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· Private foundation

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56M
Granted FY2024still arriving
213
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0176% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2019–2024.

Environment$52MPublic Benefit$30MCivil Rights$24MEducation$20MInternational$11MCrime & Legal$10MPhilanthropy$9.6MScience & Tech$9.0MHealth$8.2MOther$87M
02FY2024 · 213 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $157k
  • $10k–50k82 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+75 grants · $52M
$25,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$327M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEREMY HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIR TRU$10,000,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$2,750,000
JDRF$1,700,000
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$1,650,000
MULTIPLIER$1,500,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY$1,500,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$1,200,000
THE PUBLIC THEATER$1,100,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$1,000,000
EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC$1,000,000
NEW VENTURE FUND$970,000
THE PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT$900,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN$800,000
THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC$780,000
STATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER$700,000
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 (FY19–24, $7.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ELEPHANT COOPERATION: $15k → 11%JCC ROCKLAND: $25k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $250k → 9%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES A: $25k → 13%PRIME COALITION: $1.0M → 8%THE STISSING CENTER: $200k → 9%JCC ROCKLAND: $25k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $125k → 9%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES A: $23k → 13%PRIME COALITION: $1.0M → 8%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 6%THE STISSING CENTER: $200k → 9%JCC ROCKLAND: $25k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $125k → 9%PRIME COALITION: $1.0M → 8%THE STISSING CENTER: $125k → 9%JCC ROCKLAND: $25k → 14%THE STISSING CENTER: $125k → 9%JCC ROCKLAND: $25k → 14%THE STISSING CENTER: $125k → 9%JCC ROCKLAND: $18k → 14%NEW YORK ZEN CENTER FOR CONTEMPLATI: $15k → 17%PINE PLAINS MEMORIAL HALL INC: $75k → 9%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%UNITED HOSPICE INC: $15k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $680k → 10%BOBBIES PLACE INC: $100k → 20%BOBBIES PLACE INC: $100k → 20%ANOTHER STEP: $50k → 14%ANOTHER STEP: $50k → 14%ANOTHER STEP: $50k → 14%ANOTHER STEP: $50k → 14%ANOTHER STEP: $50k → 14%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $200k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $200k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $200k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $200k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $200k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $40k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $15k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $12k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $300k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $75k → 17%DC AFFORDABLE LAW FIRM: $200k → 14%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

VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL

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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$210M · 226 repeat orgs$26M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

226 repeat relationships — 146 still active in FY2024, 80 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

226
98

Total granted

$210M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+15%

Still filing today

76%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther

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

  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11M · revenue +58%
  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $10M · revenue +340%
  • CF
    CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +275%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CITY COLLEGE 21ST CENTURY FOUND
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • VR
    VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M · revenue +50%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2019 · $775k

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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Center for Arms Control and

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century, thereby retaining its focus on nuclear weapons but expanding to include other present emerging security threats.

International
4
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.

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5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
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
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc and the most unlike its peers is Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising. 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 AdvocacyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Community Arts CentersCancer Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Local History MuseumsChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Sports ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Independent K-12 SchoolsAnimal Rescue and ShelterLgbtq+ Community SupportElementary Literacy TutoringFood Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Pregnancy Support ServicesJewish Community Organizati…Community FoundationsImmigrant Worker Support
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 32 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%8%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.3%1/298
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,267

