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Eastman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$330k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$4.9MPhilanthropy$1.2MScience & Tech$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.1MEnvironment$650kFood & Nutrition$611kPublic Safety & Disaster$598kHealth$537kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $320k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS$120,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA$100,000
FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR REGION AHEAD$100,000
ETSU$7,500
MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY$1,750
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION$635
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $399k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITY CARE GROUP: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR REGION AHEAD: $100k → 14%INSIGHT: $5k → 7%LINDEN INTERFAITH NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY: $5k → 10%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $25k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING COUNCIL: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY ENABLER DEVELOPER: $15k → 19%FRANKLIN COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $1k → 15%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF PIONEER VALLEY: $10k → 17%VIETNAMESE VOLUNTARY FOUNDATION: $8k → 8%UNITED WAY OF PIONEER VALLEY: $8k → 17%RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTER OF GALVESTON: $20k → 14%SEESAW CHILDREN'S PLACE: $2k → 16%COMMUNITY SURVIVAL CENTER: $15k → 17%SEESAW CHILDREN'S PLACE: $2k → 16%SEESAW CHILDREN'S PLACE: $2k → 16%COMMUNITY ENABLER DEVELOPER: $5k → 19%THE COMMUNITY SURVIVAL CENTER: $3k → 17%SEESAW CHILDREN'S PLACE: $2k → 16%PARENTING RESOURCE CENTER OF EAST TEXAS: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY CORPORATION: $1k → 12%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $5k → 14%ASBURY HOUSE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $58k → 16%LONGVIEW GREGGTON ROTARY CHARITIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW GREGGTON ROTARY CHARITIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW GREGGTON ROTARY CHARITIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%LONGVIEW INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $2k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF LONGVIEW - INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $2k → 16%LONGVIEW INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $2k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF LONGVIEW - INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.7M · 206 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

206 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 202 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

206
197

Total granted

$9.7M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+20%

Still filing today

32%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MM
    MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1.0M · revenue +60%
  • KC
    Kingsport Chamber Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2022 · $708k · revenue +15%
  • SI
    STREAMWORKS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $518k · revenue ×62

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TEC
    one grant, 2021 · $290k
  • ID
    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD CITY OF KINGSPORT
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • KS
    K-PLAY SPORTS COUNCIL TOTAL
    one grant, 2018 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

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2
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee

Second harvest food bank of east tennessee is dedicated to compassionately feeding east tennesseans experiencing hunger & engaging the community in the fight to eliminate hunger.

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3
Regional East Texas Food Bank

Etfb's mission is to fight hunger and feed hope in east texas.

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4
Tennessee Educational Cooperative

Tennessee educational cooperative's mission is to help all children reach their potential by partnering with parents, schools and communities.

Education
5
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
6
United Way of Southern Cameron County

The united way of southern cameron county's mission is to "improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good".

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc

The mission of the united way of bristol is to bring together the resources to help people in the regional community to live healthy and productive lives. united way bristol works with dozens of community partner agencies that provide…

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8
Waynesburg University

Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…

Education
9
United Way of the Csra Inc

United way of the csra mobilizes the caring power of our community to make lasting change on the issues that matter most in our region. we want to ensure that children, young adults, and families have the tools and resources they need to…

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10
United Ways of Tennessee

United ways of tennessee is a statewide organization providing member support services to 31 united ways across the state. we accomplish our mission through advocacy, collaboration and collective action that provides solutions to our…

Human Services
11
East Tennessee State University Foundation

To provide support for east tennessee state university (etsu) and its students.

