSING GROUP ↗
  • Who funds MAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BAKER INDUSTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ORION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LCH Health and Community Services ↗
  • Who funds DAEMION COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISVALE HOME FOR SMALLER ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH CARE ACCESS ↗
  • Who funds PAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Main Line Art Center ↗
  • Who funds SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Conservative Partnership Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wings for Success Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗

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.

Chester County Commun…The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…Connelly FoundationThe Smith Foundation …United Way of Chester…Hankin FoundationFirst Cornerstone Fou…The Dansko Foundation…The Pfizer Foundation…John and Carole Barth…The Emergency Aid of …
Chester County Community FoundationPA34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation · United Way of Chester County Inc · Hankin Foundation · First Cornerstone Foundation Inc-Ima · The Dansko Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · John and Carole Bartholdson Foundation · The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania 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 Robert E Lamb Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert E Lamb Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 49 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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