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E-B Foundation at a glance

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E-B 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$225kHealth$70kHuman Services$65kArts & Culture$55kRecreation & Sports$51kFood & Nutrition$40kYouth Development$27kEnvironment$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLESSING HOUSE$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC COMMONS$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$10,000
FRIENDS OF KAREN$10,000
CAMP WORDS UNSPOKEN$10,000
PORTAGE NORTHERN CHOIR BOOSTERS$5,000
FRANCISCAN LIFE PROCESS CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: $5k → 11%BLESSING HOUSE: $20k → 13%LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER: $10k → 17%LHS ADULT BOOSTERS: $5k → 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

MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
OH
CT
CA
KY
NC
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313k · 12 repeat orgs$310k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
46

Total granted

$313k
$270k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+6%

Still filing today

33%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WF
    WINNING FUTURES
    4× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +86%
  • CW
    CAMP WORDS UNSPOKEN CORPORATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +120%
  • TP
    TURNING POINT INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • LW
    LONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +27%
  • WS
    WESTMINISTER SCHOOL - BOYS SOCCER
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +34%
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
Alternative Schools Inc

To help each child reach his/her full potential by cultivating an active village of parents, community members, and stakeholders involved in providing an individual, personal, and conceptual learning environment for each student.

Education
2
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
3
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
6
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
7
Point Loma Nazarene University

Point loma nazarene university exists to provide higher education in a vital christian community where minds are engaged and challenged, character is modeled and formed, and service becomes an expression of faith. we aspire to be a…

Education
8
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
9
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

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10
Los Angeles Leadership Academy

The los angeles leadership academy prepares urban elementary and secondary students to succeed in college or on chosen career paths, to live fulfilling, self-directed lives, and to be effective in creating a just and humane world.

Education
11
Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cass Community Social Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Michigan Urban Farming Initiative. 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

31 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. 31 of the 63 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINISTER SCHOOL - TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: $82,000 · OtherWESTMINISTER SCHOOL - TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMFRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC COMMONS: $37,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC COMMONSIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING: $32,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGWESTMINISTER SCHOOL - BOYS SOCCER: $15,000 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $15,000 · OtherST JOHN DEAF CENTER: $15,000 · OtherHALLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 · Other+35 more: $175,915 · Other+35 moreWINNING FUTURES: $25,000 · EducationWINNING FUTU…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN…TABOR ACADEMY: $3,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBLESSING HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesBLESSING H…TURNING POINT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTURNING PO…LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLAKEWOOD C…LHS ADULT BOOSTERS: $5,000 · Human ServicesLHS ADULT …My Brothers Keeper Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesMy Brother…CAMP WORDS UNSPOKEN CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $10,000 · HealthJOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthDETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN: $4,500 · HealthUMC FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · HealthLONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureROW BY ROW: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMICHIGAN URBAN FARMING INITIATIVE: $5,000 · Food & NutritionBUCKETS OF RAIN: $10,000 · InternationalTHE ENDEAVOR FOR NEW FUTURES THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $5,000 · International
Other$422,415Education$69,000Human Services$60,000Health$49,000Arts & Culture$18,000Food & Nutrition$15,000International$15,000

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 budgetWINNING FUTURES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP WORDS UNSPOKEN CORPORATION: $25,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS INC: $18,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NON-PROFIT HOUSING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROW BY ROW: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetLAKEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBUCKETS OF RAIN: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCICLAVIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST TEXAS ANGEL NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLHS ADULT BOOSTERS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARY ROSE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ENDEAVOR FOR NEW FUTURES THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRANCISCAN LIFE CENTER NETWORK INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUMC FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTABOR ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILBRAHAM AND MONSON ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE HEARTS ALLIANCE CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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 WINNING FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP WORDS UNSPOKEN CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BLESSING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds LONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NON-PROFIT HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds ROW BY ROW ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKETS OF RAIN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KAREN INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN URBAN FARMING INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds JOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CICLAVIA INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST TEXAS ANGEL NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds LHS ADULT BOOSTERS ↗
  • Who funds LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

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.

Mgm Resorts FoundationUnited Way for Southe…Community Foundation …Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Renaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Mgm Resorts FoundationNV13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 E-B Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from E-B Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wilbraham and Monson Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 E-B Foundation?

Find your warmest path to E-B 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 63 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
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$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