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Bnsf Railway Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
993
Grants FY2025still arriving
37
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$11MArts & Culture$7.0MPhilanthropy$5.6MHealth$5.0MHuman Services$3.6MYouth Development$3.2MFood & Nutrition$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 993 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k829 grants · $1.9M
  • $10k–50k144 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$2,500
Median grant
37
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$500,000
MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$500,000
NATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM$400,000
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INITIATIVES INC$200,000
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION$200,000
NATIONAL FFA FOUNDATION$102,500
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FDN$100,000
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$100,000
WHITMAN COLLEGE$100,000
UNITED WAY OF TARRANT CO$100,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$100,000
U W DANIEL J EVANS GRAD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIR$100,000
YELLOWSTONE ICE FOUNDATION$100,000
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$75,000
VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION$70,000
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 (FY20–25, $970k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER INC: $25k → 12%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%STANFORD OPEN: $10k → 12%HAPPY HILL FARM: $17k → 10%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%TURNING POINTE AUTISM FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $10k → 8%NORM WAITT SR YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN: $10k → 12%MOUNTAIN SHADOW ASSN: $20k → 10%HAPPY HILL FARM: $16k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INC: $10k → 17%JOSEPH F WELDY HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 20%HAVEN HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $10k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10k → 17%HAPPY HILL FARM: $10k → 10%DO A LITTLE GOOD FDN: $10k → 11%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVIC: $10k → 11%PATHWAYS SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $10k → 11%MEALS ON WHEELS OF JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTIES: $10k → 9%NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $10k → 9%YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES: $10k → 14%GREATER MISSOULA FAMILY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC: $50k → 9%YMCA OF CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES: $10k → 12%GREATER MISSOULA FAMILY YOUNG MEN CHRISTIAN ASSOC: $10k → 9%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $10k → 9%KIDS ACADEMY: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NEW MEXICO: $10k → 14%TULSA CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $10k → 15%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $10k → 11%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF NEEDLES INC: $15k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $75k → 14%JAYHAWK AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGION: $30k → 14%TEAM BIG RED CHALLENGE: $10k → 13%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $10k → 11%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10k → 11%BACK TO SCHOOL ROUNDUP: $10k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $15k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $15k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $15k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $15k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $15k → 11%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$38M · 1115 repeat orgs$8.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +17% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

1115 repeat relationships — 444 still active in FY2025, 671 since wound down; 97 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1115
755

Total granted

$38M
$6.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+12%

Still filing today

58%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +53%
  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +40%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • NU
    NADABURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST 81 STUDENT ARCHERY
    one grant, 2024 · $120k
  • GP
    Galesburg Public Library Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -40%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DOON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -49%

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
United Way of Ne Minnesota

Invest in nonprofits, programs, collaborations that equip, empower and create opportunities for all to thrive.

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2
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
3
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve lives.

Philanthropy
4
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen.

Philanthropy
5
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc

Uwgn unites the community and mobilizes resources so that every child, individual & family thrives

Philanthropy
6
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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7
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
8
Minnesota Business Partnership

To maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans.

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9
United Food Bank

Uniting communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

Hunger relief network sharing millions of pounds of nutritious food with thousands of missourians.

Food & Nutrition
11
Goodwill Industries of the Valley Works

Through the work of goodwill, people will have the opportunity to achieve their greatest potential.

Human Services
12
Homeward Bound Inc

Provide innovative, life- enriching services for individuals with disabilities.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Volunteers of America Northern Rockies and the most unlike its peers is Greentrike. 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 backsteadyUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Arts CentersSchool District FoundationsDance Arts OrganizationsCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsDevelopmental Disabilities …Pregnancy Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportSchool Parent OrganizationsJewish Community Organizati…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Youth Mentoring ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Local Food System Organizat…Policy Research and AdvocacyAffordable Housing Construc…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Faith-Based Social ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringEquine Therapy ProgramsCommunity Food PantriesAddiction Recovery ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportCancer Support ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesSenior Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsAnimal Rescue and ShelterYmca Youth DevelopmentYouth Development ServicesMilitary Veterans SupportVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Christian Youth CampsAffordable Housing Developm…Christian Missionary Organi…Youth Development CentersFood Banks and PantriesPublic Library OperationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity College Foundatio…Health Access Advocacy and …Environmental Conservation …Community Foundations
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 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%47%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 — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%17/2,442
the rest of the field
13%
240,379/1,817,123

