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Bancroft 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.

$176k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$101kEnvironment$85kAnimals$61kRecreation & Sports$31kHealth$31kEducation$7kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rose Haven$50,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$40,000
The Pixie Project$20,000
Forest Park Conservancy$20,000
Pacific Crest Trail Association$20,000
Crested Butte Mountain bike association$10,000
Willamette Riverkeeper$10,000
Hoffman Institute Foundat$3,000
Virginia Maryland School of Veterinary Medicine$1,000
University of Virginia$1,000
Ultimate Impact Inc$500
Path Home Family Village$500
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Hoffman Institute Foundat: $3k → 8%Ultimate Impact Inc: $500 → 10%Pacific Crest Trail Association: $20k → 12%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%ROSE HAVEN: $50k → 12%Crested Butte Mountain bike association: $10k → 10%Appalachian Trail Conservancy: $40k → 9%University of Virginia: $1k → 8%Virginia Maryland School of Veterinary Medicine: $1k → 21%HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%Rose Haven: $50k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $1k → 8%VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION: $1k → 21%Path Home Family Village: $500 → 12%Willamette Riverkeeper: $10k → 12%Forest Park Conservancy: $20k → 12%FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY: $10k → 12%PORTLAND AUDUBON: $10k → 12%THE PIXIE PROJECT: $30k → 12%The Pixie Project: $20k → 12%FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE: $5k → 12%OREGON PARKS FOREVER: $1k → 12%TIP OF PORTLAND VANCOUVER INC: $500 → 12%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.
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$186k · 5 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
6

Total granted

$186k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+8%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EnvironmentHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • ROSE HAVEN CIC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +41%
  • PP
    Pixie Project Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +10%
  • TF
    THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • DW
    DOCTORS WITH BORDERS
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -16%
  • Friends of the Columbia Gorge
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -27%
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
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
2
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
3
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
4
Washington Trails Association

Washington trails association is on a mission to connect everyone to the outdoors and build a community that gives back to trails and public lands.

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5
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
6
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Washington Forest Protection Association

Wfpa advocates and advnances sustainable forestry in washington to protect and enhance the economic investment of private working forest landowners.

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9
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
10
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

—
11
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
12
The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Vancouver and Clark County

The mission of the parks foundation of clark county is to improve the quality of life in clark county by supporting parks, trails, and recreational programs.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSE HAVEN CIC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterROSE HAVEN CIC+1 more: $500 · Housing & ShelterDOCTORS WITH BORDERS: $30,000 · OtherDOCTORS WITH BORDERSPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherPACIFIC CREST TRAIL A…Friends of the Columbia Gorge: $5,000 · OtherFriends of the Columb…Alices Kids Inc: $3,000 · Other+4 more: $4,000 · Other+4 moreTHE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY: $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE FOREST PARK C…WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $10,000 · EnvironmentWILLAMETTE RIVERK…BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentBIRD ALLIANCE OF …+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentPixie Project Inc: $50,000 · AnimalsPixie Project IncAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsAPPALACHIAN TRAIL…CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCRESTED BUTTE MOU…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Housing & Shelter$100,500Other$62,000Environment$51,000Animals$50,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Philanthropy$5,000Education$5,000

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 budgetROSE HAVEN CIC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPixie Project Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlices Kids Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Parks Forever: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATH HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUltimate Impact Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Oregon Community …Meyer Memorial TrustTexas Instruments Fou…D27 FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationOregon Jewish Communi…The Bullitt FoundationDeacon Charitable Fou…The Collins FoundationHillman Family Founda…Ibm International Fou…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · D27 Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Deacon Charitable Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Ibm International Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Willamette Riverkeeper: 42% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
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 Bancroft Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bancroft 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 20 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home