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American Gift Fund

To inspire generosity across america and provide meaningful charitable services for donors to give efficiently, purposefully and with impact, while supporting our communities in prosperity.

$107M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,827
Grants FY2024still arriving
50
States reached
$5.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$70MReligion$49MPhilanthropy$43MArts & Culture$39MHealth$29MHuman Services$18MInternational$11MRecreation & Sports$9.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1827 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,827 grants below total $98,222,470, the rows itemized in this filing. The $107,490,094 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,267,624 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k399 grants · $2.8M
  • $10k–50k1059 grants · $20M
  • $50k–250k294 grants · $28M
  • $250k+75 grants · $48M
$15,000
Median grant
50
States reached
$643M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION$5,000,000
JAZZ AT ASPEN SNOWMASS$3,616,100
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$1,913,318
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEGAL FOUNDATION$1,538,828
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$1,531,200
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND$1,494,823
HEALING LIFE GUIDANCE CENTER$1,413,000
LEAGUE OF VAISHNAVA ENTREPRENEURS INC$1,200,000
MORGAN STANLEY GIFT$1,104,872
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000,500
RAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
GREEN OUR PLANET$1,000,000
NEW BRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH$973,000
ST LEO THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH$953,525
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$946,854
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 (FY20–24, $7.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $250k → 8%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL: $69k → 14%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $60k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $135k → 14%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $77k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $75k → 12%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA: $100k → 21%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDRENS HOME INC: $100k → 9%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $100k → 11%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $55k → 4%HONOR MOVEMENT FOUNDATION: $108k → 4%KURN HATTIN HOMES FOR CHILDREN: $100k → 11%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $103k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $87k → 14%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY INC: $75k → 12%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $76k → 13%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDRENS HOME INC: $98k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $344k → 9%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $55k → 4%HONOR MOVEMENT FOUNDATION: $100k → 4%ANGELS PLACE: $356k → 8%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY INC: $75k → 12%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $75k → 20%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $124k → 14%7MORE INC: $60k → 9%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $105k → 14%NPLB OUTDOORS: $100k → 6%NPLB OUTDOORS: $100k → 6%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%QUIET OAKS: $52k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $105k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $61k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $60k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $220k → 14%LGBTQIA COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC: $152k → 13%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $100k → 17%YWCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH: $100k → 9%UGMTC: $69k → 14%THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH: $100k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL: $67k → 14%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $250k → 11%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $65k → 14%YOUTHCARE: $339k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $55k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $237k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $161k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $91k → 14%LIBERATED LEARNING COMMUNITY: $150k → 14%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
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$210M · 1339 repeat orgs$51M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

1339 repeat relationships: 993 still active in FY2024, 346 since wound down; 226 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1339
338

Total granted

$210M
$21M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30M 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 ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $11M · revenue +3%
  • TB
    THE BARSTOW SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2023 · $8.8M · revenue +16% · 36% of their budget
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHURCH OF THE GOLDEN SAVIOR INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M · revenue -99% · 68% of their budget
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $679k · revenue +70%
  • CC
    Concordia Christian Academy
    one grant, 2021 · $511k · revenue +9%
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

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

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2
University of Denver

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

Education
3
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
4
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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5
Augustana College

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

Education
6
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic

Advancing health through research, education, clinical practice, and community partnerships; providing each person the best care in the right place, at the right time, every time.

Health
7
Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma city university prepares all learners to create, lead and serve.

Education
8
Salus University

Advancing integrated health care through innovative education, research and clinical services

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9
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Embolden creative leaders to transform society through equity, empathy, & imagination.

Education
10
Npr Foundation
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11
Furman University

Furman university is an institution of higher education providing distinctive undergraduate education emphasizing an engaged approach combining classroom learning with real world experiences and self-discovery.

Education
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

the organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the UCSF Foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Black Hills Area Community; the most unlike its peers is Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. 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

1565 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. 1565 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.

