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Greater Impact Foundation

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.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0175% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

International$6.3MPhilanthropy$4.2MFood & Nutrition$2.2MEnvironment$1.1MEducation$850kHuman Services$506kCommunity Improvement$450kReligion$230kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $250k+7 grants · $11M
$1,500,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,000,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000,000
Individual grant recipient$1,572,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500,000
KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL$1,250,000
VILLAGE ENTERPRISES$450,000
OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS AFRICA$300,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$25,000
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: 58% of grant dollars ($18M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 42% that went abroad ($13M) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%ESSMART GLOBAL INC: $117k → 8%TRUE FARMS AKA MORINGA CONNECT: $100k → 16%IMPACT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 7%KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL: $126k → 10%PLANT WITH PURPOSE: $85k → 11%GODFREDS FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%RANGSUTRA: $230k → 13%MORINGA CONNECTECHOING GREEN: $300k → 17%ACCESO IMPACT: $1.0M → 20%COSECHA FOUNDATION: $256k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $269k → 13%KOMAZA: $250k → 3%IMPACT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $750k → 12%GRASSROOTS ENERGY INC: $109k → 8%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%VILLAGE ENTERPRISES: $450k → 7%KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL: $1.3M → 10%FLORESTA USA: $63k → 11%FARM SHOP: $100k → 14%JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $25k → 17%XAVARIAN: $5k → 20%ESSMART GLOBAL INC: $150k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $200k → 13%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $150k → 7%KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL: $1.1M → 10%ALL ACROSS AFRICA: $500k → 11%DISTREE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: $3.0M → 17%MERCADO GLOBAL: $150k → 20%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $25k → 13%NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $5k → 8%ALL ACROSS AFRICA: $400k → 11%DISTREE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: $2.0M → 17%OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS AFRICA: $300k → 11%OPPORTUNITIES ACCROSS AFRICA: $250k → 11%OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS AFRICA: $150k → 11%PLANT WITH PURPOSE: $983k → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
MD
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 42% of all-years giving ($13M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$8.3M · 9 grants
Mexico$1.0M · 4 grants
Lesotho$1.0M · 1 grant
Ghana$621k · 3 grants
Uganda$600k · 1 grant
Kenya$570k · 2 grants
Nicaragua$550k · 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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 11 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$19M
$6.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+7%

Still filing today

36%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
InternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • KI
    KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +17%
  • FU
    FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED
    3× · 2018–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +77%
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • EA
    ECO-FUEL AFRICA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M
  • AI
    Acceso Impact Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
  • IE
    IMPACT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $750k
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
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
2
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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3
Seeds of Change Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Rainforest Alliance Holding 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.

Environment
5
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
6
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
7
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
8
Changing Narratives Africa

We accelerate African entrepreneurs to start and scale resilient and sustainable agribusinesses that feed Africa and the world by providing training, funding opportunities, trade linkages, and fostering a vibrant community of changemakers.…

Food & Nutrition
9
Impact Water Foundation

To make safe drinking water available to as many students as possible through scalable and lasting solutions, ensuring every student can learn and thrive with safe water. see schedule o.

Human Services
10
International Youth Foundation

Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.

International
11
Grameen Foundation Usa

Grameen foundation usa (grameen) is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by supporting women and underserved communities with the resources they need to thrive. our innovative programs are designed to provide individuals, especially…

International
12
Land O'lakes VENTURE37

To replace poverty with prosperity by implementing donor-funded projects that provide global humanitarian aid to communities and individuals in developing countries through in-kind, financial and technical assistance.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Village Enterprise Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Godfreds Foundation. 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

9 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. 9 of the 36 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $9,511,047 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIMPACT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · OtherIMPACT COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $1,572,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDRISHTEE FOUNDATION: $1,197,889 · OtherINSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE RECURSOS: $1,020,250 · OtherECO-FUEL AFRICA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $900,000 · OtherESSMART GLOBAL INC: $866,742 · Other+19 more: $5,545,837 · Other+19 moreKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,525,600 · PhilanthropyKICKSTART…FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $1,130,375 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $493,687 · InternationalVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $150,000 · InternationalMERCADO GLOBAL INC: $150,000 · InternationalTHE GODFREDS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · International+1 more: $25,000 · InternationalAcceso Impact Inc: $1,000,000 · Food & NutritionCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health
Other$24,613,765Philanthropy$2,525,600International$2,049,062Food & Nutrition$1,000,000Health$50,000

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 budgetKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,525,600 over 3y, 21% of budgetFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $1,130,375 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetAcceso Impact Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $493,687 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $150,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMERCADO GLOBAL INC: $150,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25,000 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.

  • Who funds KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Acceso Impact Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND ↗
  • Who funds MERCADO GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GODFREDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) 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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Greater Impact Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Impact Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 36 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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