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Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
448
Grants FY2024still arriving
41
States reached
$295k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$12MCivil Rights$3.1MPhilanthropy$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.5MCrime & Legal$1.2MEnvironment$1.2MHuman Services$894kEducation$780kOther$0
02FY2024 · 448 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k312 grants · $538k
  • $10k–50k131 grants · $3.0M
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $387k
  • $250k+1 grant · $295k
$2,000
Median grant
41
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIDES FOUNDATION$295,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$142,363
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$120,000
RESIST$75,000
EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES NOW FOUNDATION$50,000
COUP COUNCIL$45,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$31,500
PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND$31,000
GET TO WORK INC$30,000
CULTURE PUSH INC$30,000
OREGON SAFER WORKERS COALITION$30,000
HOOPS4KIDS$30,000
PARENTS UNITED FOR CHANGE - COFI$30,000
OHIO IMMIGRANT ALLIANCE$30,000
FUSION PARTNERSHIPS INC$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $25k → 8%THE CITY SCHOOL INC: $30k → 16%Parent Voices Oakland: $15k → 10%COLUMBIA COUNTY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT: $30k → 11%NEW YORK TAXI WORKERS ALLIANCE: $30k → 17%SACRED PIPE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%ACTIONN: $20k → 10%Justice for Families: $20k → 17%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $20k → 7%TRANZMISSION: $30k → 12%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES AGENDA: $30k → 13%BARRED BUSINESS: $23k → 14%Latino Union Chicago: $15k → 14%STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $8k → 9%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $20k → 7%PLEASANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CENT: $10k → 11%The City School Inc: $10k → 16%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $60k → 10%YA-YA NETWORK INC: $30k → 17%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES AGENDA: $20k → 13%BARRED BUSINESS: $23k → 14%PLEASANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CENT: $10k → 11%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $26k → 10%Ayni Institute: $20k → 16%Western Regional Advocacy Project: $25k → 10%THE FESTIVAL CENTER: $30k → 14%Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights: $25k → 14%Western Regional Advocacy Project: $11k → 10%THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $18k → 16%THE FESTIVAL CENTER: $25k → 14%Coalition on Homelessness: $15k → 10%THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $8k → 16%ALLIANCE OF THE SOUTHEAST: $30k → 14%Changing Perspectives Inc: $30k → 10%Resources for Human Development Inc: $15k → 22%TIDES CENTER: $23k → 10%Genesis: $20k → 10%Garment Worker Center: $20k → 14%Asian American Resource Workshop Inc: $10k → 16%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE: $7k → 10%KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 14%CURYJ: $20k → 10%VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION: $30k → 10%OLD SPOKES HOME: $20k → 10%Spectrum Youth & Family Service: $15k → 10%BURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP: $15k → 10%Vermont Interfaith Action: $15k → 10%BURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19M · 367 repeat orgs$5.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

367 repeat relationships — 239 still active in FY2024, 128 since wound down; 202 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

367
680

Total granted

$19M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+22%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $272k · revenue +490%
  • WR
    Western Regional Advocacy Project
    4× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +170%
  • TO
    The Oakland Institute
    4× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +49%
  • TB
    The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +203%
  • PA
    PEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +72%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
2
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont Inc

The ACLU of Vermont is a membership organization that protects civil liberties. Its work includes communication and advocacy with regards to rights guaranteed by the U.S. and State Constitutions.

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3
Community Justice Network of Vermont

The community justice network of vermont unites the efforts of vermonters seeking to make restorative responses available for people whose lives are

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4
Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

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5
Jobs With Justice Inc

The Vermont Workers Center provides technical assistance and information to individuals, groups and organizations. Jobs with Justice educates the public about labor issues.

Employment
6
Nh Center for Justice & Equity

We elevate and empower people of color in New Hampshire by fostering connections, changing systems, and meeting community needs to make a better Granite State where all belong.

Civil Rights
7
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

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8
Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc

The Vermont Council on Rural Development helps Vermont citizens build prosperous and resilient communities through democratic engagement, marshalling resources, and collective action.

