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Better Together - the Advantage Solutions Education 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
58
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$474kHealth$173kPhilanthropy$153kRecreation & Sports$145kEducation$141kCommunity Improvement$111kPublic Benefit$25kHuman Services$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $142k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $232k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $769k
$5,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$492k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AHOLD DELHAIZE USA FAMILY FOUNDATION$225,000
FEEDING AMERICA$175,000
HEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CHARITABLE TRUST$109,100
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS$100,000
Friends of Costco Guild$95,000
SEG Gives Foundation$65,000
The Albertsons Companies Foundation$45,000
Century Club Charities$26,000
VETERANS FUTURE FOUNDATION$25,000
Scholarship America$18,625
WEIS MARKETS INC$16,000
UNITED WAY INC$15,000
Food Marketing Educational Foundation$15,000
New Jersey Food Council$11,000
The American Cancer Society$10,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AHOLD DELHAIZE USA FAMILY FOUNDATION: $225k → 8%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC: $3k → 8%SCARC FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 6%Sunshine School & Develoment Center: $1k → 8%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

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NH
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ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
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CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AR
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TX
FL
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
Whole Foods Market Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Equity Foods Foundation
Food & Nutrition
3
The James Beard Foundation Inc

The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…

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4
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
5
The Food Trust

The food trust (tft), a nonprofit founded in philadelphia in 1992, strives to make healthy food available to all.continued on schedule otft is a regional and national leader in developing new strategies to prevent childhood obesity and…

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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7
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
8
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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9
Gastric Cancer Foundation

The gastric cancer foundation helps patients to face their diagnosis with reliable information, tools to navigate the journey, and a compassionate community that truly understands. the foundation funds research initiatives that contribute…

Health
10
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
11
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation

Through philanthropy, empower current and future food and nutrition practitioners to optimize global health.

Health
12
Consumer Brands Association Foundation

The Foundation delivers innovative research, state-of-the-art training and best-in-class education programs to the food industry and consumers and, thereby, contributes to the delivery of high quality, safe food and consumer products. The…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Heb Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 58 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
10/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $100,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUISSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $100,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICASEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA FRIENDS OF COSTCO GUILD): $95,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA FRIENDS OF COS…SEG Gives Foundation: $65,000 · OtherSEG Gives FoundationVETERANS FUTURE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $18,625 · Other+24 more: $116,279 · Other+24 moreAHOLD DELHAIZE USA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesAHOLD DELHAIZE USA F…+3 more: $5,100 · Human ServicesHEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CHARITABLE TRUST: $109,100 · PhilanthropyHEB TOURNAMENT OF …THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION: $45,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ALBERTSONS COM…United Way Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way IncFMI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyC&S CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNFI Foundation: $7,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $11,000 · PhilanthropyFeeding America: $175,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America+1 more: $3,000 · Food & NutritionAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $10,000 · HealthTHINKBIG PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND INC: $8,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE FOOD MARKETING EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIO: $15,000 · EducationST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationNIAGARA UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · Education+2 more: $1,800 · EducationCENTURY CLUB CHARITIES INC: $26,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$519,904Human Services$230,100Philanthropy$207,600Food & Nutrition$178,000Health$50,000Education$30,800Recreation & Sports$26,000

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 budgetAHOLD DELHAIZE USA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFeeding America: $175,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CHARITABLE TRUST: $109,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA FRIENDS OF COSTCO GUILD): $95,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTURY CLUB CHARITIES INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOOD MARKETING EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIO: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFMI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetC&S CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHINKBIG PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNFI Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CANCER CHALLENGE: $6,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRICHARD SABALA FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNIAGARA UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR FAMILIES: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC FOOD TRADE ORGANIZATION: $3,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND FOOD FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $2,585 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCARC FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRENAISSANCE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM MEMBERS CARE FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY: $600 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Key Food Stores Found…Wal-Mart FoundationArvest FoundationArkansas Community Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Key Food Stores Foundation IncNJ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Key Food Stores Foundation Inc · Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Better Together - the Advantage Solutions Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Better Together - the Advantage Solutions Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Better Together - the Advantage Solutions Education 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 58 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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