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Aging Out Institute

Aging Out Institute is a 501C3 organization dedicated to connecting professionals who work with foster youth with resources and strategies that help youth age out of foster care and into adulthood

$461k
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
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01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2023.

Youth Development$570kHuman Services$401kEducation$80kHousing & Shelter$50kAnimals$40kPhilanthropy$40kEnvironment$40kEmployment$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $411,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $460,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $49,500 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $241k
$41,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$90,000
KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT$51,000
TREEHOUSE$50,000
YOUTHCARE$50,000
LIFE SKILLS FOUNDATION$41,000
CHAIR-ITY INC$41,000
THRU PROJECT$40,000
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST$40,000
FOSTER PROGRESS$8,000
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 (FY21–23, $369k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Open Table: $40k → 11%Walden Family Services: $60k → 11%IMMERSE ARKANSAS: $50k → 17%IMPOWER: $40k → 11%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $40k → 8%CHAIR-ITY INC: $41k → 17%FOSTER PROGRESS: $40k → 14%YOUTHCARE: $50k → 9%FOSTER PROGRESS: $8k → 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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Journey to Adult Success Inc

Ensure at risk youth and youth transitioning from foster care - primarily those between the ages of 18-25 - make successful transitions from adolescence to adulthood.

Human Services
2
Hopes Path

Hope's Path is an internship program offering housing and life skill development to former foster youth while assisting them with their goals to successfully launch into sustainable independent lives knowing their value and identity in…

Human Services
3
Better Youth Inc

We provide access, equity, and validation to foster and system impacted youth creatives ages 16-24 through media arts programming and mentoring helping them bridge the digital divide and develop their creative confidence, upleveling our…

Youth Development
4
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
5
First Place for Youth

First place for youth (the organization") is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation, which was incorporated on july 20, 1999, to prevent poverty and homelessness among youth who "age out" of the foster care system by providing…

Human Services
6
Kids in Crisis Intervention Team

Providing a network of support and empowerment for youth ages 16-25 to break the cycle of homelessness and promote independence.

Human Services
7
Youth for Change

Youth For Change (YFC) mission is to enhance the well being of children, families, individuals, and communities.

Human Services
8
Choose to Win Transitional Housing

Transitional Housing Services

Housing & Shelter
9
Inspire Idaho Inc

We mentor young people aging out of foster care to help them flourish as adults.

Religion
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Inspire Life Skills Training Inc

Inspire Life Skills Training, Inc exists to break the cycle of abuse and poverty through stable housing, education training, and mentorship of foster and homeless youth.

Health
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Cake Changes Everything Inc

Cake Changes Everything (CCE) will focus on supporting young adults transitioning from foster care into independent living. These young adults are often finding themselves without the critical support (physical, emotional, and financial)…

Youth Development
12
Family and Youth Initiative Inc

Family & Youth Initiative creates a supportive community and lasting relationships for teens and young adults who are in or have aged out of foster care. We believe that every child deserves family and are committed to increasing the…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thru Project and the most unlike its peers is John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust. 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

22 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. 22 of the 25 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)
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Grantees still filing
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Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTHKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC — $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INCTREEHOUSE — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSESILVER LINING MENTORING INC — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INCLIFE Skills Foundation — $41,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE Skills FoundationFostering Youth Independence — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentFostering Youth IndependenceTHRU PROJECT — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHRU PROJECTWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES — $60,000 · Human ServicesWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN …IMMERSE ARKANSAS — $50,000 · Human ServicesIMMERSE ARKANSASYOUTHCARE — $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREFoster Progress — $48,000 · Human ServicesFoster ProgressCHAIR-ITY — $41,000 · Human ServicesCHAIR-ITYIMPOWER INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesIMPOWER INCOPEN TABLE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesOPEN TABLE INCTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INCVARIOUS ORGS UNDER 5000 — $102,199 · OtherVARIOUS ORGS UNDER 5000Ohio Children's Alliance — $90,000 · OtherOhio Children's Allianc…PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS — $50,000 · OtherPIVOTAL CONNECTIONSRJ LEONARD FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherRJ LEONARD FOUNDATION+1 more — $5,500 · OtherIPOURLIFE INC — $140,000 · InternationalIPOURLIFE I…John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust — $40,000 · EnvironmentTHE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION — $40,000 · AnimalsBall State University Foundation Inc — $30,000 · EducationTHE MONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT — $30,000 · Employment
Youth Development$422,000Human Services$369,000Other$287,699International$140,000Environment$40,000Animals$40,000Education$30,000Employment$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $150,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetIPOURLIFE INC — $140,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetOhio Children's Alliance — $90,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES — $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC — $51,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPIVOTAL CONNECTIONS — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTREEHOUSE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIMMERSE ARKANSAS — $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTHCARE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFoster Progress — $48,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetLIFE Skills Foundation — $41,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCHAIR-ITY — $41,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMPOWER INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HAND2PAW FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetFostering Youth Independence — $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHRU PROJECT — $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC — $40,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC — $40,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT — $30,000 over 1y, 7.4% 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Aging Out Institute 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 · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Impower Inc — 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Aging Out Institute?

Find your warmest path to Aging Out Institute 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 25 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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