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Equitable Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Equitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,453
Grants FY2024still arriving
48
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$12MPhilanthropy$1.3MHealth$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.1MFood & Nutrition$578kHuman Services$559kRecreation & Sports$552kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1453 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1405 grants · $1.2M
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $579k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.0M
$500
Median grant
48
States reached
$112M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA$1,750,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$300,000
THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND$239,393
BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$200,000
YEAR UP$157,800
E4E RELIEF$150,000
CMS FOUNDATION$125,000
CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION$107,436
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL CAROLINAS INC$100,000
ON POINT FOR COLLEGE$95,892
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC$78,800
NCAN$75,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA$65,000
KABOOM$63,272
COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS$61,881
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, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII: $4k → 9%MERRICK LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%ST CHRISTOPHER'S INC: $2k → 9%HOPE CENTER OF LEROY INC: $2k → 10%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND INC: $6k → 14%CITY HOUSE INC: $5k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $4k → 14%MOTHER'S REFUGE NIGHTS OF COMPASSION: $10k → 15%BOXES OF LOVE PROJECT INC: $2k → 12%A KID AGAIN INC: $2k → 15%CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH: $2k → 19%OMNI YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 8%JACKSON LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $4k → 23%UNBRIDLED CHANGE: $4k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $3k → 15%OCJ KIDS: $5k → 11%MERRICK LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%ST CHRISTOPHER'S: $2k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDRENS HOMES AND SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $2k → 11%COMMUNITY ON THE RISE: $5k → 16%UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY SHELTER: $2k → 7%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT: $3k → 15%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 13%A KID AGAIN INC: $2k → 15%UNBRIDLED CHANGE: $4k → 13%OCJ KIDS: $4k → 11%ANTHONY BARR FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 14%BONEI OLAM: $5k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%TEAM HILL FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $3k → 11%ANTHONY BARR FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%BONEI OLAM: $3k → 20%UNITED WAY GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 8%BELLPORT AREA COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $3k → 7%BONEI OLAM: $2k → 20%BELLPORT AREA COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $3k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $300k → 14%HBP RAIN FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%BONEI OLAM: $2k → 20%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2k → 10%DRESS FOR SUCCESS CHARLOTTE: $25k → 10%DRESS FOR SUCCESS CHARLOTTE: $4k → 10%BEDS FOR KIDS INC: $3k → 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

AK
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VT
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ND
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IL
WI
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OR
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IA
IN
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PA
NJ
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RI
CA
UT
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MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 1204 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

1204 repeat relationships: 682 still active in FY2024, 522 since wound down; 182 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1204
577

Total granted

$19M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+16%

Still filing today

73%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $758k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & 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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2020–2024 · $836k · revenue +38%
  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    5× · 2020–2024 · $532k · revenue +1%
  • CO
    COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $486k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • P
    PURPOSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $135k
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -35%
  • YU
    YEAR UP
    one grant, 2022 · $90k
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
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
2
The Baruch College Fund

The fund engages in generating, encouraging & promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
3
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
4
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
5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
7
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
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology 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
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

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

Health
10
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
11
Stony Brook Orthopedic 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
12
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Search for Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Salle University. 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

1368 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. 1368 of the 2,000 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)
263
Early backer (in before they grew)
1336/1368
Grantees still filing
968/1368
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $7,578,843 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA+117 more: $4,059,337 · Other+117 moreThurgood Marshall College Fund: $549,393 · EducationThurgood Marshall Colle…DONORSCHOOSEORG: $531,652 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $485,731 · EducationCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE …CMS FOUNDATION: $360,650 · EducationCMS FOUNDATIONYEAR UP INC: $315,189 · EducationYEAR UP INCCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $163,274 · EducationON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $155,418 · EducationBLUEPRINT 15 INC: $152,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $147,930 · EducationROAD2HIRE: $130,009 · Education+29 more: $790,423 · Education+29 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $241,340 · PhilanthropyPurposity Foundation Inc: $130,154 · PhilanthropyMeckEd: $110,102 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $73,500 · PhilanthropyCHIEF EXECUTIVES FOR CORPORATE PURPOSE INC: $55,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $52,850 · PhilanthropySCORE Foundation: $50,375 · PhilanthropyYOUGIVEGOODS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $114,465 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $835,998 · Human Services+8 more: $111,414 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $65,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBOARDSOURCE: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $30,700 · Arts & CultureFeeding America: $229,781 · Food & NutritionCAROLINA FARM TRUST INC: $71,096 · Food & NutritionSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $42,574 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $23,475 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $10,220 · Food & NutritionKABOOM INC: $209,022 · Recreation & SportsSCORE: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCharlotte Sports Foundation: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$11,638,180Education$3,781,669Philanthropy$1,167,786Human Services$947,412Arts & Culture$380,700Food & Nutrition$377,146Recreation & Sports$279,022

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $835,998 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $549,393 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $531,652 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $485,731 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $360,650 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $315,189 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $241,340 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFeeding America: $229,781 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKABOOM INC: $209,022 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $163,274 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $155,418 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBLUEPRINT 15 INC: $152,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetE4E RELIEF LLC: $150,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $147,930 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPurposity Foundation Inc: $130,154 over 2y, 13% of budgetROAD2HIRE: $130,009 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $117,990 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMeckEd: $110,102 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetEARTHSHARE: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $85,050 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $82,103 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGen-One Inc: $81,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetSYRACUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $73,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE Charlotte: $71,400 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetCAROLINA FARM TRUST INC: $71,096 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $66,400 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSADD INC: $60,162 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMON IMPACT INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUrbanPromise Charlotte: $57,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHIEF EXECUTIVES FOR CORPORATE PURPOSE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK: $54,125 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $52,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $51,552 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCORE Foundation: $50,375 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of NC Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetRUSSELL INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBACK 2 SCHOOL AMERICA: $47,250 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $46,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $44,300 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $42,574 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetYOUGIVEGOODS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Dorothy and Marsh…The Rosamond Gifford …Jim and Juli Boeheim …Allyn Family Foundati…The Presbyterian Hosp…The John Ben Snow Fou…Herbert S and Eleanor…The Dickson Foundatio…The Gambrell Foundati…United Way of Greater…True Homes Foundation…Brighthouse Financial…
The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman FoundationNY35.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · The Gambrell Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · True Homes Foundation Inc · Brighthouse Financial 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 Equitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Equitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Community in Crisis Inc: 56% of income from government
  • Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc: 44% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Clean the World Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
41report 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
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.

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 2000 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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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