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Cadence Giving Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cadence Giving Foundation Inc

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$200k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

International$2.7MEducation$2.2MScience & Tech$155kEnvironment$50kYouth Development$21kHealth$5kPhilanthropy$4kEmployment$975
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $264k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
$50,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELE$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$200,000
LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND$150,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIO$100,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELE$100,000
IIT DELHI ENDOWMENT FUND US$100,000
EXTREME TECH CHALLENGE$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$60,000
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELE$50,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
MOMS FIRST INC$50,000
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FO$33,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $150k → 12%LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $5k → 12%INDIASPORA: $25k → 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

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Cadence Giving Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Cadence Giving Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 12 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$5.4M
$366k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

83%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $351k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesScience & TechHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CH
    CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +10%
  • TF
    The Foundation for NC A&T State University
    2× · 2024–2025 · $76k · revenue ×15
  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CI
    CAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue -74%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $60k
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +28%
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
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Fudan University Education Development Foundation

1) Support academic research and talents cultivation in Fudan University. 2) Promote higher education in Fudan University and other educational organizations in China. 3) Strengthen global cooperations of education and research. 4) Enhance…

Education
7
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
8
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
The University Corporation San Francisco State

The purpose of the university corporation is to promote, assist, and enhance the educational mission of san francisco state university through educational projects, university research and development projects, and community outreach.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
10/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC: $2,700,000 · InternationalCLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC+2 more: $60,500 · InternationalUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDA…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $450,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyIIT DELHI ENDOWMENT FUND US: $200,000 · EducationIIT DELHI ENDOWMENT FUND USTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $126,000 · EducationCAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $110,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationNATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $99,000 · Education+7 more: $221,080 · Education+7 moreREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $700,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIV…Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…The Foundation for NC A&T State University: $76,000 · OtherThe Foundation for …TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University: $50,000 · OtherMOMS FIRST INC: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+6 more: $29,856 · OtherLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $154,724 · Human ServicesINDIASPORA: $25,000 · Human ServicesEXTREME TECH CHALLENGE: $100,000 · Science & TechETH ZURICH FOUNDATION (USA) INC: $50,000 · Science & TechPLEDGE 1 PERCENT ORG INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyVEGGIELUTION: $21,000 · Community Improvement
International$2,760,500Education$2,406,080Other$1,175,856Human Services$179,724Science & Tech$150,000Philanthropy$25,000Community Improvement$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC: $2,700,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIIT DELHI ENDOWMENT FUND US: $200,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $154,724 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $126,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $110,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEXTREME TECH CHALLENGE: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $99,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $76,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetETH ZURICH FOUNDATION (USA) INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetThe North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVEGGIELUTION: $21,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $16,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM4TECH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $3,881 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC: $975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA16.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Cadence Giving Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cadence Giving Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cadence Giving Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Cadence Giving Foundation Inc 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 37 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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