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

292 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. 292 of the 395 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.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
288/292
Grantees still filing
192/292
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEREMY HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIR TRU — $10,000,000 · OtherJEREMY HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIR TRUTHE 21ST CENTURY FND CITY COLLEGE N — $5,000,000 · OtherCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — $6,357,000 · OtherCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATIONNATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC — $3,895,000 · Other+112 more — $86,505,366 · Other+112 moreNEW VENTURE FUND — $10,340,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $10,066,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE I…The Breakthrough Institute — $4,800,000 · EnvironmentThe Breakthrough Insti…CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC — $3,540,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CLIMATE AND…MULTIPLIER — $3,000,000 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIEREARTHJUSTICE — $2,550,000 · EnvironmentTHE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC — $2,000,000 · EnvironmentResources for the Future Inc — $2,000,000 · EnvironmentACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — $1,750,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL — $1,750,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $1,750,000 · Environment+13 more — $8,050,000 · Environment+13 moreNEO Philanthropy Inc — $10,500,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthr…Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — $6,501,000 · Public BenefitCenter on Bud…BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — $3,475,000 · Public BenefitBIPARTISAN PO…COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — $2,600,000 · Public BenefitCOMMON CAUSE …PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC — $2,400,000 · Public BenefitPROJECT ON GO…CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $1,950,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR PO…PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC — $1,250,000 · Public Benefit+3 more — $1,525,000 · Public BenefitTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE — $4,465,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY …PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT — $3,900,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT DE…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER — $2,751,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL I…AMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC — $2,250,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN O…STATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER INC — $1,900,000 · Civil RightsSTATES UNI…REPRIEVE (US) — $1,545,000 · Civil RightsREPRIEVE (…ALL VOTING IS LOCAL — $1,300,000 · Civil RightsALL VOTING…ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $1,000,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $900,000 · Civil RightsThe Center for Election Innovation & Research — $900,000 · Civil Rights+6 more — $2,496,000 · Civil Rights+6 moreNew York University — $3,562,500 · EducationAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY — $3,250,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC — $3,150,000 · EducationNUCLEAR INNOVATION ALLIANCE — $2,850,000 · EducationPROTEUS FUND INC — $2,335,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $1,490,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS — $800,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University — $675,000 · Education+7 more — $1,680,000 · EducationTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES — $3,050,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $2,862,500 · InternationalNATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE FUND INC — $1,900,000 · InternationalKellermann Foundation — $1,552,266 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $500,000 · International+5 more — $950,500 · InternationalCONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER — $3,300,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — $2,400,000 · Crime & LegalIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC — $1,600,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC — $1,500,000 · Crime & LegalDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION — $800,000 · Crime & Legal+4 more — $400,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$111,757,366Environment$51,596,000Public Benefit$30,201,000Civil Rights$23,407,000Education$19,792,500International$10,815,266Crime & Legal$10,000,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc — $10,500,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $10,340,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $10,066,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities — $6,501,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — $6,357,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Breakthrough Institute — $4,800,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE — $4,465,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT — $3,900,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC — $3,895,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History — $3,570,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNew York University — $3,562,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC — $3,540,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — $3,475,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER — $3,300,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY — $3,250,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC — $3,150,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES — $3,050,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMULTIPLIER — $3,000,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPRIME COALITION INC — $3,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $2,862,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNUCLEAR INNOVATION ALLIANCE — $2,850,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER — $2,751,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE — $2,625,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — $2,600,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $2,550,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — $2,400,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC — $2,400,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $2,400,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMDRC — $2,350,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC — $2,335,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND — $2,320,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CATALYST INC — $2,311,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC — $2,250,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC — $2,000,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT — $2,000,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetResources for the Future Inc — $2,000,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $1,950,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE FUND INC — $1,900,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetSTATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER INC — $1,900,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $1,780,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — $1,750,000 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL — $1,750,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $1,750,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $1,720,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — $1,700,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC — $1,600,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetKellermann Foundation — $1,552,266 over 6y, 28% of budgetREPRIEVE (US) — $1,545,000 over 6y, 36% 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.

  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Breakthrough Institute ↗
  • Who funds THIRD WAY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds PRIME COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NUCLEAR INNOVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds PROTEUS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CATALYST INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC ↗

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 Ford FoundationHopewell FundThe William & Flora H…Democracy Fund IncWellspring Philanthro…New Venture FundRobin Hood FoundationThe Rockefeller Found…Brooklyn Community Fo…Jewish Community Fede…Breakthrough Energy F…Mother Cabrini Health…
The Ford FoundationNY44.4× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Hopewell Fund · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc

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 Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Mercy Corps — 47% of income from government
  • Project Innerspace Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University — 11% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
  • Greentown Collaborative Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
45report 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

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.

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 395 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.

Source object · view filing

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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
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines