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Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc at a glance

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Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$333k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.8MPhilanthropy$1.1MHealth$260kFood & Nutrition$185kHousing & Shelter$85kInternational$70kYouth Development$60kHuman Services$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $195k
  • $250k+3 grants · $930k
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY OF HOPE$333,333
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA$316,254
SO WHAT ELSE INC$280,000
WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY$100,000
MARCH OF DIMES$95,000
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$35,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$35,000
JUBILEE TO COLLEGE$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM$3,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000
COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000
TOWSON UNIVERSITY$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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 30 repeat orgs$236k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
25

Total granted

$4.4M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+32%

Still filing today

43%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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
EducationInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • SW
    SO WHAT ELSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue ×28
  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $627k · revenue +4%
  • BG
    BOOLEAN GIRL INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $279k · revenue +317%

Funded once

  • CS
    Community Services Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -3%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DC
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • MADRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +32%
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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
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
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trinity College; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

22 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. 22 of the 59 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)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACADEMY OF HOPE: $1,028,333 · OtherACADEMY OF HOPEWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $400,000 · OtherWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER: $126,123 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVERHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $85,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY: $83,338 · Other+34 more: $247,616 · Other+34 moreSO WHAT ELSE INC: $1,060,000 · PhilanthropySO WHAT ELSE INCTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $627,448 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY O…BOOLEAN GIRL INC: $279,200 · EducationBOOLEAN GIRL INCMaryland Institute: $76,599 · EducationMaryland Institute+11 more: $72,000 · Education+11 moreMARCH OF DIMES INC: $260,000 · HealthCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $185,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Services Foundation: $50,000 · Human ServicesMADRE INC: $25,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $25,000 · International
Other$1,970,410Philanthropy$1,060,000Education$1,055,247Health$260,000Food & Nutrition$185,000Human Services$50,000International$50,000

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 budgetSO WHAT ELSE INC: $1,060,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $627,448 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOOLEAN GIRL INC: $279,200 over 6y, 19% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $260,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $185,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Institute: $76,599 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Services Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMADRE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAW UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Augustine's University: $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.

  • Who funds SO WHAT ELSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BOOLEAN GIRL INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Maryland Institute ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE ↗
  • Who funds Community Services Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds MADRE INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Strada Education Foun…Educational Credit Ma…National Collegiate A…Greater Washington Co…Ibm International Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Strada Education Foundation IncIN15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Strada Education Foundation Inc · Educational Credit Management Corporation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Delaware State University: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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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Find your warmest path to Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc 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 59 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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