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Alphawood Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
126
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$733k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Arts & Culture$11MPublic Benefit$9.2MHealth$4.4MCrime & Legal$4.0MEducation$3.3MCivil Rights$3.1MEnvironment$2.5MHuman Services$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k77 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k39 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+8 grants · $2.9M
$37,160
Median grant
14
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOAS (SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES)$732,580
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$522,122
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND - MIDWEST REGION$325,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITICS$300,000
NIJC NFP$275,200
AIDS FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO$275,000
JOFFREY BALLET$250,000
GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD$250,000
LEGAL AID CHICAGO$200,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS$175,000
LANDMARKS ILLINOIS$140,000
PRESERVATION CHICAGO$135,000
FRIENDS OF THE PARKS$130,000
INVISIBLE INSTITUTE$125,000
CENTER ON HALSTED$125,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENCE: $20k → 7%HAVEN HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%HAVEN HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%BETWEEN FRIENDS: $30k → 14%BETWEEN FRIENDS: $15k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $15k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $15k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $140k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $140k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $125k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $75k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $75k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $75k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $30k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $15k → 14%THE HANA CENTER: $20k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN: $20k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN: $20k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $15k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $75k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $75k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $70k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $70k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $70k → 14%CENTER FOR ADVANCING DOMESTIC PEACE INC: $30k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR ADVANCING DOMESTIC PEACE INC: $15k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCIONLATIN WOMEN IN ACTION: $25k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $20k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $20k → 14%ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $20k → 14%ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $15k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $15k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $15k → 14%THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $15k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MN
IL
WI
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IN
OH
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MO
MD
AZ
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DC
LA
GA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$33M · 144 repeat orgs$9.9M to everyone else

144 repeat relationships — 101 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
32

Total granted

$33M
$8.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+39%

Still filing today

81%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsCrime & LegalHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AF
    AIDS Foundation of Chicago
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +17%
  • HB
    Howard Brown Health Center
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +2%
  • TJ
    THE JOFFREY BALLET
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +215%

Funded once

  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $7.5M · revenue -32%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • CP
    CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +15%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
Chicago Cultural Alliance

The Chicago Cultural Alliances mission is to connect, promote, and support centers of cultural heritage for a more inclusive Chicago. We are an active consortium of 50 cultural heritage museums, centers, and historical societies that…

Arts & Culture
3
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
4
Pegasus Theatre Chicago

Pegasus Theatre Chicago is a professional theater approaching 45 years of supporting Chicagos diverse community by producing accessible, socially relevant theatre and promoting the development of new artists for the stage. Our mission is…

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5
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
6
Chicago Torture Justice Center

Seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection. The Center is a part of and supports a movement to end all…

Crime & Legal
7
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
8
Third Coast International Audio Festival

To cultivate a growing international culture of listening.

Arts & Culture
9
The Chicago High School for the Arts

The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…

Education
10
Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago

Cinema/Chicago, the non-profit 501(c)(3) presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, enriches the community through year-round programming devoted to international and independent cinema. We strengthen communication…

Arts & Culture
11
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
12
Lawndale Art & Performance Center

Lawndale is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.See Schedule O for continuation.For over 40 years,…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Illinois Arts Alliance and the most unlike its peers is Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%3%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr19%25%20–35yr14%31%35–55yr14%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%35%10–20yr19%17%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr14%13%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%2/175
the rest of the field
14%
7,117/51,518

