· Private foundation
The L H Field Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $220k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $122k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WATERLOO AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $62,000 |
| JACKSON COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT | $60,000 |
| ELLA SHARP MUSEUM | $35,000 |
| LOST RAILWAY MUSEUM | $32,600 |
| JACKSON DISTRICT LIBRARY | $30,000 |
| JACKSON COUNTY MI HISTORICAL SOCIET | $28,000 |
| CASCADE HUMANE SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| THE GOSPEL ARMY BLACK HISTORY GROUP | $14,000 |
| TOMPKINS CENTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| JOHN GEORGE HOME | $10,000 |
| JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME | $10,000 |
| IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| AWARE SHELTER | $10,000 |
| SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| HENRY FORD ALLEGIANCE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JGJOHN GEORGE HOME INC8× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +89%
- TCTOMPKINS CENTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY5× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +151% · 48% of their budget
- JIJackson Interfaith Shelter2× · 2017–2019 · $70k · revenue +602%
Funded once
- CWCENTRAL WESLEYAN CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $10k
- TWTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCEgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +64%
- JPJACKSON PERSONAL CARE MINISTRIESone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
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.
To preserve and operate historic sites for public tours and research. to preserve historic documents for public inspection.
Provide support for the animals and staff at the Jackson County Wisconsin animal shelter educating the general public as to the humane treatment of animals and the enforcement of laws pertaining to the humane treatment of animals.
Provide care for and rehome animals
The organization operates a food pantry for families to come and receive food for the poor and underprivileged.
Identify, record and preserve artifacts representing Jackson county history. Promote an interest in and education of residents and visitors concerning county history through collection and display of artifacts and historical information…
Provide services to local seniors to improve their quality of life and assist them in remaining in their homes
To assist the jackson county, ms animal shelter in helping save lives and educating the public on the importance of spay / neutering, animal protection and responsibility.
The various income and expenes that are customary to the operation of a county fair including open class exhibits, youth programs, fees, and 4h clubs.
Fundraising & Operation of Food Pantry
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 47 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME ↗
- Who funds JOHN GEORGE HOME INC ↗
- Who funds CASCADES HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LOST RAILWAY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ELLA SHARP MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON ↗
- Who funds TOMPKINS CENTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Jackson Interfaith Shelter ↗
- Who funds JACKSON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ↗
- Who funds Jackson Community 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.
Open a dossier: The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Lavery Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Jackson Community Foundation · Addison P Cook III Foundation · The Hurst Foundation · Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust · Olson-Kulka Foundation · Samuel Higby Camp Foundation · Macchia Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The L H Field Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The L H Field Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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