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Ford Philanthropy at a glance

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Ford Philanthropy

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.

$42M
Granted FY2025still arriving
207
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$10.0M
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, FY2017 to 2025.

International$93MEducation$43MArts & Culture$41MPublic Safety & Disaster$32MPhilanthropy$30MCommunity Improvement$22MFood & Nutrition$21MHealth$16MOther$0
02FY2025 · 207 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $144k
  • $10k–50k78 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k74 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+35 grants · $32M
$50,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$221M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION INC$9,998,553
TECHFORCE FOUNDATION$2,550,000
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$2,000,000
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION$1,718,833
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$1,394,211
HENRY FORD LEARNING INSTITUTE$1,100,000
FEONIX - MOBILITY RISING$1,000,000
KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$800,000
UNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEE$770,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$683,300
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS$680,000
GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION INC$655,500
LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND$600,000
THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC$600,000
VISION TO LEARN$515,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $18.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FEONIX - MOBILITY RISING: $1.2M → 13%GIVE FOUNDATION INC: $127k → 8%LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $600k → 12%WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $200k → 16%OPEN DOOR OF HOPE INC: $100k → 9%FEONIX - MOBILITY RISING: $1.0M → 13%LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $250k → 12%WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $100k → 16%FEONIX - MOBILITY RISING: $500k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $333k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $285k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $145k → 17%SPRINGBOARD TO SUCCESS: $100k → 14%YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $250k → 17%YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $250k → 17%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $125k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $175k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $110k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $255k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $225k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $125k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $125k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $125k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $125k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $125k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $100k → 21%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $700k → 14%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $100k → 21%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $683k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $600k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $150k → 14%FOCUS HOPE: $275k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $250k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $250k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $250k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $105k → 21%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $110k → 21%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $110k → 21%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $105k → 21%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

AK
ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.
$320M · 505 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

505 repeat relationships: 154 still active in FY2025, 351 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

505
430

Total granted

$320M
$16M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+20%

Still filing today

81%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90M · revenue +34%
  • GH
    GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24M · revenue +57% · 77% of their budget
  • UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $18M · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • MC
    MICHIGAN CENTRAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY AND SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · 46% of their budget
  • E
    ENACTUS
    one grant, 2017 · $599k
  • RT
    Ranken Technical College
    one grant, 2022 · $424k · 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
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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2
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
6
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. 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

781 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. 781 of the 1,007 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.

33
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
184
Early backer (in before they grew)
752/781
Grantees still filing
529/781
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $89,696,633 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $1,512,727 · InternationalGOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION: $24,291,253 · Public Safety & DisasterGOVERNORS HIGHWA…UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $17,645,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUNITED WAY FOR S…TEAM RUBICON INC: $2,257,500 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $250,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $6,045,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT …THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC: $4,652,500 · Arts & CultureTHE EDISON I…MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $4,251,226 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN THA…HENRY FORD ESTATE: $2,857,500 · Arts & CultureHENRY FORD E…DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,290,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMP…DETROIT OPERA: $2,190,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT OPER…MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $1,475,319 · Arts & Culture+23 more: $11,485,599 · Arts & Culture+23 moreENACTUS: $3,685,820 · OtherLULAC NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS INC: $3,207,301 · OtherHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,625,000 · OtherHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEMTECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $4,100,000 · OtherTECHFORCE FOUNDATION+101 more: $56,850,068 · Other+101 moreHENRY FORD LEARNING INSTITUTE: $14,018,575 · EducationHENRY FORD …DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5,317,710 · EducationDETROIT PUB…+28 more: $13,173,537 · Education+28 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,430,800 · Human ServicesFEONIX - MOBILITY RISING: $2,700,000 · Human ServicesFOCUSHOPE: $1,585,010 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $1,523,000 · Human ServicesLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $850,000 · Human ServicesARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $765,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $699,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $680,000 · Human Services+9 more: $2,973,670 · Human ServicesGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $9,933,131 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $3,465,000 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $560,000 · Food & Nutrition+7 more: $2,616,525 · Food & Nutrition
International$91,209,360Public Safety & Disaster$44,443,753Arts & Culture$35,247,144Other$73,468,189Education$32,509,822Human Services$17,206,480Food & Nutrition$16,574,656

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $89,696,633 over 9y, 19% of budgetGOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION: $24,291,253 over 9y, 77% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $17,645,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetHENRY FORD LEARNING INSTITUTE: $14,018,575 over 9y, 33% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $9,933,131 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $6,045,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,625,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,430,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5,317,710 over 9y, 65% of budgetTHE EDISON INSTITUTE INC: $4,652,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $4,251,226 over 9y, 18% of budgetTECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $4,100,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetENACTUS: $3,685,820 over 6y, 25% of budgetFeeding America: $3,465,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLULAC NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS INC: $3,207,301 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetHENRY FORD ESTATE: $2,857,500 over 9y, 24% of budgetFEONIX - MOBILITY RISING: $2,700,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,290,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $2,257,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,250,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT OPERA: $2,190,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS: $2,007,541 over 4y, 35% of budgetMICHIGAN CENTRAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY AND SOCIETY: $2,000,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetLULAC INSTITUTE INC: $1,709,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $1,653,500 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $1,585,010 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetAccounting Aid Society: $1,549,000 over 9y, 10% of budgetPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $1,523,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $1,475,319 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetACCELERATE 500 INC: $1,370,218 over 6y, 48% of budgetSouthwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center: $1,115,000 over 9y, 44% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $1,115,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetLATIN AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,052,252 over 9y, 15% of budgetLiving Arts: $1,015,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $1,005,260 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $995,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $985,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetSpelman College: $948,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $920,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetHeartland Forward Inc: $900,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $892,366 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSME EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $853,575 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $850,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetLATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $828,099 over 7y, 11% of budgetKELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $800,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: $796,831 over 9y, 18% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $787,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $775,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD LEARNING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE EDISON INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TECHFORCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENACTUS ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds LULAC NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD ESTATE ↗
  • Who funds FEONIX - MOBILITY RISING ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT OPERA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CENTRAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY AND SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LULAC INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSHOPE ↗
  • Who funds Accounting Aid Society ↗
  • Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds ACCELERATE 500 INC ↗
  • Who funds Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center ↗
  • Who funds VISION TO LEARN ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Living Arts ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗

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.

DTE Energy FoundationUnited Way for Southe…Community Foundation …The Skillman Foundati…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Comerica Charitable F…Children's Hospital o…The Kresge FoundationHudson-Webber Foundat…McGregor FundMichigan Health Endow…Flagstar Foundation I…
DTE Energy FoundationMI120.3× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Skillman Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · McGregor Fund · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Flagstar Foundation Inc

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 Ford Philanthropy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ford Philanthropy. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
60report 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, 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 Ford Philanthropy?

Find your warmest path to Ford Philanthropy 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 1007 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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