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IKEA US Community Foundation at a glance

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IKEA US Community 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2021
11
Grants FY2021
8
States reached
$935k
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, FY2020 to 2021.

Employment$16MHealth$14MPublic Benefit$7.0MPhilanthropy$3.5MCommunity Improvement$3.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.4MHuman Services$2.3MCrime & Legal$2.2MOther$0
02FY2021 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $729k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$100,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$741k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STATE OF INDIANA$935,373
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NEW HAVEN$450,000
NEW HAVEN WORKS INC$150,000
NEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC$150,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC$123,633
NEW HAVEN FESTIVALS INC$100,000
GREATER BALTIMORE BLACK CHAMBER COMMERCE FOUNDATIO$75,000
PHILIPPINE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF OREGON$75,000
ATLANTA BLACK CHAMBERS FOUNDATION$55,000
100 BLACK MEN OF AUSTIN$25,000
POWER OF ONE FOUNDATION$20,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY: $1.1M → 11%COMMONWEALTH CORPORATION FOUNDATION: $1.4M → 16%MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: $1.2M → 14%COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2.8M → 12%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS Assoc: $250k → 8%POWER OF ONE FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM: $7.6M → 12%HEALTH RESEARCH INCORPORATED: $2.9M → 14%GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 14%FLORIDA DEPT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $5.2M → 19%KANSAS DEPT OF LABOR: $747k → 14%MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH: $843k → 10%PHILIPPINE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF OREGON: $75k → 12%ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NEW HAVEN: $450k → 12%UTAH DIVISION OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS: $1.1M → 8%ATLANTA BLACK CHAMBERS FOUNDATION: $55k → 13%MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $950k → 12%STATE OF INDIANA: $935k → 16%STATE OF OHIO: $1.7M → 15%ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY: $2.4M → 11%LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA: $2.1M → 22%NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: $858k → 13%GREATER BALTIMORE BLACK CHAMBER COMMERCE FOUNDATIO: $75k → 11%FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $1.1M → 19%SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM: $2.5M → 12%OREGON EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT: $977k → 12%NEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $150k → 12%GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: $1.2M → 13%NEW HAVEN FESTIVALS INC: $100k → 12%NEW HAVEN WORKS INC: $150k → 12%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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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of IKEA US Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

IKEA US Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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
The Hartford Chamber of Commerce Incorporated

To compete aggressively and successfully for jobs, talent and capital.

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2
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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3
Brooklyn Community Foundation

Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.

Philanthropy
4
Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc

Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.

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The Foundation of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Inc

Receive and administer gifts, grants and contributions. assist local & state government leaders in community development programs.

Unclassified
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Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
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Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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8
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
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Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.

Philanthropy
11
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

The mission of the community foundation is to create positive and sustainable change in greater new haven by increasing the amount and enhancing the impact of community philathropy.

Philanthropy
12
Cbia Economic Growth and Opportunity Foundation Inc

To improve connecticut's economy, thereby creating opportunities and improving the lives of all residents.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Atlanta Black Chambers Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 37 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA DEPT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $5,223,464 · OtherFLORIDA DEPT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYTEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: $4,900,125 · OtherTEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSIONCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,771,477 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIANEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $2,353,454 · OtherNEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY: $2,351,906 · OtherILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITYSTATE OF OHIO: $1,720,625 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: $1,612,845 · OtherSTATE OF MICHIGAN: $1,220,220 · OtherMINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: $1,212,521 · OtherGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: $1,170,179 · OtherARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY: $1,147,083 · Other+14 more: $7,084,152 · Other+14 moreSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: $10,069,901 · HealthSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CE…HEALTH RESEARCH INC: $2,933,146 · HealthHEALTH RESEARCH INCCOMMONWEALTH CORPORATION FOUNDATION: $1,393,437 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,068,173 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $949,765 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $123,633 · PhilanthropyLEGAL SERVICES CORP OF VIRGINIA: $2,070,909 · Crime & LegalFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $1,068,173 · EducationNEW HAVEN WORKS INC: $150,000 · EducationCharlotte Area Fund Inc: $1,066,249 · Human ServicesEconomic Development Corporation of New Haven: $450,000 · Community ImprovementATLANTA BLACK CHAMBERS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · Community Improvement
Other$32,768,051Health$13,003,047Philanthropy$3,535,008Crime & Legal$2,070,909Education$1,218,173Human Services$1,066,249Community Improvement$505,000

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 budgetSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: $10,069,901 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $2,933,146 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES CORP OF VIRGINIA: $2,070,909 over 1y, 16% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,068,173 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $1,068,173 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCharlotte Area Fund Inc: $1,066,249 over 1y, 61% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $949,765 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEconomic Development Corporation of New Haven: $450,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNEW HAVEN WORKS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $123,633 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAVEN FESTIVALS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPHILIPPINE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF OREGON: $75,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetATLANTA BLACK CHAMBERS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 1y, 50% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF AUSTIN: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPower of One Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% 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.

Yale UniversityAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Yale UniversityCT15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Yale University · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 IKEA US Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from IKEA US Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon: 86% of income from government
  • New Haven Works Inc: 58% of income from government
  • New Haven Festivals Inc: 9% of income from government
  • New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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

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How do I get to IKEA US Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to IKEA US Community 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 37 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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