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Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$775k
Granted FY2025still arriving
86
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$839kInternational$468kHealth$325kHuman Services$298kYouth Development$271kFood & Nutrition$141kOther$0
02FY2025 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k65 grants · $264k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $366k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
$5,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$95,000
THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC$50,000
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISM$40,000
DAVIDS TABLE INC$40,000
THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$26,000
CROWN HILL HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC$26,000
THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN$25,000
JOHN KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25,000
LITERATIONS$25,000
WILLSBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL$22,500
THE DEPOT THEATER$15,000
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$15,000
JL MANN HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
NATIONAL CERT ASSOCIATION INC$15,000
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER$14,000
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 (FY18–25, $290k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $4k → 9%HOPE SOUTHERN INDIANA: $3k → 10%JUST BASICS INC CO TRINITY CHURCH: $3k → 9%OCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY: $10k → 13%UPSTATE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $4k → 10%OCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY: $10k → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $9k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $8k → 10%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $8k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE TEAM INC: $3k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $8k → 10%FRIENDS OF KORESHAN STATE HISTORIC SITE INC: $20k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE TEAM INC: $3k → 9%FAMILIES FIRST IN ESSEX COUNTY: $2k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $7k → 10%FRIENDS OF KORESHAN STATE HISTORIC SITE INC: $16k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $5k → 10%BUDGET BUDDIES INC: $6k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $5k → 10%BUDGET BUDDIES INC: $6k → 16%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $2k → 10%FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER: $15k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $5k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $25k → 10%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $25k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $3k → 10%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $10k → 10%YMCA OF GREENVILLE: $8k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $20k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $5k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $4k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $8k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%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
ID
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 78 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
93

Total granted

$4.0M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+8%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $273k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthYouth 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

  • THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $771k · revenue +561%
  • TN
    THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $220k · revenue +63%
  • WT
    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $197k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $362k
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $120k · revenue +28%
  • CP
    Conner Prairie Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +16%
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
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
2
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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3
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
4
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
5
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
6
Magic Garden Inc

Magic garden children's center was founded on the principle that children learn best by engaging in a diverse curriculum of hands-on activities. in our warm and nurturing environment, children find friendship and support as they broaden…

Education
7
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Cathedral Arts Project Inc

The cathedral arts project's mission is to empower every child's creative spirit, elevate arts educators in their field and advocate for access in arts education.

Education
11
Easter Seals Florida Inc

See schedule o for a complete description of the organization's mission

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lucky Pup Rescue. 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

146 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 146 of the 215 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
142/146
Grantees still filing
82/146
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $771,320 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDATHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $362,375 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUMCOLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT INC: $143,000 · OtherMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN: $131,730 · OtherTHE INTERNATIONAL CENTER INC: $120,000 · Other+111 more: $1,624,779 · Other+111 moreTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $220,200 · Arts & CultureTHE NAPLES PLAYERS …Conner Prairie Museum Inc: $175,000 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie Muse…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM O…Conner Prairie Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureConner Prairie Foun…GRAND PIANO SERIES INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND PIANO SERIES …Crown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc: $63,500 · Arts & CultureCrown Hill Heritage…The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Muse…+21 more: $156,000 · Arts & Culture+21 moreWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $197,000 · EducationWASHINGTON…THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $93,000 · EducationTHE VILLAG…Indiana University Foundation: $60,000 · EducationIndiana Un…Denver Urban Debate League: $50,000 · EducationDenver Urb…SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $40,000 · EducationSOUTH SUDA…UASPIRE INC: $30,000 · EducationUASPIRE IN…+12 more: $58,000 · Education+12 moreTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $340,000 · InternationalTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $59,000 · Human ServicesUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $38,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF KORESHAN STATE PARK INC: $35,876 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesOCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER INC DBA FOSTERING SUCCESS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $12,000 · Human Services+9 more: $52,500 · Human ServicesDAVIDS TABLE INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentLITERATIONS CORP: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTHBASE INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP CRANIUM: $5,275 · Youth DevelopmentGENEVA READS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRAVELNITCH INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentGlobal Gardens Incorporated: $5,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentJAMESON INC: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $18,500 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS FOR WATERBURY AREA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsLEAP SELF-DEFENSE INC: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsWATERBURY AREA TRAILS ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsCOCHRANS SKI AREA INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $5,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,153,204Arts & Culture$969,700Education$528,000International$340,000Human Services$315,876Youth Development$133,775Recreation & Sports$116,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $771,320 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $340,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $220,200 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $197,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetConner Prairie Museum Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE INC: $150,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT INC: $143,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN: $131,730 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL CENTER INC: $120,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetTHE DEPOT THEATRE INC: $101,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetTHE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $93,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetConner Prairie Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND PIANO SERIES INC: $70,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetCrown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc: $63,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDAVIDS TABLE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $59,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetDenver Urban Debate League: $50,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $40,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $38,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBOSTON CELTICS SHAMROCK FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF KORESHAN STATE PARK INC: $35,876 over 2y, 20% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $33,059 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTARABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCellobello Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetUASPIRE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLITERATIONS CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJAMESON INC: $22,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJULIE VALENTINE CENTER: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $20,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSTORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetJUMPSTART SOUTH CAROLINA: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $18,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLEE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BUILDERS CARE: $17,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetGROUNDWORK DENVER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Conner Prairie Museum Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT INC ↗
  • Who funds MEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DEPOT THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds Conner Prairie Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GRAND PIANO SERIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Crown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DAVIDS TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS ↗
  • Who funds Denver Urban Debate League ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON CELTICS SHAMROCK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KORESHAN STATE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds STARABILITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Collier Community Fou…The League Club IncScsymmes FoundationCarol B Phelon Founda…Suncoast Credit Union…The Jolley FoundationScansource Charitable…Ayres Foundation IncThe Indianapolis Foun…United Way of Greenvi…Charles R Wood Founda…Maurer Family Foundat…
Collier Community Foundation IncFL40.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The League Club Inc · Scsymmes Foundation · Carol B Phelon Foundation · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Ayres Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Charles R Wood Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation 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 Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 320%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Retreat Farm Ltd: 25% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Pepin Academies Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grand Piano Series Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Chill Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Global Gardens Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
32get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 215 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 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