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Apollo Opportunity Foundation

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

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$4.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$5.0MEmployment$3.4MYouth Development$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.1MCommunity Improvement$875kHuman Services$750kReligion$350kCrime & Legal$139kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k6 grants · $922k
  • $250k+16 grants · $10M
$250,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$182M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST$4,407,875
GIRLS WHO INVEST$1,000,000
GIRLS WHO CODE$625,000
PER SCHOLAS$500,000
THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP$500,000
POINT FOUNDATION$375,000
GENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC$375,000
STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK$375,000
VEDICA FOUNDATION$350,000
THE MARCY LAB$250,000
THE ACCELERATION PROJECT$250,000
THE HONOR FOUNDATION$250,000
DREAM$250,000
AVANTI FELLOWS USA$250,000
IOWA JAG$250,000
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 (FY22–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT IOWA: $150k → 10%THE CARVER: $20k → 9%PROJECT IOWA: $50k → 10%GIRLS WHO CODE: $625k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $125k → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $500k → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $350k → 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

IL
NY
IA
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 19 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
9

Total granted

$16M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+4%

Still filing today

84%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesEmploymentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GW
    GIRLS WHO INVEST INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +8%
  • TT
    THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $850k · revenue +69%
  • GIRLS WHO CODE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $750k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • ET
    ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING FOR INNOVATIVE COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
  • CF
    CLONTARF FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Inroads Inc

To deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate underrepresented talent throughout their careers.

Education
2
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
3
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc

Founded in 1963, SEO closes educational and career opportunity gaps for 7,000+ ambitious young people annually.

Education
6
Careerwise Colorado

Careerwise's mission is to forge pathways to meaningful careers through bold advocacy, innovative apprenticeships, and industry led partnerships, creating a dynamic talent ecosystem that connects ambition to opportunity for empowered young…

Education
7
The Graduate Network Inc

The graduate network (tgn), a national nonprofit organization, was organized to catalyze movement toward educational equity for adults particularly those adults who are historically underrepresented in the college labor market. these are…

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8
College Summit Inc

College summit, inc. d/b/a peerforward (peerforward)'s mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. in low-income…

Education
9
College for Social Innovation Inc

To educate and inspire the next generation of problem solvers.

Employment
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
12
National College Advising Corps Inc

College advising corps (cac) is the nation's largest nonprofit service organization dedicated to advancing educational equity and expanding opportunity for all high school students. cac provides college enrollment and career guidance to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Who Code Inc; the most unlike its peers is Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation. 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST: $5,860,437 · OtherAVAILABLE UPON REQUESTUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION: $1,000,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATIONNATIONAL ED EQUITY LAB: $1,000,000 · OtherNATIONAL ED EQUITY LABVEDICA FOUNDATION: $350,000 · Other+8 more: $1,135,859 · Other+8 moreECHOING GREEN INC: $1,000,000 · EducationECHOING GREEN INCMARCY LAB INC: $600,000 · EducationMARCY LAB INCPOINT FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationPOINT FOUNDATIONAMERICA NEEDS YOU: $350,000 · EducationAMERICA NEEDS YOUAVANTI FELLOWS USA: $350,000 · EducationAVANTI FELLOWS US…FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $200,000 · EducationFUTURES AND OPTIO…+2 more: $55,000 · EducationGIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $1,500,000 · EmploymentGIRLS WHO INVES…PER SCHOLAS INC: $750,000 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INCTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · EmploymentTHE HONOR FOUND…THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $850,000 · Human ServicesTHE TEAK F…GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $750,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO …PROJECT IOWA: $200,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT IO…+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesBRAVEN INC: $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC: $375,000 · Youth DevelopmentIOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentOWNERSHIP WORKS INC: $400,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC: $350,000 · Community ImprovementSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $115,155 · PhilanthropyHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$9,346,296Education$3,055,000Employment$2,600,000Human Services$1,820,000Youth Development$1,375,000Community Improvement$750,000Philanthropy$615,155Recreation & Sports$25,000

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 budgetGIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $850,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $750,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBRAVEN INC: $750,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $750,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMARCY LAB INC: $600,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $500,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetOWNERSHIP WORKS INC: $400,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetGENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC: $375,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAMERICA NEEDS YOU: $350,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTHE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC: $350,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetAVANTI FELLOWS USA: $350,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetIOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $200,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPROJECT IOWA: $200,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $115,155 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCareer Girls: $30,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Blackbaud Giving …Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY14× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Apollo Opportunity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Apollo Opportunity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Apollo Opportunity Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Apollo Opportunity 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 35 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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