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Better Giving Inc

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$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 74 grants below total $897,021, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,161,203 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $264,182 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $156k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $474k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $267k
$6,423
Median grant
21
States reached
$454k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Walk Church$104,718
SELF$104,618
Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team$57,981
For a Day Foundation$46,806
CORE Community Organized Relief Effort$45,491
Blue Frontier$38,770
Nova Ukraine$28,451
ISLES Inc$24,467
Ogallala Life Conservation$23,301
Warrior GMR Foundation$20,657
Teachers Like Me$20,369
Territorio de Zaguates$19,302
Refugee Girls Need You$18,752
Technovation Rwanda$18,658
Fence at the Top$18,180
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:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%For a Day Foundation: $47k → 17%Oliver Patch Project: $3k → 15%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

NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
AZ
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $264k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$122k · 46% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

East Asia and the Pacific$49k · 18% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

Sub-Saharan Africa$38k · 14% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

South Asia$31k · 12% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

North America (Canada and Mexico)$18k · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

Middle East and North Africa$5k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

South America$2k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Program support

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
LexCollective

LexCollective is a not-for-profit organization that addresses the most extreme forms of social, racial, economic, and environmental injustices around the world, such as mass atrocities, human trafficking, environmental destruction, and…

International
3
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
4
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
5
Reef Relief Inc

Reef Relief is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving and protecting our coral reef ecosystem

Environment
6
Wild Earth Allies Inc

Our mission is to protect vital areas of our natural world for the benefit of wildlife, habitats, and people by inspiring collaborative action. Our vision is a world where wildlife and people flourish in healthy ecosystems that sustain us…

Environment
7
Reef Check Foundation

Leading Citizen scientists to promote stewardship of sustainable reef communities worldwide.

Environment
8
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
9
Ocean Alliance Project

Protecting and promoting the marine biodiversity of Hawai'i through coral restoration, ecological monitoring, regenerative tourism, and cultural integration

Science & Tech
10
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
11
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth's mission is to empower everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future.

Environment
12
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Imagine Worldwide; the most unlike its peers is Ensemble Mik Nawooj. 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

56 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. 56 of the 74 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)
56/56
Grantees still filing
14/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALK CHURCH OF LAS VEGAS NV INC: $104,718 · OtherWALK CHURCH OF LAS VEGAS NV INCOgallala Life Conservation: $23,301 · OtherOgallala Life ConservationWARRIOR GMR FOUNDATION: $20,657 · OtherACCESSAI: $18,752 · OtherFENCE AT THE TOP INC: $18,180 · OtherPH8 FOUNDATION: $18,108 · OtherRizoma Field School: $14,742 · OtherTEACHERS LIKE ME: $20,369 · OtherTECHNOVATION: $18,658 · OtherISLES INC: $24,467 · OtherISLES INC+34 more: $137,971 · Other+34 moreSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND: $104,618 · EnvironmentSOLAR ELECTRIC LIG…OCEAN AWARENESS PROJECT INC: $38,770 · EnvironmentOCEAN AWARENESS PR…+4 more: $5,132 · EnvironmentSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $57,981 · AnimalsSHELTER TRANSPOR…TERRITORIO DE ZAGUATES INC: $19,302 · AnimalsTERRITORIO DE ZA…Romanian League in Defense of Animals: $17,607 · AnimalsRomanian League …ANIMAL ETHICS INC: $17,322 · AnimalsANIMAL ETHICS IN…FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $13,737 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF CITY …BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $5,388 · Animals+1 more: $1,057 · AnimalsNOVA UKRAINE: $28,451 · InternationalMARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION: $15,159 · InternationalWAYUU TAYA FOUNDATIONINC: $8,544 · InternationalWOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL: $4,862 · InternationalGrace Foundation The Grace Foundation: $3,852 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalFOR A DAY FOUNDATION: $46,806 · Human ServicesOLIVER PATCH PROJECT INC: $2,878 · Human ServicesCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $45,491 · Public Safety & DisasterTHIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS INC: $16,032 · HealthCIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC: $7,424 · HealthWAVENY LIFECARE NETWORK INC: $7,417 · HealthFCANCER: $3,644 · HealthEmpower Through Health: $3,198 · Health+3 more: $2,326 · Health
Other$419,923Environment$148,520Animals$132,394International$60,968Human Services$49,684Public Safety & Disaster$45,491Health$40,041

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 budgetSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND: $104,618 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $57,981 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetFOR A DAY FOUNDATION: $46,806 over 1y, 75% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $45,491 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN AWARENESS PROJECT INC: $38,770 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $28,451 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISLES INC: $24,467 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEACHERS LIKE ME: $20,369 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTERRITORIO DE ZAGUATES INC: $19,302 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTECHNOVATION: $18,658 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRomanian League in Defense of Animals: $17,607 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL ETHICS INC: $17,322 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS INC: $16,032 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION: $15,159 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetInnocence Project of Texas: $13,925 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetENSEMBLE MIK NAWOOJ: $13,903 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $13,737 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPROJECT HAWAII INC: $10,311 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCANDID: $9,277 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYUU TAYA FOUNDATIONINC: $8,544 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIAMI GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL INC: $8,493 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetIMAGINE WORLDWIDE: $8,492 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $8,490 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS INC: $7,503 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDE LA SALLE EDUCATION CENTER: $7,444 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC: $7,424 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: $7,052 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFULLY LIBERATED YOUTH: $6,423 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $5,388 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL: $4,862 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGrace Foundation The Grace Foundation: $3,852 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetFCANCER: $3,644 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEmpower Through Health: $3,198 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOLIVER PATCH PROJECT INC: $2,878 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL BRIGADES INC: $2,314 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Engaged Education: $2,004 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave the Waves Coalition: $1,754 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIP HOP FOR CHANGE INC: $1,668 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVENTURA LAND TRUST: $1,362 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARRVELOUS PET RESCUES INC: $1,057 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGSG MISSIONS INC: $1,056 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOCIETY LIBRARY INC: $1,052 over 1y, 0.1% of budget7000 LANGUAGES INC: $1,037 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANNAS PALS INC: $1,009 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPlanting Justice: $1,008 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGENERATIVE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $1,008 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBuckminster Fuller Institute: $1,008 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMENS WRITING GUILD: $899 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Cornelia T Bailey Cha…Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…ImpactassetsincPaypal Charitable Giv…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon Foundation
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustFL13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon 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 Better Giving Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Better Giving Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Isles Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oliver Patch Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
12report 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Better Giving Inc?

Find your warmest path to Better Giving 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 74 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 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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