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Civitas Foundation

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.

$170k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.6MHuman Services$492kPhilanthropy$260kArts & Culture$128kInternational$106kReligion$82kYouth Development$71kHealth$63kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND$40,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA PLATA COUNTY$30,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$25,000
WILD COURAGE$20,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES$20,000
LA PLATA COUNTY SEARCH & RESCUE$10,000
LAURENCE SCHOOL$10,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$5,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$5,000
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH$3,000
THE HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON$1,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND INC$500
YOUTH ON COURSE$500
MUSIC UNITED$250
YALE UNIVERSITY$200
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $492k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $11k → 17%HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND: $150k → 12%HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND: $110k → 12%HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND: $100k → 12%HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND: $81k → 12%HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO BENEFIT FUND: $40k → 12%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

ID
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 20 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
18

Total granted

$1.7M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

85%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • TG
    THE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $106k · revenue +35%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    2× · 2019–2020 · $101k · revenue +24%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TB
    The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stan
    one grant, 2019 · $61k
  • SI
    SOCIETY IGNATIAN FELLOWS - LOYOLA UNIV
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • HC
    HAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
5
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
6
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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7
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
8
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
11
Long Island University

To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Princeton Day School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wild Courage Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 44 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $486,500 · OtherWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMYCHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY: $126,000 · OtherCHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMYDARAJA ACADEMY: $110,500 · OtherDARAJA ACADEMYThe Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stan: $61,000 · OtherThe Board Of Trustees Of The Leland StanSOCIETY IGNATIAN FELLOWS - LOYOLA UNIV: $50,000 · OtherHAL COKER MEMORIAL BUCKAROO: $50,000 · Other+17 more: $165,000 · Other+17 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $570,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LEL…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $101,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOThe Trustees of Princeton University: $50,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton Univer…LAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $30,000 · Education+8 more: $80,520 · Education+8 moreHal Coker Memorial Buckaroo Benefit Fund Inc: $481,000 · Human ServicesHal Coker Memorial …+1 more: $11,160 · Human ServicesPrinceton Area Community Foundation Inc: $250,000 · PhilanthropyPrinceton …MOOSE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC: $106,000 · InternationalBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $51,000 · HealthThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $12,000 · Health
Other$1,049,000Education$831,520Human Services$492,160Philanthropy$260,000International$106,000Youth Development$68,000Health$63,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $570,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHal Coker Memorial Buckaroo Benefit Fund Inc: $481,000 over 5y, 85% of budgetPrinceton Area Community Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC: $106,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $51,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $33,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA PLATA COUNTY SEARCH & RESCUE INC: $24,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetWILD COURAGE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $19,120 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRIDER UNIVERSITY: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $11,160 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAURENCE SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetESALEN INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOOSE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH HERITAGE ORGANIZATION: $2,250 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetYale University: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Jewish Communal FundChubb Charitable Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Verizon FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC14.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Verizon Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Rider University: 1% of income from government
  • The Hun School of Princeton: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 44 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
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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