Education
12
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mate Inspiration for Innovation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Youth Development CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Women & Girls Leadership De…Domestic Violence ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Addiction Recovery ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Food PantriesSchool District FoundationsDance Arts OrganizationsCancer Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesUnited Way Affiliates
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%41%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/157
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,408

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

141 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 141 of the 411 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
137/141
Grantees still filing
87/141
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS — $482,000 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS — $480,000 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSAETHER INC — $400,000 · OtherAETHER INCEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY — $347,250 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TEC — $290,000 · OtherINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD CITY OF KINGSPORT — $250,000 · Other+143 more — $4,965,619 · Other+143 moreMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC — $1,010,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN MISSION S…STREAMWORKS INC — $518,380 · EducationSTREAMWORKS INCBIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $140,502 · EducationBIOBUILDER EDUCATI…National Merit Scholarship Corporation — $137,225 · EducationNational Merit Sch…LIFE TIME FOUNDATION — $89,949 · Education+8 more — $169,260 · Education+8 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC — $509,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyGIVINGA FO…GREATER LONGVIEW UNITED WAY INC — $156,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER LO…UNITED WAY MIAMI INC — $92,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC — $50,000 · Philanthropy+8 more — $123,000 · Philanthropy+8 moreKingsport Chamber Foundation Inc — $707,798 · Community ImprovementAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT — $125,000 · Community ImprovementINDIAN ORCHARD CITIZENS COUNCIL INC — $32,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $10,000 · Community ImprovementWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — $500,000 · Science & TechSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN — $200,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA — $70,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $50,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $30,000 · Food & NutritionMISSION MARSHALL INC — $20,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $15,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more — $20,000 · Food & NutritionFIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesASBURY HOUSE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER — $58,000 · Human ServicesSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE — $25,000 · Human ServicesKINGSPORT HOMELESS MINISTRY INC — $20,500 · Human ServicesRESOURCE & CRISIS CENTER OF GALVESTON COUNTY TEXAS — $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ENABLER DEVELOPERS INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY SURVIVAL CENTER — $18,000 · Human Services+4 more — $38,000 · Human Services
Other$7,214,869Education$2,065,316Philanthropy$1,130,000Community Improvement$874,798Science & Tech$500,000Food & Nutrition$405,000Human Services$364,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC — $1,010,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetKingsport Chamber Foundation Inc — $707,798 over 5y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC — $509,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — $500,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS — $482,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN — $200,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIVINGA FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER LONGVIEW UNITED WAY INC — $156,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetBIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $140,502 over 2y, 25% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation — $137,225 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC — $130,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAPPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT — $125,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER KINGSPORT FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC — $92,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA — $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC — $65,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChemical Educational Foundation — $65,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetASBURY HOUSE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER — $58,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TEXAS INC — $54,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetWOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS — $52,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCONSORTIUM FOR OCEAN LEADERSHIP — $50,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTennessee Technological University Foundation — $41,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HENRY COUNTY & MARTINSVILLE — $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY — $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN ORCHARD CITIZENS COUNCIL INC — $32,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA INC — $32,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTRI-CITIES MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL INC — $30,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetHarrison County United Way Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINGSPORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE LONGLEAF ALLIANCE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHANDS ON DISCOVERY CENTER — $29,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COALITION FOR BETTER HEALTH — $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF KINGSPORT — $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOVENANT COUNSELING CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSISTERS PLACE INC — $23,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetKINGSPORT HOMELESS MINISTRY INC — $20,500 over 1y, 96% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Kingsport Chamber Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds STREAMWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN ↗
  • Who funds GIVINGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LONGVIEW UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Merit Scholarship Corporation ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds GREATER KINGSPORT FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE TIME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Crain FoundationRosa May Griffin Foun…East Texas Communitie…American Electric Pow…Wellmont Health SystemEast Tennessee Founda…United Way Galveston …United Way of Greater…Mid Shore Community F…Speedway Children's C…The Harvest Foundatio…Eastman Credit Union
The Crain FoundationTX23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Crain Foundation · Rosa May Griffin Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Wellmont Health System · East Tennessee Foundation · United Way Galveston County Mainland Inc · United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Speedway Children's Charities · The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont · Eastman Credit Union

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Eastman Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — 63% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Santa Rosa Kids' House Inc — 21% of income from government
  • United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Indian Orchard Citizens Council Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc — 5% of income from government
  • United Way of West Florida Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Beyond Benign Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Eastman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Eastman 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 411 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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