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Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc at a glance

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Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2023
184
Grants FY2023
26
States reached
$121k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Blackbaud Giving Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc named its own grantees at scale: 102 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

29
’19
7
’20
9
’21
10
’22
102
’23
0
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.4MHealth$1.1MYouth Development$838kEducation$747kInternational$630kScience & Tech$510kEmployment$176kHousing & Shelter$73kOther$0
02FY2023 · 184 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k172 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$100
Median grant
26
States reached
$711k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STIFTUNG SOZIALWERK PFARRER SIEBER$121,250
PROJECT HOPE THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
GREENLIGHT FOR GIRLS$100,000
THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST$87,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA$80,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC$80,000
Individual grant recipient$80,000
ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC$78,375
GIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA & SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY$75,000
MATERNITY CARE COALITION$75,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY$65,000
AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION$65,000
PINEWOODS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$1,000
WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER$1,000
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: 81% of grant dollars ($4.5M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($1.0M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%A SHOT FOR LIFE INCORPORATED: $100 → 8%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $105 → 11%PINEWOODS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY HELPING PLACE INC: $5k → 12%PROJECT HOME: $71k → 22%WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $150 → 22%WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $25 → 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

ME
WA
ID
MT
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($1.0M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$500k · 18 grants
Singapore$170k · 2 grants
Switzerland$121k · 1 grant
Canada$100k · 6 grants
Ireland$80k · 1 grant
India$79k · 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 39% of Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 21% 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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 14 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 114 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
54

Total granted

$2.2M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+30%

Still filing today

79%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $304k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $390k · revenue +53%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA
    3× · 2020–2023 · $225k · revenue +76%
  • GI
    GIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
    3× · 2020–2023 · $200k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • SG
    STEM GEMS Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $86k · revenue -4% · 61% of their budget
  • CR
    CARMELLA ROSE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $85k · revenue +10% · 33% of their budget
  • SC
    SATA COMMHEALTH
    one grant, 2021 · $85k
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
6
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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7
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Lumen Christi. 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

132 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. 132 of the 189 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
131/132
Grantees still filing
98/132
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $1,945,849 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUNDGREENLIGHT FOR GIRLS: $175,000 · PhilanthropyGREENLIGHT FOR GIRLSCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $100,000 · Philanthropy+8 more: $4,191 · PhilanthropyGIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $200,000 · OtherGIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA …IN2SCIENCEUKORG: $190,000 · OtherIN2SCIENCEUKORGTHE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $176,000 · OtherTHE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUSTSTIFTUNG SOZIALWERK PFARRER SIEBER: $121,250 · OtherSTIFTUNG SOZIALWERK PFARRER SIEBERHOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $98,500 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDAT…SATA COMMHEALTH: $85,000 · OtherHEALTHSERVE LTD: $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherHEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $79,980 · OtherSMILE FOUNDATION: $79,000 · OtherSMALLPEICE TRUST LIMITED: $68,935 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $64,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATIONPROJECT HOME: $70,882 · Other+98 more: $296,454 · Other+98 moreALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $165,932 · HealthALLIANCE ME…THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $160,000 · HealthTHE GOOD SA…CARMELLA ROSE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $85,000 · HealthCARMELLA RO…Maternity Care Coalition: $75,000 · HealthMaternity C…WAKE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC (DBA RIGHTCARE): $70,000 · HealthWAKE COUNTY…+20 more: $57,800 · Health+20 moreEmory University: $175,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $80,000 · EducationGIRLS 4 SCIENCE: $65,000 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $59,000 · Education+24 more: $73,454 · EducationPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 · International+1 more: $10,000 · InternationalGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTEM GEMS Inc: $85,625 · Youth Development+4 more: $5,705 · Youth DevelopmentLUMITY: $140,000 · Science & TechSCIENCE OLYMPIAD INC: $77,000 · Science & TechSMALL WORLD INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 · Science & TechMount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: $9,700 · Science & TechLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $8,696 · Science & Tech
Philanthropy$2,225,040Other$1,825,001Health$613,732Education$452,454International$400,000Youth Development$316,330Science & Tech$245,396

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $1,945,849 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $225,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $200,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetEmory University: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $165,932 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $160,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLUMITY: $140,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEM GEMS Inc: $85,625 over 1y, 61% of budgetCARMELLA ROSE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH FEDERATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $79,980 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCIENCE OLYMPIAD INC: $77,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $70,882 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAKE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC (DBA RIGHTCARE): $70,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetGIRLS 4 SCIENCE: $65,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $59,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMSA FUND FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION: $55,735 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMALL WORLD INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCHMAHL SCIENCE WORKSHOPS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBay Area Bioscience Education Community: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetQUENCH AND CONNECT: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INTERACTIVE CENTER Scitech Fox Valley STEM Programs: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKIDS SMILES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMillcreek Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $9,759 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: $9,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER: $9,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $8,696 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $8,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $8,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HELPING PLACE INC: $4,800 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $2,495 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNIAGARA COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA KAPPA ALPHA HOUSING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

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.

United Way of Greater…AbbVie FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Lincoln Financial Fou…Citizens Charitable F…The Gordon Charter Fo…The Barra Foundation …Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Chubb Charitable Foun…Usg Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyPA17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · AbbVie Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Usg Foundation Inc · The Pfizer 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 Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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

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How do I get to Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc?

Find your warmest path to Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc 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 189 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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