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Crane Fund for Widows and Children at a glance

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Crane Fund for Widows and Children

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.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
985
Grants FY2024still arriving
40
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$908kHuman Services$877kFood & Nutrition$438kReligion$350kEducation$324kYouth Development$317kHousing & Shelter$311kRecreation & Sports$173kOther$0
02FY2024 · 985 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k943 grants · $3.9M
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $577k
$4,500
Median grant
40
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHUNHUI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$45,000
Holly House$35,000
Asociacin Mexicana de Ayuda a Nios con Cncer en Quertaro IAP$22,500
FoundCare$22,000
Barnwell Community Soup Kitchen$20,000
Casa Hogar San Pablo IAP$17,500
Mahdlo$17,500
Red Crescent UAE$15,000
Renewal Foundation Inc$15,000
Senses Residential and Day Care for Special Needs$15,000
Dream Foundation$15,000
Community Recreation Association Inc (CRA)$15,000
The Citizens Foundation USA$15,000
Pals Programs$13,500
Miracle League of Las Vegas$12,500
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 (FY24–24, $564k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD Inc: $5k → 10%Wide Horizons for Children: $5k → 8%Berkshire Dream Center: $5k → 12%Dream Foundation: $15k → 14%Community Assistance Center: $5k → 9%The Tulsa Boys Home: $6k → 15%Miracle Hill Ministries Inc: $5k → 10%Midlands Special Needs Foundation: $8k → 11%Gifts for the Homeless: $5k → 14%Metropolitan Ministries: $5k → 13%The Macomb Charitable Foundation: $5k → 10%Project SAGE: $5k → 9%The Store: $5k → 14%Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center: $5k → 12%Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families: $6k → 12%Senior Services Inc: $5k → 15%GUILFORD GREEN FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%ConnectAbility Inc: $8k → 12%LOST AND FOUND YOUTH: $5k → 13%Chase the Victory: $9k → 13%Stag Vets Inc: $5k → 24%A Child's Hope Int'l: $5k → 6%Full Circle Grief Center: $6k → 6%Miracle League of Las Vegas: $13k → 13%NEADS: $5k → 11%Pals Programs: $14k → 6%Family Connection of South Carolina: $5k → 16%Children in Crisis: $9k → 8%Bullard Family Foundation: $5k → 13%CHAMP Assistance Dogs: $5k → 11%Operation North State: $5k → 15%Mid-Western Children's Home: $6k → 6%Greenlight Family Services: $8k → 14%Benny's Bodega: $5k → 6%New Hampshire Food Bank: $5k → 7%Pathways PA Inc: $5k → 10%Crowley's Ridge Development Council: $6k → 17%Childrens Aid Society of Alabama: $5k → 16%Riverbrook Residence Inc: $5k → 12%David's Drive 831 Inc: $5k → 6%Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County: $5k → 10%Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania - co St Barna: $5k → 22%Washington Kids in Transition: $10k → 9%Meals on Wheels of Chester County Inc: $9k → 6%Food on Foot: $6k → 14%Human Services Association (HSA): $6k → 14%PACS - Phoenixville Area Community Services: $10k → 6%Ann's Heart: $10k → 6%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

NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$159k · 15 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 959 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
42

Total granted

$159k
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+19%

Still filing today

60%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $14k · revenue +75%
  • TB
    THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +8%
  • BALLARD FOOD BANK
    2× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • AM
    Asociacion Mexicana de Ayuda a Ninos con Cancer Queretaro I.A.P.
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +50%
  • AL
    Association Les Restaurants du Coeur de Haute Savoie
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
2
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
3
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
4
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
5
Chances & Changes Inc

To operate residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence.

