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Daffy's Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$33kEnvironment$31kArts & Culture$16kEducation$14kAnimals$6kHealth$5kHuman Services$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$479k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY$3,000
WORLD WILDLFE FUND$3,000
TEWKSBURY LAND TRUST$3,000
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE$3,000
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL$3,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY$3,000
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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 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

MN
NY
OR
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
AL
GA
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 7 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
32

Total granted

$51k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +134%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +98%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
5
International Council On Environmental Economics and Development Union
Human Services
6
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
7
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
8
Int'l Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - Us

Iucn-us fund builds bridges between us donors and iucn by catalyzing, accelerating, funding and promoting iucn's work - conserving nature and natural resources in the united states and throughout the world.

Environment
9
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
10
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The River Project Inc. 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 44 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $11,000 · OtherTHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCYST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $11,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOLTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTEWKSBURY LAND TRUST: $6,000 · OtherTEWKSBURY LAND TRUSTAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN: $2,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,500 · OtherGREENPEACE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION: $2,500 · Other+12 more: $10,500 · Other+12 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES US…International Rescue Committee INC: $7,500 · InternationalInternational Rescue Commit…INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: $3,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR …AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INCNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $2,000 · InternationalNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE I…PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,000 · InternationalBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $1,000 · InternationalOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSER…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLI…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESO…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVA…AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSE…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTA…WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER …NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $1,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $1,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,000 · Civil RightsTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$63,000International$27,500Environment$13,000Animals$5,000Arts & Culture$4,000Civil Rights$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe River Project Inc: $500 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Daffy's Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daffy's Foundation Inc. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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How do I get to Daffy's Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Daffy's Foundation Inc 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 44 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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