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F Felix 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.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$494kPhilanthropy$431kHuman Services$116kAnimals$60kEducation$37kInternational$36kArts & Culture$12kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC$25,000
MIGHTY EARTH INC$25,000
SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND$25,000
FIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER$20,000
FOUNDATION EARTH$15,000
YOUTH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SANITY$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HITCHCOCK CENTER INC: $10k → 12%PRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC: $10k → 12%KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $41k → 14%CLASS ACTION NETWORK: $500 → 16%YOUTH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SANITY: $10k → 10%EARTH JUSTICE: $10k → 10%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%STONY BROOK FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%FIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER: $20k → 19%FOUNDATION EARTH: $32k → 14%RETHINKING SCHOOL LTD: $5k → 17%CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CONNECTICUT: $2k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN ECODHARMA RETREAT CENTER: $800 → 12%CHICAGO ABORTION FUND: $2k → 14%VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO: $600 → 10%DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INC: $35k → 23%SOUTHERLY: $10k → 15%CONGREGATION B'UAI ISRAEL: $800 → 12%PRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC: $25k → 12%KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $35k → 14%CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE: $20k → 16%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 7%MIGHTY EARTH INC: $25k → 14%CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CONNECTICUT: $500 → 12%INTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 12%DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INC: $35k → 23%HITCHCOCK CENTER INC: $10k → 12%PRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC: $25k → 12%KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $20k → 14%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%FOUNDATION EARTH: $20k → 14%CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CONNECTICUT: $500 → 12%DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INC: $35k → 23%KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $10k → 14%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%MIGHTY EARTH INC: $20k → 14%CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CONNECTICUT: $500 → 12%SYNTHESIS CENTER: $2k → 12%KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $10k → 14%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%FOUNDATION EARTH: $15k → 14%DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2k → 14%RED ROVER: $2k → 12%DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2k → 14%CARBON180: $10k → 14%DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2k → 14%DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2k → 14%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

VT
IL
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
KY
NM
AR
DC
LA
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$991k · 18 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
18

Total granted

$991k
$149k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
-7%

Still filing today

72%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
    3× · 2019–2021 · $105k · revenue +670%
  • PC
    PRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $60k · revenue +75%
  • ME
    MIGHTY EARTH INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • KC
    KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue -7%
  • EA
    EarthAction Alerts Network
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -27%
  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -2%
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 Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
2
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
3
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
4
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
5
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
6
Climate Rights International

CRI is an international climate and human rights monitoring and advocacy organization dedicated to preventing climate change and human rights abuses.

Environment
7
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
8
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
9
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
Cascade Climate Inc

To accelerate progress in interventions that harness Earths natural systems to stabilize the climate.

Environment
12
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mighty Earth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Synthesis Center Inc. 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

28 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. 28 of the 39 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
14/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W MA: $406,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W MAKARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDG: $115,844 · OtherKARUNA CENTER FOR PEACE BLDGALL SPECIES PROJECT INCORPORATED: $40,000 · OtherALL SPECIES PROJECT INCORPORATED+16 more: $48,300 · Other+16 moreDEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: $105,000 · EnvironmentDEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTALRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INCFOUNDATION EARTH: $67,000 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION EARTHPRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentPRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INCMIGHTY EARTH INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentMIGHTY EARTH INCSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INCCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 · Environment+3 more: $30,000 · Environment+3 moreSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · EducationLITERACY ACTION OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC: $20,000 · EducationKARUNA CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERLY: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $600 · Arts & CultureEarthAction Alerts Network: $30,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalFIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionDAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · AnimalsCONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT: $3,500 · Community Improvement
Other$610,144Environment$422,000Education$55,000Arts & Culture$45,600International$31,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Animals$8,000Community Improvement$3,500

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 budgetDEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: $105,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION EARTH: $67,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetPRICING CARBON INITIATIVE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMIGHTY EARTH INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKARUNA CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INC: $35,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEarthAction Alerts Network: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERLY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth for Environmental Sanity: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetDAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT: $3,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSynthesis Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO ABORTION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAMC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClass Action Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS INC: $400 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.

Community Foundation …The Beveridge Family …Tides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsMA19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 F Felix Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from F Felix Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 45%
  • Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Center for New Americans Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 F Felix Foundation?

Find your warmest path to F Felix 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 39 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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