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Friendship Fund Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$350kArts & Culture$293kHuman Services$186kEducation$167kHealth$94kCommunity Improvement$79kReligion$60kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k44 grants · $146k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$3,750
Median grant
12
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECO-CYCLE INC$15,700
THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC$12,500
AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION (DBA AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE)$6,000
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC$5,800
PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH$5,666
PEACE OVER VIOLENCE$5,200
WAQUOIT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$5,000
CATAWBA LANDS CONSERVANCY$5,000
BARENBOIM-SAID FOUNDATION USA$5,000
ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC$5,000
FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA (FOSA)$5,000
FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
COMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC$5,000
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES - HARMONY PROJECT BAY AREA$4,800
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF SCIENCE INC$4,566
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, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $2k → 13%COLUMBIA COUNTY RECOVERY KITCHEN: $8k → 11%FRASIER MEADOWS MANOR INC: $2k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $6k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%MID PINES FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $14k → 16%FRASIER MEADOWS MANOR INC: $2k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $6k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $7k → 16%FRASIER MEADOWS MANOR INC: $2k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $6k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $4k → 14%FRASIER MEADOWS MANOR INC: $1k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $6k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $4k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $3k → 22%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 7%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 7%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 7%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 7%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 7%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 7%NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 7%PARTNERSHIP FOR SMARTER GROWTH: $2k → 22%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $8k → 7%SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH: $5k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $3k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $3k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $3k → 7%SOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH: $2k → 7%CANE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 7%CANE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 7%CANE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 7%CANE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 7%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
NH
MT
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.
$1.3M · 94 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

94 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 52 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
64

Total granted

$1.3M
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+15%

Still filing today

77%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • T3
    THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +70%
  • FS
    FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $39k · revenue +33%
  • EI
    ECO-CYCLE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $39k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • HE
    HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY TEAM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -40%
  • BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +47%
  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
3
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

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4
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
5
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
6
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
7
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
8
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
9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
11
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
12
Cascade Climate Inc

To accelerate progress in interventions that harness Earths natural systems to stabilize the climate.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Initiatives; the most unlike its peers is Shields Valley Foundation 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

128 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. 128 of the 164 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)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/128
Grantees still filing
86/128
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $39,000 · OtherFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INCWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $37,134 · OtherWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INCTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $37,000 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INCPEACE OVER VIOLENCE: $30,950 · OtherST PAUL'S ON THE GREEN: $27,166 · OtherFLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherHOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY TEAM INC: $25,000 · Other+80 more: $466,677 · Other+80 moreTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $42,305 · EnvironmentTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAN…ECO-CYCLE INC: $38,975 · EnvironmentECO-CYCLE INCASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC: $37,000 · EnvironmentASSOCIATION TO PRESER…AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $25,600 · EnvironmentAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUN…Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $23,650 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wildern…GREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentGREEN FORESTS WORK IN…FINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $13,800 · EnvironmentSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $12,334 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA: $10,500 · Environment+11 more: $64,225 · Environment+11 moreWOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $37,736 · EducationWOODS HOLE PU…CHILDRENS SCHOOL OF SCIENCE INC: $26,821 · EducationCHILDRENS SCH…Thaddeus Stevens School: $25,300 · EducationThaddeus Stev…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $19,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES …Harmony Project: $16,034 · EducationHarmony Proje…REALITY CHANGERS: $14,000 · EducationREALITY CHANG…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $12,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $9,500 · Education+6 more: $19,067 · Education+6 morePartnership for Smarter Growth: $40,498 · Human ServicesPartnership…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $35,750 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VI…SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $23,050 · Human ServicesSECOND WIND…BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEAL…NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS RHODE ISLAND: $8,250 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA COUNTY RECOVERY KITCHEN INC: $7,600 · Human ServicesSOUTH COUNTY HOME HEALTH: $6,500 · Human ServicesFRASIER MEADOWS MANOR INC: $5,700 · Human Services+5 more: $12,750 · Human Services+5 moreTHE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $31,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMUN…METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $23,400 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLIS…BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $17,750 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY S…FRIENDS OF NOBSKA LIGHT INC: $12,325 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF…BERKELEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $12,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY S…Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra: $9,350 · Arts & CultureColorado S…EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $8,300 · Arts & CultureEAST BAY P…BARENBOIM-SAID FOUNDATION (USA): $7,300 · Arts & CultureCONTINUUM CULTURE & ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $11,116 · Arts & Culture+5 moreBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10,340 · HealthSOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $8,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC: $5,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthDAY ONE: $4,200 · HealthSAVE A WARRIOR INC: $3,250 · HealthTHE CHRIS COLLINS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthWOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $2,250 · HealthNATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS COALITION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,000 · Civil RightsRISE INC: $12,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $6,250 · Civil RightsPride St Louis Inc: $4,500 · Civil Rights
Other$692,927Environment$300,389Education$179,708Human Services$160,598Arts & Culture$137,541Health$45,540Civil Rights$35,750

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 budgetTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $42,305 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPartnership for Smarter Growth: $40,498 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $39,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetECO-CYCLE INC: $38,975 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $37,736 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $37,134 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $37,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC: $37,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC: $35,750 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $31,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetPEACE OVER VIOLENCE: $30,950 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDRENS SCHOOL OF SCIENCE INC: $26,821 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $25,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThaddeus Stevens School: $25,300 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetHOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY TEAM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $23,650 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $23,400 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $23,050 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL: $19,160 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $17,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CAPE COD INC: $16,750 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetHarmony Project: $16,034 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $13,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHORAL SOCIETY: $13,750 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION INC: $12,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $12,334 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOBSKA LIGHT INC: $12,325 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $12,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRISE INC: $12,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $12,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION: $11,850 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA: $10,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTreesCharlotte: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWILDLANDS RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS: $9,550 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetColorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra: $9,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $9,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 9y, 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 THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Partnership for Smarter Growth ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ECO-CYCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE OVER VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS SCHOOL OF SCIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Thaddeus Stevens School ↗
  • Who funds HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY TEAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND WIND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds SEABURY ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN FORESTS WORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA THREAD TRAIL ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds WINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds Harmony Project ↗
  • Who funds REALITY CHANGERS ↗
  • Who funds FINGER LAKES REUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO SPRINGS CHORAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCENIC VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NOBSKA LIGHT 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…Cape Cod Foundation I…Stanley W Watson Foun…Esther Simon 1952 Cha…United Way of Rhode I…Harken FoundationJosephine and Louise …Martha's Vineyard Ban…Cape Cod Five Cents S…The Champlin Foundati…Woods Hole Foundation…George H Lusk Trust
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI25.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Stanley W Watson Foundation · Esther Simon 1952 Charitable Trust Xxxxx8006 · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Harken Foundation · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · The Champlin Foundation · Woods Hole Foundation Inc · George H Lusk Trust

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 Friendship Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friendship Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Second Wind Foundation: 85% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Atlantic Public Media Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Fairfield County Chorale Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
39report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Friendship Fund 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 164 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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