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Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation at a glance

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Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.6M
Granted FY2019
20
Grants FY2019
10
States reached
$4.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2019 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k11 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $322k
  • $250k+5 grants · $7.2M
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$302M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEURO TRIALS LLC$4,317,325
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$1,024,920
CITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTER$957,527
MAYO CLINIC$500,000
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER$413,000
DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH FDN$200,000
TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH TGE$122,304
ARCS FOUNDATION$17,300
CTR FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE JO$10,000
PHOENIX THEATRE$5,000
GRAY MATTERS FOUNDATION$2,500
WOMEN'S BOARD BARROW NEUROLOGICAL F$1,000
AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS$1,000
PATHNORTH$1,000
BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY$700
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KIDS IN FOCUS: $209 → 11%NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY: $400 → 8%MAYO CLINIC: $500k → 9%ARCS FOUNDATION: $17k → 10%CITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTER: $958k → 14%DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH FDN: $200k → 17%PATHNORTH: $1k → 14%HEAD FOR THE CURE: $32 → 15%LDS PHILANTRHOPIES: $250 → 8%NEURO TRIALS LLC: $4.3M → 13%SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER: $413k → 9%WOMEN'S BOARD BARROW NEUROLOGICAL F: $1k → 11%ARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $300 → 11%TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH TGE: $122k → 11%PHOENIX THEATRE: $5k → 11%AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $1k → 11%GRAY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $700 → 11%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
CA
UT
MO
AZ
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 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 Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation

To fund research to discover cures and more effective treatments for neuroendocrine cancers. the netrf is committed to improving the lives of those affected by neuroendocrine cancer by providing information & educational resources.

Health
4
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
7
Barrow Neurological Foundation

To support barrow neurological institute, a department of st. joseph's hospital and medical center, which is in turn a division of dignity health. dignity health operates as a major subsidiary within commonspirit, which is one of the…

Health
8
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
9
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
10
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
11
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
12
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Brain Tumor Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Gray Matters Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEURO TRIALS LLC: $4,317,325 · OtherNEURO TRIALS LLCCITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTER: $957,527 · OtherCITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTERSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER: $413,000 · OtherSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER+6 more: $141,954 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,024,920 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TR…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $500,000 · HealthMAYO CLINI…CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthCANCER RES…+4 more: $3,832 · HealthCENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureKids in Focus: $209 · Youth Development
Other$5,829,806Education$1,025,920Health$703,832Community Improvement$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$209

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,024,920 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPATHNORTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids in Focus: $209 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION: $32 over 1y, 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.

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.

Arizona Community Fou…American Express Foun…Baird Foundation IncMoreno Family Foundat…Virginia G Piper Char…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Moreno Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ben and Catherine Ivy 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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