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Allen Family Philanthropies at a glance

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Allen Family Philanthropies

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$58M
Granted FY2024still arriving
112
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$10M
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 2024.

Education$105MHealth$96MEnvironment$38MScience & Tech$37MArts & Culture$32MHousing & Shelter$30MPhilanthropy$24MCommunity Improvement$11MOther$0
02FY2024 · 112 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $416k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $3.6M
  • $250k+63 grants · $54M
$300,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$1.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTSFUND$10,422,623
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO$2,500,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$2,500,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$2,500,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION$2,500,000
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$1,763,533
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT$1,518,612
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$1,435,763
Individual grant recipient$1,276,100
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$1,250,000
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION$1,042,500
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION$1,042,500
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$1,000,000
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD$800,000
EARTH GENOME$763,083
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($359M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($43M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $668k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $3k → 9%FOB HOPE: $3k → 9%GROWING VETERANS: $3k → 12%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $1k → 9%FOB HOPE: $95 → 9%GROWING VETERANS: $1k → 12%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $95 → 9%GROWING VETERANS: $95 → 12%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $68 → 9%GROWING VETERANS: $68 → 12%VISION HOUSE: $2k → 9%VETERAN RITES INC: $3k → 9%VETERAN RITES INC: $1k → 9%VETERAN RITES INC: $95 → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 9%VETERAN RITES INC: $68 → 9%OMF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $3k → 9%OMF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $1k → 9%OMF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $95 → 9%OMF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $68 → 9%AFGHAN HEALTH INITIATIVE: $25k → 9%FRIENDS OF UNFPA: $500k → 17%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $25k → 9%YWCA OF SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH: $2k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $13k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $50k → 9%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

AK
WA
ID
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($43M)

17 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Germany$12M · 27 grants
United Kingdom$6.3M · 13 grants
Zambia$4.6M · 17 grants
Australia$4.3M · 20 grants
Norway$3.5M · 2 grants
Canada$3.4M · 11 grants
Kenya$2.4M · 7 grants
Portugal$1.5M · 4 grants
Belgium$1.5M · 3 grants
France$1.0M · 3 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of Allen Family Philanthropies’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 36% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 29%.

Allen Family Philanthropieslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 15% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$323M · 154 repeat orgs$33M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

154 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2024, 92 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

154
115

Total granted

$323M
$22M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+39%

Still filing today

64%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $37M · revenue +46%
  • A
    ARTSFUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $21M · revenue +4% · 64% of their budget
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20M · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • LC
    LIVING COMPUTER MUSEUM LAB
    one grant, 2018 · $2.1M
  • FH
    FLYING HERITAGE & COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $1.8M · revenue -100%
  • FC
    Fresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation
    one grant, 2023 · $1.2M · revenue -27%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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3
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
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
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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9
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
10
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
11
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
12
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is Heroes Homestead. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

180 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. 180 of the 310 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
177/180
Grantees still filing
124/180
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST: $28,870,207 · OtherMERCY HOUSING NORTHWESTREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $8,742,814 · OtherCITY OF COLUMBUS OHIO: $8,550,498 · OtherUNDP MULTI-PARTNER TRUST FUND OFFICE: $6,000,000 · Other+113 more: $117,372,897 · Other+113 moreUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $37,471,391 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOU…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $11,006,505 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE…Trustees of Tufts College: $9,249,070 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $9,247,245 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY O…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $5,000,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,720,816 · EducationFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,218,010 · Education+16 more: $15,394,221 · Education+16 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,250,000 · HealthAmerican Heart …Children's Hospital Corporation: $20,000,000 · HealthChildren's Hosp…+9 more: $13,072,890 · Health+9 moreARTSFUND: $21,342,570 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,645,953 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $6,015,451 · Arts & CultureROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $12,500,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES: $5,085,814 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION: $2,223,764 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community Foundation: $1,000,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $659,279 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $4,759,117 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $3,475,000 · EnvironmentPUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND: $2,462,191 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,240,000 · EnvironmentTHE EARTH GENOME: $763,083 · Environment+9 more: $1,932,389 · EnvironmentUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,347,584 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,250,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $1,000,000 · InternationalTHE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IN AMERICA INC: $955,300 · InternationalPAMS FOUNDATION INC: $900,732 · InternationalTHE CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEFENSE STUDIES: $841,370 · InternationalALIMA USA INC: $558,505 · InternationalVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $400,000 · International+3 more: $527,900 · International
Other$169,536,416Education$101,307,258Health$53,322,890Arts & Culture$30,503,974Philanthropy$21,468,857Environment$16,131,780International$7,781,391

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $37,471,391 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST: $28,870,207 over 5y, 76% of budgetARTSFUND: $21,342,570 over 5y, 64% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,250,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $20,000,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $12,500,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $11,006,505 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $9,249,070 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $9,247,245 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES: $5,085,814 over 4y, 31% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $5,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $4,759,117 over 5y, 18% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,720,816 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,218,010 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $4,015,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $3,475,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetPUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND: $2,462,191 over 6y, 33% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $2,223,764 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $2,003,769 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $2,000,740 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFLYING HERITAGE & COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUM: $1,825,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $1,793,331 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Pride Foundation: $1,790,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST: $1,750,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,645,953 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,575,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT: $1,518,612 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Corporation dba Research Corporation for Science Advancement: $1,500,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,499,994 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $1,497,890 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,491,889 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT: $1,402,300 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,348,394 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,347,584 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $1,250,000 over 3y, 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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds ARTSFUND ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds FLYING HERITAGE & COMBAT ARMOR MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Pride Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Grousemont FoundationUnited Way of King Co…The Satterberg Founda…ArtsfundGates FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…School's Out Washingt…Raikes FoundationSeattle Seahawks Char…
Seattle FoundationWA54.8× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · United Way of King County · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Artsfund · Gates Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · School's Out Washington · Raikes Foundation · Seattle Seahawks Charitable 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 Philanthropies funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Family Philanthropies. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Bonneville Environmental Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Florida Aquarium Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
45report 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 Allen Family Philanthropies?

Find your warmest path to Allen Family Philanthropies 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 310 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home