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Forty-One Foundation at a glance

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Forty-One Foundation

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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$141kHealth$21kHuman Services$13kFood & Nutrition$4kInternational$4kHousing & Shelter$4kYouth Development$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$318k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URSULINE ACADEMY$25,000
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME$5,000
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.

US giving: 65% of grant dollars ($127k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 35% that went abroad ($69k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $500 → 6%FATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE: $500 → 7%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $250 → 26%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $250 → 12%AMIGO DE JESUS: $250 → 7%PROJECT HOME: $250 → 22%FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER OF ST PAULS: $250 → 10%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
NY
MA
PA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC

Beyond the US: 35% of all-years giving ($69k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Italy$69k · 7 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$149k · 5 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
45

Total granted

$149k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+34%

Still filing today

20%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionInternationalEducationOther
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

  • UA
    URSULINE ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $68k
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN UNIVERSTIY OF ROME
    3× · 2018–2021 · $35k
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME
    4× · 2022–2025 · $34k

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • TW
    THE WAREHOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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2
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
3
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
4
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
5
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
6
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
7
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
8
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

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9
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
10
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
11
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

29 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. 29 of the 51 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URSULINE ACADEMY INC: $67,750 · OtherURSULINE ACADEMY INCTHE AMERICAN UNIVERSTIY OF ROME: $35,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN UNIVERSTIY OF ROMETHE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME: $34,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME+28 more: $32,900 · Other+28 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $11,000 · HealthBLOOD CAN…HEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthHEADSTRON…The Devereux Foundation: $1,500 · HealthThe Dever…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHRO…+1 more: $500 · HealthFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $250 · Food & NutritionGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 · InternationalBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $1,200 · InternationalCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $500 · Human ServicesFATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE: $500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $250 · Human ServicesAmigos de Jesus: $250 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $250 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING CENTER OF ST PAUL'S: $250 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $250 · Human ServicesFIRST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION F/K/A EASTSIDE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterSOJOURNERS' PLACE: $250 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $1,000 · Education
Other$169,650Health$16,000Food & Nutrition$2,750International$2,400Human Services$2,250Housing & Shelter$1,750Education$1,000

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 budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Devereux Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER FREE AMERICA INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION F/K/A EASTSIDE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITCH IN FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmigos de Jesus: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNERS' PLACE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING CENTER OF ST PAUL'S: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $250 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.

Crestlea Foundation I…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Delaware Community Fo…The Anthony & Catheri…Welfare Foundation IncLongwood Foundation I…Wsfs Cares FoundationVerizon FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Marmot FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Ayco Charitable F…
Crestlea Foundation IncDE17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crestlea Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Welfare Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Marmot Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Ayco Charitable 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 Forty-One Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forty-One Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Family Counseling Center of St Paul's: 41% of income from government
  • Sojourners' Place: 30% of income from government
  • The Ministry of Caring Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 51 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home