· Public charity
Independent Order of Foresters
Foresters Common Bond informs its purpose is to champion the well-being of its members, their families and communities where they live, which it does through quality life insurance, unique member benefits, and inspiring community activities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $46k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $293k
- $250k+2 grants · $2.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $2,417,409 |
| KaBOOM | $332,987 |
| Individual grant recipient | $242,708 |
| Marjaree Mason Center | $50,000 |
| US Hunger | $45,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $275k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Grants abroad, by region: $3.8M on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $2.2M to organizations and $1.6M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: Grants to CA Branch Ntwk · Member Engagement · Charitable Support
Stated purpose: Grants to UK Branch Ntwk · Member Engagement · Charitable Support
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient5× · 2019–2024 · $10M
- IOINDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS GROUP RETURN2× · 2017–2018 · $4.9M · revenue -100%
- KIKABOOM INC7× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue -19%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $1.8M
- RMRonald McDonald House Globalgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $101k · revenue +82%
- LFLITTLE FREE LIBRARYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $49k · revenue +132%
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.
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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The organization's mission is to relentlessly pursue a better world for every child. unicef usa advances the global mission of unicef by rallying the american public to support the world's most vulnerable children. through fundraising,…
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
We are a global movement working to end child hunger in the u.s. and around the world. together with communities, we provide food, essentials, and opportunities so every child can survive and thrive.
The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.
To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.
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…
Childfund's mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities, and to promote societies whose individuals…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
None
The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS GROUP RETURN ↗
- Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Whole Kids Foundation ↗
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
- Who funds MARJAREE MASON CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds Feeding Children Everywhere Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Independent Order of Foresters funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Independent Order of Foresters. Bigger dots raise more.
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