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Accel 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.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0186% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182025.

Education$272kFood & Nutrition$54kHuman Services$31kPhilanthropy$28kReligion$27kScience & Tech$20kYouth Development$12kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$506k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$10,000
FEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$10,000
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN INC$7,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$6,000
MANA FOODBANK$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SALVATION ARMY OF ASHEVILLE$5,000
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY$4,500
SALVATION ARMY OF MANATEE COUNTY$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND$2,500
UNITED WAY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$2,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY$2,000
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$2,000
HOUSE OF HOPE OF MARTIN COUNTY$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 10%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 10%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MI
MA
OH
PA
CA
VA
NC
SC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$223k · 16 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
38

Total granted

$223k
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+6%

Still filing today

25%
3%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +80%
  • HS
    HOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +7%
  • HM
    Healthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +6%
  • HC
    Harry Chapin Food Bank
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • HC
    Harvard College
    one grant, 2023 · $6k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
2
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
7
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
The Houston Food Bank

Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup…

10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
12
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Martin County and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Duke University — $115,913 · OtherDuke UniversityUnited Way of Palm Beach County — $18,000 · OtherUnited Way of Palm Beach CountyHarvard University — $17,000 · OtherHarvard UniversityHarry Chapin Food Bank — $10,000 · OtherAll God's Children Methodist Church — $10,000 · Other+53 more — $122,924 · Other+53 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $20,000 · EducationPresident and Fellow…HILLSDALE COLLEGE — $5,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEFEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $12,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC — $2,500 · Food & NutritionEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY — $4,500 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc — $2,500 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE — $6,000 · ReligionHOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesHANNAH'S HOME OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $1,500 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY — $4,000 · Youth Development
Other$293,837Education$75,000Food & Nutrition$19,500Philanthropy$7,000Religion$6,000Human Services$4,500Youth Development$4,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY — $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College
  • Who funds FEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE
  • Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC
  • Who funds United Way of Palm Beach County Inc
  • Who funds AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC
  • Who funds Healthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Accel Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 6%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
  • America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc6% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County2% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Accel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Accel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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