Massachusetts · Nonprofit
LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC
LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $148,536 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($148,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $385k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $149k
- Net assets
- $888k
What Lean Global Network Inc does
Mission
To support and enable the dissemination, teaching, and promotion of lean principles throughout the world and the development of lean leaders via a network of institutes, known as affiliates, who promote and advance lean thinking.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Planet lean:promoting, inspiring, and educating companies about lean thinking and practice. By distributing free content, the platform aims to enhance the understanding and implementation of lean principles across various industries. The primary purpose of this initiative is to enable businesses to become more efficient, effective, and sustainable, ultimately leading to increased productivity, reduced waste, and improved competitiveness.
$109,652 spent47% of program spendingLean global network's annual conference and meetings:lgn organizes annually conferences and meetings for different groups of lgn members to meet live and support and enable co-working, learning and developing. To create value to the mission of lgn: advancing lean thinking and practice throughout the world to make things better.
$89,095 spent38% of program spendingLean global connection (lgc) annual event:hosted a 24-hour free virtual event that featured presentations and case studies from companies that are successfully implementing lean practices. This event was attended by thousands of people from around the world, and it provided them with valuable insights and inspiration on how to apply lean principles in their own organizations. Lgn's investment in this event helped to advance its mission of promoting the adoption and implementation of lean thinking across industries and geographies, and it demonstrates the organization's commitment to providing valuable resources and opportunities to its members and the wider community.
$32,386 spent$16,071 earned by the program14% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,424 spent$369,303 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $232,557.
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 2018 to 2019, from $668k to $779k (+17%).
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.
0% of LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $149k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK 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 LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC?
- LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $148,536 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($148,536). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $148,536 in grants to LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $148,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAN GLOBAL NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 1 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