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Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc at a glance

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Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$3.5MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MCivil Rights$350kArts & Culture$337kReligion$282kEnvironment$75kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG GREEN$25,000
WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $1.0M → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $21k → 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

MT
NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
DE
KS
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 6 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$3.5M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+42%

Still filing today

50%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationReligionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MA
    Multidisciplinary Assc for Psychedelic Studies
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1.8M
  • FII - NATIONAL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.0M · revenue -92%
  • HR
    Human Rights Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $350k

Funded once

  • MA
    MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $900k · revenue -68%
  • N
    NORTHEASTERN
    one grant, 2022 · $833k
  • PF
    PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue +42%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
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
3
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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4
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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5
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
6
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
7
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
8
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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9
Moving Picture Institute

The moving picture institute is a nonprofit production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom.

Arts & Culture
10
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
11
Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis Los Angeles

The institute of contemporary psychoanalysis was formed in 1990 to offer mental health professionals, as well as scholars and professionals from other fields, the opportunity to study the full scope of psychoanalytic theory and clinical…

Education
12
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fii - National; the most unlike its peers is Property and Environment Research Center. 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Multidisciplinary Assc for Psychedelic Studies: $1,800,000 · OtherMultidisciplinary Assc for Psychedelic StudiesNORTHEASTERN: $833,366 · OtherNORTHEASTERNHuman Rights Foundation: $350,000 · OtherHuman Rights Foundation+3 more: $110,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION: $753,125 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $375,000 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTA…WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $45,000 · EducationFII - NATIONAL: $1,021,000 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONALMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $900,000 · HealthMULTIDISCIPLIN…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $212,000 · Arts & CultureMARK ARTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSALINA ART CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMORAL COURAGE PROJECT F/K/A PROJECT IJTIHAD: $230,000 · ReligionBATGAP Non-Profit: $12,000 · ReligionPROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $75,000 · Public BenefitBig Green: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,093,366Education$1,173,125Human Services$1,021,000Health$910,000Arts & Culture$337,000Religion$242,000Public Benefit$75,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

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 budgetFII - NATIONAL: $1,021,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $900,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $753,125 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $375,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMORAL COURAGE PROJECT F/K/A PROJECT IJTIHAD: $230,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $212,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMARK ARTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSALINA ART CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBig Green: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBATGAP Non-Profit: $12,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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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    How do I get to Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Elizabeth R Koch Foundation Inc 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 19 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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