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Ajg Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Ajg Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.3M
Granted FY2020
29
Grants FY2020
9
States reached
$6.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its 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, FY2019 to 2020.

Philanthropy$6.6MInternational$213kEducation$130kHealth$70kCivil Rights$56kArts & Culture$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2020 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $7,126,995, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,278,545 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,550 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k12 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $254k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $6.6M
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Gift Fund- AJG Foundation$6,633,495
Kakenya Center for Excellence$50,000
Brennan Center for Justice$50,000
Village Health Works$50,000
RefugePoint$50,000
RefuShe$30,000
Carolina for Kibera- Univ of North Carolina$30,000
American Jewish World Service$30,000
ZanaAfrica Foundation$27,500
Human Rights Watch, Inc.$25,000
Center for Reproductive Rights$25,000
Planned Parenthood$18,000
HIAS$18,000
American Civil Liberties Union Inc.$15,000
Camfed$15,000
02Its 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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
4
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
5
Equality Now Inc

To achieve legal and systematic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.

International
6
Open Government Partnership Secretariat

To secure concrete commitments from governments to their citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and harness new technologies to strengthen citizen centered governance.

International
7
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
8
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
11
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
12
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Committee to Protect Journalists Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fidelity Gift Fund- AJG Foundation: $6,633,495 · OtherFidelity Gift Fund- AJG Foundation+12 more: $140,004 · OtherVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $50,500 · InternationalREFUGEPOINT INC: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $30,000 · InternationalRefuSHE Inc: $30,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $18,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · International+2 more: $7,500 · InternationalWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP: $27,500 · Human ServicesACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPRO PUBLICA INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$6,773,499International$226,000Education$50,000Civil Rights$35,000Human Services$27,500Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $50,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefuSHE Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP: $27,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD360: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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 28 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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