Community Improvement
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350 New Hampshire

To stop the climate crisis by building grassroots support for a just transition to renewable energy and an end to fossil fuel use and expansion. We envision a society with a renewable energy economy that works for all people, where all…

Environment
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Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
11
Vermont Humanities Council

Using the humanities, we connect with people across vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities, and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.

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12
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

The mission of cooperation vermont community land trust is to reclaim the commons.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families for Justice As Healing Inc and the most unlike its peers is Simsbury Free Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Policy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Women & Girls Leadership De…Senior Support ServicesFaith-Based Social ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportImmigrant Worker SupportYouth Development ServicesCommunity Food PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Community Arts CentersMilitary Veterans SupportIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Construc…Domestic Violence ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Jewish Community Organizati…Cancer Support ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringPregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Addiction Recovery ServicesFood Banks and PantriesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Youth Mentoring ProgramsYouth Development CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterPublic Library OperationsYouth Sports ProgramsChristian Youth CampsUnited Way AffiliatesLocal Food System Organizat…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 21. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%8%<5yr12%17%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr20%24%20–35yr16%20%35–55yr17%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%7%<5yr12%20%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr20%17%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr17%5%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%26/969
the rest of the field
9%
485/5,140

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 854 of the 1,263 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
249
Early backer (in before they grew)
827/854
Grantees still filing
527/854
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Various Grantees — $10,844,665 · OtherVarious Grantees+107 more — $4,937,425 · Other+107 moreTIDES FOUNDATION — $1,065,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $142,363 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $50,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $60,000 · PhilanthropyCOUP Council — $77,500 · Civil RightsTexas Prisons Community Advocates Inc — $61,000 · Civil RightsOHIO IMMIGRANT ALLIANCE — $60,000 · Civil RightsBRIDGE Maryland Inc — $55,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE — $55,000 · Civil RightsFELONY MURDER ELIMINATION PROJECT — $50,000 · Civil RightsBethesda African Cemetery Coalition — $50,000 · Civil RightsMUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE — $50,000 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE — $50,000 · Civil RightsFUND FOR EMPOWERMENT — $50,000 · Civil RightsHILLSBOROUGH ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS AND EQUALITY INC — $40,000 · Civil RightsTHE NAOMI PROJECT — $40,000 · Civil RightsAct 4 SA — $40,000 · Civil Rights+13 more — $372,500 · Civil RightsSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $271,500 · Environment350 VERMONT INC — $75,400 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC — $75,000 · EnvironmentFossil Free California — $73,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC — $62,095 · EnvironmentDOWNWINDERS AT RISK EDUCATION FUND — $50,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentLYNN CANAL CONSERVATION INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentTINY SEED PROJECT INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentClean Water Legacy — $32,500 · Environment+4 more — $115,000 · EnvironmentWestern Regional Advocacy Project — $124,500 · Human ServicesBROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesFestival Center Inc — $55,000 · Human ServicesGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda — $50,000 · Human ServicesBURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP — $46,600 · Human ServicesBarred Business Foundation — $46,000 · Human ServicesVERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER — $44,500 · Human ServicesThe City School Inc — $40,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WOMEN OF COLOR — $40,000 · Human ServicesVERMONT PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR NETWORK — $35,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $32,051 · Human ServicesCHANGING PERSPECTIVES — $30,000 · Human ServicesAlianza Leadership Institute — $30,000 · Human ServicesOUT IN THE OPEN INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesNew York Taxi Workers Alliance — $30,000 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA COUNTY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesYA-YA NETWORK INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesTRANZMISSION INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesKorean Resource Center Inc — $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE WATERSHED CENTER INC — $60,000 · Community ImprovementDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC — $55,000 · Community ImprovementOHIO FAMILIES UNITE AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY — $51,000 · Community ImprovementPARTNERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY ACTION — $50,000 · Community ImprovementCentral Midlands Justice Ministry — $50,000 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN — $50,000 · Community ImprovementTwin Cities Innovation Alliance — $40,000 · Community ImprovementRochester Alliance of Communities Transforming Society — $40,000 · Community ImprovementMERRIMACK VALLEY PROJECT INC — $40,000 · Community ImprovementPEOPLE'S ACTION INSTITUTE — $35,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHEAST KINGDOM ORGANIZING — $32,500 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC — $30,000 · Community ImprovementPARENTS UNITED FOR CHANGE - COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES — $30,000 · Community ImprovementMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC — $28,000 · Community ImprovementWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS EDUCATION PROJECT — $25,000 · Community ImprovementSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $188,500 · EducationUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $100,000 · EducationUNITING RESILIENCE — $62,500 · EducationStudent Basic Needs Coalition — $40,000 · EducationUDW RESOURCE CENTER — $40,000 · EducationVERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC — $31,500 · EducationProvidence Student Union — $31,000 · EducationIndigenous Peoples Power Project Inc — $30,000 · EducationHAWAII WORKERS CENTER — $30,000 · EducationECO-JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE NFP — $30,000 · EducationGREATER CINCINNATI NATIVE AMERICAN COALITION — $25,000 · Education
