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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.

$210k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$356kEducation$105kEmployment$95kYouth Development$40kCommunity Improvement$25kFood & Nutrition$25kPhilanthropy$25kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$671k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY$30,000
STOP SCAMS ALLIANCE$25,000
NEW EARTH$25,000
IMPACT JUSTICE$25,000
NATIONAL ELDER FRAUD COORDINATION CENTER$25,000
THORN$25,000
TELEVERDE FOUNDATION$25,000
AROUET FOUNDATION$10,000
CROP$10,000
NATIONAL REENTRY WORKFOCE COLLABORATIVE$10,000
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 (FY23–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AROUET FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%AROUET FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THORN: $25k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
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 10% of Checkrorg’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Checkrorglessmore 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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$165k · 4 repeat orgs$533k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +88% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
14

Total granted

$165k
$343k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+88%
0%

Still filing today

50%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k
  • DV
    DEFY VENTURES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +15%
  • C
    CROP
    2× · 2024–2025 · $35k

Funded once

  • PI
    Persevere Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +98%
  • BA
    Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +68%
  • TJ
    THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
2
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
The Justice Reform

The justice reform is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city. we seek to be a voice for the voiceless, bring hope to the hopeless, and bring light into the darkness.

Arts & Culture
5
Justice Innovation Inc

The center for justice innovation is a non-profit organization that works to create a fair, effective, and humane justice system and build strong, thriving communities.

Crime & Legal
6
Alliance for Safety and Justice

Just safe's mission is to educate the public about the needs of communities most impacted by crime, violence, and incarceration; and promote new safety solutions through community-building, leadership development, grassroots mobilization,…

Crime & Legal
7
After Innocence

After Innocence provides free re-entry assistance to individuals nationwide who have been released from prison after having been convicted of crimes they did not in fact commit, and advocates with them for a justice system that is more…

Crime & Legal
8
Root & Rebound

Root & rebound's mission is to restore power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration through legal advocacy, public education, policy reform and litigation model rooted in the needs and expertise of…

Crime & Legal
9
Life After Justice

Life After Justice (LAJ) fights to free the wrongfully convicted and provides support in reclaiming their lives after justice. Created by exonerees, the majority exoneree-led Board of Directors' approach is rooted in the knowledge,…

Crime & Legal
10
Unify Us

Unify.US is a public policy organization dedicated to formulating, promoting, and delivering solutions based on the principles of individual freedom, limited government, free enterprise, and traditional American values.

Civil Rights
11
Out for Justice Inc

Out for Justice Inc. OFJ is an organization comprised of individuals who are directly or indirectly impacted by the criminal justice system advocating for the reform of policies & practicesthat adversely affect successful reentry to…

Crime & Legal
12
Fair Chance Institute Inc

FCI creates better access to the workforce for jobseekers with past convictions, yielding better outcomes for companies and communities. By centering our efforts on employer practices - generating new tools and resources and elevating…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impact Justice; the most unlike its peers is Justice Reform 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

22 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. 22 of the 27 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $50,000 · Crime & LegalBreakthrough Alliance of Colorado IncTHE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION: $50,000 · Crime & LegalTHE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATIONSTOP SCAMS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalSTOP SCAMS ALLIANCE INCTeleverde Foundation: $25,000 · Crime & LegalTeleverde FoundationSafer Foundation: $25,000 · Crime & LegalSafer FoundationTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $25,000 · Crime & LegalTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITIONTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE: $25,000 · Crime & LegalTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVENational Reentry Workforce Collaborative: $10,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $2,000 · Crime & LegalIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCROP: $35,000 · OtherCROPUC BERKELEY: $30,000 · OtherUC BERKELEYNATIONAL ELDER FRAUD COORDINATION CENTER LIMITED: $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL ELDER FRAUD COORDINATION CEN…NEW EARTH: $25,000 · OtherNEW EARTHTHE LADIES OF HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE LADIES OF HOPE MINISTRIES INCIMPACT JUSTICE: $25,000 · OtherIMPACT JUSTICE+4 more: $15,500 · Other+4 moreDEFY VENTURES INC: $50,000 · EducationDEFY VENTUR…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEE…Persevere Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $50,000 · EmploymentTHORN: $25,000 · Human ServicesArouet Foundation: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Crime & Legal$237,000Other$240,500Education$75,000Youth Development$50,000Employment$50,000Human Services$45,000Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetPersevere Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBreakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetTHE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL ELDER FRAUD COORDINATION CENTER LIMITED: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOP SCAMS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSafer Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LADIES OF HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetArouet Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation New Hope Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH: $2,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

ImpactassetsincBob Barker Foundation…Tides FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
ImpactassetsincMD13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · Bob Barker Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Checkrorg funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Checkrorg. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Operation New Hope Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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 Checkrorg?

Find your warmest path to Checkrorg 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 27 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 unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$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