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Franklin Philanthropic 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.

$809k
Granted FY2025still arriving
164
Grants FY2025still arriving
32
States reached
$47k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$1.1MHealth$520kArts & Culture$390kAnimals$377kHuman Services$304kReligion$272kCrime & Legal$212kCivil Rights$205kOther$0
02FY2025 · 164 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k149 grants · $543k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $266k
$3,000
Median grant
32
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
350ORG$46,682
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDAT$37,796
HANG TIMECAREER RESOURCES$23,850
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$22,616
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$17,616
BROOKLYN BOATWORKS$15,000
YELLOWSTONE TO YUKON CONSEVATION$12,772
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS$12,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$11,988
CARINGKIND$11,500
HENRYS FORK WILDLIFE ALLIANCE$11,500
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$11,077
ACLU FOUNDATION$11,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY$10,902
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $229k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUCKY DOG RESCUE: $9k → 9%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $6k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $3k → 11%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $5k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $3k → 11%LUCKY DOG RESCUE: $4k → 9%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $5k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $3k → 11%EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $4k → 21%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $4k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $3k → 11%EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $4k → 21%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $3k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $2k → 11%EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $3k → 21%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $2k → 10%DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $2k → 11%ANGELS OF LIGHT: $10k → 9%EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $2k → 21%ANGELS OF LIGHT: $6k → 9%TWICE BLESSED: $3k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $7k → 11%TWICE BLESSED: $3k → 11%CENTER FOR ALL ABILITIES: $4k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $4k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $4k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $4k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $4k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $3k → 17%BLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $3k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $8k → 17%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $6k → 20%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $6k → 20%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $5k → 20%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $5k → 20%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $7k → 17%MAG AMERICA: $5k → 14%MAG AMERICA: $4k → 14%MAG AMERICA: $4k → 14%MAG AMERICA: $4k → 14%MAG AMERICA: $3k → 14%MAG AMERICA: $3k → 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

VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 189 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

189 repeat relationships: 131 still active in FY2025, 58 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

189
63

Total granted

$3.9M
$477k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+1%

Still filing today

68%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k 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
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $77k · revenue +45%
  • HF
    HENRYS FORK WILDLIFE ALLIANCE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $76k · revenue +57% · 27% of their budget
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $65k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • GP
    GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • V
    VOTEORG
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -2%
  • CF
    ChiArts Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue ×20
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
Rainforest Trust

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

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

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
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

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

—
9
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
10
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
11
Wildaid Inc

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

Animals
12
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising. 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

188 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. 188 of the 285 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
184/188
Grantees still filing
119/188
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $116,918 · OtherUNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: $80,237 · Other+110 more: $2,166,663 · Other+110 more350ORG: $227,269 · Environment350ORGOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $77,168 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYHENRYS FORK WILDLIFE ALLIANCE INC: $75,571 · EnvironmentHENRYS FORK WILDLIFE …PROTECT OUR WINTERS: $41,800 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $39,752 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $39,400 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $31,921 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $30,538 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $27,550 · Environment+16 more: $209,626 · Environment+16 moreELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $69,000 · Arts & CultureGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN IN FILM: $22,400 · Arts & CultureOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDowntown Cabaret Theatre of Bridgeport: $19,340 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony Orchestra: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCLIMB Theatre Inc: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $26,938 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $51,260 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $41,410 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $30,510 · AnimalsLUCY MACKENZIE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $13,910 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $13,510 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $12,510 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,310 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $11,910 · AnimalsQueen City Cats: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $8,910 · Animals+8 more: $48,617 · AnimalsUNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesMAG AMERICA INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $22,252 · Human ServicesBLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $22,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S WILDERNESS INSTITUTE: $18,100 · Human ServicesTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $17,000 · Human ServicesDEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY CARES: $16,000 · Human ServicesANGELS OF LIGHT INC: $15,880 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $14,500 · Human ServicesTWICE BLESSED INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesLUCKY DOG RESCUE INC: $12,550 · Human Services+3 more: $19,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $65,083 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $53,200 · HealthGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $30,026 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,405 · HealthNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 · Health+2 more: $10,500 · HealthEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $45,273 · Civil RightsROCK THE VOTE: $38,800 · Civil RightsVOTEORG: $30,000 · Civil RightsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsVOTERIDERS: $14,979 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $14,000 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center: $8,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$2,363,818Environment$800,595Arts & Culture$282,678Animals$254,857Human Services$217,782Health$203,714Civil Rights$176,052

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budget350ORG: $227,269 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $77,168 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHENRYS FORK WILDLIFE ALLIANCE INC: $75,571 over 6y, 27% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $69,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $65,083 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BOATWORKS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $53,200 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $51,260 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $48,317 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $46,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $45,772 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $45,273 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHONR NETWORK INC: $42,077 over 6y, 56% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $41,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $41,410 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $39,752 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $39,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $39,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER INC: $39,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROCK THE VOTE: $38,800 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFUGEES FAMILY INC: $37,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $32,920 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $31,921 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrout Unlimited 109 Bellevue Issaquah: $30,735 over 6y, 15% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $30,538 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $30,510 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $30,026 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVOTEORG: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetENTRYWAY: $28,040 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $27,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,847 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $25,529 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,405 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECPAT-USA INC: $23,776 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPADI AWARE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $23,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $23,251 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMAG AMERICA INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE IN MOTION INC: $22,905 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM: $22,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $22,252 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOMINGDALE AGING IN PLACE: $22,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION: $20,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $20,222 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $20,000 over 5y, 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.

  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HENRYS FORK WILDLIFE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN BOATWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds HONR NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRYSALIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCK THE VOTE ↗
  • Who funds FUGEES FAMILY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Trout Unlimited 109 Bellevue Issaquah ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds George Mark Childrens Fund ↗

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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…John D and Catherine …Hopewell FundNewman's Own Foundati…National Network of A…J Walton Bissell Foun…The Scripps Family Fu…Marty and Dorothy Sil…Liberty Bank Foundati…Tides FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…Silicon Valley Commun…
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC18.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Hopewell Fund · Newman's Own Foundation · National Network of Abortion Funds Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community 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 Franklin Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin Philanthropic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Community Partners in Action Inc: 90% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Reader to Reader Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Green Village Initiative Inc: 14% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chill Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Curtain Call Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 285 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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$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