Maryland · Nonprofit
THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION
THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,589 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($189,750). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $394k
- Net assets
- $36k
What The William and Lanaea C Featherstone Foundation does
Mission
The william & lanaea c. Featherstone foundation, an award-winning 501c3 nonprofit, empowers economically challenged communities by providing sustainable solutions for higher education, workforce development, and digital inclusion (stem), ultimately fostering long-term economic mobility and bridging the opportunity gap. Our mission is to create sustainable pathways to economic independence through education. For the past 17 years, we have been able to offer scalable solutions that empower communities to thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The william & lanaea c. Featherstone foundation is an award winning nonprofit (501(c)(3)) founded in 2008 with an unapologetic mission to create sustainable solutions to bridge the opportunity divide for economically challenged communities. Over the past 17 years, the featherstone foundation's work has advanced economic equity. The foundation has been on the forefront empowering first generation students to achieve academic equity in higher education and tackling underemployment and unemployment through our innovative programs. Through our education initiatives, the featherstone scholarship programs has awarded over $466,000 in scholarships to students who now attend 13 institutions. This scholarship aims to mitigate financial barriers to higher education and provide economically challenged communities with access to additional funding to pursue higher education. "empowering latinos, one click at a time," equips spanish-speaking participants with the training, tools, and resources to fill the digital divide.our workforce development program, reaching new heights, helps communities receive higher paying jobs in the financial services industry.
$122,256 spentof which $45,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $122,256.
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 2023 to 2024, from $89k to $36k (−60%).
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 7% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 4 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
Juliana Lopez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $18k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION’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
THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 33% · 2021 55% · 2022 33% · 2023 70% — 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
17% of THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
56% of THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE 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 $173k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $221k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION's revenue grew 22% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION?
- THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,589 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($189,750). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $393,589 in grants to THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $189,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WILLIAM AND LANAEA C FEATHERSTONE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 10 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