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Cullen 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.

$6.1M
Granted FY2022
189
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2022.

Education$14MArts & Culture$4.6MScience & Tech$623kHuman Services$587kHealth$553kYouth Development$541kRecreation & Sports$319kCommunity Improvement$260kOther$0
02FY2022 · 189 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k92 grants · $397k
  • $10k–50k64 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $3.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TNTP$600,000
SAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC$278,250
CITY YEAR INC$250,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (UB)$240,450
EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE OF WNY$235,900
BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL$217,300
PERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$201,200
CHAPIN HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$191,766
EDUCATION ANALYTICS INC$190,000
BUFFALO COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL$175,125
TNTP$131,086
CANISIUS COLLEGE$125,000
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$100,000
KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL MANAGEMENT INC$100,000
NORTHEAST CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $604k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $36k → 22%GENESIS HOUSE OF OLEAN INC: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF NIAGARA: $4k → 14%CHILDCARE NETWORK OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $20k → 13%CHILDCARE NETWORK OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $12k → 13%CHILDCARE NETWORK OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $5k → 13%YMCA BUFFALO NIAGARA: $40k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $10k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $5k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $2k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $1k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $25k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK: $20k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK: $10k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK: $8k → 13%FRIENDS INC: $5k → 13%PEOPLE WHO CARE PROJECT DBA WISE YOUNG BUILDERS: $30k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $15k → 13%NET POSITIVE INC: $25k → 13%NET POSITIVE INC: $13k → 13%PEOPLE WHO CARE PROJECT DBA WISE YOUNG BUILDERS: $4k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $5k → 13%NET POSITIVE INC: $2k → 13%PEOPLE WHO CARE PROJECT DBA WISE YOUNG BUILDERS: $1k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $60k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $60k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $27k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $40k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $13k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $12k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $12k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $53k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $10k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $3k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 9% of Cullen Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Cullen Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19M · 105 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

105 repeat relationships — 88 still active in FY2022, 17 since wound down; 68 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
57

Total granted

$19M
$2.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+5%

Still filing today

86%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $479k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TI
    TNTP INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.7M · revenue +145%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +0%
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    3× · 2020–2022 · $993k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • UR
    UB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $369k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $256k
  • BI
    BES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue -47%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
State University College At Buffalo Child Day Care Development Facility Inc

To provide quality, affordable child care for the families of students, faculty and staff of the college, as well as families of other new york state employees and community members.

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2
Binghamton Philharmonic Inc

The mission of the Binghamton Philharmonic is building community through the power of live music.

Arts & Culture
3
Charter School of Inquiry

Charter school of inquiry (csi) will achieve breakthrough outcomes for city of buffalo children in kindergarten through grade 6 by creating an inquiry-based learning environment with an intense focus on learning to read and write well in…

Education
4
Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

The Buffalo Institiute for Contemporary Art (Bica) is a art and educational project for Buffalo, NY. Through Innovative exhibitions, cross-discipplinary skills-based programming, and arts ecology development, bica mission is to break down…

Arts & Culture
5
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
6
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Corp
Arts & Culture
7
African Cultural Center of Buffalo Inc

To promote sponsor and develop an appreciation of and allegiance to african and african american heritage and commit to enhance social behavior amoung african american youths through multi disciplinary education and training in the arts.

Arts & Culture
8
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
9
Bct Brooklyn Children's Theatre Inc

Brooklyn children's theatre empowers youth through musical theatre, reimagining arts education by centering the whole child and prioritizing belonging and equity.

Arts & Culture
10
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc

Provide quality, diverse arts programming to impact our communities and enrich people's lives in the twin tiers

Arts & Culture
11
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
12
University At Buffalo Child Care Center Inc

University at Buffalo Child Care Center offers care for infants, toddlers, and preschool children throughout the year.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buffalo String Works Inc and the most unlike its peers is Black Rock Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%1%<5yr13%14%5–10yr17%22%10–20yr20%29%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr20%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%9%5–10yr17%19%10–20yr20%45%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr20%12%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/170
the rest of the field
9%
455/5,072

