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Ej Grassmann Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
134
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$200k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.1MArts & Culture$1.6MHealth$1.5MHuman Services$1.2MEnvironment$774kHousing & Shelter$550kYouth Development$474kAnimals$386kOther$0
02FY2025 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k55 grants · $331k
  • $10k–50k77 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $280k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCER UNIVERSITY$200,000
TRINITAS HEALTH FOUNDATION$80,000
AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC$35,000
INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC$33,000
GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL$25,000
NEWTOWN MACON$25,000
SAINT VINCENT ACADEMY$25,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$25,000
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RAHWAY FOUNDATION$22,000
OAK KNOLL SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD$20,000
COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW JERSEY$20,000
PINGRY SCHOOL$20,000
YMCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY$20,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY$20,000
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE$20,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $13k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $45k → 4%BONNIE BRAE: $15k → 5%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $35k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $12k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $35k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $35k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $10k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $32k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW INC: $25k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $10k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $10k → 4%REBUILDING MACON INC: $27k → 23%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL NJ: $20k → 5%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $10k → 23%JESPY HOUSE: $10k → 16%ARC OF MACON: $10k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $22k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $21k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $20k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW JERSEY: $20k → 16%REBUILDING MACON IN: $20k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $18k → 16%REBUILDING MACON INC: $17k → 23%REBUILDING MACON INC: $15k → 23%CHESHIRE HOME INC: $15k → 4%REBUILDING MACON INC: $15k → 23%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $13k → 5%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $38k → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 10%ELIZABETH COALITION TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS: $14k → 10%ELIZABETH COALITION TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS: $11k → 10%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $15k → 23%THE CONNECTION FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $15k → 10%COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED: $13k → 10%COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED: $12k → 10%COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED: $12k → 10%COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED: $12k → 10%UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $11k → 10%UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $11k → 10%CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE INC: $15k → 10%CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE INC: $12k → 10%CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE INC: $12k → 10%CENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE INC: $12k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 188 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

188 repeat relationships: 110 still active in FY2025, 78 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

188
73

Total granted

$8.8M
$634k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+8%

Still filing today

74%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $409k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • Americas Grow-A-Row
    6× · 2020–2025 · $207k · revenue +23%
  • YO
    YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $193k · revenue +17%
  • NM
    NEWTOWN MACON INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $144k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • HM
    HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +25%
  • GL
    GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • MS
    MULBERRY STREE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
Unity Charter School

The unity charter school (ucs) was chartered by the new jersey department of education in january 1997 as the only charter school that had included a planning year prior to its opening. the charter school opened its doors to the first 60…

Education
3
Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of the independent colleges and universities of new jersey, a new jersey non-profit corporation is to advance the interests of new jersey's independent, non-profit, public mission institutions of higher education by promoting…

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4
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc

New jersey institute for social justice (the institute), a public charity, is a newark-based urban research and advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of new jersey's urban areas and residents.

Human Services
5
Marion P Thomas Charter School

The charter schools mission is to prepare newarks next generation of children to be intelectually, emotionally, socially and financially responsible citizens.

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

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8
Stevens Cooperative School

Stevens cooperative school fosters curiosity, compassion and confidence in students who think deeply, act ethically and lead by example.

—
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association a Nj Non Profit Corporation

To advance educational choice for new jersey's children through quality public charter schools.

Education
11
The New Jersey Historical Society

The new jersey historical society collects, preserves, teaches, and interprets new jersey history through our archives, research library, and educational programs. we do so in the belief that an understanding and appreciation of historical…

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12
Morristown-Beard School

Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Seeds Inc; the most unlike its peers is Preservation America Trust. 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

