Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship

Private foundation · Grantmaker Cedar Hill, TX EIN: 33-1050460

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship is a private foundation focused on Human Services, based in Cedar Hill, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2022 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $566K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $2K. Net investment income was $207.

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship at a glance

In short: Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship gave $2K across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $470), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$2,350
-1.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
+66.7% vs 2024
Average grant
$470
-40.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$500
Total assets
$565,629
+5.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

Eric Gainer: $500Eric Gainer$500Dan Holland: $500Dan Holland$500Micheal Flores: $500Micheal Flores$500Artavian Lewis: $450Artavian Lewis$450Vernon Downey: $400Vernon Downey$400

The largest 2025 recipient was Eric Gainer ($500). Together the top 5 received $2K.

Grant Size Distribution

19 grants across all recorded years

19<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 19 grants of 19 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Fort Worth

How Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship gives

  • Giving fell 47% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K8 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2023) to $4K (2022). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $2K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Eric Gainer Fort Worth, TXGift for completion of Re-entry program$500
Dan Holland Fort Worth, TXAid to Program Participant$500
Micheal Flores Fort Worth, TXAid Program Participant$500
Artavian Lewis Fort Worth, TXAid for completion of Felon Re-entry program$450
Vernon Downey Fort Worth, TXAid for program participant$400
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2025$565,629$53,919$29,446$2,3505$6,900$207
2024$534,001$63,637$54,462$2,3803$155,372$129
2023$532,590$60,125$29,642$1,5843$163,380$883
2022$540,455$76,939$23,520$4,4648$890,009$985

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship is led by Linda Burns, President since 2024 (on filings since 2023); none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Linda Burns

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    45 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph L Burns

    Vice President

    Officer → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Natasha Braxton

    Officer

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2022–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship

How much does Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship give each year?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship gave $2K across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $2K across 3 grants.

What is Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's typical grant size?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's median grant in 2025 was $500, and its average grant was $470, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship give grants?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship gives mostly in Texas: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Fort Worth, TX (5 grants).

Does Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 5 grants with a stated purpose on Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.

Who are Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's largest grantees?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's largest 2025 grantees include Eric Gainer ($500), Dan Holland ($500) and Micheal Flores ($500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship reported $566K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $54K.

What is Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship is a private foundation focused on Human Services, based in Cedar Hill, TX. It holds $566K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's EIN?

Lindas Life Skills And Mentorship's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-1050460. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2022–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 11, 2024)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 11, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 27, 2026)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 11, 2024)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2022–2025

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