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The Sharon D Lund 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.

$6.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$625k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$19MArts & Culture$7.8MEducation$7.2MHuman Services$6.3MPhilanthropy$5.9MYouth Development$2.3MAnimals$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$900kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $435k
  • $50k–250k34 grants · $3.1M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.3M
$60,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$137M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLIVE CREST$625,000
CHOC CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$537,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$523,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LA$500,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LA$450,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL OC$325,000
THE FROSTIG CENTER$300,000
RYMAN ARTS$225,000
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$200,000
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS$200,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$200,000
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD$200,000
SAVE THE FAMILY$150,000
GUIDE DOGS OF DESERT$125,000
FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION$110,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%CHILDHELP USA: $75k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $100k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS: $100k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $50k → 11%CHILDHELP USA: $40k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS: $50k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $50k → 11%CATERINA'S CLUB: $75k → 14%CHILDHELP USA: $150k → 11%CATERINA'S CLUB: $60k → 14%CHILDHELP USA: $150k → 11%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $50k → 14%CHILDHELP USA: $150k → 11%CHILDHELP USA: $75k → 11%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $50k → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $50k → 10%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $50k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $60k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $60k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $60k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES (SOS): $50k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $50k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES (SOS): $50k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES (SOS): $25k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES (SOS): $25k → 10%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $60k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $60k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $55k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $50k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $100k → 10%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $50k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $60k → 10%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $50k → 14%CATERINA'S CLUB: $110k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $60k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $40k → 10%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $100k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $75k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $80k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $80k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $50k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $50k → 14%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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CA
MO
VA
AZ
DC
GA
FL

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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$48M · 68 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

68 repeat relationships — 49 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
8

Total granted

$48M
$850k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
0%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.5M · revenue +103%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +78%
  • MF
    MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • PI
    PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • H
    HOMEAID
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -6%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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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The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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2
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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3
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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4
Children's Home Society of California

The mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.

Human Services
5
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
6
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
7
For the Children

To transform lives and communities by providing an array of programs, all directed toward changing the lives of children in the foster care system aimed to prevent academic failure, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking,…

Recreation & Sports
8
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
9
Children's Law Center of California

Children's law center of california (clc) provides legal representation for children and youth impacted by abuse and neglect. we advocate for our clients by supporting families; fighting for reunification, permanence, educational…

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10
Children's Dental Foundation

To deliver oral health education and comprehensive treatment for economically disadvantaged children, including those with complex medical considerations, while also providing premier training in pediatric and multi-specialty dentistry.

Health
11
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest and the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealthcare Delivery SystemsDisease Research and Patien…Animal Rescue and Rehabilit…Early Childhood Education a…Arts and Cultural Organizat…Family Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr10%38%35–55yr11%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr10%34%35–55yr11%43%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/50
the rest of the field
16%
16,430/104,895

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 82 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
38/49
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,505,000 · OtherDR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONOPERATION SMILE - MISSION — $1,500,000 · OtherOPERATION SMILE - MISSIONGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC — $1,425,000 · OtherGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCSAVE THE FAMILY — $1,100,000 · OtherSAVE THE FAMILYVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC — $900,000 · OtherVOA - MAUD BOOTH CENTER — $900,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SC — $730,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY — $710,717 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL OC — $608,493 · Other+41 more — $8,472,786 · Other+41 moreCHOC FOUNDATION — $6,547,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $3,500,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Ang…OLIVE CREST — $1,395,000 · HealthOLIVE CRESTPhoenix Children's Hospital — $1,000,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's HospitalFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION — $815,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSIONCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $3,378,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUN…ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,013,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COM…THE RYMAN-CARROLL FOUNDATION — $1,680,000 · PhilanthropyTHE RYMAN-CARROLL…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $1,450,000 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'S H…+1 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY — $2,817,000 · EducationMARIANNE FROS…RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC — $1,842,000 · EducationRIVERVIEW SCH…LEARNING WITH A DIFFERENCE INC — $1,442,000 · EducationLEARNING WITH…SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC — $270,000 · Education+1 more — $50,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS — $1,630,000 · Arts & CultureSegerstrom Center for the Arts — $1,280,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT — $450,000 · Arts & CultureArt Division — $360,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WALT DISNEY HOMETOWN MUSEUM — $210,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDHELP INC — $640,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America — $485,000 · Human ServicesJOHN TRACY CLINIC — $460,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $400,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $395,000 · Human ServicesShare Our Selves Corporation — $380,000 · Human ServicesCATERINAS CLUB — $345,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION SMILE INC — $850,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc — $100,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $50,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $50,000 · International
Other$17,851,996Health$13,257,000Philanthropy$8,571,000Education$6,421,000Arts & Culture$3,930,000Human Services$3,305,000International$1,050,000

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 budgetCHOC FOUNDATION — $6,547,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $3,500,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $3,378,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY — $2,817,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,013,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC — $1,842,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE RYMAN-CARROLL FOUNDATION — $1,680,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS — $1,630,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,505,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $1,450,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLEARNING WITH A DIFFERENCE INC — $1,442,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC — $1,425,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetOLIVE CREST — $1,395,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts — $1,280,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital — $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC — $850,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION — $815,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDHELP INC — $640,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHEEPFOLD INC — $518,356 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG AMERICANS INC — $513,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND — $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America — $485,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC — $460,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT — $450,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME — $450,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetFOSTERALL — $445,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetFRIENDLY CENTER INC — $412,467 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $400,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $395,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation — $380,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetArt Division — $360,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB — $345,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION — $325,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC — $270,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetTHE WALT DISNEY HOMETOWN MUSEUM — $210,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT — $200,963 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES — $200,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrackens Kitchen Inc — $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope Alliance — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals International — $10,000 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.

  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RYMAN-CARROLL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds DR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING WITH A DIFFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHELP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEEPFOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG AMERICANS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND ↗
  • Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDLY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds EXCEPTIONAL MINDS ↗
  • Who funds Share Our Selves Corporation ↗

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.

California Community …Orange County Communi…The Ahmanson Foundati…American Endowment Fo…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…Carl E Wynn FoundationAudrey & Sydney Irmas…Thomas & Dorothy Leav…The Devto Support Fou…Carrie Estelle Doheny…Argyros Family Founda…
California Community FoundationCA26.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Carl E Wynn Foundation · Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation · Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Argyros 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 Sharon D Lund 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Riverview School Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report 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

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Sharon D Lund Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sharon D Lund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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