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The Winter-Lehman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Winter-Lehman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$230k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$90kCrime & Legal$30kYouth Development$25kPhilanthropy$25kCivil Rights$16kHuman Services$16kArts & Culture$15kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$230,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$230,000
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 (FY18–19, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Sioux YMCA: $3k → 39%Boston Health Care for the Homeless: $10k → 16%Journey Home: $10k → 11%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
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CT
CO
NC
AL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$905k · 9 repeat orgs$409k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
24

Total granted

$905k
$409k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+74%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FI
    FOODSHARE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $70k · revenue +65%
  • TR
    THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • ROCA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $25k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $156k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $149k
  • NW
    Noah Webster House Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +13%
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
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
2
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
3
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
4
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc

The boston area rape crisis center (barcc) works to end sexual violence through healing and social change. as the only rape crisis center in greater boston and one of the nation's oldest, barcc provides free, inclusive, empowerment-based…

Health
5
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
6
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
7
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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8
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
9
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
10
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
11
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
12
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores; the most unlike its peers is Ruff Tales Rescue Corporation. 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

21 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. 21 of the 33 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $392,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $351,976 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $156,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $148,837 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOODSHARE INC: $70,000 · OtherFOODSHARE INC+14 more: $49,961 · OtherROCA INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesJOURNEY HOME INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSIOUX YMCA: $3,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 · Civil RightsNew Era Colorado Foundation: $7,000 · Civil RightsNoah Webster House Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTORYCORPS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 · AnimalsRuff Tales Rescue Corporation: $4,000 · AnimalsBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $500 · Animals
Other$1,169,274Youth Development$50,000Philanthropy$25,000Human Services$23,000Civil Rights$17,000Arts & Culture$15,000Animals$14,500

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 budgetTHE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCA INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNoah Webster House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF BREAD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMETRO CARING: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Era Colorado Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChildren At Risk: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTORYCORPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRuff Tales Rescue Corporation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Brian Dagle Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue 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.

Farmington Bank Commu…Hartford Foundation f…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Farmington Bank Community Foundation IncCT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Winter-Lehman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Winter-Lehman Family Foundation Inc. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Journey Home Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Noah Webster House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • Compass Youth Collaborative: 13% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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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How do I get to The Winter-Lehman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Winter-Lehman Family 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 33 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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