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Two foundations can look alike on the surface, same state, same scale, same headline cause, and still give in entirely different ways. This tool puts any funders side by side and reads out where they actually differ: what they fund, the size of the check, whether the money goes to returning grantees or new names, how much of the asset base is granted each year, and the grantees they share.
Every figure is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file returns. Start with any grantmaker; we will suggest funders from its co-funding circle and its home state. A worked pair is below, with real figures. The side-by-side view is a paid feature, included from the $75 plan up.
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Two place-based funders in the same fiscal year. Both back their own city, and almost nothing else about how they give is alike.
| FY2024 | The Skillman Foundation | The Barr Foundation |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | $17.8M | $123.2M |
| Grants | 406 | 903 |
| Median grant | $10,000 | $80,000 |
| Largest grant | $500k | $3.3M |
| Total assets | $601.6M | $2.8B |
| Granted as % of assets | 3% | 4% |
| Stays in home state | 84% MI | 68% MA |
| States reached | 28 | 37 |
| Grantees, all years | 573 | 1,048 |
| Funded in 2+ years | 43% | 58% |
Where the dollars sit, by check size
The Skillman Foundation
The Barr Foundation
What they fund. The Skillman Foundation: Education 29%, Community Improvement 19%, Youth Development 15%. The Barr Foundation: Education 24%, Environment 19%, Arts & Culture 14%.
The Barr Foundation granted $123.2M against The Skillman Foundation's $17.8M, and its median check is $80,000 against $10,000. The band split is the clearer read: 59% of The Barr Foundation's dollars sit in grants of $250k and above, against 31% for The Skillman Foundation, which concentrates in the $50k to $250k band instead. Both stay close to home, though not equally: 84% of The Skillman Foundation's grants stay in MI, against 68% of The Barr Foundation's in MA.
The full comparison adds the county map, the mission-similarity view, renewal rates and every shared grantee, and lets you put any funders side by side rather than these two. Open this pair in the full comparison.