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Edwards Lifesciences Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
224
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$16MInternational$13MEducation$4.4MPhilanthropy$3.3MEmployment$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.7MHuman Services$1.5MScience & Tech$706kOther$0
02FY2024 · 224 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k115 grants · $446k
  • $10k–50k76 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+10 grants · $4.4M
$7,500
Median grant
21
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$1,523,928
THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION$550,000
PYXERA GLOBAL INC$370,000
UNITED WAY ORANGE COUNTY$356,097
MATCHING GIFTS US - ORANGE COUNTY$305,879
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
MATCHING GIFTS US - OTHER$258,534
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY$250,000
PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION INC$250,000
LUCILE PACKARD CHLIDREN'S HOSPITAL STANFORD$250,000
STANFORD BYERS CENTER FOR BIODESIGN$232,000
UNITED WAY ORANGE COUNTY$207,938
HEART TO HEART GLOBAL CARDIAC CARE$200,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION$190,000
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL$170,000
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 (FY20–24, $509k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHARE OUR SELVES SOS: $25k → 10%PROJECT I SEE YOU: $5k → 3%MAKE A WISH INTERNATIONAL: $18k → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $16k → 11%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $5k → 8%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $5k → 8%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $5k → 8%SHARE OUR SELVES: $5k → 10%UTAH PARENT CENTER INC: $5k → 8%PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $5k → 8%JOURNEY HOUSE INC: $5k → 14%MIND OC: $20k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $5k → 8%CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $5k → 10%WISEPLACE: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5k → 14%100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY INCORPORATED: $5k → 10%100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY INCORPORATED: $5k → 10%CASA TERESA: $10k → 10%100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY INCORPORATED: $5k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS: $15k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $20k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $15k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $15k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS: $6k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $5k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $5k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $10k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $5k → 10%100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY INCORPORATED: $5k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $15k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%KIDWORKS: $10k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $8k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8k → 10%THE ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%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

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 21% of Edwards Lifesciences Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Edwards Lifesciences Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 455 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

455 repeat relationships: 127 still active in FY2024, 328 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

455
870

Total granted

$30M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+26%

Still filing today

85%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TT
    THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +118%
  • PG
    PYXERA GLOBAL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +40%
  • AC
    American College of Cardiology Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $933k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $216k
  • AH
    AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC - NATIONAL CE
    one grant, 2020 · $204k
  • HV
    HEART VALVE VOICE US
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue -69%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association of Seattle. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1112 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. 1112 of the 1,384 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)
237
Early backer (in before they grew)
1093/1112
Grantees still filing
798/1112
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,220,000 · OtherTHE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $2,196,050 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINEMATCHING GIFTS: $1,376,469 · OtherMATCHING GIFTSSTANFORD BYERS CENTER FOR BIODESIGN: $632,000 · Other+99 more: $8,690,558 · Other+99 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $6,855,718 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AM…ORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $2,837,798 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY+12 more: $807,584 · Philanthropy+12 moreSOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: $1,000,000 · HealthSOCIETY OF CRITICAL…American College of Cardiology Foundation: $933,000 · HealthAmerican College of…AATS FOUNDATION: $724,488 · HealthAATS FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $650,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL…CHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $619,554 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONALAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES: $550,000 · HealthAMERICAN ASSOCIATIO…American Heart Association Inc: $488,887 · HealthAmerican Heart Asso…Team Heart Inc: $435,000 · HealthTeam Heart IncINTERNATIONAL CARDIAC ALLIANCE INC: $416,200 · HealthINTERNATIONAL CARDI…MITRAL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE: $285,000 · Health+20 more: $1,285,309 · Health+20 morePYXERA GLOBAL INC: $1,746,000 · InternationalPYXERA GLOBAL…Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care: $1,150,000 · InternationalHeart to Hear…EMERGENCY USA: $903,500 · InternationalEMERGENCY USAMAP International Inc: $690,436 · InternationalMAP Internati…+9 more: $742,004 · International+9 morePATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION: $1,315,000 · EducationPATIENT A…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,006,450 · EducationTHE BOARD…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $380,682 · EducationUNIVERSIT…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $347,722 · EducationUNIVERSIT…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $253,000 · EducationTHE TRUST…+11 more: $408,841 · Education+11 moreCEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY: $460,000 · Community ImprovementOCTANE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION: $405,000 · Community ImprovementCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $154,200 · Community ImprovementINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $51,420 · Community ImprovementHuman Options Inc: $120,277 · Human ServicesCASA TERESA INC: $53,500 · Human ServicesShare Our Selves Corporation: $50,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $48,910 · Human ServicesIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $46,100 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $33,100 · Human Services100 BLACK MEN OF ORANGE COUNTY: $27,150 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON AGING - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $26,100 · Human ServicesABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesUtah Parent Center Inc: $23,345 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE: $22,500 · Human ServicesMIND OC: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $19,770 · Human Services+4 more: $63,582 · Human Services
Other$15,115,077Philanthropy$10,501,100Health$7,687,438International$5,231,940Education$3,711,695Community Improvement$1,145,620Human Services$579,334

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $6,855,718 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $2,837,798 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,220,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetPYXERA GLOBAL INC: $1,746,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetPATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION: $1,315,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHeart to Heart Global Cardiac Care: $1,150,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,006,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican College of Cardiology Foundation: $933,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEMERGENCY USA: $903,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetAATS FOUNDATION: $724,488 over 3y, 14% of budgetMAP International Inc: $690,436 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $650,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $619,554 over 4y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES: $550,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $488,887 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHeineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc: $476,200 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetCEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY: $460,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetTeam Heart Inc: $435,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CARDIAC ALLIANCE INC: $416,200 over 4y, 26% of budgetOCTANE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION: $405,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $380,682 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $347,722 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $342,240 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetMITRAL FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $287,863 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE: $285,000 over 3y, 85% of budgetDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $257,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $253,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY: $250,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $225,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCARDIOSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $200,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetONEOC: $194,834 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $189,261 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $157,093 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $154,200 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $152,922 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEART VALVE VOICE US: $150,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetPATH: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $133,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Health Care Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $120,277 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $120,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HOSPITAL ART INC: $117,100 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $115,555 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $112,553 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $111,703 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $105,000 over 5y, 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 CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PYXERA GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds American College of Cardiology Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY USA ↗
  • Who funds AATS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAP International Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Heineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Team Heart Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CARDIAC ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds OCTANE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MITRAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY ↗
  • Who funds ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION ↗

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.

Hoag Memorial Hospita…O L Halsell FoundationOrange County Communi…Farmers & Merchants B…OneocThe Devto Support Fou…Orange County's Unite…Samueli FoundationSisters of St Joseph …Croul Family Foundati…Glen and Dorothy Stil…Charitable Ventures o…
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianCA75.5× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · O L Halsell Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Oneoc · The Devto Support Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Samueli Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Charitable Ventures of Orange County

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
58report 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

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How do I get to Edwards Lifesciences Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Edwards Lifesciences 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 1384 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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