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Greener Pastures Foundation at a glance

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Greener Pastures Foundation

To support charitable activities

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$3.0MEducation$270kYouth Development$33kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$2k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANDY WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION$25,000
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION$7,500
PELOTONIA$5,000
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 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.
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 grantees
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.

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University of Dayton

The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…

Education
2
Dayton Children's Hospital

The relentless pursuit of optimal health for every child within our reach.

Health
3
Dayton Foundation Charitable Accounts Inc

Dayton foundation charitable accounts, inc. is a section 509(a)(3) supporting organization to the dayton foundation, inc., a section 501(c)(3) publicly supported community foundation. the dayton foundation is the sole member of the dayton…

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4
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.

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5
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges

To solicit contributions from the corporate community and private foundations on behalf of 33 member-college/universities that serve nearly 80,000 students. members are nonprofit, privately controlled, 4-year colleges/universities…

Education
6
The University of Cincinnati Foundation

Mission: to inspire a community of uc and uc health supporters through the power of philanthropy. vision: igniting passion to transform lives.

Philanthropy
7
The Ohio University Foundation

The Ohio University Foundation was established in 1945 to support the mission of Ohio University, the first institution of higher education in the Northwest Territory. Ohio University holds as its central purpose the intellectual and…

Education
8
Dayton Foundation Plus Inc

Dayton foundation plus, inc. is a section 509(a)(3) supporting organization to the dayton foundation, inc., a section 501(c)(3) publicly supported community foundation.

Philanthropy
9
Wright State University Foundation Inc

The Wright State University Foundation's mission is to partner with Wright State University in providing funding that assists students from the Dayton region and beyond to obtain an affordable, quality education by: 1) promoting and…

Education
10
Ohio State University Foundation

The Foundation raises funds and manages endowments and planned gifts for the benefit of The Ohio State University.

Education
11
Hospice of Dayton Inc

The hospice of dayton, inc. is committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families, regardless of ability to pay, and in a manner consistent with the highest hospice standards. our…

Human Services
12
Uc Health Foundation

Uc health foundation is the fundraising entity of the uc healthcare system. our mission is to support groundbreaking work that takes place across the academic health center to provide the best in prevention, treatment, education and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dayton Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Randy Walker Legacy 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

15 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · HealthDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION+2 more: $32,000 · HealthMiami University Foundation: $220,000 · EducationMiami Uni…DAYTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY INC: $50,000 · EducationDAYTON EA…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $37,500 · PhilanthropyRANDY WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyDAYTON FOUNDATION DEPOSITORY: $3,000 · PhilanthropyBIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES INC: $30,000 · OtherUNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY: $2,000 · OtherAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 · Youth Development
Health$3,032,000Education$275,000Philanthropy$65,500Other$42,000Human Services$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$3,000

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 budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMiami University Foundation: $220,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDAYTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGID'S PATH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRANDY WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetUNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOA FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDAYTON FOUNDATION DEPOSITORY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY: $2,000 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.

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 Dayton FoundationDayton Foundation Dep…Dayton Foundation Plu…Miami Valley HospitalThe United Way of the…Mathile Family Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Dayton FoundationOH17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dayton Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · Dayton Foundation Plus Inc · Miami Valley Hospital · The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Mathile Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Greener Pastures Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greener Pastures Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Greener Pastures Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Greener Pastures Foundation 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 15 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 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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