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Foundation to Decrease World Suck

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$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$697k
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$8.3MHealth$1.3MEnvironment$852kHuman Services$596kYouth Development$564kAnimals$559kCrime & Legal$442kPublic Benefit$281kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $2,282,230, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,554,117 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $271,887 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k23 grants · $893k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$38,841
Median grant
16
States reached
$745k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Partners in Health$696,971
Save the Children Federation$691,914
Shes the First Inc$38,842
This Star Wont Go Out Inc$38,842
GENDERSPHERE$38,841
KATES CLUB INC$38,841
SOUP OR SOCKS$38,841
ASISTA IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE$38,841
CAMP FATIMA OF NEW JERSEY INC$38,841
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP$38,841
HEAR YOUR SONG INC$38,841
ALVEUS SANCTUARY INC$38,841
UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND RE$38,841
NOPI INC$38,841
ANIMAL WONDERS$38,841
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $39k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $39k → 17%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER: $37k → 16%Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan Inc: $20k → 10%Not Forgotten Inc: $39k → 16%SOUP OR SOCKS: $39k → 11%ASISTA IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE: $39k → 11%KATES CLUB INC: $39k → 14%GENDERSPHERE: $39k → 17%PROJECT HEAL INC: $37k → 7%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNIT: $37k → 12%CAMP FATIMA OF NEW JERSEY INC: $39k → 14%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $37k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $37k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $37k → 16%GENDERSPHERE: $37k → 17%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $37k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $37k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $32k → 16%GENDERSPHERE: $37k → 17%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $32k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $32k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $28k → 16%Shes the First Inc: $28k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $22k → 16%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $28k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $22k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $20k → 16%Shes the First Inc: $20k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $19k → 16%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $25k → 7%Shes the First Inc: $19k → 17%Not Forgotten Inc: $17k → 16%Shes the First Inc: $17k → 17%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $20k → 7%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $19k → 7%This Star Wont Go Out Inc: $17k → 7%World Food Program: $19k → 14%APOPO HEROATS: $17k → 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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $272k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

France$78k · 29% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: OPERATING FUNDS

United Kingdom$78k · 29% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: OPERATING FUNDS

Brazil$39k · 14% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: OPERATING FUNDS

Germany$39k · 14% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: OPERATING FUNDS

Poland$39k · 14% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: OPERATING FUNDS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 38 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
54

Total granted

$12M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+17%

Still filing today

92%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $466k 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 ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +21%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $3.5M · revenue +120%
  • TS
    THIS STAR WON'T GO OUT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $254k · revenue +45% · 46% of their budget

Funded once

  • NF
    NOT FORGOTTEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $38k · revenue +28%
  • PI
    PROVEG INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $37k · revenue 0%
  • CF
    CHILDREN'S FUTURE INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $37k · revenue +17%
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
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
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
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
4
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
8
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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9
Faunalytics

Empower animal advocates with research, insights, and strategies that maximize their effectiveness to end animal suffering.

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10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waterorg; the most unlike its peers is Instrument Shop. 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

