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Belvedere Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Belvedere Charitable 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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$16MPhilanthropy$5.2MEducation$3.2MAnimals$2.2MArts & Culture$1.7MSocial Science$1.3MScience & Tech$646kInternational$245kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $366k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.0M
$50,304
Median grant
13
States reached
$702k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$1,000,654
CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION$503,598
THE CLOCKTOWER FOUNDATION$255,513
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA$250,000
GEOVERSITY FOUNDATION$188,365
ETON COLLEGE$125,778
COOK INLETKEEPER$119,488
SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$116,692
THE HEATHER TRUST$76,654
PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE$76,376
NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION$75,926
NEW VENTURE FUND$73,971
GLOBAL FISHING WATCH$71,159
CONSERVATION STRATEGY FUND$56,698
THE PRINCE'S TRUST$51,582
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: 74% of grant dollars ($25M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 26% that went abroad ($8.6M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PERC INC: $25k → 10%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
VT
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
NM
NC
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 26% of all-years giving ($8.6M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$8.1M · 58 grants
Bahamas$262k · 3 grants
Panama$215k · 2 grants
Switzerland$11k · 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 15% of Belvedere Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Belvedere Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% 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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 16 repeat orgs$7.3M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$20M
$5.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+8679%

Still filing today

38%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalAnimalsHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman 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

  • CI
    CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $567k · revenue +37%
  • CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $529k · revenue +89%
  • PF
    Partnership for Policy Integrity
    2× · 2021–2024 · $203k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • BM
    BNGF MOORE CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND)
    one grant, 2022 · $1.6M
  • TG
    THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.4M
  • RU
    ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

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

International
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
The Coral Reef Alliance

Our research has demonstrated that corals can adapt to the effects of environmental stressors if immediate threats are reduced and if we protect healthy, ecologically connected networks of reefs.

Environment
11
Clean Reefs
Environment
12
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is P E R C Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 73 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
15/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $14,250,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC+15 more: $959,701 · Environment+15 moreGAME & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST: $1,824,670 · OtherGAME & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $1,652,054 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBNGF MOORE CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVISED FUND): $1,628,798 · OtherBNGF MOORE CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVI…THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION: $1,371,825 · OtherTHE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATIONROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE: $1,037,650 · OtherROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTEETON COLLEGE: $497,235 · Other+44 more: $3,453,632 · Other+44 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $3,526,801 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,038,304 · EducationCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $567,212 · InternationalCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $529,022 · InternationalSUPERHUMANS UKRAINE INC: $205,725 · HealthTHE LEATHERBACK PROJECT INC: $50,176 · AnimalsPanacetacea: $24,495 · Animals
Environment$15,209,701Other$11,465,864Philanthropy$3,526,801Education$2,038,304International$1,096,234Health$205,725Animals$74,671

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 budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $14,250,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $3,526,801 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,038,304 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $567,212 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $529,022 over 2y, 14% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $229,248 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUPERHUMANS UKRAINE INC: $205,725 over 1y, 78% of budgetPartnership for Policy Integrity: $202,830 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetGeoversity Foundation: $188,365 over 1y, 23% of budgetPERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE: $182,569 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $154,369 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOK INLETKEEPER: $119,488 over 1y, 12% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $75,926 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC: $71,159 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION STRATEGY FUND: $56,698 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRARE: $50,585 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONLY ONE INC: $50,368 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $50,304 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE MOVEMENT: $50,210 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LEATHERBACK PROJECT INC: $50,176 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCoalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives: $44,256 over 1y, 13% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $41,506 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $30,221 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $25,309 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $25,309 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDogwood Alliance Inc: $25,206 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetP E R C INC: $24,992 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPanacetacea: $24,495 over 1y, 51% of budgetGLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT INC: $12,093 over 1y, 0.8% 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 WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SUPERHUMANS UKRAINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Partnership for Policy Integrity ↗
  • Who funds Geoversity Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COOK INLETKEEPER ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION STRATEGY FUND ↗

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 Moore Charitable …The David and Lucile …PatagoniaorgNatural Resources Def…The Pew Charitable Tr…Rockefeller Philanthr…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Moore Charitable Foundation IncNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    5report 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 Belvedere Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Belvedere Charitable 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 73 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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