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Cross Ridge Foundation Co Davidson Daw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$205kArts & Culture$140kRecreation & Sports$105kEducation$89kInternational$58kCivil Rights$56kPublic Benefit$42kHuman Services$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NPR$15,000
WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROJECT$10,000
AUDOBON CANYON RANCH$10,000
SIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP$10,000
WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES$7,500
KQED$5,000
EASTER ISLAND FOUNDATION$5,000
YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS$5,000
PROPUBLICA$5,000
OAKGROVE EDUCATION PARTNERS$5,000
DAYS FOR GIRLS INTERNATIONAL$5,000
BEYOND THE REEF INTERNATIONAL$5,000
CAPE COD TECH FOUNDATION$3,000
GEORGE GARDNER SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STAY TRUE LLC: $5k → 22%ACHEIVE TAHOE: $5k → 6%AUDOBON CANYON RANCH: $10k → 8%YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS: $10k → 9%OAKGROVE EDUCATION PARTNERS: $5k → 9%EASTER ISLAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%SIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP: $15k → 13%WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $10k → 14%COOPER UNION: $15k → 17%EARTH ECHO INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 14%WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES: $10k → 12%DAYS FOR GIRLS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 11%DOUG COOMBS FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%LETS GROW KIDS: $20k → 10%ALOHA FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $5k → 23%STAY TRUE LLC: $5k → 22%TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $5k → 8%YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS: $10k → 9%KQED: $5k → 10%EASTER ISLAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%SIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP: $10k → 13%WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $5k → 14%COOPER UNION: $15k → 17%EARTH ECHO INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 14%WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES: $8k → 12%DAYS FOR GIRLS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 11%LETS GROW KIDS: $10k → 10%THE ALOHA FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $5k → 23%TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $5k → 8%YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS: $10k → 9%SIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP: $5k → 13%COOPER UNION: $15k → 17%EARTH ECHO INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 14%MIGRANT JUSTICE: $10k → 10%YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS: $10k → 9%COOPER UNION: $15k → 17%YES NATURE TO NEIGHBORHOODS: $10k → 9%COOPER UNION: $10k → 17%COOPER UNION: $10k → 17%COOPER UNION: $10k → 17%PROPUBLICA: $10k → 17%CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $10k → 14%SUMMER SEARCH NEW YORK CITY: $20k → 17%SUMMER SEARCH NEW YORK CITY: $10k → 17%SUMMER SEARCH NEW YORK CITY: $10k → 17%NPR: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
NY
MA
WY
PA
CA
CO
DC
LA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$737k · 23 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
9

Total granted

$737k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+64%

Still filing today

83%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCrime & LegalEducationOther
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 ALOHA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +13%
  • YN
    YES Nature to Neighborhoods
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +316%
  • WR
    Western Resource Advocates
    8× · 2018–2025 · $45k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TD
    The Doug Coombs Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +512%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • N
    NARAL
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Grist Magazine Inc

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

Environment
4
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
5
Outdoor Equity Alliance

To create equitable access to nature in all communities and inspire a diverse new generation of environmental leaders.

Food & Nutrition
6
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
7
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
8
Cascade Climate Inc

To accelerate progress in interventions that harness Earths natural systems to stabilize the climate.

Environment
9
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills

Our mission is to protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone.

—
10
CarbonPlan

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

Environment
11
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
12
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Goodpower Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is George & Michael Gardner Fund. 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

29 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. 29 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COOPER UNION: $90,000 · OtherCOOPER UNIONSUMMER SEARCH NEW YORK CITY: $45,000 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH NEW YORK CITYBEYOND THE REEF INTERNATIONAL: $27,500 · OtherBEYOND THE REEF INTERNATIONALNPR: $15,000 · OtherMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $32,500 · OtherMIGRANT JUSTICE INCDays For Girls International: $30,000 · OtherDays For Girls InternationalWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $20,000 · OtherWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Projec…FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $40,500 · Other+8 moreYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentYES Nature to Nei…LET'S GROW KIDS INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentLET'S GROW KIDS I…City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCity Kids to Wild…The Doug Coombs Foundation: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE ALOHA FOUND…EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureEARTHECHO INTE…PRO PUBLICA INC: $35,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA IN…THE EASTER ISLAND FOUNDATION: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EASTER ISL…KQED INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP: $35,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA BU…AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON C…TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $10,000 · EnvironmentTURTLE IS…GOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentGOODPOWER…+1 more: $1,500 · EnvironmentWestern Resource Advocates: $44,500 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $1,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $40,000 · Public Benefit
Other$315,500Youth Development$120,000Recreation & Sports$105,000Arts & Culture$99,500Environment$66,500Crime & Legal$45,500Public Benefit$40,000

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 ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $55,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $44,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $40,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA BUTTES TRAIL STEWARDSHIP: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetDays For Girls International: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EASTER ISLAND FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE & MICHAEL GARDNER FUND: $8,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetOak Grove Education Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCAPE COD TECH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetKQED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINEQUALITY MEDIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMusic In Schools Today: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROBOTS IN SERVICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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.

Marin Community Found…PatagoniaorgThe San Francisco Fou…Rei Cooperative Actio…Lamb Weston Charitabl…Rockefeller Philanthr…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for Good
Marin Community FoundationCA18.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The San Francisco Foundation · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good

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 Cross Ridge Foundation Co Davidson Daw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cross Ridge Foundation Co Davidson Daw. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Migrant Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Cross Ridge Foundation Co Davidson Daw 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 36 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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