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American Express Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,495
Grants FY2024still arriving
51
States reached
$3.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$25MPhilanthropy$14MEducation$12MHuman Services$9.2MYouth Development$9.2MEnvironment$7.5MCommunity Improvement$6.8MHealth$6.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1495 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1424 grants · $170k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $387k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+26 grants · $19M
$40
Median grant
51
States reached
$49M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST$3,446,817
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,925,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,825,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,450,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$1,000,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$800,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC$785,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$750,000
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$665,000
JA WORLDWIDE INC$597,425
HISPANIC FEDERATION INC$500,000
COVENANT HOUSE$500,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$450,000
GENERATION - YOU EMPLOYED INC$450,000
VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY$400,000
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.

US giving: 88% of grant dollars ($99M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($13M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $6.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Giving Alternative Learners Uplifting Opportunitie: $12k → 13%GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $10k → 13%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $13k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $50k → 8%Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun Inc (46521: $20k → 11%Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (4722: $50k → 17%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSNS OF THE USA (514748): $500k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $125k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $21k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $750k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS (461619): $750k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS (461619): $750k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS (461619): $500k → 14%American National Red Cross (461619): $300k → 14%IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA (467598): $50k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $268k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS (461619): $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $228k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $185k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $132k → 14%CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT (471999): $50k → 14%Center for Nonprofit Advancement (471999): $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $38k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $38k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $33k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $29k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $28k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $27k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $26k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $26k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $26k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $24k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $24k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $19k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $19k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $19k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $18k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $18k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $17k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX: $40k → 11%CITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX: $40k → 11%CITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX: $24k → 11%CITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX: $24k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $500k → 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

AK
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VT
NH
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ND
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IL
WI
MI
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MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
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NJ
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CA
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MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($13M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$9.5M · 17 grants
Canada$2.1M · 13 grants
Australia$840k · 10 grants
Singapore$510k · 3 grants
Hong Kong$220k · 5 grants
Netherlands$150k · 2 grants
New Zealand$15k · 1 grant
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 10% of American Express Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

American Express Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83M · 1722 repeat orgs$17M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

1722 repeat relationships: 909 still active in FY2024, 813 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1722
218

Total granted

$83M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+14%

Still filing today

84%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +38%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +63%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • KB
    King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc (4680
    one grant, 2020 · $872k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM (514794)
    one grant, 2023 · $750k
  • MU
    MYRIAD USA INC (468028)
    one grant, 2023 · $625k
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
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
2
American Jewish World Service Inc

We work to realize human rights and end poverty in africa, asia, latin america and the caribbean.

International
3
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
4
Global Fund for Children

To advance the rights and opportunities of children and youth worldwide.

Arts & Culture
5
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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7
United States Naval Institute

To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.

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8
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder builds lasting and trusted local partnerships to strengthen health systems, forging resilient pathways to sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.

International
9
Allosource

Allosource responsibly processes and distributes human donated tissue that enhances and saves lives.

Health
10
International School of Arizona

Opening doors to success in a constantly changing world

Education
11
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
12
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc

Deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Foundling; the most unlike its peers is Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. 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

1624 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. 1624 of the 2,000 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
345
Early backer (in before they grew)
1599/1624
Grantees still filing
1204/1624
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST (498231): $5,443,035 · OtherCOMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST (498231)COMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST: $3,446,817 · OtherCOMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUSTOCEAN CONSERVANCY INC (501145): $2,950,000 · OtherGive2Asia (460917): $2,798,245 · OtherRESOURCE FOUNDATION INC THE (459546): $2,780,100 · Other+143 more: $43,078,760 · Other+143 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,611,390 · InternationalInternational …UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,037,760 · InternationalUNITED STATES …Save The Children Federation Inc: $1,802,563 · InternationalSave The Child…MYRIAD USA INC: $1,571,006 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,001,451 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS…Global Impact: $706,768 · InternationalGlobal Impact+7 more: $783,926 · International+7 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $8,050,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN O…VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $524,531 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF …+4 more: $649,653 · Philanthropy+4 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,909,784 · Human ServicesNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $503,143 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $501,645 · Human Services+7 more: $762,647 · Human ServicesSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $1,447,400 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $980,847 · EducationJA WORLDWIDE INC: $615,069 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $355,331 · EducationBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $265,286 · EducationThurgood Marshall College Fund: $251,600 · EducationHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $163,523 · Education+4 more: $230,643 · EducationSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,000,091 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $500,135 · Arts & CultureUS INDIA FRIENDSHIP ALLIANCE INC: $350,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $422,674 · Arts & CultureOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $787,015 · EnvironmentEARTHSHARE: $453,018 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250,900 · EnvironmentGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $101,640 · Environment
Other$60,496,957International$12,514,864Philanthropy$9,224,184Human Services$6,677,219Education$4,309,699Arts & Culture$3,272,900Environment$1,592,573

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $8,050,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,909,784 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,611,390 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,037,760 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,000,091 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $1,912,108 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,802,563 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $1,571,006 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $1,447,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES: $1,232,781 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $1,050,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,001,451 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $980,847 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $787,015 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $780,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGlobal Impact: $706,768 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJA WORLDWIDE INC: $615,069 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetGENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC: $550,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $524,531 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $503,143 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $502,398 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $501,645 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $500,224 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $500,135 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEARTHSHARE: $453,018 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetTHE RESOURCE FOUNDATION INC: $440,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $355,331 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUS INDIA FRIENDSHIP ALLIANCE INC: $350,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $276,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $265,286 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $261,056 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $255,050 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $251,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDISABILITYIN: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $225,581 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetVICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $180,707 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX: $174,766 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $163,523 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $157,144 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $156,571 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $136,254 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $128,503 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $125,000 over 2y, 1.5% 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 AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ↗
  • Who funds Global Impact ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds GENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC ↗

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesJohn F Long Foundatio…Virginia G Piper Char…Phoenix Suns Charitie…The Diane and Bruce H…Executive Council Cha…The Foundation for Co…BHHS Legacy FoundationValley of the Sun Uni…Fiesta Events IncKennecott Utah Copper…The Board of Visitors
Thunderbirds CharitiesAZ87.3× affinity114 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thunderbirds Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Executive Council Charities · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Valley of the Sun United Way · Fiesta Events Inc · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Board of Visitors

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 American Express Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Express Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Maven Leadership Collective: 3% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
55report 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
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 American Express Foundation?

Find your warmest path to American Express 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 2000 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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