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The Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation at a glance

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The Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2019
15
Grants FY2019
12
States reached
$831
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

93% of The Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Impactassetsinc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $6k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

7
’17
8
’18
12
’19
12
’20

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$149kInternational$5kEducation$5kAnimals$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kCivil Rights$4kHuman Services$3kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2019 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION$831
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$500
ANNIECANNONS INC$500
ALL HANDS AND HEARTS- SMART RESPONS$500
RAICES$500
HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL$500
POLARIS$500
EARLHAM COLLEGE$500
TRINITY UNIVERSITY$500
LANDMARK COLLEGE$500
GUARDIANS OF THE RESCUE$500
THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT$250
THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$100
THE MYOSITIS ASSOCIATION$50
THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING$50
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 (FY17–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE GRATEFUL GARMENT PROJECT: $500 → 8%ANNIECANNONS INC: $500 → 14%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $500 → 10%THE MYOSITIS ASSOCIATION: $50 → 9%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $500 → 10%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $250 → 10%THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT: $250 → 10%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

VT
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
DC
LA
TX
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15k · 8 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$15k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+57%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesAnimalsInternationalEducationCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HT
    HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +151%
  • ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +129%
  • TU
    Trinity University
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • ST
    SHRINKING TIME BTWN DISASTER AND RE
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • TM
    THE MALALA FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $767 · revenue +57%
  • EG
    ELECTRIC GIRLS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $525 · revenue -24%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
4
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
A Just World

Our mission is to promote a world where all beings live a just life of dignity and respect. To this end, we engage in practical actions, raise funds, spread understanding and foster compassion.

Animals
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
9
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
10
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is School for Contemplative Living. 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

29 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. 29 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMPACTASSETSINC: $145,300 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINC+2 more: $3,159 · PhilanthropyHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $500 · InternationalLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $1,250 · OtherGUARDIANS OF THE RESCUE: $1,015 · OtherSHRINKING TIME BTWN DISASTER AND RE: $1,000 · OtherELECTRIC GIRLS INC: $525 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FD: $500 · OtherALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $2,005 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $773 · OtherFeeding America: $1,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $500 · Other+1 more: $50 · OtherThe Sewing Machine Project Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Grateful Garment Project: $500 · Human ServicesAnnieCannons Inc: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,500 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,000 · Civil RightsTrinity University: $2,000 · EducationTHE MALALA FUND: $767 · EducationEarlham College Inc: $500 · EducationAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · AnimalsST TAMMANY HUMANE SOCIETY D/B/A NORTHSHORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsDallas Dogrrr: $500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $250 · Animals
Philanthropy$148,459International$6,000Other$8,618Human Services$3,550Civil Rights$3,500Education$3,267Animals$3,250

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 budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $145,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $3,059 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $2,005 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity University: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST TAMMANY HUMANE SOCIETY D/B/A NORTHSHORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $773 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $767 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELECTRIC GIRLS INC: $525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Grateful Garment Project: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Dogrrr: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnnieCannons Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarlham College Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Myositis Association: $50 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lisa E Craig Family Char Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report 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 32 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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