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Emwiga Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$907k
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.0MInternational$500kEnvironment$485kAnimals$326kPhilanthropy$211kArts & Culture$168kHealth$130kRecreation & Sports$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 68 grants below total $825,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $906,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $81,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k50 grants · $125k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $500k
$4,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Parks Conservation Association$100,000
Save the Children Federation Inc$100,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$100,000
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$75,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$75,000
National Parks Conservation Association$50,000
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$25,000
New Canaan Country School Inc$25,000
Partnership Schools$20,000
The Greenwich Land Trust Inc$20,000
New School$20,000
Sankaty Head Foundation Inc$20,000
Brunswick School Inc$15,000
Brunswick School Inc$15,000
Higher Ed Works$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 74 repeat orgs$639k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

74 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
39

Total granted

$2.4M
$434k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+0%

Still filing today

70%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2019–2025 · $315k · revenue +10%
  • R
    READWORKSINC
    2× · 2019–2024 · $275k · revenue +36%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2025 · $200k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • WNET
    one grant, 2019 · $101k · revenue +0%
  • ST
    SAVE THE CHILDREN FOR UKRAINE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -28%
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.

03Its 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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Manhattanville University

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

Education
5
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
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
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New Canaan Country School Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

84 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. 84 of the 131 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/84
Grantees still filing
55/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $375,856 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYREADWORKSINC: $275,399 · EducationREADWORKSINCTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $95,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSI…BRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $60,000 · EducationBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INCTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $53,000 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INC…+9 more: $76,000 · Education+9 moreNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE: $125,000 · OtherNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFESAVE THE CHILDREN FOR UKRAINE: $100,000 · OtherSAVE THE CHILDREN FOR UKRAINETHE LASKER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherTHE LASKER FOUNDATIONSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INCRocky Mountain Institute: $39,000 · OtherUNC Institute For Arts & Humanities: $32,000 · Other+87 more: $485,000 · Other+87 moreNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $315,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS …THE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $61,500 · EnvironmentTHE GREENWICH L…'SCONSET TRUST INC: $44,500 · Environment'SCONSET TRUST …+4 more: $13,500 · EnvironmentSave The Children Federation Inc: $200,000 · InternationalSave The Child…Mercy Corps: $100,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …+1 more: $4,000 · InternationalNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · AnimalsGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $121,500 · PhilanthropyPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $20,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $9,000 · PhilanthropyWNET: $101,444 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $12,750 · Arts & Culture
Education$935,755Other$916,000Environment$434,500International$404,000Animals$200,000Philanthropy$150,500Arts & Culture$114,194

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 budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $375,856 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $315,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetREADWORKSINC: $275,399 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $121,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWNET: $101,444 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $95,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $61,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget'SCONSET TRUST INC: $44,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $39,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH: $23,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe New School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NANTUCKET INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLenox Hill Hospital: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Public Access Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAILEYS HOPE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetJACKSON HOLE SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKENT SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSQUASH HAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 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.

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Fairfield County's Co…The Bessemer Giving F…The New York Communit…The Oaklawn Foundatio…Winokur Family Founda…The Kneisel Foundatio…Carverdelaney Familie…Malkin Fund IncCommunity Foundation …New Canaan Community …The Ayco Charitable F…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY21.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Oaklawn Foundationinc · Winokur Family Foundation Inc · The Kneisel Foundation Inc · Carverdelaney Families Foundation Inc · Malkin Fund Inc · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Emwiga Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Emwiga 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 131 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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