101 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. 101 of the 106 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/101
Grantees still filing
64/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,506,128 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPO…LAST MILE HEALTH: $239,862 · HealthLAST MILE HEALTHThe Against Malaria Foundation: $177,815 · Health+11 more: $565,233 · Health+11 moreSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,680,554 · InternationalSave The Children Federation IncTHE THIRST PROJECT: $162,109 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $158,833 · International+9 more: $332,661 · International+9 moreTHIS STAR WON'T GO OUT INC: $253,604 · Human ServicesTHIS STAR …SHE'S THE FIRST INC: $250,532 · Human ServicesSHE'S THE …NOT FORGOTTEN INC: $213,234 · Human ServicesNOT FORGOT…GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $120,790 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECT…GENDERSPHERE: $113,086 · Human ServicesGENDERSPHE…+11 more: $361,588 · Human Services+11 moreHP ALLIANCE INC: $214,761 · OtherHP ALLIANCE INCUPLIFT - ONLINE COMMUNITIES AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $174,393 · OtherUPLIFT - ONLINE COM…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $152,464 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…PRISON BOOK PROGRAM: $190,202 · OtherPRISON BOOK PROGRAMCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $175,728 · OtherCHARITIES AID FOUND…National Novel Writing Month: $177,465 · OtherNational Novel Writ…THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $157,695 · OtherTHE GOOD FOOD INSTI…+32 more: $1,115,700 · Other+32 moreEARTHJUSTICE: $211,689 · EnvironmentECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $151,362 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABILITY MATTERS INC: $145,109 · EnvironmentTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $59,676 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $45,095 · EnvironmentCALIFORNIA NATIVE GARDEN FOUNDATION: $37,297 · Environment+1 more: $17,440 · EnvironmentANIMAL WONDERS INC: $145,109 · AnimalsA CATS LIFE RESCUE: $76,139 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $59,676 · AnimalsWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $38,841 · AnimalsALVEUS SANCTUARY INC: $38,841 · AnimalsLOVEPAWS: $38,841 · AnimalsUNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHAB: $38,841 · AnimalsWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $38,399 · AnimalsWILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE INC: $27,653 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $21,928 · Animals+2 more: $34,881 · AnimalsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $139,065 · Civil RightsADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $68,971 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $36,948 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $27,653 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $21,928 · Civil RightsGLSEN INC: $19,768 · Civil Rights
Health$4,489,038International$4,334,157Human Services$1,312,834Other$2,358,408Environment$667,668Animals$559,149Civil Rights$314,333

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,680,554 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,506,128 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHIS STAR WON'T GO OUT INC: $253,604 over 9y, 46% of budgetSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $250,532 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetLAST MILE HEALTH: $239,862 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHP ALLIANCE INC: $214,761 over 8y, 11% of budgetNOT FORGOTTEN INC: $213,234 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $211,689 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON BOOK PROGRAM: $190,202 over 6y, 12% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation: $177,815 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNational Novel Writing Month: $177,465 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $175,728 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THIRST PROJECT: $162,109 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $158,833 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $157,695 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $152,464 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $151,362 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT INC: $145,109 over 4y, 18% of budgetANIMAL WONDERS INC: $145,109 over 4y, 15% of budgetSUSTAINABILITY MATTERS INC: $145,109 over 4y, 12% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $139,065 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $120,790 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGENDERSPHERE: $113,086 over 3y, 30% of budgetHEAR YOUR SONG INC: $113,086 over 3y, 24% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $89,862 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA CATS LIFE RESCUE: $76,139 over 2y, 14% of budgetDRAG STORY HOUR: $76,139 over 2y, 11% of budgetADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $68,971 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNO MEANS NO WORLDWIDE: $68,971 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetLEGACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $68,971 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $60,326 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $59,676 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $59,676 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $59,225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $47,422 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $45,095 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRITA WELSH ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM INC: $38,841 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetKATE'S CLUB INC: $38,841 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $38,841 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetASISTA IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE: $38,841 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetUNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHAB: $38,841 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $38,841 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSOUP OR SOCKS INC: $38,841 over 1y, 17% of budgetWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $38,399 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPROVEG INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,397 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUTURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,298 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetInstrument Shop: $37,298 over 1y, 48% of budgetIOLA Foundation: $37,298 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

Nora Roberts Foundati…American Express Foun…The Ford FoundationPledgeling FoundationSalesforce FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…AbbVie FoundationBaxter International …New Venture FundAmerican Tower Corpor…
Nora Roberts FoundationMD17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nora Roberts Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · New Venture Fund · American Tower Corporation 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 Foundation to Decrease World Suck funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation to Decrease World Suck. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Nopi Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
20report 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.
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How do I get to Foundation to Decrease World Suck?

Find your warmest path to Foundation to Decrease World Suck 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 106 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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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