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

156 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 156 of the 232 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
151/156
Grantees still filing
113/156
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY YEAR INC — $1,102,500 · OtherCITY YEAR INCElmwood Village Charter School — $685,501 · OtherElmwood Village Charter SchoolTEACH FOR AMERICA BUFFALO — $555,535 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERICA BUFFALOBUFFALO PREP INC — $484,000 · OtherBUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — $425,000 · OtherPERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $407,000 · OtherBUFFALO COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL — $389,125 · OtherUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $369,040 · OtherSHEA'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $350,000 · OtherCHAPIN HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — $325,727 · Other+93 more — $4,573,653 · Other+93 moreTNTP INC — $1,702,367 · EducationTNTP INCThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $993,109 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State Univ…SAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC — $920,750 · EducationSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INCEDUCATION COLLABORATIVE OF WNY INC — $908,690 · EducationEDUCATION COLLABORATIVE OF WNY INCBUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL — $868,143 · EducationBUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLWEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL — $454,015 · EducationWEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL+28 more — $2,596,841 · Education+28 moreTorn Space Theater Inc — $239,000 · Arts & CultureTorn Space Th…IRISH CLASSICAL THEATER CO — $233,893 · Arts & CultureIRISH CLASSIC…ROAD LESS TRAVELED PRODUCTIONS LTD — $227,000 · Arts & CultureROAD LESS TRA…BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES — $225,065 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO SOCIE…SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC — $205,000 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPEARE I…SPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $200,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGVILLE C…BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER — $195,000 · Arts & CultureBURCHFIELD PE…HALLWALLS INC — $144,000 · Arts & CultureKLEINHANS MUSIC HALL MANAGEMENT INC — $112,000 · Arts & CultureUJIMA COMPANY INCORPORATED — $110,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC — $110,000 · Arts & Culture+27 more — $771,368 · Arts & Culture+27 moreTHE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC — $156,274 · Human ServicesNative American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc — $53,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC — $49,000 · Human ServicesBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC — $42,550 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA — $40,486 · Human ServicesNet Positive Inc — $40,295 · Human ServicesTHE TEACHERS DESK INC — $37,500 · Human ServicesCHILDCARE NETWORK OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIE — $37,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE — $36,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE WHO CARE PROJECT — $35,275 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK — $25,000 · Human Services+4 more — $48,125 · Human ServicesTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $258,487 · PhilanthropySHAW FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC — $125,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY — $44,000 · PhilanthropyCITY SWIM PROJECT INC — $111,500 · Recreation & SportsCRADLE BEACH INC — $77,800 · Recreation & SportsKENAN CENTER INC — $76,500 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC — $11,500 · Recreation & SportsMetro Community Development Corporation — $10,600 · Recreation & SportsEDUCATION ANALYTICS INC — $240,000 · Science & Tech
Other$9,667,081Education$8,443,915Arts & Culture$2,772,326Human Services$600,505Philanthropy$577,487Recreation & Sports$287,900Science & Tech$240,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTNTP INC — $1,702,367 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $1,102,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $993,109 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC — $920,750 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetEDUCATION COLLABORATIVE OF WNY INC — $908,690 over 4y, 17% of budgetBUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL — $868,143 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBUFFALO PREP INC — $484,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetWEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL — $454,015 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetPERSISTENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $407,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetBUFFALO COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL — $389,125 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetNORTHEAST CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK INC — $267,375 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $258,487 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBES INC — $250,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetEDUCATION ANALYTICS INC — $240,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY — $240,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTorn Space Theater Inc — $239,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetIRISH CLASSICAL THEATER CO — $233,893 over 4y, 16% of budgetROAD LESS TRAVELED PRODUCTIONS LTD — $227,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES — $225,065 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC — $222,593 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED BUFFALO INC — $206,294 over 3y, 11% of budgetSHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC — $205,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetSPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $200,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER — $195,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL — $177,545 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetARTPARK & COMPANY INC — $165,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC — $156,274 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSHAW FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetHALLWALLS INC — $144,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetBESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC — $140,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLEYWAY THEATRE INC — $127,500 over 4y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC — $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL — $124,900 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPRIMARY HALL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL — $114,100 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetKLEINHANS MUSIC HALL MANAGEMENT INC — $112,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCITY SWIM PROJECT INC — $111,500 over 3y, 35% of budgetUJIMA COMPANY INCORPORATED — $110,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC — $110,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetUniversity District Community Developmen — $108,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetD'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY — $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHARTER BOARD PARTNERS D/B/A EDUCATION BOARD PARTNERS — $99,847 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetBUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $98,417 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTH BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL — $96,325 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC — $95,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $93,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $89,900 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES — $89,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColored Musicians Club of Buffalo New York Inc — $88,500 over 2y, 47% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Cullen Foundation of …The John R Oishei Fou…First Niagara Foundat…The Western New York …The Peter and Elizabe…James H Cummings Foun…The Margaret L Wendt …Children's Foundation…United Way of Buffalo…The Baird FoundationBuffalo Bills Foundat…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY157.8× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · The Baird Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cullen Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • The Achievement Network Ltd — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
78report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cullen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cullen 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 232 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

Source object · view filing

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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
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines