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Alice Shaver Foundation at a glance

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Alice Shaver 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
109
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$953kArts & Culture$918kHuman Services$813kEducation$648kEnvironment$405kHousing & Shelter$362kHealth$257kAnimals$222kOther$0
02FY2025 · 109 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $120k
  • $10k–50k76 grants · $920k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS-NO CA COASTAL$25,000
COOL THE EARTH$20,000
IONA SENIOR SERVICES$20,000
CASA$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUN$20,000
NY CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$20,000
VIVALON$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF TAKOMA PARK$20,000
FEEDING AMERICA$20,000
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$20,000
MANNA FOOD CENTER$15,000
HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND$15,000
ART ENABLES$15,000
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 9%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 9%CARING MATTERS INC: $10k → 8%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 9%CARING MATTERS INC: $10k → 8%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 9%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 9%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%HOMES NOT BORDERS: $10k → 11%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%HOMES NOT BORDERS: $10k → 11%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $20k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $15k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $10k → 19%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $10k → 8%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $10k → 8%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNT: $10k → 8%VIVALON: $25k → 8%VIVALON: $25k → 8%RITTER HOUSE: $20k → 8%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%VIVALON: $20k → 8%VIVALON: $20k → 8%VIVALON: $20k → 8%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $25k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $25k → 14%RITTER HOUSE: $10k → 8%RITTER HOUSE: $10k → 8%CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PEACE: $10k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAM: $10k → 8%CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PEACE: $10k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAM: $10k → 8%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

WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
AL
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 101 repeat orgs$667k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

101 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

101
37

Total granted

$6.5M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+38%

Still filing today

64%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • CT
    COOL THE EARTH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +664% · 51% of their budget
  • TH
    THE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +26%
  • BF
    BERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $190k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +82%
  • Civic Nationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +241%
  • HI
    HIAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +114%
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
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
4
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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5
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
6
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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7
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
8
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
9
Usaging

Usaging represents & supports the national network of area agencies on aging & advocates for the title vi native american aging programs that help older adults & people with disabilities live with optimal health, well-being, independence &…

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10
West Side Center for Community Life

To pursue anti-hunger initiatives through the west side campaign against hunger (wscah) program whose mission is to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all new yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive…

Youth Development
11
Miriam's Kitchen

To end chronic homelessness in washington, dc. the organization advocates for permanent supportive housing as a long-term solution, while meeting short-term needs by providing healthy meals and high-quality social services to the…

Human Services
12
Meals On Wheels of Central Marylandinc

Meals on wheels of central maryland's charitable mission, to keep homebound people living safely and independently at home through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact and support services, reduces hospitalization, and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calvary Women's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Provincetown Jazz Festival 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

99 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. 99 of the 177 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/99
Grantees still filing
71/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWE ARE SR: $180,000 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $175,000 · OtherPROVINCETOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL INC: $165,000 · OtherHEADS UP FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherWILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL: $145,000 · OtherSOME INC: $140,000 · OtherStepping Stones Shelter Inc: $165,000 · OtherCANAL ALLIANCE: $165,000 · Other+111 more: $2,582,000 · Other+111 moreTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOUSE OF RUTH…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $120,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…Vivalon: $110,000 · Human ServicesVivalonWEDNESDAYS GIFT: $95,000 · Human ServicesWEDNESDAYS GIFTGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR TH…RITTER CENTER: $90,000 · Human ServicesRITTER CENTERHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH…Center for Domestic Peace: $70,000 · Human ServicesCenter for Domest…REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $45,000 · Human Services+10 more: $163,000 · Human Services+10 moreBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $190,000 · Food & NutritionBERKSHIRE…MANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $185,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOO…CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $115,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL A…FRESHFARM MARKETS: $66,000 · Food & NutritionFRESHFARM…Feeding America: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding A…+4 more: $32,000 · Food & NutritionA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $170,000 · EducationFIRST BOOK: $85,000 · EducationTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $80,000 · EducationPINE COBBLE SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $64,000 · EducationCHILDRENS COTTAGE: $40,000 · EducationCivic Nation: $25,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERS: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCOOL THE EARTH INC: $220,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentWILLIAMSTOWN GARDEN CLUB: $45,000 · EnvironmentSLIDE RANCH: $30,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureRachel Carson Place of Wonder Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTAKOMA RADIO INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureYouth in Arts: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR ART & HEALING INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $90,000 · Crime & LegalSECOND STREET SECOND CHANCES INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalPrisoners Literature Project: $55,000 · Crime & LegalART ENABLES: $30,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$4,092,000Human Services$1,133,000Food & Nutrition$638,000Education$499,000Environment$405,000Arts & Culture$260,000Crime & Legal$255,000

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 budgetCOOL THE EARTH INC: $220,000 over 9y, 51% of budgetTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $220,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $190,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $185,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $175,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $170,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPROVINCETOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL INC: $165,000 over 9y, 48% of budgetStepping Stones Shelter Inc: $165,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $165,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSOME INC: $140,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $115,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVivalon: $110,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWEDNESDAYS GIFT: $95,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRITTER CENTER: $90,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $90,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES INC: $80,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $80,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWILDCARE: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHancock Shaker Village Inc: $72,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Domestic Peace: $70,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFRESHFARM MARKETS: $66,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPINE COBBLE SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $64,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND STREET SECOND CHANCES INC: $60,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetPrisoners Literature Project: $55,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $45,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetOMPRAKASH INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN GARDEN CLUB: $45,000 over 9y, 55% of budgetARTPRENEURS INC: $45,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS COTTAGE: $40,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSMALL THINGS MATTER INC: $35,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIona Senior Services: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTAILS OF JOY: $30,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSLIDE RANCH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% 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 COOL THE EARTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds A WIDER CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVINCETOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Stepping Stones Shelter Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Vivalon ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds WEDNESDAYS GIFT ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds RITTER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds FIRST BOOK ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds WILDCARE ↗
  • Who funds HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hancock Shaker Village Inc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Domestic Peace ↗
  • Who funds FRESHFARM MARKETS ↗
  • Who funds PINE COBBLE SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗

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…The Morris and Gwendo…McNabb FoundationMilton & Dorothy Sarn…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…Nora Roberts Foundati…United Way of the Nat…Marin Community Found…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…John Edward Fowler Me…William S Abell Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC35.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Milton & Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Marin Community Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Second Street Second Chances Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Artpreneurs Inc: 18% of income from government
  • North Adams Ambulance Service Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pine Cobble School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Shaver Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alice Shaver 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 177 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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