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Agl 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.

$774k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$548k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

81% of Agl Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Whitefish Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’19
1
’20
1
’21
1
’22
3
’23
4
’24
3
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.3MEducation$818kHealth$536kEnvironment$50kArts & Culture$1k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
  • $250k+1 grant · $548k
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$548,022
MAYO CLINIC$80,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$75,000
IMAGINE IF LIBRARY FOUNDATION$70,000
WHITEFISH THEATRE COMPANY$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BLAINE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $80k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%IMAGINE IF LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $150k → 11%NETWORK FOR GOOD INC: $5k → 14%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $1k → 9%BLAINE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $23k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $80k → 9%IMAGINE IF LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $70k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $75k → 9%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $640k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $75k → 9%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $548k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $75k → 9%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $491k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $75k → 9%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $482k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $75k → 9%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $363k → 11%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300k → 11%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $229k → 11%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $224k → 11%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%WHITEFISH THEATRE COMPANY: $1k → 11%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$843k · 4 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
2

Total granted

$843k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+46%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $525k · revenue +44%
  • FL
    FLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $220k · revenue -27%
  • TM
    THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue -31%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +46%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -9%
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
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
4
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Indiana University Health White Memorial Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education
10
Claremont Lincoln University

Delivers affordable, accessible, and relevant higher education programs.

Education
11
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
12
University of Redlands

We welcome, educate, and empower a diverse community of learners for lives of meaning, impact, and joy.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Montana Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,331,153 · PhilanthropyWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCDUKE UNIVERSITY: $525,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $220,000 · EducationFLATHEAD LIBRARY F…+1 more: $25,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $535,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $50,000 · EnvironmentBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $48,100 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWHITEFISH THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$3,331,153Education$770,000Health$536,000Environment$50,000Other$48,100Public Safety & Disaster$5,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,331,153 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $535,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $525,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $48,100 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEFISH THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Agl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Agl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Agl Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Agl 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 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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