—
6
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

—
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
Lifeworks Incorporated

Lifeworks provides education, jobs and homes for persons with developmental disabilities empowering them to lead meaningful lives within the community. our guiding principles ensure that lifeworks staff and volunteers strive to create and…

Human Services
11
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

—
12
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Works Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mauri 4 the Win. 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

500 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. 500 of the 1,017 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
493/500
Grantees still filing
204/500
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHUNHUI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Other+133 more: $1,109,700 · Other+133 moreDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DR…PALS Programs: $13,500 · Human ServicesPALS Program…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $12,500 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAG…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES…WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION: $10,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON K…PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesPHOENIXVILLE…ANN'S HEART INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesANN'S HEART …MEALS ON WHEELS OF CHESTER COUNTY: $9,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN IN CRISIS INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesCHASE THE VICTORY CORPORATION: $8,685 · Human ServicesConnectability Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesMIDLANDS SPECIAL NEEDS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Human ServicesGREENLIGHT FAMILY SERVICES: $7,500 · Human Services+9 more: $52,000 · Human Services+9 moreFOUNDCARE INC: $22,000 · HealthFOUNDCARE …THE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · HealthTHE TINY M…BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · HealthBENEVOLENT…Boyer Children's Clinic: $10,000 · HealthBoyer Chil…LIVFREE INC: $10,000 · HealthLIVFREE IN…AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $10,000 · HealthAUTISM SPE…THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC: $9,750 · HealthTHE BARN A…PINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $7,500 · HealthTHEATER BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS CORP: $7,500 · HealthBRINGING HOPE HOME: $7,500 · HealthIMPACT MELANOMA INC: $7,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF HUNTINGTON INC: $6,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $6,000 · HealthSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $6,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $6,000 · HealthTOMORROWS CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $6,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $6,000 · HealthCORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK INC: $5,500 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $5,500 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirlUp GVL: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentOFF THE STREET CLUB: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCamp For All Foundation: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATURAL CREATIVITY: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentNO EXCUSES COLLEGE TOURS: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $11,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $10,500 · Housing & ShelterPHOENIXVILLE WOMENS OUTREACH: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterMALTA HOUSE INC: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterBETHANY CENTER: $12,000 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $8,500 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $7,500 · Food & NutritionTHE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY KITCHEN: $5,000 · Food & NutritionPERSON TO PERSON INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyDRESSED FOR SCHOOL INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropyTRELLIS FOR TOMORROW: $6,250 · PhilanthropyTHE MOUNT KISCO INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyBrads Blessings Inc: $6,000 · PhilanthropyJUST BECAUSE OF LOVE INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,154,700Human Services$182,185Health$160,750Youth Development$64,000Housing & Shelter$48,000Food & Nutrition$43,000Philanthropy$41,250

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFOUNDCARE INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPALS Programs: $13,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $12,500 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETHANY CENTER: $12,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY MEND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBoyer Children's Clinic: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLIVFREE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGirlUp GVL: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE WOMENS OUTREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANN'S HEART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC: $9,750 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $9,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CHESTER COUNTY: $9,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN IN CRISIS INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHASE THE VICTORY CORPORATION: $8,685 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS READ NOW INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMALTA HOUSE INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKENNETH YOUNG CENTER: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnectability Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHEATER BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS CORP: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMIDLANDS SPECIAL NEEDS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetBRINGING HOPE HOME: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds FOUNDCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PALS Programs ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PERSON TO PERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY MEND ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

United Way of the Pie…Spartanburg County Fo…Chester County Commun…Mary Black Foundation…Spartanburg Regional …Genuardi Family Found…W W Smith Charitable …The Gordon Charter Fo…Quest for the BestJ M Smith FoundationArkwright FoundationLee Bank Foundation I…
United Way of the Piedmont IncSC36.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Piedmont Inc · Spartanburg County Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · Mary Black Foundation Inc · Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Genuardi Family Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Quest for the Best · J M Smith Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · Lee Bank Foundation Inc

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 Fund for Widows and Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crane Fund for Widows and Children. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Child Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Postpartum Support International: 43% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Center Stage Theatre Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Independence Northwest Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Berkshire Dream Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Foundcare Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Triangle Community Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Zumix Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Impact Melanoma Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New Canaan Mounted Troop Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
56report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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How do I get to Crane Fund for Widows and Children?

Find your warmest path to Crane Fund for Widows and Children 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 1017 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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