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Iridium Charitable 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.

$40k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,200
States reached, FY2025
23
Total assets, FY2025
$680k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

International$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kAnimals$2kEducation$1kFood & Nutrition$1kHuman Services$1kReligion$800Health$650Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,2001n/a
Team Rubicon Inc$30,00010%
Loudoun Hunger Relief Inc$40010%
Arizona Humane Society$3001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$26710%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25010%
Jacksonville Chapel$2001n/a
St Paul VI Catholic High School$2001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2001n/a
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$20010%
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All grantees of Iridium Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,2001n/a
Team Rubicon Inc$30,00010%
Loudoun Hunger Relief Inc$40010%
Arizona Humane Society$3001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$26710%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25010%
Jacksonville Chapel$2001n/a
St Paul VI Catholic High School$2001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2001n/a
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$20010%
Ascend Performing Arts Inc$20010%
Chabad Jewish Center of Reston-Herndon$2001n/a
The College Settlement of Philadelphia$2001n/a
First Baptist Church$2001n/a
Humanization Project Inc$2001n/a
Homeward Pet Adoption Center$2001n/a
Mercy Ships International$20010%
Sempervirens Fund$20010%
International Rescue Committee INC$20010%
Dance Express$20010%
Southwest Oasis Labrador Rescue Inc$20010%
Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley$20010%
Friends for Life Animal Rescue$20010%
Valley of the Moon Observatory Association$20010%
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation$2001n/a
All Hounds on Deck Rescue$20010%
Focus on the Family$2001n/a
Plan International USA Inc$20010%
Maggie's Place Inc$2001n/a
Country Day School$2001n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$2001n/a
Stanley Snacks for School Kids$2001n/a
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundati$2001n/a
Overland Missions Inc$2001n/a
Community Markets Inc$2001n/a
Duke University$20010%
Ican Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods$20010%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$20010%
Nightscout Foundation$2001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1001n/a
Valor Service Dogs Inc$1001n/a
The George Washington University$10010%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$10010%
All Kids Can Learn International Inc$1001n/a
Destiny Rescue USA Inc$2510%
Gofundmeorg$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($650), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Iridium Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoudoun Hunger Relief Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $267 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAscend Performing Arts Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDance Express: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthwest Oasis Labrador Rescue Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomeward Bound of the Grand Valley: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends for Life Animal Rescue: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Moon Observatory Association: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll Hounds on Deck Rescue: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlan International USA Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIcan Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDestiny Rescue USA Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 23.

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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.

Verizon FoundationNJ12.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · Gannett Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About Iridium Charitable Foundation

How much does Iridium Charitable Foundation give?
Iridium Charitable Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $39,702 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Iridium Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (45%), Public Safety & Disaster (43%), Animals (2%).
Who are Iridium Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: World Central Kitchen Inc ($30k), Team Rubicon Inc ($30k), Loudoun Hunger Relief Inc ($400).
Does Iridium Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Iridium Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, Gannett Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
Where is Iridium Charitable Foundation based?
Iridium Charitable Foundation is based in DE.

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 53 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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