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

1136 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. 1136 of the 2,000 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)
241
Early backer (in before they grew)
1112/1136
Grantees still filing
719/1136
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES — $2,000,000 · OtherDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESTHE SALVATION ARMY DFW METROPLEX COMMAND — $750,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY DFW METROPLEX COMMANDNorthwestern University — $650,000 · OtherNorthwestern University+106 more — $8,217,855 · Other+106 moreTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $1,530,750 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNI…KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,134,295 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVER…THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $700,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH F…University of Illinois Foundation — $300,950 · EducationUniversity of Illin…North Dakota State University Foundation — $300,000 · EducationNorth Dakota State …UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Education+15 more — $1,024,855 · Education+15 moreUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY — $997,181 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $248,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN …Boy Scouts of America Longhorn Council Properties Foundation Inc — $189,724 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC — $170,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC — $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY — $132,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KAW VALLEY INC — $127,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX — $126,000 · Philanthropy+24 more — $1,428,182 · Philanthropy+24 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $2,359,971 · HealthAmerican H…THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $132,030 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC — $96,397 · Health+4 more — $227,662 · Health+4 moreNATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM — $800,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL J…NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $614,100 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL M…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $250,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIA…Kansas State Historical Society Inc — $250,000 · Arts & CultureKansas Sta…Van Cliburn Foundation Inc — $170,000 · Arts & CultureVan Clibur…ARIZONA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM FOUNDATION AND CENTER FOR EDUCATION — $110,000 · Arts & CultureThe Army Historical Foundation Inc — $100,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $434,771 · Arts & Culture+8 moreEVENT FACILITIES FORT WORTH INC — $800,000 · Youth DevelopmentNational FFA Foundation Inc — $511,350 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentTULSA DREAM CENTER INC — $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentFORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE — $104,766 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $93,650 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $93,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $72,500 · Youth Development+3 more — $156,400 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $1,425,000 · Animals3 HEARTS FARM ANIMAL RESCUE — $103,821 · AnimalsTHE DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION — $64,865 · AnimalsChicago Zoological Society — $60,500 · Animals+1 more — $43,180 · Animals
Other$11,617,855Education$5,240,850Philanthropy$3,568,087Health$2,816,060Arts & Culture$2,728,871Youth Development$2,111,666Animals$1,697,366

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $2,359,971 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $1,530,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $1,425,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,134,295 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY — $997,181 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM — $800,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetEVENT FACILITIES FORT WORTH INC — $800,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $700,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwestern University — $650,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $614,100 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNational FFA Foundation Inc — $511,350 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $341,175 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFARM FOUNDATION — $340,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation — $300,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation — $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY — $250,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKansas State Historical Society Inc — $250,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $248,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Longhorn Council Properties Foundation Inc — $189,724 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KNOX COUNTY INC — $180,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc — $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC — $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc — $170,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $164,030 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $150,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS — $150,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA — $150,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION — $133,333 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $132,030 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY — $132,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTULSA DREAM CENTER INC — $130,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KAW VALLEY INC — $127,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX — $126,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC — $112,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM FOUNDATION AND CENTER FOR EDUCATION — $110,000 over 6y, 55% of budgetFORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE — $104,766 over 4y, 0.5% of budget3 HEARTS FARM ANIMAL RESCUE — $103,821 over 4y, 69% of budgetGLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY — $103,800 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTRANSFORM 1012 N MAIN STREET — $100,100 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGalesburg Public Library Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF DOON FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ICE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN TOPEKA FOUNDATION — $99,999 over 3y, 4.3% 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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Sid W Richardson Foun…Amon G Carter Foundat…Garvey Texas Foundati…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…Amon G Carter-Star Te…R4 FoundationThe Morris FoundationLeo Potishman Foundat…Helen Irwin Littauer …Mary Potishman Lard T…Ann L Rhodes and Caro…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX94.7× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · R4 Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes

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 Bnsf Railway 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette — 25% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
57report 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Bnsf Railway Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bnsf Railway 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 2000 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home