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Civil Society Institute Inc

The institute was founded with a mission to support the sectors of the civil society at the local and international levels by promoting community development efforts, human and civil rights, and social and economic equity.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$574kEnvironment$550kInternational$250kCommunity Improvement$82kArts & Culture$53kHealth$25kCivil Rights$25kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $157k
$75,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$82,000
SOVERIGN ENERGY$75,000
BAGLY INC$10,331
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FND - NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE: $25k → 15%TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL: $7k → 8%BOSTON THEATER COMPANY: $10k → 16%VITAL IMPACTS: $10k → 9%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%SOVERIGN ENERGY: $75k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $50k → 14%SAVE THE CHILDREN: $250k → 9%COMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $80k → 12%HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $10k → 15%TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL INC: $7k → 8%BOSTON FOUNDATION INC (MA COVID RELIEF FUND FISCAL SPONSOR): $5k → 16%VITAL IMPACTS: $5k → 9%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3k → 14%TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL INC: $7k → 8%THE WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE: $5k → 16%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL: $7k → 8%MOTHERS OUT FRONT: $75k → 16%TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL: $7k → 8%BOSTON THEATER COMPANY INC: $10k → 16%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%BAGLY INC: $10k → 16%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%BAGLY INC: $10k → 16%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 8%MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $82k → 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

MT
NY
MA
CT
CO
WV
AZ
NM
DC
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 7 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$1.0M
$498k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+21%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ME
    MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $656k · revenue +56%
  • TC
    TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +107%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +11%
  • Rocky Mountain Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue +52%
  • MOTHERS OUT FRONT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -1%
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
Breakthrough Energy Foundation

Working with our world-class network of innovators, business and industry leaders, and policy experts, we accelerate the innovation of climate technologies at every stage - from discovery to development to deployment.

Public Benefit
2
The Breakthrough Institute

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges.

Environment
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation

Breakthrough energy catalyst foundation funds the critical development and demonstration phases of new emissions-reduction technologies to help transform research-stage innovation into real-world impact, producing significant and…

Environment
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
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
9
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
10
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc

The world's economic and energy policies are built around technologies that emit greenhouse gases. That must change. We develop and advocate for smart policies that public and private sector leaders can implement to support clean energy…

Environment
11
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
12
CarbonPlan

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

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation Inc C/O Stanton & Company. 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

19 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.

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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $656,000 · OtherMAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONOHIO RIVER VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION: $245,000 · OtherOHIO RIVER VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITIONRocky Mountain Institute: $80,000 · OtherRocky Mountain Institute+2 more: $25,331 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc: $250,000 · InternationalSave The Children…+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalSOVEREIGN ENERGY: $75,000 · EnvironmentSOVEREIGN ENER…MOTHERS OUT FRONT INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentMOTHERS OUT FR…ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $50,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL …HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $10,000 · EnvironmentTRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureBOSTON THEATER COMPANY INC: $20,400 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 · HealthVital Impacts: $15,212 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,006,331International$252,500Environment$210,000Arts & Culture$52,900Education$25,000Health$25,000Community Improvement$15,212Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetMAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $656,000 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO RIVER VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION: $245,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOVEREIGN ENERGY: $75,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMOTHERS OUT FRONT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL INC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAGLY INC: $20,331 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVital Impacts: $15,212 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 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.

Boston Foundation IncAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Civil Society Institute Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Civil Society Institute Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Bagly Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Civil Society Institute Inc?

Find your warmest path to Civil Society Institute Inc 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 18 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 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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