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Focusing Philanthropy Inc

Focusing philanthropy believes extraordinary impact is possible if we focus on root causes, maximize leverage, act on solid information, and pool our efforts.

$32M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$8.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2020–2024.

International$32MFood & Nutrition$28MEmployment$25MHealth$20MEducation$9.5MHuman Services$8.8MPublic Benefit$5.0MCivil Rights$620kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $228k
  • $250k+16 grants · $32M
$1,052,517
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE ACRE FUND$8,592,415
PER SCHOLAS$4,913,336
VISION TO LEARN$3,747,892
MUSO$2,604,889
WATER FOR PEOPLE$2,077,817
REFUGEPOINT$1,607,400
ONEGOAL$1,511,685
JVS BOSTON$1,460,764
CASA OF SAN DIEGO$1,052,517
OPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK$1,031,075
CAMFED USA$913,671
SEVA FOUNDATION$564,821
CASA OF LOS ANGELES$539,433
JVS METROWEST$450,308
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$349,979
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 (FY20–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHARITYWATER: $240k → 17%JVS METROWEST: $450k → 16%WUQU' KAWOQ DBA MAYA HEALTH ALLIANCE: $124k → 9%CHARITYWATER: $100k → 17%JVS METROWEST: $385k → 16%JVS METROWEST: $301k → 16%MISSION EDGE: $27k → 11%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.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC

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.
$125M · 25 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

25 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
9

Total granted

$125M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+79%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $289k 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
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • OA
    ONE ACRE FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $28M · revenue +39%
  • PS
    PER SCHOLAS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $17M · revenue +178%
  • WF
    WATER FOR PEOPLE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9.6M · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M · revenue +42%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $849k · revenue +63%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $824k · revenue +14%

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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
2
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
3
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
4
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
5
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
6
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
7
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
8
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
9
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
10
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
11
The One Campaign

The ONE Campaign ("ONE") continued its work to educate and raise awareness among the public, media and policymakers around the world about the importance of official development assistance and international programs that (Continued on…

Unclassified
12
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camfed Usa Foundation and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Immigrant Worker SupportCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity College Foundatio…Health Access Advocacy and …Christian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Elementary Literacy Tutoring
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%46%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%72%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%6%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,529

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
31/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ONE ACRE FUND — $27,558,123 · InternationalONE ACRE FUNDWATER FOR PEOPLE — $9,615,191 · InternationalWATER FOR PEOPLEREFUGEPOINT INC — $7,877,238 · InternationalREFUGEPOINT INCMUSO INC — $7,321,549 · InternationalMUSO INCSEVA FOUNDATION — $5,801,795 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONCAMFED USA FOUNDATION — $4,277,959 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATION+6 more — $4,790,532 · International+6 morePER SCHOLAS INC — $17,059,964 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INCJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC — $3,853,264 · EmploymentJEWISH VOCATIONAL SE…FARESTART — $2,247,114 · EmploymentFARESTARTVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $5,463,206 · Civil RightsCASA OF LOS ANGELES — $3,843,548 · Civil RightsVILLAGEREACH — $4,200,026 · EducationREADING PARTNERS — $2,077,826 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $1,152,219 · EducationSUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC — $674,480 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC — $359,612 · Education+1 more — $50,000 · EducationONEGOAL — $6,307,912 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC — $640,438 · Youth DevelopmentVISION TO LEARN — $5,798,270 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation — $288,639 · Health+2 more — $256,360 · HealthOPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK — $5,000,000 · Public BenefitJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC — $1,137,072 · OtherCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $339,646 · OtherWuqu Kawoq SA — $124,454 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE — $460,904 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $100,000 · Other+1 more — $27,315 · Other
International$67,242,387Employment$23,160,342Civil Rights$9,306,754Education$8,514,163Youth Development$6,948,350Health$6,343,269Public Benefit$5,000,000Other$2,189,391

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetONE ACRE FUND — $27,558,123 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $17,059,964 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE — $9,615,191 over 5y, 11% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC — $7,877,238 over 5y, 16% of budgetMUSO INC — $7,321,549 over 5y, 15% of budgetONEGOAL — $6,307,912 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION — $5,801,795 over 5y, 18% of budgetVISION TO LEARN — $5,798,270 over 3y, 17% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $5,463,206 over 5y, 17% of budgetOPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK — $5,000,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION — $4,277,959 over 4y, 11% of budgetVILLAGEREACH — $4,200,026 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC — $3,853,264 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES — $3,843,548 over 5y, 17% of budgetFARESTART — $2,247,114 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetREADING PARTNERS — $2,077,826 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC — $1,639,530 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $1,152,219 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC — $1,137,072 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $849,144 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $823,582 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPANZI FOUNDATION — $781,631 over 2y, 24% of budgetSUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC — $674,480 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC — $640,438 over 2y, 10% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL — $578,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE — $460,904 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC — $359,612 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $339,646 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation — $288,639 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF EDNAS MATERNITY HOSPITAL — $156,360 over 1y, 86% of budgetWuqu Kawoq SA — $124,454 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetThe End Fund Inc — $118,645 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHEALING CALIFORNIA — $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetScripps College — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO — $27,315 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationThe Chicago Community…Jewish Community Fede…National Philanthropi…The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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 Focusing Philanthropy Inc 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service of Metrowest Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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How do I get to Focusing Philanthropy Inc?

Find your warmest path to Focusing Philanthropy Inc 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 36 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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