Indiana · Nonprofit
PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC
PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,111,659 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($349,291). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $446k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $582k
What Partnerships for Lawrence Inc does
Mission
An organization that connects arts & community to inspire everyone everyday
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Afl operates a performance space, the theater at the fort located at the historic ft benjamin harrison. Alf maintains a comprehensive programming schedule featuring hundreds of events performance and exhibitions in the city fo lawrence. Afls signature programming initiatives and events including a full theater season, fridays at the fort concert series, and visual arts classes
$35,175 spent$113,781 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe summer art program provides chidlren age 6-13 with the opportunity to immerse themselves in visual and performing arts activities. Over 4 weeks professional performing artists guide the children in developing various skills cumulationg in performances at the end of each week.
$15,653 spent$32,263 earned by the program29% of program spendingJuneteenth jubilee is a free festival celebrating family history and community. This vibrant event features cultural dance, music, food youth activities. It is a key celebration that honors the significance of juneteenth, fostering community connection and cultural pride.the success of the events is made possible by our generous sponsors
$2,925 spent$2,000 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,753.
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 $155k to $5.8M (+3621%).
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 2% · 2018 5% · 2020 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 13% · 2023 1% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Elana Thompson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $90k → $180k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE 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
PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 47% · 2019 36% · 2020 38% · 2021 40% · 2022 27% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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
55% of PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
52% of PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE 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. Of the $535k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $577k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
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 PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
39% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE 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 PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC?
- PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,111,659 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($349,291). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,111,659 in grants to PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC?
- Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $349,291 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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