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Allen Family 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.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$58k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.7MInternational$240kReligion$70kHealth$46kCivil Rights$46kEducation$32kEnvironment$22kScience & Tech$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$58,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$326k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA$58,000
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 (FY20–21, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 17%Episcopal Relief and Development: $20k → 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

WA
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
DC
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$981k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
19

Total granted

$1.2M
$981k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+16%

Still filing today

60%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalEnvironmentAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • AA
    ANN ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUND
    2× · 2021–2022 · $860k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $240k · revenue +35% · 60% of their budget
  • ER
    EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • FG
    F GORDON ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $863k
  • AO
    ACLU of Kentucky
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -20%
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 Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
2
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
3
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
7
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
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
10
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
11
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc

The center for reproductive rights ("the center") is an international non-governmental organization that uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.

Civil Rights
12
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Children in Africa. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 21 of the 26 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

F GORDON ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUND: $863,167 · OtherF GORDON ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUNDANN ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUND: $860,451 · OtherANN ALLEN DONOR ADVISED FUND+12 more: $102,000 · Other+12 moreFRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA: $240,195 · InternationalFRIENDS OF C…+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $40,000 · Human ServicesA FUND INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $5,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · HealthSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,825,618International$245,195Human Services$46,000Education$32,000Health$20,000Civil Rights$10,000Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA: $240,195 over 6y, 60% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NORTHWEST: $1,000 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.

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 Community Foundat…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Allen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Allen Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Allen Family 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 26 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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