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Abb Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$312k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$1.7MFood & Nutrition$229kScience & Tech$187kHealth$121kYouth Development$120kCivil Rights$100kEducation$97kHuman Services$64kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $238k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$4,786
Median grant
13
States reached
$451k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICA'S CHARITIES$50,000
FEEDING AMERICA$47,926
FIRST$45,000
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC$45,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TROY MICHIGAN$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS MIDWEST TN CHAPTER$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON$20,000
JANE PHILLIPS PTO$5,214
CHURCHES UNITED FOR COMMUNITY CONCERN INC$4,786
COMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE INC$4,023
UNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH AREA INC$2,549
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$2,365
EL CENTRO DE CORAZON$1,899
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100k → 17%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $9k → 21%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%CIRCLE OF CONCERN: $798 → 11%KRAMDEN INSTITUTE: $2k → 11%LOVE FOR OUR ELDERS: $303 → 17%A KID AGAIN: $3k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $3k → 15%BIKE LADY INC: $3k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MILITARY: $650 → 15%BIKE LADY INC: $2k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MILITARY: $500 → 15%WOMEN'S CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY: $237 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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AR
TN
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SC
DC
OK
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GA
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 35 repeat orgs$371k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
44

Total granted

$2.6M
$267k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+18%

Still filing today

71%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Feeding America
    4× · 2020–2025 · $197k · revenue +40%
  • NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $185k · revenue +169%
  • WI
    WOMENSAFE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $32k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -65%
  • CT
    C-STEM TEACHER AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $38k · revenue -55%
  • TA
    TCAT ATHENS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
2
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
3
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy
4
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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5
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
6
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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7
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
8
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
9
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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10
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
11
Harvesters - the Community Food Network

Harvesters mobilizes the power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is The Adler Planetarium. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/73
Grantees still filing
43/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

E4E RELIEF CO FOUNDATION OF THE CAROLINAS: $1,255,000 · OtherE4E RELIEF CO FOUNDATION OF THE CAROLINASFIRST: $269,250 · OtherFIRSTAMERICAN RED CROSS E NC REGION: $264,167 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS E NC REGIONAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $172,626 · OtherAMERICA'S CHARITIES+44 more: $322,398 · Other+44 moreFeeding America: $197,029 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $9,534 · Food & Nutrition+6 more: $9,149 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $185,000 · Arts & CultureELDERHEART INC: $7,447 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $580 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE: $9,455 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBIKE LADY INC: $4,326 · Human Services+7 more: $10,706 · Human ServicesC-STEM TEACHER AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: $38,000 · EducationJANE PHILLIPS PTO: $22,156 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,371 · Education+2 more: $3,609 · EducationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $15,988 · HealthMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $10,407 · HealthFIRST CANDLE INC: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC: $3,365 · HealthBRAVE LIKE GABE FOUNDATION: $2,873 · Health+4 more: $3,030 · HealthUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH AREA INC: $6,202 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $1,515 · Philanthropy+1 more: $495 · Philanthropy
Other$2,283,441Food & Nutrition$215,712Arts & Culture$193,027Human Services$129,487Education$77,136Health$45,663Philanthropy$43,212

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFeeding America: $197,029 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $185,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $172,626 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetC-STEM TEACHER AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: $38,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetWOMENSAFE INC: $31,560 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJANE PHILLIPS PTO: $22,156 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetBoy Scouts of America: $20,133 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $15,988 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEL CENTRO DE CORAZON: $11,491 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED FOR COMMUNITY CONCERN: $10,670 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $10,407 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBURLINGTON W BURLINGTON AREA UNITED WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST CANDLE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $9,534 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $9,455 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $7,839 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $7,447 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH AREA INC: $6,202 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE: $6,115 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIKE LADY INC: $4,326 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $4,318 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $4,053 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,371 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC: $3,365 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $3,325 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARCAP COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC AGENCY INC: $3,159 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLAND MINISTRY CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRAVE LIKE GABE FOUNDATION: $2,873 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $2,403 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,365 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDSMILES PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINIC: $2,283 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHALIFAX COUNTY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $2,270 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $1,515 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,206 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA OMEGA VETERANS SERVICES INC: $1,190 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blood Connection Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN MEMORIAL RUN AGAINST HUNGER: $968 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arvest FoundationUnited Way WorldwideAT&T FoundationDuke Energy FoundationThe Degen FoundationUnited Way of Fort Sm…Elizabeth H & Stanley…Alline B & Chloe C Da…Walter O Caldwell Fou…William Thomas & May …Arkansas Community Fo…The Leon Levine Found…
Arvest FoundationAR29.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arvest Foundation · United Way Worldwide · AT&T Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Degen Foundation · United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • First Candle Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home