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The Dorothy L Lappin Foundation at a glance

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The Dorothy L Lappin Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$51k
Granted FY2019
16
Grants FY2019
6
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Arts & Culture$47kEducation$12kEnvironment$10kHealth$5kAnimals$4kScience & Tech$1kOther$0
02FY2019 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k15 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOAFI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$12,995
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION$7,500
EMERSON COLLEGE$5,000
DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION$5,000
PALM BEACH DRAMA WORKS$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
SEA SHEPARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY$2,500
BEHIND THE BOOK FOUNDATION$2,000
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER$2,000
EW FOUNDATION$2,000
HEALING THE CHILDREN$1,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$1,000
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$1,000
BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE$1,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $250 → 13%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 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
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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2
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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3
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
4
Scleroderma Research Foundation

The mission of the Scleroderma Research Foundation is to fund and facilitate the most promising, highest quality research aimed at new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for scleroderma.

Health
5
Reef Environmental Education Foundation

Reef environmental education foundation (reef) was established as a nonprofit organization in 1990. reef conserves marine environments worldwide. our mission is to protect biodiversity and ocean life by actively engaging and inspiring the…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
7
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
10
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
11
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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12
Dolphin Biology Research Institute

Building on the foundation of the world's longest-running study of a wild dolphin population, the sarasota dolphin research program improves the lives of dolphins through: 1) research on dolphins in the wild to better understand how they…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healing the Children - Florida 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DREYFORD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $25,550 · OtherDREYFORD SCHOOL OF THE ARTSSOAFI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $12,995 · OtherSOAFI SCHOOL OF THE ARTSSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $5,000 · OtherSchool of the Arts Foundation IncIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER: $2,000 · OtherEW Foundation Inc: $2,000 · OtherBEHIND THE BOOK FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Other+3 more: $1,750 · OtherTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL RES…THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER…PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureEMERSON COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsHEALING THE CHILDREN - FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $175 · HealthThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,000 · Science & Tech
Other$53,795Environment$9,500Arts & Culture$6,000Education$5,000Animals$3,500Health$1,175Science & Tech$1,000

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 CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEW Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING THE CHILDREN - FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ROBBIE LEVINE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $175 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Dorothy L Lappin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy L Lappin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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 The Dorothy L Lappin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Dorothy L Lappin 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 20 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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