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Grace Communications 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.

$295k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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.

Environment$140kFood & Nutrition$138kPhilanthropy$30kCivil Rights$15kCommunity Improvement$10kEducation$1kHealth$1kAnimals$100
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$132M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 94% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR ENVIRONMENT$55,000
EARTHSHARE$50,000
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION$40,000
NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION$20,000
NORTH ATLANTIC MARINE ALLIANCE$20,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$20,000
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION$15,000
MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER$10,000
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS$10,000
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
MULTIPLIER$10,000
FARM AID INC$10,000
CIVIL EATS$10,000
VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC$10,000
VETERANS TO FARMERS$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FARM AID INC: $10k → 8%REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%CIVIL EATS: $10k → 9%MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $10k → 10%MULTIPLIER: $10k → 10%SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $28k → 14%CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR ENVIRONMENT: $55k → 7%ROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS: $20k → 17%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 14%WINWARD FUND: $100 → 14%GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%OREGON DOG RESCUE: $100 → 8%VETERANS TO FARMERS: $5k → 6%VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $10k → 8%MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $40k → 13%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $5k → 10%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 → 10%SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $10k → 14%VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $5k → 8%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
MN
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
TX
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 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
Organic Farmers Association

The mission of the Organic Farmers Association is to provide a strong and unified national voice for domestic certified organic producers so that organic agriculture will become the basis of a viable United States food and agricultural…

Food & Nutrition
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
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.

Food & Nutrition
4
Equitable Food Initiative

EFIs mission is to transform the produce industry and the lives of farmworkers by facilitating collaboration among workers, agricultural employers, retail buyers and consumer advocates.

Human Services
5
New Roots Institute

New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.

Food & Nutrition
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
A Greener World

A Greener World empowers sustainable solutions in agriculture, promoting and supporting real-life farming models to the public and offering farmers and ranchers practical guidance, resources and support on achieving truly sustainable…

Food & Nutrition
8
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
9
Regenerative Organic Alliance

The roa intends to create a path for agricultural producers of food and fiber to introduce and scale the use of regenerative organic practices in their operation in an effort to increase soil health and carbon through soil. also the roa…

Food & Nutrition
10
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
11
Us Farming and Ranching Foundation

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Food & Nutrition
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

19 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. 19 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
8/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS AS…SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $37,500 · Food & NutritionSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTE…REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Food & NutritionREGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATIONFARM AID INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFARM AID INCCivil Eats: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCivil EatsCITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR ENVIRONMENT: $55,000 · OtherCITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR ENVIR…National Save The Family Farm Coalition: $20,000 · OtherNational Save The Family Farm Co…NORTH ATLANTIC MARINE ALLIANCE: $20,000 · OtherNORTH ATLANTIC MARINE ALLIANCE+2 more: $1,100 · OtherEARTHSHARE: $50,000 · EnvironmentEARTHSHAREMULTIPLIER: $10,000 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIEREarth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute…+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLE…Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGreater Ka…VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $10,000 · Community ImprovementVeterans to Farmers Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Education
Food & Nutrition$112,500Other$96,100Environment$65,100Philanthropy$30,000Community Improvement$25,000Arts & Culture$5,000Education$1,100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEARTHSHARE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $37,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Save The Family Farm Coalition: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM AID INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCivil Eats: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON DOG RESCUE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $100 over 1y, 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.

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 Chicago Community…The Schmidt Family Fo…The Nell Newman Found…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The Nell Newman Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Grace Communications Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace Communications Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Grace Communications Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Grace Communications 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 21 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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