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Fishes & Loaves Foundation at a glance

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Fishes & Loaves Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$272kEducation$99kReligion$98kArts & Culture$77kHealth$54kPhilanthropy$48kRecreation & Sports$34kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$577k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in First Republic.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY$57,500
MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL$15,000
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF UPPER MONTCLAIR$11,850
KLL FOUNDATION$10,000
SPECTRUM 360$3,200
THE COOPER SCHOOL$2,500
MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND$2,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST$1,500
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 (FY17–25, $273k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $58k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $41k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $35k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $33k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $26k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $26k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $20k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $18k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $16k → 16%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CO
VA
KS
SC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$670k · 18 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
18

Total granted

$670k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+31%

Still filing today

33%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HN
    HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $272k · revenue +97%
  • MF
    MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +115%
  • MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +179%

Funded once

  • E
    EDEYO
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TA
    THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +35%
  • TL
    THE LAMP FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +73%
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
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Montclair State University Foundation Inc

The montclair state university foundation ("the foundation") was established to encourage and support the growth and development of montclair state university through fundraising activities that help further the educational, experiential,…

Education
3
The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc

Public and medical education and research

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4
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
5
Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership Inc

Mount sinai medical legal partnership(msmlp)provides,coordinates and funds legal assistance and representation for low-income patients of the mount sinai health system facing a health-harming legal need.

Crime & Legal
6
Monmouth Park Charity Fund Inc

Raising of funds for distribution to monmouth county nj charities.

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7
Monterra Community Fund

Monterra community fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fund created by monterra credit union to support our commitment to financial wellness in our community.

Community Improvement
8
Montgomery Academy

K-12 school serving students with special needs.

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9
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
10
Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation

To raise funds to support mount sinai medical center of florida, inc., a not-for-profit acute care teaching and research facility, so that it may provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching,…

Health
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
The German Marshall Fund of the United States

The german marshall fund of the united states (gmf) strives to champion democratic values and the transatlantic alliance by strengthening civil society, forging bold and innovative policy ideas, and developing a new generation of leaders…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montclair Film Festival Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

22 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. 22 of the 40 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $272,393 · Human ServicesHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF UPPER MONTCLAIR: $93,700 · OtherTHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF UPPER MONTCLAIRBROOKE JACKSON FOUNDATION: $34,800 · OtherBROOKE JACKSON FOUNDATIONMONTCLAIR HIGH GRIDIRON BOOSTER CLUB: $21,673 · OtherMONTCLAIR HIGH GRIDIRON BOOSTER CLUBCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $18,000 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherWILL STRONG FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherKLL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherYALE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $40,945 · Other+14 moreMONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureMONTCLAIR …NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL …KLL Memorial Scholarship Foundation: $35,000 · EducationKLL Memor…SPECTRUM360: $25,200 · EducationSPECTRUM3…The Cooper School: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $29,750 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $1,500 · PhilanthropyBROWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Community ImprovementEVA'S VILLAGE INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementTHE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,250 · HealthCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $1,000 · Health
Human Services$273,393Other$276,618Arts & Culture$64,500Education$63,700Philanthropy$31,250Community Improvement$11,000Health$6,250

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 budgetHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $272,393 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetMONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKLL Memorial Scholarship Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetMONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $29,750 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetSPECTRUM360: $25,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS: $3,995 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOUT MONTCLAIR INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cooper School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTCLAIR POLICE FOUNDATION CORP: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVA'S VILLAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds KLL Memorial Scholarship Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM360 ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds THE LAMP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OUT MONTCLAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cooper School ↗
  • Who funds MONTCLAIR POLICE FOUNDATION CORP ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EVA'S VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAY FOR PINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Montclair High School Project Graduation Boosters Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA ↗
  • Who funds Galveston Bay Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗

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.

Citizens Philanthropi…Investors Foundation …Community Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Citizens Philanthropic Foundation IncNJ13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Fishes & Loaves Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fishes & Loaves Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Montclair Film Festival Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Fishes & Loaves Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Fishes & Loaves 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 40 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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