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Birches Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$195k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212024.

Civil Rights$145kInternational$105kScience & Tech$45kHuman Services$30kEducation$20kArts & Culture$10kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Friends Service Committee$50,000
Amnesty International$20,200
Brennan Center for Justice$20,000
Doctors Without Borders$20,000
International Rescue Committee$15,000
Union of Concerned Scientists$15,000
Brady Center$15,000
American Civil Liberties Union$10,000
UNICEF USA$10,000
Giffords Law Center$5,000
Sierra Club$5,000
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater$5,000
Karuna Center$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Union of Concerned Scientists: $15k → 8%Karuna Center: $5k → 12%American Friends Service Committee: $50k → 22%Giffords Law Center: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop Clearwater: $5k → 9%UNICEF USA: $10k → 17%Brady Center for Gun Violence: $15k → 14%Music in Common: $5k → 13%Union of Concerned Scientists: $15k → 8%Karuna Center: $5k → 12%AFSC: $20k → 22%Giffords Law Center: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop: $5k → 9%Doctors Without Borders: $20k → 17%Brady Center for Gun Violence: $15k → 14%Music in Common: $5k → 13%Union of Concerned Scientists: $15k → 8%AFSC: $20k → 22%Giffords Law Center: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop: $5k → 9%Doctors Without Borders: $10k → 17%Brady Center: $15k → 14%Sierra Club: $5k → 10%Doctors Without Borders: $10k → 17%Various see attached: $103k → 17%Brennan Center: $20k → 17%Brennan Center for Justice: $20k → 17%Brennan Center: $20k → 17%International Rescue Committee: $15k → 17%International Rescue Committee: $10k → 17%International Rescue Committee: $10k → 17%Amnesty International: $20k → 17%American Civil Liberties Union: $10k → 17%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.

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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$280k · 10 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +1% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$280k
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

50%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
InternationalEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsArts & CultureOther

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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +13%
  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +1%
  • MI
    MUSIC IN COMMON INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k
  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INCgraduated
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +27%

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
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

2
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
3
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

4
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…

5
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
6
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

9
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
10
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
11
American National Standards Institute

To enhance both the global competitiveness of u.s. business and the u.s. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.

Public Benefit
12
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.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amnesty International of the Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

11 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE — $50,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEEBrennan Center — $40,000 · OtherBrennan CenterAFSC — $40,000 · OtherAFSCBrady Center for Gun Violence — $30,000 · OtherBrady Center for Gun ViolenceBrady Center — $15,000 · OtherBrady CenterKaruna Center — $15,000 · OtherKaruna CenterIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherAmerican Civil Liberties Union — $10,000 · Other+1 more — $5,000 · OtherTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $45,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCInternational Rescue Committee INC — $35,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INCAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $20,200 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $10,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC — $20,000 · EducationGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $15,000 · Civil RightsMUSIC IN COMMON INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureHUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC — $5,000 · Environment
Other$215,000International$150,200Education$20,000Civil Rights$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000Environment$5,000

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 budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $20,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC IN COMMON INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSIERRA CLUB — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds MUSIC IN COMMON INC
  • Who funds HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Birches Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 Birches Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Birches 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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