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Driver 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.

$286k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$455kReligion$237kHealth$235kEducation$116kEnvironment$62kScience & Tech$32kInternational$25kCivil Rights$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $98k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $188k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY$45,000
MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM$30,000
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES$22,500
PACE UNIVERSITY$20,000
CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY$15,000
Individual grant recipient$14,000
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$11,966
RE FILM COLLABORATIVE$10,000
DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION RESOURCE$10,000
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES$10,000
FILM FORUM$8,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$6,000
AMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATL LIBR SCOTLAND$6,000
CHAPEL & YORK US FDN$6,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEGACY GLOBAL PROGRAMS: $6k → 11%DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION RESOURCE: $10k → 8%INTL DOC: $14k → 14%FILM FORUM: $8k → 17%KIKS NON PROFIT: $10k → 5%RANDOLPH COLLEGE SARA DRIVER FUND: $25k → 8%DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION RESOURCE: $10k → 8%RE FILM COLLABORATIVE: $10k → 14%IPF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: $20k → 20%RANDOLPH COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND: $20k → 8%SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE IN PUBLIC INTEREST: $8k → 14%MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $30k → 17%SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE IN PUBLIC INTEREST: $8k → 14%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $50k → 10%THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $10k → 17%SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE IN PUBLIC INTEREST: $6k → 14%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $50k → 10%THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $10k → 17%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $50k → 10%AMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATL LIBR SCOTLAND: $6k → 17%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $35k → 10%AMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATL LIBR SCOTLAND: $6k → 17%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $30k → 10%AMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATL LIBR SCOTLAND: $6k → 17%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $12k → 10%PACE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 17%PACE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 17%SOCIETY OF THE EARLY BOOK: $7k → 17%ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $24k → 17%WOMEN MAKE MOVIES: $10k → 17%ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $23k → 17%WOMEN MAKE MOVIES: $10k → 17%ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $15k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $6k → 17%ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $10k → 17%ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $10k → 17%CHAPEL & YORK US FDN: $6k → 17%CHAPEL & YORK US FDN: $6k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $45k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $27k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $20k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $16k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $10k → 17%NYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $7k → 17%NY UNIV: $6k → 17%AMERICAN TRUSTEES FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY: $6k → 17%M MUSEUM: $10k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $10k → 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

MN
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
AZ
DC
AL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 31 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
27

Total granted

$1.1M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+5%

Still filing today

48%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentCrime & LegalAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • PU
    PACE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +2%
  • WM
    WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +7%
  • YF
    Youth & Family Counseling Service Inc
    5× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • RC
    RANDOLPH COLLEGE SARA DRIVER FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • MM
    M MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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2
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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3
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
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
6
National Film Preservation Foundation

The NFPF is a nonprofit organization established in the District of Columbia resulting from an Act of Congress in order to preserve and make publicly accessible our nations film heritage. The NFPF works with archives to preserve American…

Arts & Culture
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
International League of Conservation Photographers

To further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography and film.

Environment
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
11
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
12
Rainforest Trust

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

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Flow Chart 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

32 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. 32 of the 76 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
16/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $227,316 · OtherST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHOVERLOOK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $225,000 · OtherOVERLOOK HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONNYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETY: $125,000 · OtherNYU EARLY BOOK SOCIETYCENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK: $40,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY: $38,000 · OtherAMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATL LIBR SCOTLAND: $33,000 · Other+46 more: $285,225 · Other+46 moreANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $91,725 · EducationANTHOLOGY FILM A…The Pierpont Morgan Library: $50,000 · EducationThe Pierpont Mor…PACE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITYTHE AMERICAN TRUST FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY: $12,000 · EducationTHE AMERICAN TRU…+2 more: $2,600 · EducationWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFILM FORUM INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Arts & CultureISSUE PROJECT ROOM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $14,500 · Environment350ORG: $5,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentPathway to Paris Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentHONOR THE EARTH: $1,000 · EnvironmentCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyLegacy Global Programs: $6,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $300 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $4,000 · InternationalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,800 · Crime & LegalAPPALACHIAN CITIZENS LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$973,541Education$196,325Arts & Culture$74,000Environment$25,500Philanthropy$18,300International$15,000Crime & Legal$7,800

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 budgetANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: $91,725 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYouth & Family Counseling Service Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN TRUST FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY: $12,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISSUE PROJECT ROOM INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPathway to Paris Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAINSIDE PBA LOCAL #126 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $500 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.

  • Who funds ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES ↗
  • Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
  • Who funds PACE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Youth & Family Counseling Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FILM FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN TRUST FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Global Programs ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 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.

American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · 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 Driver Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Driver Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Turning Point Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Documentary Educational Resources Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–60%
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.

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 76 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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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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home