Other$15,782,090Philanthropy$1,317,363Civil Rights$1,051,000Environment$904,495Human Services$898,651Community Improvement$616,500Education$608,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $1,065,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $271,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRESIST INC — $206,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $188,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURES INC CO JEFF FURMAN — $145,500 over 4y, 73% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $142,363 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project — $124,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Oakland Institute — $94,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetSt Joseph's House of Hospitality — $90,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT — $85,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $82,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOUP Council — $77,500 over 2y, 21% of budget350 VERMONT INC — $75,400 over 5y, 10% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFossil Free California — $73,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetPeace Development Fund — $73,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc — $65,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED — $65,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetBROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE INC — $65,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetVOTER CHOICE ARIZONA — $65,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetUNITING RESILIENCE — $62,500 over 2y, 24% of budgetSOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC — $62,095 over 4y, 25% of budgetTexas Prisons Community Advocates Inc — $61,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetOHIO IMMIGRANT ALLIANCE — $60,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPHILADELPHIA AREA PROJECT ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH — $60,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTHE WATERSHED CENTER INC — $60,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC — $60,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA AREA JOBS WITH JUSTICE — $60,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetKENTUCKY COALITION INC — $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBRIDGE Maryland Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFestival Center Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetADELANTE STUDENT VOICES INC — $55,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetPUBLIC ASSETS INSTITUTE INC — $55,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetNATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE — $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNION OF MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODSINC — $55,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetGUN SENSE VT EDUCATION FUND INC — $55,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE — $55,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC — $55,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetOHIO FAMILIES UNITE AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY — $51,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetFELONY MURDER ELIMINATION PROJECT — $50,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetThe Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda African Cemetery Coalition — $50,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetDOWNWINDERS AT RISK EDUCATION FUND — $50,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda — $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE — $50,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC — $50,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Vermont Community…The Windham Foundatio…Community Bank Na Fou…National Life Group C…George W Mergens Foun…Richard E and Deborah…Lintilhac Foundation …Harris & Frances Bloc…United Way of Northwe…Vermont FoodbankVermont Council on th…Vermont Childrens Tru…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT157× affinity271 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Richard E and Deborah L Tarrant Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Vermont Foodbank · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 250%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Greater Falls Community Justice Center — 98% of income from government
  • Interaction Inc — 70% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc — 47% of income from government
  • Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc — 43% of income from government
  • The Gem Project Inc — 27% of income from government
  • Out in the Open Inc — 25% of income from government
  • Community Resilience Organizations — 25% of income from government
  • Justice for Housing Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Unlikely Riders Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Community Service Care Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Rogue Climate — 7% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Resist Inc — 2% of income from government
  • South Hero Land Trust Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Asian American Resource Workshop Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Florida Cares Charity Corp — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
25get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ben & Jerry's Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 1263 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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