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$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Civil Rights$2.9MPhilanthropy$427kCrime & Legal$413kPublic Benefit$148kArts & Culture$42kCommunity Improvement$34kReligion$30kHealth$24kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $57,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $64,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $6,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POWER RISING$50,000
STATE VOICES$7,500
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Austin Justice Coalition: $4k → 10%Human Rights Coalition of Alachua County: $3k → 19%Kaleidoscope Community Organization: $20k → 16%Ywca Of Greater Baton Rouge: $3k → 19%Louisville Urban League: $5k → 15%Massachusetts Bail Fund Inc: $18k → 8%Transgender Emergency Fund of MA INC: $3k → 16%Dream Defenders: $6k → 10%Center on Halsted: $2k → 14%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

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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 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.

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Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
4
Colorofchangeorg

Colorofchange.org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and…

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5
Detention Watch Network

Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.

Human Services
6
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

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Equal Justice Society

The Equal Justice Society (EJS) is transforming the nations consciousness on racethrough law, social science, and the arts. EJS works to dismantle structural andinstitutional racism to advance robust equal protection under the Fourteenth…

Civil Rights
8
The Black Organizing Project Inc

The Black Organizing Project is a Black, member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community building across the Bay Area.

Human Services
9
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services
10
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
11
Barred Business Foundation

Help formerly incarcerated people who are disproportionately affected by the US legal system.

Human Services
12
The Promise of Justice Initiative

The promise of justice initiative works to create positive change for people in the criminal legal system at the intersection of impact litigation, direct services and community engagement.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naacp Empowerment Programs Inc and the most unlike its peers is Building Audacity. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Social ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Youth Development ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Lgbtq+ Community SupportCommunity FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 12 years old; the field is 14. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr15%30%5–10yr20%25%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr11%10%35–55yr13%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%62%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr11%4%35–55yr13%10%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%
4/98
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,880

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

95 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 98 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)
90/95
Grantees still filing
26/95
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK FOUNDATION INC — $2,201,263 · Civil RightsBLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK FOUNDATION INC+19 more — $291,693 · Civil Rights+19 moreTIDES CENTER — $248,948 · Human ServicesTIDES CEN…Kaleidoscope Community Organization — $20,092 · Human ServicesKaleidosc…Massachusetts Bail Fund — $18,276 · Human ServicesMassachus…Community Success Initiative Inc — $12,420 · Human ServicesOPERATION RESTORATION — $12,289 · Human Services+6 more — $20,740 · Human Services+6 moreHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC — $295,393 · Environment+3 more — $16,099 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND — $35,055 · Crime & LegalCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND — $28,736 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INC — $26,353 · Crime & LegalTHE BAIL PROJECT INC — $20,594 · Crime & LegalFreedom Fund Network Inc — $18,161 · Crime & LegalBROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC — $17,625 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND INC — $17,528 · Crime & LegalRESTORING JUSTICE — $16,942 · Crime & LegalNorthwest Community Bail Fund — $16,663 · Crime & LegalNASHVILLE COMMUNITY BAIL FUND — $13,177 · Crime & LegalJust City Inc — $12,787 · Crime & LegalFORSYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY BAIL FUND — $12,340 · Crime & LegalFronterizo Fianza Fund — $12,256 · Crime & Legal+6 more — $16,572 · Crime & LegalCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION — $165,628 · Community ImprovementTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC — $19,725 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC — $12,903 · Community ImprovementSocial Justice Center Inc — $12,117 · Community Improvement+2 more — $5,919 · Community ImprovementCivic Nation — $50,000 · EducationPOWER RISING — $50,000 · EducationUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $13,144 · Education+1 more — $1,172 · EducationTAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND — $68,114 · Public BenefitCATALYST CALIFORNIA — $25,564 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $5,556 · Public Benefit+1 more — $1,214 · Public BenefitUNIDOSUS — $25,000 · OtherBLACK AND PINK INC — $18,538 · OtherCOMMUNITY BONDS INC — $13,487 · OtherNorthwest Alliance for Alternative Media&Education — $12,293 · OtherAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $56,206 · OtherUnicorn Riot — $27,958 · OtherMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT — $14,063 · OtherFAITH IN TEXAS - PICO — $13,012 · OtherCHATTANOOGANS IN ACTION FOR LOVE EQUALITY AND BENEVOLENCE — $12,878 · OtherTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC — $19,054 · OtherENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION — $14,066 · OtherPROVIDENCE YOUTH STUDENT MOVEMENT — $15,789 · Other+18 more — $58,601 · Other
Civil Rights$2,492,956Human Services$332,765Environment$311,492Crime & Legal$264,789Community Improvement$216,292Education$114,316Public Benefit$100,448Other$300,945

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK FOUNDATION INC — $2,201,263 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC — $295,393 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $248,948 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION — $165,628 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND — $68,114 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $56,534 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $56,206 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $50,188 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Nation — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOWER RISING — $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND — $35,630 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND — $35,055 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND — $28,736 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUnicorn Riot — $27,958 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC — $26,834 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INC — $26,353 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA — $25,564 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIDOSUS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC — $20,594 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKaleidoscope Community Organization — $20,092 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC — $19,725 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC — $19,054 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK AND PINK INC — $18,538 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMassachusetts Bail Fund — $18,276 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFreedom Fund Network Inc — $18,161 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC — $17,625 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND INC — $17,528 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRESTORING JUSTICE — $16,942 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNorthwest Community Bail Fund — $16,663 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPROVIDENCE YOUTH STUDENT MOVEMENT — $15,789 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION — $14,066 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT — $14,063 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY BONDS INC — $13,487 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNorCal Resist — $13,323 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBUSINESS COALITION FOR JUSTICE — $13,226 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNASHVILLE COMMUNITY BAIL FUND — $13,177 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $13,144 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH IN TEXAS - PICO — $13,012 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC — $12,903 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGANS IN ACTION FOR LOVE EQUALITY AND BENEVOLENCE — $12,878 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDAUPHIN COUNTY BAIL FUND — $12,770 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetCommunity Success Initiative Inc — $12,420 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY BAIL FUND — $12,394 over 1y, 12% of budgetFORSYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY BAIL FUND — $12,340 over 1y, 36% of budgetNorthwest Alliance for Alternative Media&Education — $12,293 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOPERATION RESTORATION — $12,289 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFronterizo Fianza Fund — $12,256 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSocial Justice Center Inc — $12,117 over 1y, 6.3% 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.

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.

Tides CenterAmalgamated Charitabl…Borealis PhilanthropyEntertainment Industr…NEO Philanthropy IncCommon Counsel Founda…ImpactassetsincProteus Fund IncTides FoundationNew Venture FundRobert F Kennedy Cent…The Yelp Foundation
Tides CenterCA86.7× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Center · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Entertainment Industry Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Proteus Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights · The Yelp 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 Actblue Charities Inc 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Building Audacity — 24% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation — 11% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
17report 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

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.

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 98 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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