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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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$745kEducation$500kHealth$290kArts & Culture$207kFood & Nutrition$35kRecreation & Sports$30kAnimals$25kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOOD FOUNDATION$50,000
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$15,000
FOSTER SOURCE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $640k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $50k → 12%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $25k → 10%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $20k → 10%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $20k → 10%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $10k → 10%GOOD FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $10k → 10%GOOD FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $50k → 10%FOSTER SOURCE: $30k → 10%Baby Buggy: $75k → 17%FOSTER SOURCE: $25k → 10%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
IL
NY
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
NC
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$765k · 5 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
25

Total granted

$765k
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+23%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Public BenefitHealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GP
    GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $400k · revenue +57%
  • FS
    FOSTER SOURCE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $190k · revenue ×17 · 35% of their budget
  • VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $100k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • LH
    LINDEN HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -15%
  • LH
    LINDEN HALL
    one grant, 2020 · $192k
  • WW
    WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +59%
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
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
2
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
3
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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4
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
5
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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6
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
7
Frontline to Field Foundation

Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…

Recreation & Sports
8
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc

To support a full range of issues affecting vietnam veterans, as well as, all veterans. vva is the only congressionaly chartered organization exclusively dedicated to vietnam-era veterans and their families.

Public Benefit
9
Heroic Hearts Project Inc

Our mission is to provide hope and healing to military veterans that have been left hopeless by the current veteran affairs system. we seek to spread awareness in the veteran community of powerful plant-based treatments as well as other…

International
10
National Military Family Association

We guide families of the uniformed services, including those of the deployed, wounded and fallen, through stressful times by providing children's and family programs, financial help, advice, and advocacy.

Public Benefit
11
22ZERO Follow Me Inc

To heal and train veterans, first responders, and gold star families using a non-invasive, non-clinical, peer-to-peer, holistic intervention, to save lives and families of our heroes, while ending suicide and trauma with the trauma…

Health
12
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Red White & Blue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors 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

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 30 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Human ServicesGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INCFOSTER SOURCE: $190,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER SOURCEWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INCLINDEN HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $500,000 · EducationLINDEN HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLSLINDEN HALL: $191,877 · OtherLINDEN HALLMulitple Myeloma Research Foundatio: $25,000 · OtherMulitple Myeloma Resear…KIDS COMPASSION PROJECT: $25,000 · OtherKIDS COMPASSION PROJECTALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherALEXS LEMONADE STAND FO…HANDS UP FOR THE CHILDREN: $25,000 · OtherHANDS UP FOR THE CHILDR…MULITPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherMULITPLE MYELOMA RESEAR…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNUL TO TOWERS FOUND: $20,000 · OtherBUNKER LABS NFP INC: $15,000 · OtherZIMMER MUSEUM: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $35,000 · Other+4 moreVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $100,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY…THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE …Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge: $25,000 · HealthConnecticut C…HILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $25,000 · HealthHILARITY FOR …TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $20,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSIS…Pets for Vets Inc: $25,000 · Public BenefitMERGING VETS AND PLAYERS: $25,000 · Public BenefitAMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Public BenefitGALLANTFEW INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitPURPLE HEARTS REUNITED INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitHEAL THE BAY: $25,000 · EnvironmentJESSE LEWIS CHOOSE LOVE MOVEMENT INC: $25,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$640,000Education$500,000Other$401,877Health$235,000Public Benefit$120,000Environment$25,000Youth Development$25,000

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 budgetLINDEN HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $500,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTER SOURCE: $190,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPets for Vets Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMERGING VETS AND PLAYERS: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetConnecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGALLANTFEW INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUNKER LABS NFP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPURPLE HEARTS REUNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 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 · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 30 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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