Ohio · Nonprofit
THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION
THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,909,157 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($1,709,129). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $13M
What The Lakeland Foundation does
Mission
The Lakeland Foundation creates relationships and solicits resources throughout northeast ohio and focuses them on supporting lakeland community college's mission "to provide quality learning opportunities to meet the social and economic needs of the community." the foundation has supported the college in the areas of 1) student scholarships and grants, 2) faculty development and teaching enhancement programs, and 3) technology upgrades and support to benefit students and/or faculty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Although program expenses are combined, the foundation has successfully supported the college in the three areas described below: 1) student scholarships and grants - the foundation's goal is to ensure that no area student is deprived of a lakeland community college education for financial reasons. While there are a number of government grants and loans available to students, this assistance is not available to all students and almost never pays the full cost of an education. Many of cc's students are often already working but simply, no matter how hard they try, lack sufficient resources to pay the entire cost of tuition and books. The foundation provides scholarship assistance to these students to bridge the gap. 2) faculty development and teaching enhancement programs - a distinguishing mark of lcc's faculty is the quality of their teaching and commitment to innovation in the classroom and community. The foundation supports these efforts by awarding faculty grants for new course/project development, collaborations with community and professional organizations, and professional development. 3) technology upgrades and support to benefit faculty and/or students - training and…
$827,781 spentof which $827,781 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $827,781.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $7.7M to $11M (+43%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $18k → $465k.
11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 75% · 2019 67% · 2020 84% · 2021 52% · 2022 54% · 2023 45% — 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
39% of THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
74% of THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION'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 $758k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Organizations like THE LAKELAND 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LAKELAND 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 THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION?
- THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,909,157 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($1,709,129). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,909,157 in grants to THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,709,129 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LAKELAND FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing