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Thomas and Elizabeth Laffont Family Foundation C/O Coatue Management at a glance

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Thomas and Elizabeth Laffont Family Foundation C/O Coatue Management

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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$4.6MPhilanthropy$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MRecreation & Sports$360kEmployment$300kPublic Safety & Disaster$253kHousing & Shelter$250kInternational$150kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $435k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.1M
$75,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$1,000,000
YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT$800,000
WINDWARD SCHOOL$525,000
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC$500,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$250,000
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION$150,000
MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION$110,000
REDF$100,000
VILLAGE SCHOOLS INC$75,000
US SKI & SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION$30,000
SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION$25,000
KCRW$25,000
CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$10,000
COACHARTORG$10,000
THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND: $10k → 7%GIVING GROUP COMMUNITY: $50k → 16%THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: $50k → 10%THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $5k → 22%TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $250k → 10%NORTH COUNTY JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $5k → 11%MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $110k → 12%KCRW: $25k → 14%CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $518k → 14%THE MAUI FUND: $3k → 9%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $60k → 17%FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $3k → 20%VILLAGE SCHOOLS INC: $75k → 7%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 5%NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: $10k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENN: $5k → 22%TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $150k → 10%NCGA FOUNDATION DBA YOUTH ON COURSE: $10k → 12%KCRW: $25k → 14%CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500k → 14%MAUI POLICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $50k → 17%TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE FOUNDATION: $250k → 5%NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%CHRIST CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST: $5k → 22%REDF: $100k → 10%US SKI & SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%REDF: $100k → 10%COACHARTORG: $15k → 14%US SKI & SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%REDF: $100k → 10%COACHARTORG: $10k → 14%US SKI & SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%CSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%COACHARTORG: $10k → 14%METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $500k → 17%CSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA: $50k → 17%METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $500k → 17%WINDWARD SCHOOL: $525k → 17%WINDWARD SCHOOL: $525k → 17%YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT: $1.6M → 17%YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT: $800k → 17%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

NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
HI
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 14 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$7.4M
$538k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+12%

Still filing today

79%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $470k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
PhilanthropyEducationHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +98%
  • CC
    CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +39%
  • Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • TC
    Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -77%
  • TP
    TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -6%
  • GG
    GIVING GROUP COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
National Sporting Goods Association

Nsga supports its members' efforts to grow their business and advocates on their behalf by offering the following: 1) resources for recruiting, training, and development; 2) valuable publications & communications; 3) education and…

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3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
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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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Village School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT: $2,400,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $250,000 · OtherTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY+13 more: $392,500 · Other+13 moreTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $1,050,000 · EducationTHE WINDWARD SCHOOLCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,018,266 · EducationCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL+1 more: $60,000 · EducationGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL …REDF: $300,000 · PhilanthropyREDFTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNI…MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $110,000 · PhilanthropyMONTEREY PENINSULA FO…+2 more: $27,500 · PhilanthropyMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan …+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTeton County Search & Rescue Foundation: $250,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $110,000 · HealthCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$3,042,500Education$2,128,266Philanthropy$1,637,500Arts & Culture$1,005,000Recreation & Sports$255,000Public Safety & Disaster$250,000Health$135,000

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 WINDWARD SCHOOL: $1,050,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,018,266 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREDF: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeton County Search & Rescue Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE VILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHARTORG: $35,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI POLICE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Coatue FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Roberts FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…
Coatue FoundationNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coatue Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Roberts Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Thomas and Elizabeth Laffont Family Foundation C/O Coatue Management funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas and Elizabeth Laffont Family Foundation C/O Coatue Management. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Thomas and Elizabeth Laffont Family Foundation C/O Coatue Management 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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