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Digital Citizen Fund Inc

To Support women and girls in gaining access to technology and education to obtain the skills they need to achieve financial independence.

$952k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$364kPhilanthropy$100kInternational$100k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $323,337, the rows itemized in this filing. The $952,480 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $629,143 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $249k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$31,977
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMASS Boston College$74,655
California State University$34,930
Stony Brook University$34,232
Arizona State University$32,151
Virginia Tech University$31,977
Temple University$29,332
Iowa State University$25,969
University of Nevada LA$25,816
George Mason University$20,074
University of Buffalo NY$14,201
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UMASS Boston College: $75k → 16%Temple University: $29k → 22%California State University: $35k → 14%Stony Brook University: $34k → 7%University of Buffalo NY: $14k → 13%RF Catalytic Capital Inc: $100k → 17%Iowa State University: $26k → 17%Missouri S&T: $16k → 16%George Mason University: $20k → 6%Virginia Tech University: $32k → 21%Ideas Beyond Borders: $100k → 17%Virginia Tech University: $25k → 21%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

NY
MA
NV
IA
PA
CA
MO
VA
AZ

Grants abroad, by region: $237k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $154k to organizations and $83k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$154k · 65% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: Refugee Assistance

North America (Canada and Mexico)$83k · 35% · 4 people

Stated purpose: Education (Canada)

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its 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
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
2
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
3
University Foundation
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4
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
5
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
6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
University of Iowa Research Foundation

The university of iowa research foundation's (uirf) mission is to: advance, develop, increase and extend the progress of science and useful arts through encouraging and assisting investigation, research and education at the state…

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8
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
9
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
10
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
11
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is George Mason University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ideas Beyond Borders 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

9 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. 9 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $34,930 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD …STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $34,232 · EducationSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INCARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $32,151 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR …Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $29,332 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth …IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,969 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $25,816 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATIO…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,074 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $74,655 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $57,448 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE &…CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $15,585 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MI…University of Buffalo NY: $14,201 · OtherUniversity of Buffalo NYIdeas Beyond Borders Inc: $100,000 · InternationalIdeas Beyond Borders…RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyRF CATALYTIC CAPITAL…
Education$202,504Other$161,889International$100,000Philanthropy$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIdeas Beyond Borders Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $34,930 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $34,232 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $32,151 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $29,332 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,969 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $25,816 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,074 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Digital Citizen Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Digital Citizen Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Digital Citizen Fund Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Digital Citizen Fund 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 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 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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