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The Lookout 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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Environment$74kEducation$59kScience & Tech$50kHealth$8kReligion$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kHuman Services$4kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$212k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,500
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $1k → 14%OUTWARD BOUND CALIFONIA: $1k → 10%OUTWARD BOUND USA: $35k → 9%NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $1k → 13%SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%NORTHWEST OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $1k → 12%LEWIS A CHEEK LAW SCHOLARSHIP: $5k → 14%HIGHER ED WORKS: $2k → 8%CAROLINA CAY MARITIME FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%LIVING FREE MINISTRIES: $500 → 13%PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGYONCOLOGY TRUST: $1k → 13%WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF LAW: $1k → 15%FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5k → 16%COLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $1k → 12%THE SALVATION ARMY: $3k → 9%BALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BO: $1k → 11%HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHO: $1k → 11%OUTWARD BOUND USA: $25k → 9%PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY FUND OF UNC: $3k → 13%BIG EQUITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 9%OUTWARD BOUND USA: $8k → 9%MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF UNC: $1k → 13%STEPUP GREENSBORO: $500 → 16%OUTWARD BOUND USA: $732 → 9%CAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $250 → 16%GREENSBORO CHILDERN'S MUSEUM: $250 → 16%PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $1k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 16%PEAK ADVENTURE MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $50k → 16%GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL: $50k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 96% of The Lookout Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 58% of the giving stays in NC; read by stated purpose it is 3% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

The Lookout Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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North Carolina Outward Bound School

To change lives through challenge and discovery.

Environment
2
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School Inc

To inspire character development and self-discovery in people of all ages and walks of life through challenge and adventure and to impel them to achieve more than they ever thought possible, to show compassion for others and to actively…

Youth Development
3
Outdoor Journeys Inc

Inspiring individuals to connect with the natural world

Youth Development
4
The Expedition School

Operation of a North Carolina public charter school.

Education
5
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
6
Greenwood Project

Greenwood's mission is to create career pathways in the financial services industry for black and latino college students. we partner with companies to find equitable and inclusive solutions for recruitment, retention, and advancement. our…

Human Services
7
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
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Outdoor Outreach

The mission of the Organization is to connect youth to the transformative power of the outdoors.

Youth Development
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Learning Outside Inc

Learning outside is committed to giving children experiences in the outdoors that enhance their current lives and learning and instills in them a love of the natural world and a lifelong commitment to stewardship. essential to our mission…

Environment
10
National Outdoor Leadership School

The mission of the national outdoor leadership school is to be the leading source and teacher of wilderness skills and leadership that serve people and the environment.

Environment
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Adventure West Council Boy Scouts of America

The mission of the adventure west council, boy scouts of america, is to instill honor, integrity, and leadership in youth by engaging youth and families through fun, quality programs, outdoor experiences, and service to community.

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Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outward Bound Inc and the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

05the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
9/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OUTWARD BOUND INC — $68,761 · EnvironmentOUTWARD BOUND INC+4 more — $4,000 · Environment+4 moreGreensboro Independent School Corp — $50,000 · EducationGreensboro Independent Scho…HIGHER ED WORKS — $2,000 · EducationTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER — $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER…+1 more — $250 · Arts & CultureLEWIS A CHEEK LAW SCHOLARSHIP — $5,000 · OtherLEWIS A CHEEK L…FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $5,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTER…THE SALVATION ARMY — $3,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION A…AMERICAN RED CROSS — $2,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CR…BIG EQUITY FOUNDATION — $2,500 · OtherBIG EQUITY FOUN…PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY FUND OF UNC — $2,500 · OtherPEDIATRIC ONCOL…CAROLINA CAY MARITIME FOUNDATION — $1,700 · OtherCAROLINA CAY MA…HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHO — $1,000 · OtherMEDICAL FOUNDATION OF UNC — $1,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGYONCOLOGY TRUST — $1,000 · OtherNorthwest Outward Bound School — $1,000 · OtherWAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF LAW — $1,000 · OtherBALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BO — $1,000 · OtherThe Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc — $1,000 · Other+1 more — $250 · OtherSPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · HealthLIVING FREE MINISTRIES INC — $500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $2,500 · InternationalOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA — $1,000 · Recreation & SportsPEAK Adventure Ministries — $1,000 · Recreation & SportsREACH OUT FIRST INC — $500 · Employment
Environment$72,761Education$52,000Arts & Culture$50,250Other$29,950Health$3,500International$2,500Recreation & Sports$2,000Employment$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC — $68,761 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGreensboro Independent School Corp — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPASTIC PARAPLEGIA FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHER ED WORKS — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEAK Adventure Ministries — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNorthwest Outward Bound School — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT FIRST INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING FREE MINISTRIES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hillsdale FundThe Arthur M Blank Fa…Lincoln Financial Fou…Hagan Family FundTannenbaum-Sternberge…The VF FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Amg Charitable Gift F…Duke Energy FoundationGeorge Andreve Founda…Griffin Family Founda…The Stout Family Foun…
Hillsdale FundNC19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillsdale Fund · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Hagan Family Fund · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The VF Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · George Andreve Foundation Inc · Griffin Family Foundation · The Stout Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Lookout Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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