· Private foundation
Fund for Innovation and Public Services
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $124k
- $250k+1 grant · $310k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASHOKA | $310,000 |
| ROOTS OF EMPATHY | $124,000 |
| LUMNI FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NETWORK | $20,000 |
| FIRST BOOK | $10,000 |
| TURNOUT ACTIVISM | $10,000 |
| SI KAHN LIVING LEGACY | $8,000 |
| GENDER ACTION | $8,000 |
| NORTH SOUTH FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| PEACE APPEAL FOUNDATION | $500 |
| COMMONWEALTH | $200 |
| NRDC | $110 |
| THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL | $110 |
| DEMOCRACY 21 | $100 |
| CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AASHOKA8× · 2017–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +129%
- EPENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NETWORK8× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +620%
- GAGET AMERICA WORKING INC4× · 2017–2020 · $51k · revenue +279% · 48% of their budget
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $38k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $20k
- YVYOUTH VENTURE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +236%
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.
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.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
To research and develop centrist policy ideas.
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…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…
The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The mission of naaee is to use the power of education to advance environmental literacy and civic engagement to create a more equitable and sustainable future. we work with educators, policymakers, and partners aroung the world.
The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 63 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASHOKA ↗
- Who funds FIRST BOOK ↗
- Who funds Gender Action ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds GET AMERICA WORKING INC ↗
- Who funds TURNOUT ACTIVISM INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH SOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUTH VENTURE INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FAIRNESS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Meridian Institute ↗
- Who funds DEMOCRACY 21 ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INSPIRED TEACHING ↗
- Who funds POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fund for Innovation and Public Services funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fund for Innovation and Public Services. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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