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The Lucille and Bruce Lambert Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Lucille and Bruce Lambert Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.6MAnimals$1.4MYouth Development$1.2MHealth$489kCommunity Improvement$384kArts & Culture$376kReligion$366kHuman Services$325kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $297k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $455k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Youth for Tomorrow$300,000
Summit Springs Church$100,000
Second Chance Animal Rescue$75,000
Liberty Christian Academy$70,000
Dogs & Cats of the Dominican Republic Inc$60,000
Central Union Rescue$50,000
Fantansy Playhouse Childrens Theater$50,000
Programs for Exceptional People$50,000
Capitol City Cinema$35,000
Blue Springs Police Department$30,000
AUM Foundation USA Inc$25,000
Farmer's House$25,000
Missouri Courage Scholarship$24,000
West End Baptist Church$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
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 (FY19–24, $339k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Programs for Exceptional People: $55k → 10%Family Forward: $22k → 11%Wheeler Mission Ministries: $50k → 16%Programs for Exceptional People: $50k → 10%Family Forward: $22k → 11%Programs for Exceptional People: $45k → 10%Programs for Exceptional People: $45k → 10%Answering the Call: $40k → 15%Answering the Call: $10k → 15%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
IN
OH
MO
WV
VA
MD
KS
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 27 repeat orgs$335k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
13

Total granted

$6.3M
$232k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+32%

Still filing today

81%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WW
    WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.3M · revenue +35%
  • YF
    YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +90%
  • TJ
    THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $289k · revenue +92% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • WM
    WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -8%
  • MC
    Meridian Council for the Arts Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $43k
  • WA
    WANADA AUTOMOBILE DEALER EDUCATION INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +32%
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
Washington County-Johnson City Animal Control Center Inc

Providing animal control to the johnson city and washington county communities.

Animals
2
Crisis Center of Russell County

The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…

Public Safety & Disaster
3
The Center for Women and Families Inc

To help victims of intimate partner abuse or sexual violence become survivors through supportive services, community education and cooperative partnerships that foster hope, promote self-sufficiency and rebuild lives.

Human Services
4
Womens Crisis Center of Taney County Inc

The Crisis Center provides shelter and services to victims and their children of domestic and sexual violence.

Human Services
5
2ND Chance Inc

To provide shelter and aid to the victims of domestic violence.

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6
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
7
Homeward Pet Adoption Center

Transforms the lives of cats and dogs in need through compassionate medical care, positive behavior trainings, and successful adoptions, while building a more humane community.

Animals
8
Wichita Family Crisis Center

Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.

Human Services
9
Macomb County Humane Society

Provide care for homeless/abused animals

Animals
10
Central Missouri Humane Society

Promotes the well-being of companion animals and pets that enrich the lives of the people who love them.

Animals
11
Capital City Casa

It is the mission of the capital city casa to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children with the 19th judicial circuit of missouri, based on the belief that all children are entitled to a safe and permanent home. the…

Crime & Legal
12
Advocating for Children in Crisis and Transitions

ACCT fights for the safety, well-being and empowerment of youth in Mid Missouri's foster care system through relentless legal advocacy based on the rights of every child to have a safe, nurturing forever home.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jefferson City Rape and Abuse Crisis Service; the most unlike its peers is Community for Christ Outreach. 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

31 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. 31 of the 52 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
16/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $1,320,500 · EducationWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITYMISSOURI COURAGE SCHOLARSHIP: $116,000 · EducationMISSOURI COURAGE SCHOLARSHIPLIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationLIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMYAUM FOUNDATION USA INC: $90,000 · EducationAUM FOUNDATION USA INC+4 more: $24,000 · EducationCentral Union Rescue: $350,000 · OtherCentral Union RescueIndividual grant recipient: $325,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSUMMIT SPRINGS CHURCH: $200,000 · OtherSUMMIT SPRINGS CHURCHWest End Baptist Church: $135,500 · OtherWest End Baptist ChurchBlue Springs Police Department: $123,000 · OtherBlue Springs Police DepartmentDRUMM CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $80,000 · OtherTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $152,500 · OtherTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INCCAPITOL CITY CINEMA: $144,500 · OtherCAPITOL CITY CINEMAE A HAWSE HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 · OtherHERO FUND USA: $70,000 · Other+21 more: $271,000 · Other+21 moreYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $1,165,580 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-…Second Chance Animal Rescue: $625,000 · AnimalsSecond Chance An…DOGS AND CATS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INC: $338,500 · AnimalsDOGS AND CATS OF…POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $33,500 · Animals+1 more: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC: $288,500 · Community ImprovementTHE CATALYST CENTER FOR BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $95,000 · Community ImprovementPROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: $195,000 · Human ServicesAnswering the Call Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $44,000 · Human ServicesFantasy Playhouse Children's Theater: $171,500 · Arts & CultureMareck Center for Dance: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,650,500Other$1,951,500Youth Development$1,165,580Animals$1,000,000Community Improvement$383,500Human Services$339,000Arts & Culture$179,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $1,320,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $1,165,580 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSecond Chance Animal Rescue: $625,000 over 6y, 97% of budgetDOGS AND CATS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INC: $338,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC: $288,500 over 3y, 31% of budgetPROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: $195,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetFantasy Playhouse Children's Theater: $171,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $152,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCAPITOL CITY CINEMA: $144,500 over 6y, 69% of budgetMISSOURI COURAGE SCHOLARSHIP: $116,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetLIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $100,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetE A HAWSE HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CATALYST CENTER FOR BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $95,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetAUM FOUNDATION USA INC: $90,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetDRUMM CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $80,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHERO FUND USA: $70,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetAnswering the Call Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $44,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $33,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWANADA AUTOMOBILE DEALER EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Community College Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMareck Center for Dance: $7,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMomentum Alumnae Program Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity for Christ Outreach: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetWENTZVILLE FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB: $4,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetJEFFERSON CITY RAPE AND ABUSE CRISIS SERVICE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGH TAILS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Second Chance Animal Rescue ↗
  • Who funds DOGS AND CATS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds Fantasy Playhouse Children's Theater ↗
  • Who funds THE FARMER'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITOL CITY CINEMA ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI COURAGE SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds E A HAWSE HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CATALYST CENTER FOR BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
  • Who funds AUM FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds DRUMM CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds HERO FUND USA ↗
  • Who funds Answering the Call Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds WANADA AUTOMOBILE DEALER EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEFUL HORIZONS ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Community College 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.

Veterans United Found…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…T Rowe Price Program …Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for Good
Veterans United FoundationMO16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good

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 Lucille and Bruce Lambert Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lucille and Bruce Lambert Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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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    Find your warmest path to The Lucille and Bruce Lambert Charitable Foundation Inc 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 52 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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