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Chair 4 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.

$110k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$37k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$135kArts & Culture$73kHealth$60kAnimals$59kEducation$36kCrime & Legal$31kRecreation & Sports$23kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $61k
$6,250
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE$37,225
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$13,000
CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION$11,225
GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER$9,750
THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG PREVENTION$7,500
WEST HOLLYWOOD SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION$7,000
MIDLAND SCHOOL$6,250
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$5,000
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
TROUT UNLIMITED CHAPTER 01$2,500
USA-BROTHERS FOR LIFE$2,500
PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION$2,000
SWEETFEET$1,500
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 (FY21–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTEGRATED RECOVERY NETWORK: $3k → 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

WA
NY
OR
CA
CO
VA
NC
LA
GA
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$376k · 18 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$376k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

89%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionAnimalsArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $118k · revenue +167%
  • GW
    GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +24%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • NG
    NORTH GEORGIA SOCCER ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • JN
    JEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • MI
    Mingei International Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +46%
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 San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
3
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
8
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
9
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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10
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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11
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
12
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Sweetfeet. 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

26 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. 26 of the 32 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $118,225 · Food & NutritionTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCEFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $13,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGO+1 more: $3,500 · Food & NutritionNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDAT…PRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION HALL…Mingei International Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMingei Internatio…GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $38,750 · AnimalsGREENWOOD WILD…ANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $15,000 · AnimalsANIMAL FRIENDS…THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMA…THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG PREVENTION: $27,500 · OtherTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION…CARGILL CARES EMPLOYEE DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $7,000 · OtherCARGILL CARES EMPLOYEE DISAS…LAS PATRONAS: $5,000 · OtherEBMRF: $5,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $15,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOU…CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $11,225 · OtherCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATI…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $10,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INCVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDRENSWEETFEET: $9,000 · OtherSWEETFEET+9 more: $20,000 · Other+9 moreUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 · EducationMIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION: $16,250 · EducationWEST HOLLYWOOD SHERIFF FOUNDATION: $22,000 · Crime & LegalBOO2BULLYING INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalNORTH GEORGIA SOCCER ACADEMY INC: $20,000 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$134,725Arts & Culture$72,500Animals$58,750Other$118,725Education$36,250Crime & Legal$27,000Youth Development$20,000

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 budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $118,225 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $38,750 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWEST HOLLYWOOD SHERIFF FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetNORTH GEORGIA SOCCER ACADEMY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION: $16,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $11,225 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMingei International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSWEETFEET: $9,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAS PATRONAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOO2BULLYING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTEGRATED RECOVERY NETWORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WATERSHED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Wilmac FoundationOtter Cares Foundatio…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Wilmac Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Chair 4 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chair 4 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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

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How do I get to Chair 4 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chair 4 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 32 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 unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$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