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Broadcom 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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
165
Grants FY2025still arriving
34
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Science & Tech$17MEducation$7.9MPhilanthropy$1.3MCivil Rights$965kYouth Development$861kInternational$233kPublic Benefit$213kArts & Culture$183kOther$0
02FY2025 · 165 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k98 grants · $188k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $730k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+2 grants · $750k
$5,000
Median grant
34
States reached
$92M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION$500,000
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION - THE H$225,000
WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION$200,000
INTERNET EDUCATION FOUNDATION$150,000
SCIENCE BUDDIES$150,000
DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY$125,000
CHILDREN NOW$125,000
ENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION$105,000
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC$100,000
ENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION$100,000
ENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION$100,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY INC$75,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND$50,000
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION$50,000
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 (FY19–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN NOW: $120k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $120k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $120k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%SCIENCE FAIR DIRECTORS INSTITUTE: $20k → 8%CHILDREN NOW: $30k → 10%SCIENCE FAIR DIRECTORS INSTITUTE: $20k → 8%CHILDREN NOW: $25k → 10%SCIENCE FAIR DIRECTORS INSTITUTE: $15k → 8%CHILDREN NOW: $20k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $25k → 10%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $20k → 8%CHILDREN NOW: $20k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $20k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $20k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $10k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $10k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $125k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $125k → 10%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$28M · 123 repeat orgs$572k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +14% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

123 repeat relationships — 78 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
192

Total granted

$28M
$478k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+5%

Still filing today

63%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureScience & TechYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

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

  • SF
    SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $9.0M · revenue +248%
  • RP
    RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +6% · 49% of their budget
  • CHILDREN NOW
    7× · 2019–2025 · $965k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TI
    The Imperial College Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -8%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC DAVIS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MS
    MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT
    one grant, 2023 · $40k

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
Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education

Dfsme's mission is to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to prepare all delaware students to be informed citizens and competitive in the global workforce.

Science & Tech
2
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
5
Space Science Institute

the space science institute is shaping our future by enabling scientists to advance our understanding of earth and the universe; increasing science and technology literacy for people of all ages and backgrounds; and inspiring youth to…

Science & Tech
6
Girls in Stem
Human Services
7
National Science Teaching Association

Nsta's mission is to transform science education to benefit all through professional learning, partnerships and advocacy. our guiding principles encompass: build community - we believe that the community of science educators extends beyond…

Education
8
Indiana Academy of Science

Ias advances scientific research, education, and communication and cooperation among scientists and improvement in education in the sciences.

Science & Tech
9
Institute for Student Achievement Foundation

Institute for student achievement foundation (isaf) raises funds to support the institute for student achievement (isa), which is a part of educational testing service, a section 501(c)(3) public charity, that wants all students,…

Education
10
Institute of Food Technologists

As an organization, the institute of food technologists is focusing its work in four main areas, or "roles and goals." each is wide-reaching and helps to advance our mission.steward for the profession and its community - provide learning,…

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11
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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12
American Society for Engineering Education

Asee advances innovation, excellence and access at all levels of education for the engineering profession

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair. 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 backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Public Library OperationsYouth Mentoring ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…School District FoundationsYouth Development CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Community College Foundatio…Local History MuseumsCommunity 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 31 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr16%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%3%35–55yr16%48%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/125
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,440

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

109 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. 109 of the 333 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/109
Grantees still filing
65/109
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC — $9,018,596 · Science & TechSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLICRASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC — $1,365,145 · Science & TechRASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC+8 more — $237,336 · Science & TechRASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION — $2,390,000 · OtherRASPBERRY PI FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION - THE H — $1,852,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVIN…DISCOVERY SCIENCE FOUNDATION — $390,000 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA — $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $264,860 · OtherAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ — $350,000 · Other+116 more — $2,238,455 · Other+116 moreENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION INC — $1,936,429 · EducationENVISION EXCELLENCE I…STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND — $1,000,000 · EducationSTEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY…WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $600,000 · EducationWIKI EDUCATION FOUNDA…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION — $325,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR…SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $300,000 · EducationSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRA…TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $207,900 · Education+28 more — $1,211,155 · Education+28 moreDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY — $575,005 · Arts & CultureCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM — $447,500 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $70,000 · Arts & CultureBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $70,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE — $62,885 · Arts & CultureARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER — $61,890 · Arts & CultureACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS — $51,690 · Arts & Culture+6 more — $203,030 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN NOW — $965,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER — $375,000 · Human ServicesSCIENCE FAIR DIRECTORS INSTITUTE — $55,000 · Human Services+2 more — $45,000 · Human ServicesSCIENCE BUDDIES — $650,000 · PhilanthropyIRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $146,945 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $130,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Philanthropy+5 more — $131,745 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Youth Center — $427,007 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY — $202,783 · Youth DevelopmentAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE — $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — $30,000 · Youth Development+3 more — $35,000 · Youth Development
Science & Tech$10,621,077Other$7,785,815Education$5,580,484Arts & Culture$1,542,000Human Services$1,440,000Philanthropy$1,108,690Youth Development$769,790

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 budgetSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC — $9,018,596 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION INC — $1,936,429 over 7y, 13% of budgetRASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC — $1,365,145 over 7y, 49% of budgetSTEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND — $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCHILDREN NOW — $965,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetSCIENCE BUDDIES — $650,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetWIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $600,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY — $575,005 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM — $447,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRenaissance Youth Center — $427,007 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $375,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ — $350,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION — $325,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetINTERNET EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $212,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC — $207,900 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY — $202,783 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC — $202,335 over 7y, 25% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UNIV OF HONG KONG LTD — $175,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetIRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $146,945 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCODE313 — $140,950 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetSILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $140,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $130,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) — $112,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFONIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY FOUNDATION INC — $112,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOCTANE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION — $110,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR OF MET — $97,406 over 5y, 18% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC — $90,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe NCTU Foundation — $75,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE — $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY — $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFUNDS FOR THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA INC — $65,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetTHE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE — $62,885 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAUSTIN SCIENCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $62,490 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INC — $62,285 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCOLORADO STATE SCIENCE FAIR INC — $62,040 over 7y, 10% of budgetMinnesota Academy of Science — $61,890 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER — $61,890 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGWINNETT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FUND INC — $60,975 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe South San Francisco Friends of the Library — $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC — $57,040 over 7y, 13% of budgetSCIENCE FAIR DIRECTORS INSTITUTE — $55,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOUNDATION — $52,830 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS — $51,690 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $51,391 over 5y, 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 SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC ↗
  • Who funds ENVISION EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN NOW ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE BUDDIES ↗
  • Who funds WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Youth Center ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNET EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UNIV OF HONG KONG LTD ↗
  • Who funds IRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CODE313 ↗
  • Who funds SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) ↗
  • Who funds CALIFONIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCTANE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR OF MET ↗
  • Who funds BLACK GIRLS CODE INC ↗
  • Who funds The NCTU Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FUNDS FOR THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA INC ↗

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.

Society for Science &…Silicon Valley Commun…The David and Lucile …STEM Next Opportunity…Infosys Foundation USAOneocThe Applied Materials…Samueli FoundationNational Science Teac…Intel FoundationEdwards Lifesciences …The William & Flora H…
Society for Science & the PublicDC21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Society for Science & the Public · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · STEM Next Opportunity Fund · Infosys Foundation USA · Oneoc · The Applied Materials Foundation · Samueli Foundation · National Science Teaching Association · Intel Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

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 Broadcom 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 · 20%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Portland State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
30report 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 Broadcom Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Broadcom 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 333 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.

Source object · view filing

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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines