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Direct Supply Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$284k
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$39k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$369kEducation$295kHuman Services$287kYouth Development$249kArts & Culture$179kFood & Nutrition$128kCommunity Improvement$113kHousing & Shelter$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $183k
$2,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$39,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$27,000
MILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC$22,636
HUNGER TASK FORCE OF MILWAUKEE INC$17,500
SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC$15,000
MELANIN MINDED FOUNDATION$14,000
HAVENWOODS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP$13,500
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC$12,000
SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC$12,000
NORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$10,000
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING$9,000
SAFE & SOUND INC$5,500
STEM FORWARD INC$5,500
ERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC$5,000
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARIOTS4HOPE INC: $500 → 12%BALANCE INC: $2k → 6%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 17%HOMETOWN HEROES INC: $1k → 6%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%HOMETOWN HEROES INC: $1k → 6%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB: $500 → 6%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $3k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $2k → 17%SHARP LITERACY: $2k → 17%GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $4k → 17%GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $3k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2k → 17%SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $15k → 17%SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3k → 17%INDEPENDENCEFIRST: $3k → 17%INDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $2k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $800 → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $12k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $7k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $6k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $6k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $4k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $1k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $800 → 17%RAISING THE BAR INC: $10k → 17%RAISING THE BAR INC: $4k → 17%RAISING THE BAR INC: $3k → 17%RAISING THE BAR INC: $2k → 17%RAISING THE BAR INC: $1k → 17%MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $7k → 17%PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $2k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $2k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $2k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $2k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
MS
GA
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.
$1.7M · 108 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

108 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

108
84

Total granted

$1.7M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

64%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $176k · revenue +21%
  • MW
    MILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $138k · revenue +34%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $82k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • CV
    CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -14%
  • LF
    LCS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -28%
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
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
2
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
3
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
4
Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee Inc

To promote interests and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through strengthening organizational capacity, expanding volunteerism and encouraging collaboration.

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5
Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc

The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc

Milwaukee water commons is helping catalyze milwaukee as a true model water city-a place where we all have a stake in the health of our waters and all share in their stewardship and benefits. we are advancing our community envisioned water…

Environment
7
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc

The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.

Employment
8
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
9
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
10
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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11
My Choice Wisconsin Inc

We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.

Health
12
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cj Lomas Recovery Foundation. 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

127 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. 127 of the 201 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/127
Grantees still filing
89/127
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $78,790 · OtherCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INCHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $70,912 · OtherHUNGER TASK FORCE INCCHASING CHAD CORP: $40,000 · OtherSTEM FORWARD INC: $33,562 · OtherAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN WISCONSIN: $28,380 · OtherMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $47,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONSafe & Sound Inc: $38,870 · OtherRevitalize Milwaukee Inc: $34,050 · Other+119 more: $391,326 · Other+119 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $82,071 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DI…MOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $30,165 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUND…VIVENT HEALTH INC: $21,750 · HealthVIVENT HEALTH …American Heart Association Inc: $21,750 · HealthAmerican Heart…EISENHOWER CENTER INC: $20,053 · HealthEISENHOWER CEN…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $8,250 · HealthHOPE STREET MINISTRY INC: $7,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $7,482 · Health+15 more: $25,177 · Health+15 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $176,030 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC: $19,300 · Youth DevelopmentLIGHTHOUSE YO…LEAD2CHANGE INC: $9,250 · Youth Development+3 more: $7,300 · Youth DevelopmentAGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $37,621 · Human ServicesAGELESS AVIA…SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $35,850 · Human ServicesSILVER SPRIN…SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSERVING OLDE…GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesGATHERING OF…RAISING THE BAR INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesRAISING THE …SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL DEVEL…LCS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $7,433 · Human Services+15 more: $32,135 · Human Services+15 moreMILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC: $138,463 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE …UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED PER…+4 more: $5,750 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $60,812 · EducationMILWAUKEE…WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationWASHINGTO…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · EducationTHE UWM F…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $13,237 · EducationUNITED NE…Marquette University: $7,000 · EducationPearls for Teen Girls Inc: $6,000 · Education+6 more: $8,991 · Education+6 moreHAVENWOODS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP INC: $76,343 · Community ImprovementNORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,010 · Community Improvement
Other$762,890Health$224,198Youth Development$211,880Human Services$198,539Arts & Culture$168,713Education$145,040Community Improvement$92,353

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $176,030 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC: $138,463 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $82,071 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $78,790 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHAVENWOODS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP INC: $76,343 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $70,912 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $60,812 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSafe & Sound Inc: $38,870 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $37,621 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetSILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $35,850 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRevitalize Milwaukee Inc: $34,050 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSTEM FORWARD INC: $33,562 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $30,165 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $24,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVIVENT HEALTH INC: $21,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $21,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $20,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEISENHOWER CENTER INC: $20,053 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC: $19,300 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAISING THE BAR INC: $18,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetNORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMITTEE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC: $13,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $13,237 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH COAST CLASSIC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION: $9,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEAD2CHANGE INC: $9,250 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC: $9,031 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $8,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE STREET MINISTRY INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $7,482 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $7,433 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMarquette University: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINDENGROVE FOUNDATION INC: $6,750 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSHARP LITERACY INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPearls for Teen Girls Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetONE HEARTLAND: $5,850 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAUTISM UNITED INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSOJOURNER FOUNDATION: $4,778 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEENS GROW GREENS INC: $4,250 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVENWOODS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Safe & Sound Inc ↗
  • Who funds AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Revitalize Milwaukee Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEM FORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds VIVENT HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC ↗
  • Who funds EISENHOWER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UWM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RAISING THE BAR INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds ERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds LCS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRESH COAST CLASSIC INC ↗

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.

Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…United Way of Greater…Anon Charitable TrustGreen Bay Packers Fou…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Harley-Davidson Found…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Baird Foundation IncWaukesha County Commu…
Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI97.8× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community 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 Direct Supply Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Direct Supply Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 40%
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
29report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Direct Supply Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Direct Supply 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 201 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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