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Crane 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.

$448k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$105kCommunity Improvement$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$70kFood & Nutrition$55kHuman Services$53kEducation$37kInternational$8kScience & Tech$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $205k
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$105,358
Project Hood$100,000
American Red Cross$35,000
World Central Kitchen$25,000
St Lukes School$15,000
Peace Winds America$10,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER$10,000
Greer Relief and Resources Agency$10,000
Foothills Food Hub$10,000
Montgomery County Food Bank$10,000
Connect Community Services$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Feeding America$10,000
Americares$7,500
Brunswick Family Assistance$7,500
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 (FY24–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Connect Community Services: $10k → 9%Care Community Center: $5k → 8%St Mary Outreach: $5k → 19%Greer Relief and Resources Agency: $10k → 10%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
MN
IL
MI
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
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 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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
7
Manhattanville University

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

Education
8
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
11
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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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 Montgomery County Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is John Stanford International School Ptsa 6 15 195. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 30 of the 40 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)
30/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Red Cross: $35,000 · OtherAmerican Red CrossCRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherCRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTERMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK …Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $7,500 · OtherBrunswick Family Assistance …LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 · OtherBABY2BABY: $5,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE LAKE SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherCommunity Kitchen: $5,000 · OtherThe Woodlands Christian Academy: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherMANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $3,100 · OtherAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $105,358 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Child…PROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DE…MCDOWELL LFAC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTHE WELL OUTREACH INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · InternationalCCS CONNECT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREER RELIEF AND RESOURCES AGENCY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCARE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesST MARYS OUTREACH INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesST LUKE'S FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationJACKSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+5 more: $1,575 · EducationPEACE WINDS AMERICA: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$110,600Health$105,358Community Improvement$100,000Food & Nutrition$35,000International$32,500Human Services$30,000Education$24,075Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

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 budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $105,358 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE WINDS AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCCS CONNECT COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMCDOWELL LFAC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREER RELIEF AND RESOURCES AGENCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WELL OUTREACH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBABY2BABY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Woodlands Christian Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJACKSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS OUTREACH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Stanford International School PTSA 6 15 195: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $100 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 …American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC9.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Crane Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crane Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • St Luke's Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Crane Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Crane 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 40 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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