New York · Nonprofit
LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC
LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,258,389 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($11,034,377). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $554k
What Lakeshore Connections Inc does
Mission
At lakeshore connections, we help foundations maximize their investment in the well-being of the community through experienced grants management.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Lakeshore connections dissolved in november 2025, see schedule n
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Lakeshore connections, inc. Designs and delivers programming within health and human services. With a focus on grants management for health and human services initiatives, lakeshore connections provides expertise to guide both foundations and grantees in developing community based grant initiatives.
$732,694 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $732,694.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $275k to $1.2M (+338%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $596k → $2.6M.
From the IRS filings of LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Community Connections of Ny Inc · exempt
- Nickel City Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC?
- LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,258,389 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($11,034,377). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,258,389 in grants to LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,034,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing