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Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$527k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.3MHuman Services$2.1MYouth Development$1.1MPhilanthropy$653kHousing & Shelter$482kInternational$448kPublic Benefit$426kEmployment$400kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $435k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $595k
  • $250k+1 grant · $527k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOURCAUSE LLC$526,611
JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC$225,000
JA WORLDWIDE INC$120,000
GIRLS WHO INVEST INC$75,000
ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET$75,000
LIFEMOVES$50,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CANADA$50,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC$30,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$30,000
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY$25,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
WOMENS EMPOWERMENT$25,000
LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION INC$25,000
BOTTOM LINE INC$25,000
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 (FY17–25, $436k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FLORIDA INDEPENDENCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER: $5k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 → 14%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $25 → 14%Loaves & Fishes Community Services: $250 → 7%DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NJ: $3k → 11%Feedmore Foundation of Western New York Inc: $13k → 13%YMCA of Central Maryland: $20k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $25k → 16%Society of St Vincent de Paul South Pinellas Inc: $5k → 12%BALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $250 → 19%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%Childcare Learning Centers Inc: $40k → 9%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America: $15k → 17%Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $25k → 9%Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County: $25k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF STAMFORD: $500 → 9%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $3k → 17%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK: $25k → 19%Maryland Family Network: $21k → 19%YMCA of Greater New York: $20k → 17%Center for Urban Families Inc: $25k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $25k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $1k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $25k → 19%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50 → 17%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 19%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE INC: $453 → 19%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

ME
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 55 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

55 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
222

Total granted

$7.6M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+36%

Still filing today

73%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • JW
    JA WORLDWIDE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $480k · revenue +33%
  • GW
    GIRLS WHO INVEST INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $300k · revenue +8%
  • L
    LIFEMOVES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $230k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • YC
    YOUR CLAUSE LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $426k
  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue -61%
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue -45%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
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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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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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
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
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
11
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
12
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pushing Pink Elephants 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

235 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. 235 of the 302 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)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
228/235
Grantees still filing
158/235
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOURCAUSE LLC: $1,450,141 · OtherYOURCAUSE LLCLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $794,499 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATIONYOUR CLAUSE LLC: $425,791 · OtherYOUR CLAUSE LLCLIFEMOVES: $230,000 · Other+116 more: $3,313,767 · Other+116 moreJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $900,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG C…JA WORLDWIDE INC: $480,000 · EducationJA WORLDWIDE INCROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $225,000 · EducationROCK THE STREET WALL …+22 more: $298,473 · Education+22 moreUNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $70,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $63,000 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropySTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $36,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $180,400 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $87,355 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINE: $32,841 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $28,891 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $26,036 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · International+9 more: $43,481 · InternationalCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesMARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $45,950 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $20,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · Human Services+9 more: $29,703 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $300,000 · EmploymentBALTIMORE CORPS INC: $85,000 · Employment+1 more: $10,000 · EmploymentNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $125,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $125,000 · Civil Rights
Other$6,214,198Education$1,903,473Philanthropy$569,500International$499,004Human Services$435,653Employment$395,000Civil Rights$250,000

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 budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $900,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJA WORLDWIDE INC: $480,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $230,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $225,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $190,465 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $180,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHREAD INC: $140,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $140,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $121,213 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $91,300 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $87,355 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE CORPS INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $75,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $70,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Mateo Public Library Foundation: $70,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $63,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Mateo Police Activities League Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $51,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOOKS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $45,950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE CURRICULUM PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $45,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $41,275 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $32,841 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $28,891 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $26,036 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $25,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL READY SCHOLARSHIPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOPEN WORKS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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 JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WHO INVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET ↗
  • Who funds THE BOTTOM LINE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds THREAD INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds PAUL'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc ↗
  • Who funds San Mateo Public Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗

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.

Baltimore Community F…The United Way of Cen…The Abell Foundation …Brown Advisory Charit…T Rowe Price Program …Venable Foundation IncThe Harry and Jeanett…The Kahlert Foundatio…T Rowe Price Foundati…Associated Jewish Cha…Thomas Wilson Sanitar…Campbell Foundation I…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD49.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City · Campbell 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 Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Open Works Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Maryland Family Network Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit: 35% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Baltimore Corps Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Stevenson University: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Hippodrome Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Hope Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Humanim Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Kind Mouse Productions Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Hun School of Princeton: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
50report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Franklin Templeton Charitable Foundation Inc 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 302 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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