The David and Carol Lackland Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation funds a broad mix of work, including coral reef and marine-life restoration, wildlife conservation, children's cardiac care, cancer and Alzheimer's research, education, food-bank work and homelessness, so a small charity should first check that its own work sits within one of these areas.
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected organisations, so a cold application is not the route in, and the filing gives no further application steps.
- Most grants fall between $15,000 and $150,000, the median grant is $30,000 and half of its 48 grants to organisations were $30,000 or less, so a request near $30,000 fits its usual pattern; its largest grant was $250,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Its grant dollars are heavily concentrated in organisations it has funded before, with 95% of its latest grant dollars to such organisations, and the filings show no stated geographic focus, though most grants went to New Jersey, Florida, California and Maryland.
Overview
The David and Carol Lackland Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Watchung, NJ.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's grants cover a varied range of charitable work. They support coral reef restoration, marine-life recovery, water-resource protection and wildlife conservation. Other funded purposes include cardiac care for children, cancer treatment and research, Alzheimer's research and paediatric disease research. Its education and youth giving includes experiential education, early-childhood education and youth services, alongside community-service support. The grants also address food-bank work and access to healthy food, homelessness, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and planning for land and water use. The record describes grants to organisations working in environmental conservation, health, education and community services rather than a single narrowly defined field.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey, Florida, California and Maryland.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 48 grants to organisations were $30,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations The David and Carol Lackland Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 20% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 17 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $30,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Reef Renewal USA · Coral reef restoration$250,0002025 tax year
- Gift of Life Foundation District 7490 · Cardiac medical care for children$150,0002025 tax year
- Project U.S.E. · Experiential education$125,0002025 tax year
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Cancer treatment and research$50,0002025 tax year
- Binnacle House · Youth services$50,0002025 tax year
- Great Swamp Watershed Association · Protecting water resources$50,0002025 tax year
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Cancer research$50,0002025 tax year
- Ridgewood Rotary Foundation · Community service support$35,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- William F Rainaldi — Trustee / Financial Officer
- Dale Lochet — Trustee / Treasurer
- David K Whitlock — Trustee / Secretary
- David J Lackland — Trustee / President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $900,379 | $810,000 | $13,226,304 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,218,766 | $1,101,000 | $14,652,922 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,076,291 | $950,000 | $17,097,147 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Watchung, NJ