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Bridge Builders 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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$622k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.9MEnvironment$88kEducation$74kHuman Services$43kFood & Nutrition$30kInternational$20kEmployment$20kHousing & Shelter$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$621,858
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Vanguard Charitable The Klingelho$621,858
Bank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli$621,858
Schwab Charitable Fund Kristan Chil$621,858
02The need
03

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 (FY20–23, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%Rwanda Girls Initiative: $5k → 9%The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center: $2k → 7%Rwanda Girls Initiative: $5k → 9%The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center: $2k → 7%Rwanda Girls Intiative: $3k → 9%The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center: $2k → 7%Rwanda Girls Initiative: $3k → 9%The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center: $1k → 7%Peterborough Human Services Fund: $6k → 7%Peterborough Human Services Fund: $5k → 7%Peterborough Human Services Fund: $5k → 7%Sweetwater Spectrum: $4k → 9%Peterborough Human Services Fund: $3k → 7%Sweetwater Spectrum: $3k → 9%The River Center: $2k → 7%Sweetwater Spectrum: $3k → 9%The River Center: $2k → 7%Sweetwater Spectrum: $3k → 9%The River Center: $2k → 7%The River Center: $1k → 7%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

VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
MI
NY
MA
RI
CA
CO
NE
MD
AZ
AR
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$287k · 33 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
29

Total granted

$287k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+17%

Still filing today

85%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • UT
    Urban Tilth
    4× · 2020–2023 · $26k · revenue +367%
  • BT
    Bridge the Gap College Prep
    4× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +117%
  • PA
    PETERBOROUGH AREA COMMUNITY AID INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $19k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +20%
  • Alliance for Global Justice Corp
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -51%
  • HF
    HOPE FOR HAITI INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -15%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
2
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
3
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
4
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
5
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
6
Climate Foundation

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

Science & Tech
7
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
10
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
11
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
12
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for Haiti Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dublin Community Foundation. 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

55 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. 55 of the 68 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/55
Grantees still filing
40/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Schwab Charitable Fund Kristan Chil: $621,858 · OtherSchwab Charitable Fund Kristan ChilVanguard Charitable The Klingelho: $621,858 · OtherVanguard Charitable The KlingelhoBank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli: $621,858 · OtherBank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli+28 more: $67,000 · OtherHARRIS CENTER FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION INC: $37,500 · EnvironmentUrban Tilth: $26,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $8,000 · EnvironmentLandPaths: $8,000 · EnvironmentSONOMA LAND TRUST: $7,500 · Environment350ORG: $4,000 · Environment+10 more: $14,500 · EnvironmentPETERBOROUGH AREA COMMUNITY AID INC: $18,500 · Human ServicesRwanda Girls Initiative: $15,000 · Human ServicesSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE GRAPEVINE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE RIVER CENTER FAMILY & COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,000 · Human Services10000 DEGREES: $17,500 · EducationSun Valley Community School Inc: $7,500 · EducationCentro Laboral de Graton: $6,500 · EducationDUBLIN SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationHAND IN HAND PARENTING: $4,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $2,000 · Education+3 more: $1,200 · EducationBridge the Gap College Prep: $25,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $200 · Youth DevelopmentSUMMER SEARCH: $20,000 · EmploymentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $2,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $2,000 · International+1 more: $100 · International
Other$1,932,574Environment$105,500Human Services$58,500Education$43,700Youth Development$25,200Employment$20,000International$7,100

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 budgetHARRIS CENTER FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUrban Tilth: $26,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETERBOROUGH AREA COMMUNITY AID INC: $18,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budget10000 DEGREES: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLandPaths: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUBLIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetMOUNT TAMALPAIS SCHOOL: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAPEVINE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RIVER CENTER FAMILY & COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCentro Laboral de Graton: $6,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDUBLIN SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAND IN HAND PARENTING: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUBLIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMONADNOCK AREA TRANSITIONAL SHELTER: $3,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350 BAY AREA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMN350: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFossil Free California: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELVEDERE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 1833 SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Bay Organizing Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE OUR MONARCHS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD GRIEF NETWORK: $1,000 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.

Marin Community Found…New Hampshire Charita…Sonoma County Communi…The James Irvine Foun…East Bay Community Fo…The Kingsbury FundHidden Leaf FoundationMerrill Family Charit…The Memton Fund IncEversource Energy Fou…McNabb FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…
Marin Community FoundationCA27.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Kingsbury Fund · Hidden Leaf Foundation · Merrill Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Memton Fund Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · McNabb Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Bridge Builders Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bridge Builders Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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, 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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How do I get to Bridge Builders Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bridge Builders 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 68 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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