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Grace Initiative Foundation Tree at a glance

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Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$500
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$4kEducation$3kHealth$2kEnvironment$296Human Services$229Animals$180International$113Arts & Culture$84Other$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $180) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KNOTS OF LOVE: $12 → 10%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $12 → 14%PROJECT LINUS: $12 → 8%TEAM COLE: $12 → 8%CHICK TECH: $12 → 12%PROJECT COMPASSION: $12 → 16%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $12 → 7%LEARNING ALLY: $12 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $12 → 14%ARM IN ARM: $12 → 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $12 → 17%END RAPE ON CAMPUS: $12 → 14%GIRLS WITH SOLE: $12 → 17%SHOES THAT FIT: $12 → 14%MAG AMERICA: $12 → 14%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

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NJ
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CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
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 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
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
4
Keralink International Inc

Keralink international works to end avoidable blindness by developing, delivering, and scaling affordable solutions for all, powered by innovative technology and partnerships.

Health
5
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
6
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
9
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
10
Donor Alliance Inc

Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…

Health
11
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clean the World Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wilderwood Service Dogs 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

101 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. 101 of the 123 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/101
Grantees still filing
72/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INCMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION+1 more: $12 · PhilanthropyMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $3,200 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION IN…+6 more: $84 · EducationAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,400 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL+66 more: $822 · Other+66 moreCLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $200 · EnvironmentTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $12 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $12 · EnvironmentBRING Recycling: $12 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $12 · EnvironmentThe Ocean Foundation: $12 · EnvironmentCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $25 · HealthANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $12 · HealthRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $12 · HealthHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $12 · HealthCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $12 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $12 · HealthCaringBridge: $12 · HealthTHE DREAM FACTORY INC: $12 · HealthActive Minds Inc: $12 · HealthRandom Acts of Flowers: $12 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $12 · HealthLEMONS OF LOVE INC: $12 · HealthANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $12 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $12 · HealthTEAM COLE: $12 · Human ServicesGirls With Sole: $12 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $12 · Human ServicesPROJECT COMPASSION PROJECT COMPASSION NFP: $12 · Human ServicesARM IN ARM INC: $12 · Human ServicesPROJECT LINUS: $12 · Human ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $12 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FIT: $12 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $12 · Human ServicesChickTech: $12 · Human ServicesEND RAPE ON CAMPUS: $12 · Human ServicesKnots of Love Inc: $12 · Human ServicesMAG AMERICA INC: $12 · Human ServicesKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $12 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $12 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $12 · AnimalsCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $12 · AnimalsTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $12 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc: $12 · AnimalsNEW SPIRIT 4 AUSSIE RESCUE INC: $12 · AnimalsHARLEQUIN HAVEN GREAT DANE RESCUE: $12 · AnimalsAJS SEARCH & RESCUE: $12 · AnimalsOPERATION KINDNESS: $12 · AnimalsSpay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc: $12 · AnimalsSANCTUARY FOR SENIOR DOGS: $12 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $12 · Animals
Philanthropy$3,512Education$3,284Other$2,222Environment$260Health$181Human Services$180Animals$132

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 budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $29 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $24 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrairie Public Broadcasting Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCENCIA: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM COLE: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERWOOD SERVICE DOGS INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls With Sole: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOY OF MUSIC YOUTH MUSIC SCHOOL CORPORATION: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpeak Your Silence Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOMTOD IDEAS INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetP2 HOLDING: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW SPIRIT 4 AUSSIE RESCUE INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT COMPASSION PROJECT COMPASSION NFP: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEQUIN HAVEN GREAT DANE RESCUE: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIND SOLAR ALLIANCE: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DREAM FACTORY INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION INC: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT LINUS: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHappy Hearts Fund Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARING VOICE COALITION INC: $12 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie FoundationCarmax FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…The Robert Wood Johns…Shell USA Company Fou…Dominion Energy Chari…Baxter International …Silicon Valley Commun…Baker Hughes Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Gannett Foundation Inc
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY17.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Carmax Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gannett 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 Grace Initiative Foundation Tree funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace Initiative Foundation Tree. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Bring Recycling: 7% of income from government
  • Arm in Arm Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Clean the World Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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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How do I get to Grace Initiative Foundation Tree?

Find your warmest path to Grace Initiative Foundation Tree 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 123 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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