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Catena Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$27M
Granted FY2024still arriving
80
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$3.3M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$52MPublic Benefit$24MEducation$14MPhilanthropy$14MCivil Rights$13MInternational$6.9MHuman Services$4.9MHealth$4.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $262k
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $3.6M
  • $250k+36 grants · $23M
$180,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$596M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW VENTURE FUND$3,250,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$3,000,000
STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT$1,150,000
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE$1,000,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$1,000,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$1,000,000
POLICY IMPACT (NAME CHANGE IN 2025 TO CONTINA IMPACT)$945,000
ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT$850,000
HOPEWELL FUND$775,000
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL$600,000
ASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE$550,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$550,000
EQUIS INSTITUTE$500,000
ISSUE ONE$500,000
WESTERN STATES CENTER$450,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $4.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ: $50k → 11%DEFINE AMERICAN: $325k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICA: $100k → 14%NAEVA: $60k → 14%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION: $550k → 17%WELCOMING AMERICA: $125k → 14%DEFINE AMERICAN: $100k → 9%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $23k → 26%SEEDS OF HARMONY INC: $79k → 28%DEFINE AMERICAN: $175k → 14%NAEVA: $40k → 14%HOPI FOUNDATION: $3k → 26%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $3k → 26%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $325k → 10%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $200k → 14%HOPI FOUNDATION: $3k → 26%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $250k → 10%HOPI FOUNDATION: $3k → 26%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $132k → 8%FLAGSTAFF YOUTH RIDERS: $105k → 16%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $3k → 26%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE: $125k → 10%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $850k → 17%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $120k → 8%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $300k → 17%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $100k → 8%FLAGSTAFF YOUTH RIDERS: $101k → 16%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $22k → 8%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $150k → 17%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $75k → 17%FLAGSTAFF YOUTH RIDERS: $50k → 16%FLAGSTAFF YOUTH RIDERS: $39k → 16%REFUGEE COUNCIL USA: $265k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of Catena Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 15% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 17%.

Catena Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.6% 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108M · 163 repeat orgs$28M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

163 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2024, 106 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

163
104

Total granted

$108M
$22M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    5× · 2019–2023 · $9.6M · revenue +139%
  • WR
    Western Resource Advocates
    5× · 2019–2023 · $6.4M · revenue +22%
  • SL
    STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +67% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $4.0M · revenue -4%
  • FS
    FRONTLINE SUPPORT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1.8M
  • FP
    FOUNDATIN PARA EL PROGRESO DE LA REGIN BOGOT
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
CarbonPlan

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

Environment
5
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
8
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
11
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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12
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is Mitchell Kapor Foundation. 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

228 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. 228 of the 301 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
225/228
Grantees still filing
146/228
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $9,573,750 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC…NEW VENTURE FUND: $6,250,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $3,120,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDAdvanced Energy Institute: $1,750,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUND: $1,550,000 · EnvironmentDEPLOYUS INC: $1,355,000 · Environment+24 more: $11,455,126 · Environment+24 moreAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $2,150,000 · OtherNEEM FOUNDATION: $1,837,114 · OtherFRONTLINE SUPPORT INC: $1,751,304 · OtherHOPEWELL FUND: $2,645,000 · Other+95 more: $42,567,751 · Other+95 moreASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE INC: $3,266,667 · EducationASPEN GLOBAL …Civic Nation: $2,200,000 · EducationCivic NationDEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE: $2,175,000 · EducationDEFENDING DEM…CONTINA IMPACT: $2,122,750 · EducationCONTINA IMPAC…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,851,427 · EducationCOLORADO STAT…FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,300,000 · EducationFWDUS EDUCATI…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $609,900 · Education+11 more: $3,705,471 · Education+11 morePROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $1,400,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $675,000 · Civil RightsInnovation Law Lab: $615,986 · Civil RightsJustice Action Center: $555,000 · Civil RightsTENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION: $500,000 · Civil RightsNEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND: $500,000 · Civil RightsRURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENT: $465,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $430,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $400,000 · Civil RightsAMERICA'S VOICE EDUCATION FUND: $400,000 · Civil RightsColorado Freedom of Info Council: $395,520 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $387,500 · Civil RightsREFUGEE CONGRESS: $380,000 · Civil Rights+13 more: $3,080,000 · Civil RightsSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT: $4,550,000 · Public BenefitISSUE ONE: $1,500,000 · Public BenefitWESTERN STATES CENTER: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $690,000 · Public Benefit+9 more: $2,356,686 · Public BenefitWestern Resource Advocates: $6,405,116 · Crime & LegalVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $600,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $240,000 · Crime & LegalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,500,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,320,000 · InternationalTHE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $700,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500,000 · InternationalADVANCE DEMOCRACY INC: $450,000 · InternationalGlobal Response Management Inc: $320,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300,000 · International+1 more: $150,000 · International
Environment$39,053,876Other$50,951,169Education$17,231,215Civil Rights$11,184,006Public Benefit$10,096,686Crime & Legal$7,245,116International$7,240,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $9,573,750 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $6,405,116 over 5y, 15% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,250,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT: $4,550,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE INC: $3,266,667 over 6y, 14% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $3,120,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $2,645,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCivic Nation: $2,200,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetDEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE: $2,175,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $2,150,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetCONTINA IMPACT: $2,122,750 over 4y, 18% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,851,427 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFRONTLINE SUPPORT INC: $1,751,304 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetAdvanced Energy Institute: $1,750,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $1,550,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetISSUE ONE: $1,500,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $1,400,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetGRAND CANYON YOUTH INC: $1,377,220 over 6y, 31% of budgetASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $1,375,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $1,355,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,350,040 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,320,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,300,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN STATES CENTER: $1,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $983,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetWELCOMING AMERICA INC: $950,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION: $850,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $807,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $805,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetWESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $785,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetAspen Journalism: $729,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetEnvironmental Policy Innovation Center: $709,989 over 2y, 26% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $700,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $700,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $700,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELECTRIFICATION COALITION FOUNDATION: $692,503 over 3y, 10% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $690,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law: $680,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $675,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $647,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInnovation Law Lab: $615,986 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $609,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $608,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Western Resource Advocates ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds Civic Nation ↗
  • Who funds DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CONTINA IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRONTLINE SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds Advanced Energy Institute ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds ISSUE ONE ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CANYON YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DEPLOYUS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN STATES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE VOICES PROJECT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THIRD WAY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WELCOMING AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗

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.

United States Energy …The William & Flora H…New Venture FundNEO Philanthropy IncHopewell FundTides FoundationDemocracy Fund IncFoundation to Promote…Resources Legacy FundAmalgamated Charitabl…Rockefeller Philanthr…Windward Fund
United States Energy FoundationCA53.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · New Venture Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Hopewell Fund · Tides Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Resources Legacy Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Windward Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Chiloquin Visions in Progress: 15% of income from government
  • Environmental Policy Innovation Center: 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
31report 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
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 Catena Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Catena 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 301 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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