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Fortinet Foundation at a glance

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Fortinet Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$3k
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 2021.

Science & Tech$10kFood & Nutrition$9kInternational$6kAnimals$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHuman Services$2kPhilanthropy$1kHealth$700
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
9
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Pan American Development Foundation$2,635
Best Friends Animal Society$2,000
Feeding America$2,000
UNICEF$1,046
Samaritans Purse$1,000
ALSAC - St Jude$900
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society$600
Second Harvest Food Bank$550
Monarch Services$500
Capital Area Food Bank$500
Denver Rescue Mission$415
Food Bank of the Rockies$300
World Central Kitchen$262
Asha for Education$250
LBL Equine Rescue$200
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 (FY20–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Monarch Services: $500 → 13%Denver Rescue Mission: $415 → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $310 → 12%American Red Cross: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
NV
CA
UT
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 9 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$14k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+18%

Still filing today

78%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
InternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +39%
  • Feeding America
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +40%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • NT
    NYU Tandon School of Engineering
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +38%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +18%
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
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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5
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
6
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
7
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
8
Arizona Food Bank Network

Develop solutions to end hunger through food banking, public policy and innovation.

Food & Nutrition
9
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
10
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Montana Food Bank Network Inc

Our mission: to end hunger in montana through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. we are the only statewide hunger organization, providing emergency food and increasing food access among needy children, seniors and…

Food & Nutrition
12
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Bank of the Rockies; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYU Tandon School of Engineering: $10,000 · OtherNYU Tandon School of EngineeringSecond Harvest Food Bank: $1,750 · OtherSecond Harvest Food BankSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $1,200 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANKCareorg: $1,200 · OtherCareorgNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,100 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKALSAC - St Jude: $900 · OtherBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $600 · Other+3 more: $550 · OtherPAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,635 · InternationalPAN AMERICAN DEVE…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,546 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $609 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRO…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $525 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KIT…Asha for Education: $250 · InternationalFeeding America: $3,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FO…FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF TH…+1 more: $100 · Food & NutritionBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,664 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $725 · Human ServicesMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $500 · Human ServicesSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $700 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $225 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $133 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · Religion
Other$17,300International$5,565Food & Nutrition$5,100Animals$4,000Human Services$2,889Philanthropy$1,058Religion$1,000

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 budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,635 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,664 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,546 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $725 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $609 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAsha for Education: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $133 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation 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 Fortinet Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fortinet Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Fortinet Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Fortinet 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 27 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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