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

169 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 169 of the 203 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
55
Early backer (in before they grew)
166/169
Grantees still filing
110/169
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE — $2,215,000 · OtherILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF ARCH…SOAS (SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES) — $1,620,744 · OtherSOAS (SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES)UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITICS — $1,500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITICSHoward Brown Health Center — $1,375,000 · OtherHoward Brown Health CenterUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CENTER OF THE ART OF EAST ASIA — $1,140,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CENTER OF THE ART OF EAST …LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND - MIDWEST REGION — $875,000 · Other+86 more — $10,382,011 · Other+86 moreTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION — $7,500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONTHE JOFFREY BALLET — $1,306,500 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BALLETThe National Public Housing Museum — $540,000 · Arts & Culture+46 more — $4,822,809 · Arts & Culture+46 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $1,557,449 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $249,320 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $187,500 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER — $175,000 · EducationChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $175,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC — $172,500 · EducationKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC — $115,400 · Education+8 more — $348,022 · EducationAIDS Foundation of Chicago — $1,575,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $600,000 · HealthSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM — $200,000 · HealthAFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES — $180,000 · Health+3 more — $185,000 · HealthLEGAL AID CHICAGO — $1,000,000 · Crime & LegalNIJC NFP — $675,200 · Crime & LegalChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc — $380,000 · Crime & LegalCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $150,000 · Crime & LegalFirst Defense Legal Aid — $100,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more — $110,000 · Crime & LegalInvisible Institute — $625,000 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION EQUALITY — $280,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $250,000 · Civil RightsChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation — $150,000 · Civil RightsNational Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA — $135,000 · Civil RightsUNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION — $130,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Civil Rights+5 more — $175,000 · Civil RightsCenter on Halsted — $630,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND LEGAL AID — $360,000 · Human ServicesBRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE — $75,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO BLACK GAY MENS CAUCUS — $75,000 · Human ServicesEQUALITY ILLINOIS INSTITUTE — $60,000 · Human Services+12 more — $355,000 · Human Services
Other$19,107,755Arts & Culture$14,169,309Education$2,980,191Health$2,740,000Crime & Legal$2,415,200Civil Rights$1,845,000Human Services$1,555,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION — $7,500,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAIDS Foundation of Chicago — $1,575,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $1,557,449 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center — $1,375,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET — $1,306,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO — $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNIJC NFP — $675,200 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetCenter on Halsted — $630,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetLANDMARKS PRESERVATION COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS — $630,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetInvisible Institute — $625,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $600,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe National Public Housing Museum — $540,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetUNITY TEMPLE RESTORATION FOUNDATION — $430,825 over 5y, 67% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc — $380,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBEYOND LEGAL AID — $360,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetBENTON INSTITUTE FOR BROADBAND & SOCIETY — $350,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetFOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $345,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetPRESERVATION CHICAGO — $335,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetIMMIGRATION EQUALITY — $280,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetAuditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc — $268,278 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCenter for Tax and Budget Accountability — $260,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PARKS — $255,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM — $250,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $249,320 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC — $240,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH OUTLOOK — $225,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES — $220,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetGERBER-HART LIBRARY & ARCHIVES — $215,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetIntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art — $210,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAlbany Park Theater Project — $200,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC — $200,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNATIONAL CAMBODIAN MUSEUM & KILLING FIELDS MEMORIAL — $200,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetSouth Side Community Art Center — $200,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM — $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPUERTO RICAN ARTS ALLIANCE — $190,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $187,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $185,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES — $180,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC — $175,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN SERVICE COMMITTEE — $175,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP — $175,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER — $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $175,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC — $172,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC — $170,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSweet Water Foundation Inc — $165,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO — $165,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIDS Foundation of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Howard Brown Health Center ↗
  • Who funds THE JOFFREY BALLET ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds NIJC NFP ↗
  • Who funds Center on Halsted ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds Invisible Institute ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Illinois ↗
  • Who funds The National Public Housing Museum ↗
  • Who funds UNITY TEMPLE RESTORATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds BENTON INSTITUTE FOR BROADBAND & SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRATION EQUALITY ↗
  • Who funds Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Tax and Budget Accountability ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PARKS ↗
  • Who funds GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OUTLOOK ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES ↗
  • Who funds GERBER-HART LIBRARY & ARCHIVES ↗
  • Who funds IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art ↗
  • Who funds Albany Park Theater Project ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Polk Bros Foundation …Field Foundation of I…John D and Catherine …Lloyd a Fry FoundationChicago Foundation fo…Arie and Ida Crown Me…The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…The Joyce FoundationGaylord and Dorothy D…Circle of Service Fou…Walder Foundation
Polk Bros Foundation IncIL126.1× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Walder Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alphawood Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc — 50% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
69report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Alphawood Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alphawood 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 203 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home