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Amb Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$242k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$143k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$441kHealth$407kEducation$309kEmployment$143kHuman Services$129kCivil Rights$95kArts & Culture$76kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $143k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$143,100
7000 LANGUAGES$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CASA COLIBRI$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
HONDURAS GOOD WORKS$10,000
FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS$10,000
AUSTIN SMILES$10,000
AMERICAN INDIANA COLLEGE FUND$10,000
ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER$10,000
CREA$9,000
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 (FY17–24, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $18k → 6%CASA COLIBRI: $10k → 8%CASITA COPAN: $5k → 24%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $10k → 6%CASA COLIBRI: $10k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $25k → 22%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $10k → 6%CASA COLIBRI: $10k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $18k → 22%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $8k → 6%CASA COLIBRI: $10k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $10k → 22%CASA COLIBRI: $8k → 8%CASA COLIBRI: $6k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $7k → 22%CASA COLIBRI: $5k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $6k → 22%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $5k → 22%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 39 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
34

Total granted

$1.2M
$400k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+9%

Still filing today

56%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k 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
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD
    6× · 2017–2022 · $70k · revenue +6%
  • AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +138%
  • SF
    STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    5× · 2017–2021 · $55k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $148k
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN EMERGENCY RELIEF
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • MA
    MANO A MANO
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
2
Health Poverty Action Usa

Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…

International
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
Mano a Mano International Partners

The organization is guided by the simple premise that groups of committed individuals can reach across national boundaries to make a dramatic difference in the lives of others. the power of this premise has been demonstrated by the extent…

Housing & Shelter
5
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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6
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
7
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
8
Peoples Consultants

The mission of the Peoples Consultants is to provide material and intellectual support to communities organizations and individuals from developing countries to enable them to satisfy and protect their basic human rights such as good…

International
9
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
10
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
11
Connectedconectando Educacion

To improve access, quality and relevance of education for youth in rural central america.

Philanthropy
12
Partnership for Central America Inc

Pca seeks to improve economic conditions of the poor and vulnerable in el salvador, guatemala, and honduras ("region"). pca works to elevate the needs of the poor and disadvantaged in the region and generate the will and resources to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Aid; the most unlike its peers is Paza - Tree of Life 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 79 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $165,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $147,891 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $143,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSACRED VALLEY HEALTH: $36,851 · Other+45 more: $539,258 · Other+45 moreSTRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $55,300 · InternationalSTRATEGIES FOR INTE…Xela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance: $52,300 · InternationalXela AID Partnershi…THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $50,000 · InternationalTHE FRIENDSHIP BRID…CHILD AID: $26,700 · InternationalCHILD AIDCarmen Pampa Fund: $20,000 · InternationalCarmen Pampa FundNATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION: $17,864 · InternationalNATIONAL PEACE CORP…ETTA Projects: $17,500 · InternationalETTA ProjectsPhysicians For Peace: $15,625 · International+6 more: $44,883 · International+6 moreNATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $69,500 · Human ServicesNATIVE AMER…CASA COLIBRI: $58,856 · Human ServicesCASA COLIBR…HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $45,000 · Human ServicesHONDURAS GO…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesGlobal Pediatric Alliance: $38,700 · Arts & Culture7000 LANGUAGES INC: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePAZA - TREE OF LIFE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHIPIBO-CONIBO CENTER INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $60,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationCatching the Dream: $17,500 · EducationNUYA INC: $5,000 · EducationSOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC: $32,500 · HealthRED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $19,870 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,032,400International$300,172Human Services$178,356Arts & Culture$119,700Education$107,500Health$32,500Housing & Shelter$19,870

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 budgetNATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $69,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA COLIBRI: $58,856 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $55,300 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetXela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance: $52,300 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $50,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $45,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetGlobal Pediatric Alliance: $38,700 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC: $32,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD AID: $26,700 over 3y, 0.6% of budget7000 LANGUAGES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarmen Pampa Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $19,870 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION: $17,864 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetETTA Projects: $17,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCatching the Dream: $17,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTERAVANA TRUST F/K/A WELLKIND TRUST: $17,500 over 2y, 21% of budgetPhysicians For Peace: $15,625 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBUILDING GOODNESS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Rising: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFundamental Needs Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHELPING HONDURAS KIDS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLENTY INTERNATIONAL: $6,883 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SHIPIBO-CONIBO CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetNUYA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCASITA COPAN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAGROS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONCERN AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLUNCHES FOR LEARNING INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CASA COLIBRI ↗
  • Who funds STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds Xela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds HONDURAS GOOD WORKS ↗
  • Who funds Global Pediatric Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AID ↗
  • Who funds 7000 LANGUAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Carmen Pampa Fund ↗
  • Who funds PLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds RED FEATHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ETTA Projects ↗
  • Who funds Catching the Dream ↗
  • Who funds TERAVANA TRUST F/K/A WELLKIND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Physicians For Peace ↗
  • Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗

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.

John & Susan Dewan FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John & Susan Dewan Foundation · Tides Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Amb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Amb Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Amb 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 79 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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