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GVNGorg

GVNG.org is a national public charity with the mission of democratizing philanthropy through cultivating new philanthropists and supporting charitable projects with similar activity as defined in, or under, section 501(c)3 via either programs conducted or by means of distributions to other organizations so defined as permissible and in…

$545k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$146k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

International$995kPublic Safety & Disaster$500kFood & Nutrition$457kYouth Development$321kEnvironment$260kEducation$220kPublic Benefit$146kPhilanthropy$127kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $502,675, the rows itemized in this filing. The $545,175 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $326k
$20,067
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEAR ME OUT$146,012
SWANITI INITIATIVE$130,443
UNITED MITOCHONDRIAL FOUND$50,000
RAINFOREST FOUNDATION$27,515
SAINT ANDREWS SCHOOL OF BOCA$27,500
GRANTS UNDER 5000$21,040
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$20,067
CARBON REMOVAL INSTITUTE$20,067
TDD SUPPORTIVE LIVING$12,392
JUSTICE URBAN CENTER$11,662
BIG INITIATIVES IN$10,439
CARBON 180$9,149
BETH JACOB CONGREGATION$9,000
SUPPORT AND FEED INC$7,389
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $706k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PROJECT PEACE LATIN AMER: $79k → 15%GIRLS PREP INC: $6k → 6%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LA: $6k → 14%THE CHICK MISSION: $15k → 17%IRAQ & AFGAN VETERANS OF AMER: $50k → 17%TDD SUPPORTIVE LIVING: $12k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $492k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%UNITED IN HARMONY: $10k → 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

NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 7 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
31

Total granted

$1.9M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+114%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $397k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • EC
    EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $527k · revenue +354%
  • HE
    Healing Emergency Aid Response Team 911
    2× · 2018–2019 · $500k · revenue +114%
  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $220k · revenue +346%

Funded once

  • MF
    MALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
    one grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue +1%
  • TF
    TREES FOR THE FUTURE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $163k · revenue +196%
  • RE
    RISE EDUCATION SYSTEMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $124k · revenue +66%
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 Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
4
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
5
Reforest the Tropics Incorporated

Development of programs to offset personal and corporate carbon emissions through reforestation in the tropics.

Environment
6
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
7
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
8
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
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Climate Imperative Foundation

Climate imperative foundation's mission is to employ science and economics to cut global carbon emissions to secure a better future for all.

Environment
11
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
12
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nature Trust of the Santa Monica Mountai. 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

41 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. 41 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
25/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $527,246 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATI…PROJECT PEACE LATIN AMERICA INC: $79,304 · Human ServicesPROJECT PEACE LATIN AME…IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VE…+5 more: $49,654 · Human Services+5 moreHealing Emergency Aid Response Team 911: $500,000 · PhilanthropyHealing Emergency Ai…GVNGorg: $89,463 · PhilanthropyGVNGorgTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $29,546 · PhilanthropySUPPORT AND FEED INC: $457,389 · Food & NutritionSUPPORT AND FEE…HEAR ME OUT: $146,012 · OtherHEAR ME OUTStrake Jesuit College Prep: $35,100 · OtherMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $200,000 · OtherMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $75,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA IN…CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $35,517 · OtherSWANITI INITIATIVE: $130,443 · OtherSWANITI INITIATIVEUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $89,437 · OtherUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FO…+18 more: $245,572 · Other+18 moreTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $162,705 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $27,515 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,067 · EnvironmentNature Trust Of The Santa Monica Mountai: $15,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,439 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $9,149 · EnvironmentRISE EDUCATION SYSTEM: $124,287 · EducationSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $52,500 · EducationNORTH HOUSTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $23,636 · EducationStrake Jesuit Foundation: $11,983 · EducationTHE ELIJA FOUNDATION INC: $8,033 · EducationGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $219,725 · Public Safety & Disaster
Human Services$706,204Philanthropy$619,009Food & Nutrition$457,389Other$957,081Environment$244,875Education$220,439Public Safety & Disaster$219,725

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 budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $527,246 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSUPPORT AND FEED INC: $457,389 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $219,725 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $200,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $162,705 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSWANITI INITIATIVE: $130,443 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetRISE EDUCATION SYSTEM: $124,287 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetGVNGorg: $89,463 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $89,437 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPROJECT PEACE LATIN AMERICA INC: $79,304 over 1y, 29% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $52,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $35,517 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $29,546 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $27,515 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOUNTAINS RESTORATION TRUST: $27,040 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNORTH HOUSTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $23,636 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARBON REMOVAL INSTITUTE: $20,067 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,067 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $17,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN & SEA EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNature Trust Of The Santa Monica Mountai: $15,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetTHE CHICK MISSION INC: $14,560 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity for Lee and Hendry Counties Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTDD SUPPORTIVE LIVING INC: $12,392 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetStrake Jesuit Foundation: $11,983 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $11,662 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,439 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Green Turtle Cay Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED IN HARMONY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $9,149 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $9,037 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELIJA FOUNDATION INC: $8,033 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetL A WORKS INC: $6,422 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA: $6,422 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $6,422 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.

California Community …Malibu FoundationUnited Way IncThe Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…The Ayco Charitable F…The Blackbaud Giving …
California Community FoundationCA18.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Malibu Foundation · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 GVNGorg funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GVNGorg. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to GVNGorg?

Find your warmest path to GVNGorg 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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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