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The Lanter Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lanter Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$681kRecreation & Sports$611kEducation$527kReligion$449kYouth Development$300kHealth$133kFood & Nutrition$33kCommunity Improvement$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $698k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC$75,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$65,000
THRIVE AZ$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
A MILLION STARS INC - COLLEGE BOUND$50,000
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS JETS BASKETBALL CLUB (SWIL)$40,000
MITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES - HARVEST COMPASSION CENTER$35,000
INTENTIONAL SPORTS$31,500
BOX UNITED - FIGHT LIKE A GIRL$30,000
FUTURE FOR KIDS$30,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY$30,000
ELEVATE ST LOUIS$25,000
OUR LITTLE HAVEN$25,000
INVEST FOR KIDS$25,000
NEW CITY FELLOWSHIP$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $281k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%HOPE WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%A SEAT AT THE TABLE: $20k → 21%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%ST LOUIS ARC: $500 → 11%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%THRIVE AZ: $60k → 11%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%NOT MY KID: $10k → 11%THE BLOC: $20k → 14%THE BLOC: $15k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
CO
MO
VA
AZ
DC
HI
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 25 repeat orgs$900k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$2.1M
$457k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+22%

Still filing today

60%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $443k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AM
    A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $130k · revenue +20%
  • IF
    Invest for Kids Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +39%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $90k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION - BASKETBALL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • PA
    PARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -18%
  • PG
    PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +3%
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
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
2
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite and empower the promise of youth. we nurture children, strengthen communities and believe that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.

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3
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
4
Friends of the Children - Chicago

Friends of the children - chicago has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Human Services
5
Thrive Chicago Nfp

Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.

Human Services
6
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah

Big brothers big sisters of utah's vision is that all children achieve success in life. our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Education
7
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
8
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
9
Family Programs Hawaii

The mission of the organization is to strengthen youth and families through high quality prevention, support, and transition services.

Unclassified
10
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
11
Children's Advocates for Change

Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…

Human Services
12
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. the organization's vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hands for Single Moms; the most unlike its peers is 100 Thousand Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 62 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
21/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $350,000 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISCHRISTS CHURCH OF THE VALLEY INC: $345,000 · OtherCHRISTS CHURCH OF THE VALLEY INCUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION - BASKETBALL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND: $250,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION - BASKETBALL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $150,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INCIndividual grant recipient: $135,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS JETS BASKETBALL CLUB (SWIL): $109,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $70,000 · OtherMITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES - HARVEST COMPASSION CENTER: $70,000 · Other+29 more: $589,225 · Other+29 moreA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentA MILLION STAR…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF …FUTURE FOR KIDS: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE FOR KID…BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE PHOENIX: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPPORTUNITY4KIDS: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP: $15,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentInvest for Kids Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesInvest for…THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND AGED OUT: $60,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE AZ …THE BLOC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE BLOCFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…A SEAT AT THE TABLE: $20,000 · Human ServicesA SEAT AT …HOPE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNOTMYKID: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesWomens Sports Foundation: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsIntentional Sports: $31,500 · Recreation & SportsPARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $40,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF: $10,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $5,000 · HealthAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $5,000 · HealthYouth Guidance: $30,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $21,675 · EducationLydia's House Inc: $51,106 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,068,225Youth Development$385,000Human Services$280,500Recreation & Sports$66,500Health$60,000Education$51,675Housing & Shelter$51,106

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 budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $130,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE FOR KIDS: $80,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND AGED OUT: $60,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $51,106 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS IN THE MIDDLE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BLOC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIntentional Sports: $31,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYouth Guidance: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATE ST LOUIS: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $21,675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetELEVATE PHOENIX: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY4KIDS: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA SEAT AT THE TABLE: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget100 THOUSAND FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetHOPE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST CHARLES COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOTMYKID: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL AMONG US INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION ST LOUIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS ARC INC: $500 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.

St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…Moneta Group Charitab…Arizona Community Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Bank & Tru…World Wide Technology…Tw Lewis FoundationBrown Dana Charitable…St Louis Philanthropi…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO28.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Tw Lewis Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · St Louis Philanthropic Organization

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 The Lanter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lanter Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Lanter Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lanter Family 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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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