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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.

$36M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$8.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$32MFood & Nutrition$28MEmployment$25MHealth$20MEducation$9.5MHuman Services$8.8MPublic Benefit$5.0MCivil Rights$620kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $94k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $94k
  • $250k+17 grants · $36M
$1,168,089
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE ACRE FUND$8,386,101
VISION TO LEARN$4,085,677
MUSO$3,622,602
WATER FOR PEOPLE$2,908,260
REFUGEPOINT$2,560,550
FISTULA FOUNDATION$2,441,246
JVS BOSTON$2,011,159
PER SCHOLAS$1,833,605
PROXIMITY2HUMANITY CORPORATION$1,586,182
ONEGOAL$1,168,089
CASA OF SAN DIEGO$1,025,053
HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL$961,741
REACH OUT AND READ$900,470
CASA OF LOS ANGELES$761,309
SEVA FOUNDATION$722,369
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHARITYWATER: $240k → 17%PROXIMITY2HUMANITY CORPORATION: $1.6M → 13%JVS METROWEST: $450k → 16%WUQU' KAWOQ DBA MAYA HEALTH ALLIANCE: $124k → 9%CHARITYWATER: $100k → 17%JVS METROWEST: $385k → 16%JVS METROWEST: $301k → 16%JVS METROWEST: $272k → 16%MISSION EDGE: $27k → 11%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
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158M · 26 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
9

Total granted

$158M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+79%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • OA
    ONE ACRE FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36M · revenue +97%
  • PS
    PER SCHOLAS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $19M · revenue +178%
  • WF
    WATER FOR PEOPLE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13M · 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%
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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
2
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
3
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
4
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
5
International Development Enterprises

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

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
Waterorg

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

International
8
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
9
Gavi Alliance

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

International
10
Fajr Scientific

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

Science & Tech
11
Intrahealth International Inc

Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Health
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camfed Usa Foundation; 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.
04the grantee network

40 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.

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)
40/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ONE ACRE FUND: $35,944,224 · InternationalONE ACRE FUNDWATER FOR PEOPLE: $12,523,451 · InternationalWATER FOR PEOPLEMUSO INC: $10,944,151 · InternationalMUSO INCREFUGEPOINT INC: $10,437,788 · InternationalREFUGEPOINT INCSEVA FOUNDATION: $6,524,164 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $4,277,959 · International+7 more: $5,752,273 · International+7 morePER SCHOLAS INC: $18,893,569 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INCJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $5,864,423 · EmploymentJEWISH VOCATIONAL …FARESTART: $2,247,114 · EmploymentFARESTARTVISION TO LEARN: $9,883,947 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation: $2,729,885 · Health+3 more: $303,114 · HealthVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $6,867,594 · Civil RightsCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $4,604,857 · Civil RightsVILLAGEREACH: $4,200,026 · EducationREADING PARTNERS: $2,171,334 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $1,260,082 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,152,219 · EducationSUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC: $674,480 · Education+2 more: $96,754 · EducationONEGOAL: $7,476,001 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $640,438 · Youth DevelopmentOPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK: $5,000,000 · Public BenefitPROXIMITY 2 HUMANITY CORPORATION: $1,586,182 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $1,408,678 · OtherCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $339,646 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $460,904 · Other+3 more: $251,769 · Other
International$86,404,010Employment$27,005,106Health$12,916,946Civil Rights$11,472,451Education$9,554,895Youth Development$8,116,439Public Benefit$5,000,000Other$4,047,179

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetONE ACRE FUND: $35,944,224 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $18,893,569 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $12,523,451 over 6y, 11% of budgetMUSO INC: $10,944,151 over 6y, 15% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC: $10,437,788 over 6y, 16% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $9,883,947 over 4y, 17% of budgetONEGOAL: $7,476,001 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $6,867,594 over 6y, 17% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $6,524,164 over 6y, 18% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $5,864,423 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY FINANCE NETWORK: $5,000,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $4,604,857 over 6y, 17% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $4,277,959 over 4y, 11% of budgetVILLAGEREACH: $4,200,026 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $2,729,885 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFARESTART: $2,247,114 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $2,171,334 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $1,639,530 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $1,408,678 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $1,260,082 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,152,219 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $961,741 over 1y, 0.8% 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 budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $339,646 over 2y, 0.3% 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 budgetCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $46,754 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY: $46,754 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $27,315 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.

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.

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

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 Focusing Philanthropy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Focusing Philanthropy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's 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
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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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 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 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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