Alabama · Nonprofit
LAKESHORE FOUNDATION
LAKESHORE FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,742,966 to it, the largest being REGIONS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $95M
What Lakeshore Foundation does
Mission
To provide opportunity for individuals with disability to live a healthy lifestyle through physical activity, research, advocacy and health promotion.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fitness, personal training and aquatics - Lakeshore Foundation offers more than 60 fitness and aquatics classes specifically designed for persons with a wide range of physical disabilities and chronic health conditions seeking a lifelong path to wellness. Lakeshore also provides an opportunity for self-directed, individual fitness and aquatics workouts, as well as fee-based personal training services. Lakeshore life, a comprehensive health promotion initiative, includes nutrition education and empowers individuals to take personal ownership of health and wellness choices. Virtual programs are also being offered to community centers allowing a broader audience to access valuable wellness programs.
$2,597,198 spent$489,286 earned by the program27% of program spendingRecreation, athletics, military and training site programs - Lakeshore Foundation offers year-round activities for children and adults with physical disabilities including recreational programs, athletic teams and local, regional, national, and international athletic events that provide an outlet for competitive drive and contribute to participants' health and well-being. This includes high performance camps for usa wheelchair rugby, boccia united states, usa para powerlifting, usa wheelchair basketball, paralyzed veterans of america, wounded warrior project, and local children's summer camps. Our work with veterans also includes health and wellness options for all local alabama veterans and their families, more than 1,500 of whom have begun participating.
$4,241,110 spentof which $208,558 as grants$392,685 earned by the program45% of program spendingSports science and performance center - established in fy23, Lakeshore Foundation's sports science and performance center (sspc) continued expansion in fy25 following its public launch in january 2024. Sspc provides in-person and virtual sports performance services designed specifically for individuals with disabilities, integrating applied sports science research with direct athlete support. Services include sport-specific performance testing, individualized training and nutrition guidance, equipment modification, data analysis, and athlete and coach mentorship. The program advances equitable access to high-quality performance resources, supports emerging and elite athletes with disabilities, and promotes lifelong health and competitive success.
$1,090,385 spentof which $10,000 as grants$88,227 earned by the program11% of program spendingAdvocacy and policy - Lakeshore Foundation works to reduce health disparities and supports the achievement of optimal health by people with physical disability and chronic health conditions by ensuring people with disability gain access to health promoting resources and receive the right support and services, at the right time, in the right setting. Lakeshore's community health efforts locally, nationally and globally address barriers that prevent people with disabilities from maximum participation in society.
$423,408 spent$530 earned by the program4% of program spendingResearch and community health - lakeshore conducts applied research and program evaluation on the effectiveness of physical activity programs in promoting health and quality of life, improving functional independence, and preventing secondary conditions in people with physical disabilities. Our research activities include physiological testing, qualitative studies, and program evaluation. Research identifies ways to improve health related quality of life, reduce secondary health conditions, and increase community participation. Innovative technology is also being utilized to improve access to fitness. Through professional publications, conferences and collaborative efforts, evidence-based programs and models in physical activity for people with physical disability are shared worldwide.
$1,168,051 spentof which $50,000 as grants$444,673 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,520,152.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $106M to $93M (−12%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2018 9% · 2019 16% · 2020 27% · 2021 9% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% · 2024 8% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of LAKESHORE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $111k → $519k.
6 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $8.2M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lakeshore Support Organization). These are real filings, and they are not money LAKESHORE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of LAKESHORE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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 FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 22% · 2019 66% · 2020 19% · 2021 17% · 2022 35% · 2023 43% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of LAKESHORE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of LAKESHORE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $257k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding LAKESHORE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $632k on record — $630k federal, $2k state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$630k
- Chronic Disease Programs$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LAKESHORE FOUNDATION
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
34%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Lakeshore Support Organization · exempt
- Lakeshore National Adapted Sports Organization · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAKESHORE FOUNDATION: 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 FOUNDATION?
- LAKESHORE FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,742,966 to it, the largest being REGIONS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKESHORE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $2,742,966 in grants to LAKESHORE FOUNDATION, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKESHORE FOUNDATION?
- REGIONS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKESHORE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 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