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Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation at a glance

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Alben F & Clara G Bates 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.

$709k
Granted FY2025still arriving
156
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.1MArts & Culture$794kEducation$622kEnvironment$396kHuman Services$280kAnimals$213kReligion$211kPublic Safety & Disaster$167kOther$0
02FY2025 · 156 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k137 grants · $422k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $287k
$3,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE - CHICAGO$28,000
ELMHURST UNIVERSITY$20,000
OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER$20,000
ELMHURST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSN$20,000
ELMHURST HERITAGE FOUNDATION$20,000
WTS BOSTON CHARITABLE FUND INC$18,000
GENEVA LAKE WATER SAFETY COMMITTEE$17,000
VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION$16,500
ELMHURST FAMILY YMCA$15,500
KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE VIKING SHIP$13,250
HIMALAYAN CHILDREN'S FUND$13,250
FIGHT WITH ME$10,000
VOTERUNLEAD$10,000
FRIENDS OF PILGRIM SCHOOL$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $272k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $3k → 11%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $3k → 15%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $4k → 21%MIND OVER LAND: $5k → 13%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $2k → 11%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $3k → 15%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $3k → 21%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $2k → 11%SADDLEBROOK COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $3k → 21%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $2k → 11%SADDLEBROOK COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $3k → 21%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $2k → 11%SADDLEBROOK COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $3k → 21%SILVERLAKE IND JEWISH COMMUNITY CTR: $9k → 14%SILVERLAKE IND JEWISH COMMUNITY CTR: $3k → 14%GIVE POWER FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GIVE POWER FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GIVE POWER FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%TRI CITY FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 8%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
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AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
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AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 250 repeat orgs$452k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

250 repeat relationships: 129 still active in FY2025, 121 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

250
122

Total granted

$5.2M
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+34%

Still filing today

61%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $121k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • EH
    Elmhurst Heritage Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $185k · revenue +73% · 54% of their budget
  • EU
    ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $185k · revenue +43%
  • GL
    Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $112k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • OR
    OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +637%
  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $14k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

Animals
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
5
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
11
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Unite Nationwide for Cops Under Fire Foundation Aka Uncuff the Innocent. 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

241 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 241 of the 402 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
237/241
Grantees still filing
178/241
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $185,000 · OtherELMHURST UNIVERSITYGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC: $168,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $155,000 · OtherELMHURST FAMILY YMCA: $130,500 · Other+127 more: $2,779,610 · Other+127 moreElmhurst Heritage Foundation: $185,000 · Arts & CultureElmhurst He…OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureOCEAN REEF …DUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $52,500 · Arts & CultureDUPAGE CHIL…AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $50,050 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN TH…ELMHURST ART MUSEUM: $20,750 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $55,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreNational Alopecia Areata Foundation: $69,467 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $33,750 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,735 · HealthHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $30,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 · HealthBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $21,250 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $16,250 · HealthWellness House: $16,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $14,250 · HealthCANINE THERAPY CORPS INC: $12,450 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $12,000 · Health+3 more: $27,208 · HealthKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $60,305 · EducationORACLE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $52,000 · EducationHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $32,600 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $21,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF PILGRIM SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCornell University: $20,000 · EducationTHE COVE SCHOOL INC: $18,750 · EducationDEPAUL COLLEGE PREP FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTHILLEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationELGIN ACADEMY: $12,300 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $13,000 · EducationTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $111,000 · EnvironmentGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $39,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $24,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF KISHWAUKETOE: $18,000 · EnvironmentIOWA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $15,500 · EnvironmentGENEVA LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $13,500 · EnvironmentTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $13,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $11,600 · Environment+3 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentKEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $23,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $19,250 · Human ServicesFREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $19,000 · Human ServicesGIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesFLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO: $13,500 · Human ServicesSILVERLAKE INDEPENDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $13,500 · Human ServicesArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $13,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL KIDS DAY INC: $12,750 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesChicago Zoological Society: $34,000 · AnimalsSAFE HAVEN FOR CATS: $33,000 · AnimalsBALI ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $22,600 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $18,500 · AnimalsIOWA WILDLIFE CENTER: $18,300 · AnimalsHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 · AnimalsTRIO ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $13,000 · Animals
Other$3,418,610Arts & Culture$508,800Health$343,360Education$289,955Environment$265,600Human Services$244,000Animals$168,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElmhurst Heritage Foundation: $185,000 over 9y, 54% of budgetELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $185,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $145,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGeneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc: $112,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $111,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetLAKE GENEVA FRESH AIR ASSOCIATION INC: $74,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetNational Alopecia Areata Foundation: $69,467 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNITE NATIONWIDE FOR COPS UNDER FIRE FOUNDATION AKA UNCUFF THE INNOCENT: $62,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $60,305 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $52,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetORACLE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $50,050 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHCS FAMILY SERVICES: $46,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $39,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $37,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVOTE RUN LEAD INC: $34,700 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Zoological Society: $34,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $33,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HAVEN FOR CATS: $33,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $32,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $31,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,735 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEBANC: $27,166 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA LAKES FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $27,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS ORANGE COUNTY NC: $25,708 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $25,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $23,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBALI ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $22,600 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $21,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetELMHURST ART MUSEUM: $20,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $20,558 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PILGRIM SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER HOUSING CORPORATION D/B/A THE BRIDGE HOME: $19,404 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $19,250 over 9y, 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.

  • Who funds Elmhurst Heritage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ELMHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
  • Who funds KEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE GENEVA FRESH AIR ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds National Alopecia Areata Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITE NATIONWIDE FOR COPS UNDER FIRE FOUNDATION AKA UNCUFF THE INNOCENT ↗
  • Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ORACLE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC ↗
  • Who funds HCS FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds VOTE RUN LEAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Zoological Society ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN FOR CATS ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗

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.

The Dupage Community …Otzen Family Foundati…United Way of Metropo…The Chicago Community…The Anna Emery Hanson…Ec Styberg Foundation…Dean L & Rosemarie Bu…A G Cox Charity Trust…John & Linda Anderson…The Allyn Foundation …Robert R McCormick Fo…Geary Rimmer Vincent …
The Dupage Community FoundationIL32.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dupage Community Foundation · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Anna Emery Hanson Charitable Foundation 1 · Ec Styberg Foundation Inc · Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · A G Cox Charity Trust Xxxxx9001 · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Allyn Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Geary Rimmer Vincent Wolf 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc: 19% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
36report 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
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.
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How do I get to Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alben F & Clara G Bates 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 402 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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