210 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 210 of the 287 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)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
202/210
Grantees still filing
149/210
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PETER CLAVER SCHOOL: $215,000 · OtherMERCER UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · OtherYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $193,200 · Other+100 more: $3,904,700 · Other+100 moreAmericas Grow-A-Row: $207,000 · Human ServicesAmericas Grow-A…ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $101,500 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH SOCIA…COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC: $100,100 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE …REBUILDING MACON INC: $94,400 · Human ServicesREBUILDING MACO…Community Hope Inc: $62,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC: $58,500 · Human ServicesCHESHIRE HOME INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY: $52,300 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HOPE HOSPICE INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesPLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY: $49,800 · Human ServicesFROST VALLEY YMCA: $45,000 · Human ServicesBONNIE BRAE: $45,000 · Human Services+13 more: $297,300 · Human Services+13 morePaper Mill Playhouse: $135,000 · Arts & CulturePaper Mill Pla…SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $101,800 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPEARE TH…GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC: $100,400 · Arts & CultureGEORGE STREET …MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES INC: $92,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF ARTS…NEW JERSEY BALLET COMPANY INC: $75,500 · Arts & CultureNEW JERSEY BAL…OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · Arts & CultureOTIS REDDING F…THE MORRIS MUSEUM INC: $64,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC: $58,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH ORANGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERINC: $58,000 · Arts & CulturePRINCETON BALLET SOCIETY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $48,200 · Arts & CultureThe Historical Society Elizabeth NJ: $47,300 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $342,200 · Arts & Culture+14 moreTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $460,000 · HealthTRINITAS FO…NAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 · HealthNAVICENT HE…CHILDREN'S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $98,800 · HealthCHILDREN'S …MACON VOLUNTEER CLINIC INC: $57,500 · HealthMACON VOLUN…Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services: $45,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA: $37,400 · HealthCrossroads Christian Counseling Center Inc: $36,700 · Health+6 more: $117,975 · Health+6 moreWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationMIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $97,300 · EducationTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationGEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationMIDLAND FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationSAGE ELDERCARE: $51,900 · EducationTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $45,000 · EducationSTRATFORD ACADEMY INC: $39,000 · EducationUNION COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $37,400 · EducationTHE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC: $32,000 · EducationTHE GILL ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $72,000 · EducationREEVES - REED ARBORETUM: $94,000 · EnvironmentRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION: $60,500 · EnvironmentGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $58,200 · EnvironmentTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF NEW JERSEY: $55,000 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EnvironmentGREENWOOD GARDENS: $27,750 · EnvironmentNew Jersey Audubon Society: $23,000 · EnvironmentGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $22,790 · EnvironmentASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS: $17,000 · EnvironmentTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $92,100 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY INC: $60,000 · AnimalsASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INC: $60,000 · AnimalsMT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $37,000 · AnimalsWOODFORD CEDAR RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $32,000 · AnimalsWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $15,000 · Animals
Other$4,512,900Human Services$1,331,900Arts & Culture$1,240,400Health$958,375Education$714,600Environment$403,240Animals$296,100

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 budgetTRINITAS FOUNDATION: $460,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetAmericas Grow-A-Row: $207,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $193,200 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEWTOWN MACON INC: $144,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $135,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLOCKERLY ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $102,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetSHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $101,800 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $101,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC: $100,400 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC: $100,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $98,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $97,300 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetREBUILDING MACON INC: $94,400 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetREEVES - REED ARBORETUM: $94,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES INC: $92,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $92,300 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $92,100 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF CENTRAL NJ: $90,800 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCAMPUS CLUBS INC: $86,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY BALLET COMPANY INC: $75,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE KOINONIA ACADEMY: $67,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MORRIS MUSEUM INC: $64,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $62,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION: $60,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJCC of Central New Jersey: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMACON AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $60,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMIDLAND FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC: $58,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $58,200 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC: $58,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTH ORANGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERINC: $58,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMACON VOLUNTEER CLINIC INC: $57,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF NEW JERSEY: $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCHESHIRE HOME INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $52,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY: $52,300 over 5y, 1.2% 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 TRINITAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Americas Grow-A-Row ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NEWTOWN MACON INC ↗
  • Who funds Paper Mill Playhouse ↗
  • Who funds NAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOCKERLY ARBORETUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING MACON INC ↗
  • Who funds REEVES - REED ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPTOR TRUST ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF CENTRAL NJ ↗
  • Who funds CAMPUS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY BALLET COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RAHWAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KOINONIA ACADEMY ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Union FoundationInvestors Foundation …Bristol-Myers Squibb …Pseg Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Citizens Philanthropi…The Provident Bank Fo…Columbia Bank Foundat…Geraldine R Dodge Fou…George a Ohl Jr TrustThe Summit Foundation
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ179.8× affinity121 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Union Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · George a Ohl Jr Trust · The Summit 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 Ej Grassmann Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ej Grassmann Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 480%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • New Jersey Tree Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Raritan Headwaters Association: 94% of income from government
  • The Bridge Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Services Inc: 78% of income from government
  • New Jersey Parents Caucus Inc: 74% of income from government
  • 180 Turning Lives Around: 61% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • New Jersey Theatre Alliance Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Music for All Seasons Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Literacy New Jersey Inc: 28% of income from government
  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: 21% of income from government
  • New Jersey Ballet Company Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Pushcart Players Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Vivid Stage Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Community Access Unlimited Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: 11% of income from government
  • Boxwood Learning Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Save Ellis Island Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Plaid House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Hunterdon Art Museum: 9% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • Ywca of Eastern Union County Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Morris Museum Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cheshire Home Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Opportunity Project Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Ymca Camp Ralph S Mason: 4% of income from government
  • Bonnie Brae: 3% of income from government
  • Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services: 3% of income from government
  • Collier Services - Sisters of the Good Shepherd: 3% of income from government
  • Liberty Hall Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jespy House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Hope Hospice Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rising Tide Capital Inc and Subsidiaries: 2% of income from government
  • The Institute of Music for Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Westfield Day Care Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Reeves - Reed Arboretum: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Family Service Agency of Central Nj: 1% of income from government
  • Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
  • CROSSROADS4HOPE: 1% of income from government
  • Ym-Ywha of Union County: 1% of income from government
  • Mane Stream Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Saint Peter's University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
48get no government money at all
62report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Ej Grassmann Trust 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 287 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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More from the funding graph

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