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Giving Well Foundation Inc

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.

$896k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$368k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

International$3.6MHealth$799kPublic Safety & Disaster$80kEnvironment$65kHousing & Shelter$25kCommunity Improvement$25kPublic Benefit$25kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
  • $250k+2 grants · $641k
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LINK HANDS FOR HUMANITY$368,194
LINK HANDS FOR HOPE$273,030
LINK HANDS FOR HUMANITY$90,000
LELEKA FOUNDATION$75,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$60,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$20,000
SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL$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.

US giving: 82% of grant dollars ($3.9M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 18% that went abroad ($824k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CISA: $10k → 14%PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100k → 16%OASIS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 17%SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC: $100k → 17%SAFE SPACE NEW MEXICO FIRE RELIEF FUND: $5k → 14%NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE: $1k → 18%NM FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 22%LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $50k → 14%RIVER PHOENIX CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING: $30k → 19%SAVE THE CHILDREN: $8k → 9%CARE: $8k → 13%SADALSUUD FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE: $5k → 14%SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: $60k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $15k → 14%RIVER PHOENIX CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING: $25k → 19%SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%GREEN AMERICA: $20k → 14%RIVER PHOENIX CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING: $10k → 19%SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%RIVER PHOENIX CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING: $10k → 19%SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 12%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

NY
MA
NV
CT
CA
NM
DC
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 18% of all-years giving ($824k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Mongolia$799k · 2 grants
Morocco$25k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 6 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
17

Total granted

$4.2M
$375k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+4%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • LH
    LINK HANDS FOR HUMANITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.1M
  • LH
    LINK HANDS FOR HOPE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $799k
  • LF
    LELEKA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue -22%

Funded once

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +20%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -7%
  • PT
    Progress Texas Institute
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -74%
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
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
2
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
3
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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6
International Rescue Committee Inc

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

International
7
Project Concern International

Pci is a global development organization that drives innovation from the ground up to enhance health end hunger, overcome hardship and advance women & girls-resulting in meaningful and measurable change in people's lives.

International
8
Global Communities

Global communities brings together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives and secure strong futures.

International
9
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
10
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
11
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
12
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LINK HANDS FOR HUMANITY: $3,092,729 · OtherLINK HANDS FOR HUMANITYLINK HANDS FOR HOPE: $799,290 · OtherLINK HANDS FOR HOPE+10 more: $160,327 · OtherLELEKA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · InternationalLELEKA FO…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $65,000 · InternationalWORLD CEN…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $60,000 · InternationalThe Ameri…+2 more: $15,000 · InternationalPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100,000 · HealthSolar Cookers International: $45,000 · EnvironmentProgress Texas Institute: $25,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementLAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUN: $5,000 · Community ImprovementGREEN AMERICA: $20,000 · Animals
Other$4,052,346International$390,000Health$100,000Environment$45,000Civil Rights$45,000Community Improvement$30,000Animals$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLELEKA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Phoenix Center for Peace Building Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSolar Cookers International: $45,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetProgress Texas Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN AMERICA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Giving Well Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Giving Well Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Survival Centers Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Giving Well Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Giving Well 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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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