Lan Family Foundation
Sarasota, FL · EIN 26-3910551. Reported 84 grants totalling $82,043 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lan Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,250; the smallest was $50 and the largest $6,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crpe Ministries | Sarasota, FL | $8,700 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Knights of Columbus | New Haven, CT | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Satchels Last Resort | Sarasota, FL | $5,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast | Osprey, FL | $4,550 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stillpoint Mission | Bradenton, FL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| IMPACT100 Srq | Sarasota, FL | $4,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Buddy Baseball | Temple Terrace, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Louis & Floria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust | Sarasota, FL | $3,500 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| Resurection House | Sarasota, FL | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Heart Homes | Sarasota, FL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch | Lakewood Ranch, FL | $3,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Jude Catholic Church | Sarasota, FL | $2,600 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cares Outreach Services Inc | Sarasota, FL | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gift of Life | Fresh Meadows, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | Sarasota, FL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Waterbury, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota, FL | $2,400 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium | Sarasota, FL | $2,055 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Corona Self Help Center Inc | Tampa, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope for Paws | Studio City, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Faith's Food Bank | Sarasota, FL | $1,100 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brave Enough to Fail | New Milford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louis & Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust | Sarasota, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mental Health America of Geenville County | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Misfit Acres | Amboy, MN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paws 4 Liberty | Lake Worth, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cfa | Sarasota, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sarasota Southside Rotary | Sarasota, FL | $575 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hood College | Frederick, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida Sheriffs Association | Tallahassee, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $113 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 34 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Crpe Ministries
CRPE IS A MINISTRY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FL. WHERE EVERYONE WHO ENTERS THROUGH THE DOORS IS TRANSFORMED IN A PLACE "WHERE GOD DWELLS" - Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch
SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS - Knights of Columbus
TO EMPOWER CATHOLIC MEN TO LIVE THEIR FAITH AT HOME, IN THEIR PARISH, AT WORK AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY - Satchels Last Resort
PROVIDE LIFE LONG SHELTER FOR DOGS - Second Heart Homes
REVIVING DIGNITY FOR THE HOMELESS AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY THROUGH HOUSING, SUPPORT AND LOVE - Resurection House
TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO TRANSITION AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS TO A PATH OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $17,100 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $20,625 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $21,268 | $500 |
| 2024 | 20 | $23,050 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lan Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2535 Fireflag Lane, Sarasota, FL, 34232. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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