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Caterpillar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44M
Granted FY2023
191
Grants FY2023
12
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Philanthropy$270kEducation$246kEnvironment$78kReligion$34kHealth$31kHuman Services$26kArts & Culture$25kInternational$16kOther$0
02FY2023 · 191 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 191 grants below total $368,586 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $43,500,310 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $43,131,724 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k185 grants · $196k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$347
Median grant
12
States reached
$266M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$63,152
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$36,598
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$28,882
CONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATION$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN-ST PAUL$14,134
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$10,000
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$9,027
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$6,901
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN-ST PAUL$6,245
TURNING POINT PREGNANCY RESOURCES CENTER INC$5,150
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$5,128
AUBURN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$5,128
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$5,128
TORREY PINES HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC$5,000
02Your 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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
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
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
7
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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8
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
9
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
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

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
Park University

Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Abigail Women's Clinic - Pregnancy Outreach Center. 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 backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Outreach Ministri…Ymca Community CentersPregnancy Support CentersGovernment Accountability &…Childhood Cancer SupportFaith-Based Homeless Servic…Veteran Support ServicesCommunity Hospital SystemsCommunity Arts CentersAddiction & Mental Health T…Food Pantries and AssistanceYouth Sports ProgramsCharter and Independent Sch…Girls Stem Education Progra…Community Literacy TutoringProfessional Dance CompaniesFaith-Based Senior LivingAffordable Housing Construc…Classical Music OrchestrasChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Lgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…Animal Rescue and ShelterCommunity Theater CompaniesUnited Way AffiliatesLocal History MuseumsCollege Foundation SupportEnvironmental Advocacy and …
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 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr15%30%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr22%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%30%10–20yr15%16%20–35yr14%4%35–55yr22%50%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%1/166
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/72,193

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.

03the grantee network

163 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. 163 of the 260 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
160/163
Grantees still filing
122/163
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Kenan Foundation Asia — $260,000 · OtherKenan Foundation Asia+124 more — $145,458 · Other+124 moreBRADLEY UNIVERSITY — $137,659 · EducationBRADLEY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL — $27,309 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - S…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Education+24 more — $33,198 · Education+24 moreONE TREE PLANTED INC — $70,000 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PL…CREATE FOUNDATION — $3,750 · PhilanthropyMIDWAY USA FOUNDATION INC — $3,050 · Philanthropy+4 more — $1,642 · PhilanthropyCONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATION — $21,930 · ReligionZaytuna College Inc — $5,000 · ReligionCAMPUS OUTREACH SERVE INC — $4,912 · Religion4 TUCSON INC — $2,800 · ReligionIN THE MIDST HONDURAS — $1,790 · ReligionPARADISUS DEI INC — $1,561 · ReligionTURNING POINT PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $5,150 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH — $4,925 · Human ServicesCHADDOCK CHILDRENS FOUNDATION — $4,675 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesWELLS OF LIFE INC — $1,310 · Human ServicesSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND — $1,000 · Human ServicesUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE — $800 · Human Services+3 more — $1,094 · Human ServicesBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $6,926 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $2,750 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $2,600 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation — $1,925 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $1,801 · HealthTALBOT HOUSE INC — $1,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF — $1,000 · Health+6 more — $1,253 · HealthTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $5,000 · Arts & CulturePARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE — $1,080 · Arts & CultureUPSTREAM ARTS INC — $1,000 · Arts & CulturePlaywrights Project — $755 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $500 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM — $400 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $1,160 · Arts & Culture
Other$405,458Education$208,166Philanthropy$78,442Religion$37,993Human Services$22,454Health$19,255Arts & Culture$9,895

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 budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY — $137,659 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC — $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL — $27,309 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $6,926 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $5,150 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,128 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZaytuna College Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTorrey Pines High School Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJubilee Community Development Corp — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH — $4,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHADDOCK CHILDRENS FOUNDATION — $4,675 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $4,043 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL INC — $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION — $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $3,532 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $3,204 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWAY USA FOUNDATION INC — $3,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget4 TUCSON INC — $2,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLENDALE ASSOCIATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBEMARLE AREA UNITED WAY — $2,062 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation — $1,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADAMS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $1,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $1,801 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN THE MIDST HONDURAS — $1,790 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION — $1,600 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPARADISUS DEI INC — $1,561 over 1y, 0.1% of budget413 STRONG INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWELLS OF LIFE INC — $1,310 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $1,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $1,140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC — $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE — $1,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALBOT HOUSE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…The San Diego Foundat…Community Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…Butler Snow O'Mara St…Van Devender Family F…Sempra FoundationIbm International Fou…Ergon Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Commerce Bancshares F…Christian Community F…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX17.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Sempra Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis

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.

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 260 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $56M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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