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Caplin 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.

$403k
Granted FY2025still arriving
212
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.3MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$744kCommunity Improvement$195kHealth$191kEnvironment$171kReligion$141kRecreation & Sports$86kOther$0
02FY2025 · 212 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k208 grants · $343k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$1,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$25,000
FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN$15,000
ALBEMARLE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$10,000
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$10,000
STRONG QUALITY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION$8,000
THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN$7,500
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$7,500
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE$7,500
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$7,500
ROCKY FOUNDATION$6,500
ANTAEUS COMPANY$6,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$6,000
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST$5,000
EAST-WEST PLAYERS INC$5,000
THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%BETTER FUTURE FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVAD: $700 → 13%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $1k → 13%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVAD: $500 → 13%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVAD: $500 → 13%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $3k → 8%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 7%CENTER ON HALSTED: $1k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $1k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $500 → 14%PEOPLE PLACES INC: $1k → 8%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 17%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 17%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 17%HAVEN AT FIRST & MARKET INC: $5k → 8%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $1k → 17%CHARLOTTESVILLE ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $4k → 8%CHARLOTTESVILLE ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $2k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $2k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $1k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $1k → 8%HAVEN AT FIRST & MARKET INC: $1k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $1k → 8%SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $1k → 8%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%READYKIDS INC: $500 → 8%HAVEN AT FIRST & MARKET INC: $500 → 8%TWICE IS NICE INC: $1k → 8%COMMON GROUND HEALING ARTS INC: $1k → 8%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOLY TRINITY CONFERE: $1k → 8%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOLY TRINITY CONFERE: $700 → 8%H3 BASEBALL: $2k → 8%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

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VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.
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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 42% of Caplin Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Caplin Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.4% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 307 repeat orgs$269k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

307 repeat relationships: 153 still active in FY2025, 154 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

307
196

Total granted

$3.1M
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+22%

Still filing today

82%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • FI
    FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $245k · revenue +51%
  • AA
    ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $125k · revenue +46%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN
    4× · 2022–2025 · $108k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • BH
    Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $43k · revenue +29%
  • CC
    COLONNADE CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OFgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +72%
  • YI
    YES I CAN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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.

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Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
2
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
3
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
4
Victory Gardens Theater

Victory Gardens Theater nurtures and produces relevant, new theater work that reflects the diverse stories of our world and contributes to the vitality of the American Theater. Our work inspires stories of our world and contributes to the…

Arts & Culture
5
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
6
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
7
Aquila Theatre Company

Aquila theatre's mission is to create bold reinterpretations of the classics for contemporary audiences. by expanding the canon and diversifying the classics, aquila dares to expand our collective perspectives. aquila theatre is one of the…

Arts & Culture
8
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
9
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
10
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
11
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
12
Washington Performing Arts Society

Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Gonzales Youth Ballet. 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

438 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. 438 of the 552 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
109
Early backer (in before they grew)
427/438
Grantees still filing
298/438
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $2,250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $148,900 · Philanthropy+5 moreADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureADRIENNE ARSHT CENTE…INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $115,000 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER F…ALBEMARLE CHARLOTTESVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $60,650 · Arts & CultureALBEMARLE CHARLOTTES…+65 more: $668,650 · Arts & Culture+65 moreUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $125,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIASOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $84,500 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL …TANDEM FRIENDS SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: $57,500 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $57,250 · OtherCRYSTAL CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST: $42,005 · Other+90 more: $749,465 · Other+90 moreFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 · EducationFLORIDA INT…UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $97,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …The George Washington University: $90,000 · EducationThe George …DUKE UNIVERSITY: $39,300 · EducationDUKE UNIVER…VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 · Education+6 more: $35,450 · Education+6 moreBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $42,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $19,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,000 · HealthCHARLOTTESVILLE FREE CLINIC: $14,500 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY INC: $8,450 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $8,375 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLOTTESVILLE INC: $6,000 · Health+2 more: $6,900 · HealthFRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN: $107,850 · Community ImprovementCHARLOTTESVILLE TOMORROW: $6,250 · Community Improvement+1 more: $3,750 · Community ImprovementLymeLight Foundation: $16,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $14,500 · Human ServicesCITY OF PROMISE INC: $7,300 · Human ServicesTHE HAVEN AT FIRST AND MARKET INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE SAFE CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $6,250 · Human ServicesCHARLOTTESVILLE ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES: $6,000 · Human ServicesREADYKIDS INC: $4,200 · Human ServicesSHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY INC: $3,500 · Human Services
Philanthropy$2,398,900Arts & Culture$969,300Other$1,116,220Education$526,250Health$122,725Community Improvement$117,850Human Services$64,250

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%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $2,250,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN: $107,850 over 4y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $97,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $84,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $64,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALBEMARLE CHARLOTTESVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $60,650 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetCENTER FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE: $59,750 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTANDEM FRIENDS SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: $57,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $39,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE ARTS INC: $30,450 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLONNADE CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF: $30,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNEW VICTORY THEATRE: $29,500 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetINLAND VALLEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $25,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $23,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetIX ART PARK FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetJEFFERSON SCHOOL AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER INC: $21,750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPRESERVATION PIEDMONT: $21,400 over 8y, 11% of budgetTOM TOM FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNTAIN THEATRE: $18,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $16,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $16,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBROADWAY OC INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $15,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDEAF WEST THEATRE COMPANY INC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS ARENA: $14,800 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetA Noise Within: $14,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $14,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEW MUSICALS INC: $14,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE FREE CLINIC: $14,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHANCE THEATER: $14,300 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetINTERACT THEATER COMPANY: $14,100 over 8y, 10% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE: $14,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetConservation Nation: $13,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST-WEST PLAYERS INC: $13,750 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $13,550 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE OPERA: $13,150 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE THEATRE AT BOSTON COURT: $12,800 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE WEST: $12,500 over 8y, 0.1% 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 MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALBEMARLE CHARLOTTESVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds TANDEM FRIENDS SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIVE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLONNADE CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ↗
  • Who funds NEW VICTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds INLAND VALLEY REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds IX ART PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON SCHOOL AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION PIEDMONT ↗
  • Who funds TOM TOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE ↗
  • Who funds LymeLight Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY OC INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charlottesville Area …Manning Family Founda…Perry Foundation IncThe Genan FoundationThe J & E Berkley Fou…The Charles Fund IncOakwood Foundation Ch…The Oak Hill FundUnited Way of Greater…The Joseph and Robert…Whitney and Anne Ston…The Better Living Fou…
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA121.4× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · The Oak Hill Fund · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation · Whitney and Anne Stone Foundation · The Better Living Foundation

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
68report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Caplin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Caplin 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 552 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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