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Alice and Russell True Foundation at a glance

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Alice and Russell True 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$300k
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$2.6MHealth$1.9MReligion$1.6MYouth Development$1.4MFood & Nutrition$460kHousing & Shelter$390kHuman Services$300kInternational$205kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $780k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$300,000
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL$230,000
LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER INC$100,000
WASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER$90,000
FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION$80,000
WASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION$70,000
IONA SENIOR SERVICES$60,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON$50,000
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE$50,000
SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT (SOME)$50,000
CAPITAL AEA FOOD BANK$40,000
HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL$20,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$20,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH ADVANCE$10,000
MERCY SHIPS$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 (FY20–25, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $60k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $50k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $50k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $40k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 14%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

VT
NY
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 19 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
1

Total granted

$8.9M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+205%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +47%
  • PA
    President and Fellows of Middlebury College
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +47%
  • WN
    WASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $980k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • WH
    WADSWORTH-SULGRAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +205% · 36% of their budget
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
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
3
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
4
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
5
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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9
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
11
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Matters of Greater Washington Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

21 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. 21 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $1,620,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION…WASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER INC: $980,000 · OtherWASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER INCSOME INC: $390,000 · OtherSOME INC+5 more: $266,000 · Other+5 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,165,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $1,050,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middleb…THE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $365,000 · EducationTHE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOLWASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $765,000 · Youth DevelopmentWASHINGTON TENNIS…LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $565,000 · Youth DevelopmentLATIN AMERICAN YO…+1 more: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $580,000 · HealthFREE WHEELC…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $300,000 · HealthPLANNED PAR…Feeding America: $235,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $185,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionIona Senior Services: $235,000 · Human ServicesAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $65,000 · International
Other$3,256,000Education$2,580,000Youth Development$1,375,000Health$880,000Food & Nutrition$460,000Human Services$235,000International$205,000

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 budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,165,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $1,050,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER INC: $980,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetWASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $765,000 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $580,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $565,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSOME INC: $390,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $365,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $300,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $235,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIona Senior Services: $235,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $185,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWADSWORTH-SULGRAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetFAMILY MATTERS OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJUBILEE JOBS INC: $65,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH ADVANCE INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $16,000 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.

  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON NATIONAL EYE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Iona Senior Services ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WADSWORTH-SULGRAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY MATTERS OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE JOBS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH ADVANCE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The New Horizons Foundation 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.

Greater Washington Co…United Way of the Nat…Diana Davis Spencer F…The Morris and Gwendo…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alice and Russell True Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alice and Russell True Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Alice and Russell True Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alice and Russell True 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 22 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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