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Dash Mooney Family Foundation

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.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$72kReligion$40kRecreation & Sports$35kScience & Tech$20kPhilanthropy$8kAnimals$7kHuman Services$1kArts & Culture$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$5,182
Median grant
5
States reached
$157k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$11,800
Saint Martin De Porres$10,000
Mightycause Charitable Foundation$8,250
Staten Island Academy$5,182
Valor Service Dogs Inc$5,000
Mercer University$2,000
Wonders & Worries Inc$1,030
Atlanta Ballet$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wonders & Worries Inc: $1k → 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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 6 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$122k
$45k

Still filing today

50%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • GT
    GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +16%
  • SM
    Saint Martin De Porres
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k
  • GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $29k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • AA
    AZ Athletics Wildcat Club/General
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • SM
    Saint Martin De Poress
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Georgia Tech Athletic Association Inc

The primary purpose of the association is to promote the educational programs of georgia tech through student body participation in "healthful exercises, recreations, athletic games and contests". the association "develops the young people…

Education
7
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
8
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
9
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
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
Georgia Tech Research Corporation

The georgia tech research corporation (gtrc) is organized and operated to support the research activities of the georgia institute of technology in the areas of innovative research, technical assistance, and economic development.

Health
12
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Valor Service Dogs 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

8 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. 8 of the 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AZ Athletics Wildcat Club/General: $35,000 · OtherAZ Athletics Wildcat Club/GeneralGEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · OtherGEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONSaint Martin De Porres: $30,000 · OtherSaint Martin De PorresGeorgia Tech Association Inc: $20,000 · OtherGeorgia Tech Association IncSaint Martin De Poress: $10,000 · OtherSaint Martin De PoressMercer Georgia Baptist College of Nursing: $6,000 · OtherGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $29,300 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATIO…STATEN ISLAND ACADEMY: $5,182 · EducationSTATEN ISLAND ACADEMYTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationTHE CORPORATION OF MER…MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8,250 · PhilanthropyVALOR SERVICE DOGS INC: $7,000 · AnimalsWonders & Worries Inc: $1,030 · Human ServicesATLANTA BALLET INC: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$131,000Education$36,482Philanthropy$8,250Animals$7,000Human Services$1,030Arts & Culture$100

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 budgetGEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $29,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALOR SERVICE DOGS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSTATEN ISLAND ACADEMY: $5,182 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWonders & Worries Inc: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $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 FundSC12.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Dash Mooney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dash Mooney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dash Mooney Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dash Mooney Family 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 13 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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