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Congdon Family 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.

$878k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$279k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$863kArts & Culture$346kInternational$309kHealth$220kPublic Benefit$125kPhilanthropy$100kReligion$23kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $539k
  • $250k+1 grant · $279k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE AMERICAN FDN FOR THE IYARI SCHO$279,200
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION$125,000
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC$110,000
GO CAMPAIGN$103,500
LEGACY GLOBAL PROGRAMS$100,000
DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION$100,000
STATE DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND$25,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$15,000
CAREYES FOUNDATION$10,000
SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATI$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 (FY21–24, $309k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%GO CAMPAIGN: $104k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $80k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $75k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $50k → 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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 6 repeat orgs$431k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$1.4M
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+62%

Still filing today

83%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • TA
    The American Foundation For The Iyari School
    3× · 2021–2024 · $680k · revenue +136% · 82% of their budget
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $210k · revenue +64%
  • TW
    THE WEBB SCHOOLS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $24k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +6%
  • IT
    IN THE LOOKING GLASS DBA MEDICOS
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • K
    KCRW
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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4
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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5
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
8
Afp Foundation for Philanthropy

The afp foundation shall strive to enhance philanthropy and volunteerism through programs, education, and research.

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9
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

The association of governing boards of universities and colleges advances higher education as a public good by preparing college, university, and foundation governing boards to fulfill their fiduciary duties and exemplify the highest…

Education
10
American Academy of Dermatology Inc

To assure that dermatologists have access to the highest quality education, research and innovations in the field, and that patients and the public have access to the highest quality medical and surgical dermatologic care and to…

Health
11
Freewill Impact Fund

Freewill impact fund's mission is to make charitable giving especially easy, so donors can support their favorite nonprofit organizations without traditional pain points in non-cash giving, and make a truly remarkable impact on the world.

Philanthropy
12
Adf Foundation

Foundation endowment management for the financial support of alliance defending freedom.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The American Foundation For The Iyari School: $680,200 · OtherThe American Foundation For The Iyari SchoolTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION+10 more: $78,650 · Other+10 moreGo Campaign: $308,500 · Human ServicesGo CampaignLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $210,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES…SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $160,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN…THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $25,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDA…UCLA FOUNDATION: $156,000 · EducationUCLA FOUND…THE WEBB SCHOOLS: $24,440 · EducationTHE WEBB S…Legacy Global Programs: $100,000 · PhilanthropyDEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Civil RightsSTATE DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND D/B/A DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND: $25,000 · Public Benefit
Other$883,850Human Services$308,500Arts & Culture$210,000Health$185,000Education$180,440Philanthropy$100,000Civil Rights$100,000Public Benefit$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 budgetThe American Foundation For The Iyari School: $680,200 over 3y, 82% of budgetGo Campaign: $308,500 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $210,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $156,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegacy Global Programs: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOLS: $24,440 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $5,000 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 Congdon Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Congdon Family 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 21 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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