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The Laska Family Foundation at a glance

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The Laska Family Foundation

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.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Religion$79kHealth$15kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kCrime & Legal$1kYouth Development$1kEducation$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $54k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARRIS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH$30,000
HARRIS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH$12,000
THE CROSSING A CHRISTIAN CHURCH$12,000
OV-10 BRONCO ASSOCIATION INC$5,000
WOMENS RESOURCE MED CENTERS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$2,000
MISSION PRE-BORN INC$1,334
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES$1,333
ACTBEYOND$1,200
MAMMOTH CREEK SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE DISTRICT$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%CHRISTIAN WORKS FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 → 14%MISSION PRE-BORN INC: $1k → 16%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 13%HOPE FOR PRISONERS OM INC: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NV
IN
OH
UT
CO
VA
TX
FL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82k · 8 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$82k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • HC
    HARRIS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $47k
  • TC
    THE CROSSING A CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $17k
  • A
    ActBeyond
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k

Funded once

  • MN
    MAKE-A-WISH NEVADA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • KB
    K Baltes
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • DC
    DAVID C COOK
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -4%
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
Christians in Commerce Intl

To encourage and equip christians to be god's presence in the workplace by the power of the holy spirit, exercising faith, integrity, and excellence.

Philanthropy
2
Allyfe Pregnancy Clinics

Allyfe pregnancy clinic exists to offer truth, hope, and love to every woman and family facing an unexpected pregnancy. founded in 1985, we have built four decades of integrity as a christ-centered center of excellence - providing…

Human Services
3
Crisis Pregnancy Center of Prince William County

We are a christ centered ministry which upholds the sacred value of life in three major areas. those three areas are help with unplanned pregnancies, teach abstinence and offer spiritual healing from the effects of abortion.

Health
4
The Human Choice of Iowa

Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…

Human Services
5
Oasis Pregnancy Care Centers Corp

Our mission is to glorify god by being a witness for life, promoting purity, protecting the unborn and offering support to families. we serve clients seeking pregnancy and parenting education, material assistance, and emotional and…

Human Services
6
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
7
Cross Timbers Pregnancy Care Center

Cross timbers pregnancy care center is a christian ministry dedicated to preserving the value of human life by providing abortion alternatives, practical assistance, and education to the cross timbers area.

Health
8
Family Research Council

The family research council's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. frc's activities in…

Human Services
9
First Choice Women's Medical Center Inc

To provide christ-centered medical, parenting, and life-skill services to extend help, offer hope, and promote healing.

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10
New Life Solutions Inc

To protect the unborn, share the gospel, and transform our communities one life at a time.

Health
11
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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12
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Nevada; the most unlike its peers is Crossline Community Church 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, 2017–2026.

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. 15 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARRIS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH: $47,000 · OtherHARRIS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCHTHE CROSSING A CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $17,000 · OtherTHE CROSSING A CHRISTIAN CHURCHK Baltes: $6,500 · OtherK BaltesMAMMOTH CREEK SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE DISTRICT: $3,000 · Other+6 more: $5,050 · Other+6 moreMAKE-A-WISH NEVADA: $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH N…HOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR PRIS…Mission Pre-Born Inc: $1,334 · Human ServicesMission Pre-B…Christian Works For Children Inc: $500 · Human ServicesActBeyond: $7,133 · ReligionActBeyondCROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $2,250 · ReligionCROSSLINE C…DAVID C COOK: $2,200 · ReligionDAVID C COO…OV-10 Bronco Association Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWOMENS RESOURCE MEDICAL CENTERS: $3,500 · HealthFORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,000 · HealthPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $1,333 · Crime & LegalFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$78,550Human Services$13,834Religion$11,583Arts & Culture$5,000Health$4,500Crime & Legal$1,333Youth Development$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAKE-A-WISH NEVADA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMENS RESOURCE MEDICAL CENTERS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $1,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBETA UPSILON CHI FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Works For Children Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NET FW 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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 22 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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