70
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
231
Early backer (in before they grew)
1541/1565
Grantees still filing
1088/1565
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BARSTOW SCHOOL: $8,800,000 · OtherTHE BARSTOW SCHOOLTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $3,147,800 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $2,743,983 · Other+84 more: $58,229,345 · Other+84 moreThe George Washington University: $2,410,550 · EducationThe George Washing…DELTA DELTA DELTA FOUNDATION: $2,001,250 · EducationDELTA DELTA DELTA …FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,717,500 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC U…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,638,600 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,284,250 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $1,270,658 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,157,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,119,750 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $1,100,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,050,332 · Education+30 more: $16,130,893 · Education+30 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,409,366 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHA…Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,255,086 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Chari…OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyOPPORTUNITY VILLA…MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $2,027,135 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GL…AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,957,888 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMEN…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,545,143 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTH…RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $1,494,823 · Philanthropy+11 more: $4,614,237 · Philanthropy+11 moreMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $10,800,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Oper…JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $3,616,100 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNO…League of Vaishna Entrepreneurs LOVE: $3,142,000 · Arts & CultureLeague of Vaishna…THE SANTA FE OPERA: $1,050,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $1,003,750 · Arts & CultureThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $7,534,084 · Arts & Culture+13 moreVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 · HealthHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $1,084,480 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $872,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $807,339 · HealthALLIANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASES: $679,205 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $664,181 · HealthCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $633,084 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $624,157 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $557,574 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $539,847 · HealthInternational Society for Advancement of Cytometry: $500,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $484,750 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $473,000 · HealthEYE CARE FOR KIDS - Utah: $430,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $403,238 · Health+5 more: $1,496,071 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $6,020,426 · Community ImprovementHorizons Foundation: $765,000 · Community ImprovementCATALINA ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $432,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF METRO SEARCH AND RESCUE LVMPD SAR: $392,950 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $330,238 · Community ImprovementMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,057,949 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $600,550 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $576,193 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $491,960 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $379,471 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $364,933 · InternationalHEALING HAITI: $357,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $336,975 · InternationalGIVE2ASIA: $319,044 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $317,436 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $272,950 · International
Other$72,921,128Education$30,881,283Philanthropy$28,303,678Arts & Culture$28,145,934Health$11,499,426Community Improvement$7,940,614International$5,074,461

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 budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $10,800,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE BARSTOW SCHOOL: $8,800,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,409,366 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $6,020,426 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,255,086 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $3,616,100 over 1y, 12% of budgetLeague of Vaishna Entrepreneurs LOVE: $3,142,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetThe George Washington University: $2,410,550 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $2,027,135 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELTA DELTA DELTA FOUNDATION: $2,001,250 over 4y, 15% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,957,888 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMATTER: $1,941,409 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,717,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,638,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,545,143 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $1,494,823 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP INC: $1,480,637 over 5y, 30% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,284,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $1,278,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $1,270,658 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetA CHANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $1,250,000 over 5y, 90% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,200,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,157,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,126,152 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,119,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $1,100,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAFNESS CENTER DBA HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER: $1,084,480 over 5y, 14% of budgetCHURCH OF THE GOLDEN SAVIOR INC: $1,065,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,057,949 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,050,332 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $1,050,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,030,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $1,003,750 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetGREEN OUR PLANET: $1,000,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAPPLETON NORTH SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB INC: $993,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $966,550 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $942,591 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $933,337 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $906,393 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $872,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $851,482 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $822,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM: $810,000 over 5y, 74% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $807,339 over 5y, 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 Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BARSTOW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS ↗
  • Who funds League of Vaishna Entrepreneurs LOVE ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds DELTA DELTA DELTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MATTER ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Trial Impact Project ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds PRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING LIFE GUIDANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ↗
  • Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds HOMEFRONT 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Jewish Federation of …Wyman Youth TrustThe Hubbard Broadcast…Grousemont FoundationBame FoundationEngelstad Family Foun…Nevada Community Foun…Bentson FoundationGwendolyn L Stearns F…Wynn Resorts Foundati…Catholic Community Fo…The Marion I & Henry …
Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleWA28.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Wyman Youth Trust · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Bame Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Bentson Foundation · Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc · Wynn Resorts Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Marion I & Henry J Knott 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 American Gift Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Gift Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: 21% of income from government
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
39report 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.
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How do I get to American Gift Fund?

Find your warmest path to American Gift Fund 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 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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