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Fig Tree Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$1.5MHuman Services$357kEnvironment$160kHousing & Shelter$65kAnimals$20kRecreation & Sports$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$10k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Bolles School$70,000
Goodwill of North Florida Take Stock in Children$50,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
YMCA of Florida's First Coast$25,000
Ability Housing$15,000
Timucuan Parks Foundation$15,000
Groundwork Jacksonville Inc$15,000
North Florida School of Special Education$10,000
Trips for Kids Charlotte$10,000
Riverside Presbyterian Day School$5,000
Catawba River Keeper$5,000
North Florida Land Trust$5,000
Catawba Land Conservancy$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
North Carolina Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Trips for Kids Charlotte: $10k → 10%Trips for Kids Charlotte: $10k → 10%Trips for Kids Charlotte: $10k → 10%Trips for Kids Charlotte: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 15 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$2.0M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+232%

Still filing today

73%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% 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
EnvironmentEducationCrime & LegalHealthHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TB
    THE BOLLES SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $630k · revenue +95%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $317k · revenue +46%
  • AH
    ABILITY HOUSING INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • KJ
    KIPP JACKSONVILLE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +232%
  • NC
    North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund (United Way of North Carolina)
    one grant, 2024 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation Florida Inc

Conservation florida's mission is to permanently protect florida's water, wildlife, and wild places - the places that make florida home.

Environment
2
The Florida Trail Association Inc

The florida trail association (fta) builds, maintains, protects, and promotes the florida national scenic trail (florida trail), and a network of hiking trails throughout the state of florida. the association provides opportunities for the…

Recreation & Sports
3
Florida Surveying and Mapping Society Scholarship Fund Inc
4
Captains for Clean Water Inc

To advance education, awareness, and scientifically supported solutions to restore and protect marine ecosystems and our way of life for future generations.

Environment
5
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc

Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…

Environment
6
North Central Florida Public Charter School Inc

North charter public school is a public charter high school. the program re-engages disconneted students through an innovative curriculum that intergrates technology with academics and provides the opportunity to earn a high school…

Education
7
Florida State Parks Foundation Inc

Florida state parks foundation preserves, protects, sustains and grows florida state parks.

Recreation & Sports
8
Community Greening Corp

Community greening envisions an engaged community creating sustainable green spaces and a vibrant tree canopy to equitably strengthen our environment, economy, society and health.community greening is a community-based organization that…

Environment
9
Alachua Conservation Trust Inc

The mission of alachua conservation trust (act) is to protect the natural, historic, scenic and recreational resources in and around alachua county, florida. act protects land through purchase, donation, and conservation easements.

Environment
10
Natureconnect Florida Inc
Environment
11
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
12
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Florida Land Trust Inc and the most unlike its peers is Trips for Kids Charlotte. 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, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, 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; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC — $317,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF …Individual grant recipient — $305,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGoodwill of North Florida Take Stock in Children — $50,000 · OtherGoodwill of North Florida Take Stock in C…NORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC — $40,000 · Other+5 more — $63,000 · Other+5 moreTHE BOLLES SCHOOL — $630,000 · EducationTHE BOLLES SCHOOL+1 more — $10,000 · EducationTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN — $420,000 · Crime & LegalTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOC…GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC — $55,000 · EnvironmentTIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $45,000 · EnvironmentCatawba Lands Conservancy — $20,000 · EnvironmentNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC — $20,000 · EnvironmentCATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EnvironmentABILITY HOUSING INC — $65,000 · HealthTRIPS FOR KIDS CHARLOTTE — $40,000 · Human Services
Other$775,000Education$640,000Crime & Legal$420,000Environment$160,000Health$65,000Human Services$40,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BOLLES SCHOOL — $630,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN — $420,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC — $317,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetABILITY HOUSING INC — $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC — $55,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $45,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTRIPS FOR KIDS CHARLOTTE — $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCatawba Lands Conservancy — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL — $13,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKIPP JACKSONVILLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE BOLLES SCHOOL
  • Who funds TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC
  • Who funds ABILITY HOUSING INC
  • Who funds GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC
  • Who funds TIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds NORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC
  • Who funds TRIPS FOR KIDS CHARLOTTE
  • Who funds Catawba Lands Conservancy
  • Who funds NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC
  • Who funds CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CAROLINA THREAD TRAIL
  • Who funds KIPP JACKSONVILLE INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Fidelity Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Schultz Foundation Inc · VyStar Credit Union · The Gate Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Fig Tree Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 7%
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc81% of income from government
  • Ability Housing Inc14% of income from government
  • Kipp Jacksonville Inc7% of income from government
  • Groundwork Jacksonville Inc3% of income from government
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Fig Tree Fund?

Find your warmest path to Fig Tree Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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