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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 FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

International$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kAnimals$2kEducation$1kFood & Nutrition$1kHuman Services$1kReligion$800Health$650Other$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k51 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$200
Median grant
23
States reached
$680k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$30,200
LOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF$400
ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY$300
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$267
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$250
ALL HOUNDS ON DECK RESCUE$200
THE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA$200
NIGHTSCOUT FOUNDATION$200
DANCE EXPRESS$200
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$200
COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$200
DUKE UNIVERSITY$200
MAGGIES PLACE INC$200
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER$200
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$200
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $600) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAGGIES PLACE INC: $200 → 11%OVERLAND MISSIONS INC: $200 → 10%DANCE EXPRESS: $200 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
6
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
7
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
8
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
9
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
10
Relief International Inc

Relief international (ri) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing of people in the communities that we serve. relief…

International
11
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
12
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope and the most unlike its peers is Friends for Life Animal Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAnimal Rescue and AdoptionFood Pantries & AssistanceCancer Support OrganizationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Land Conservation Organizat…Christian Missionary Organi…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Homeless Services & ShelterProfessional Ballet Compani…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Community Arts OrganizationsPublic University Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%90%10–20yr16%4%20–35yr13%2%35–55yr16%3%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/49
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,516

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
17/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $30,200 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC+9 more — $1,525 · InternationalTEAM RUBICON INC — $30,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBICON INCNIGHTSCOUT FOUNDATION — $200 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILY — $200 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — $200 · OtherHUMANIZATION PROJECT INC — $200 · OtherST PAUL VI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL — $200 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER — $200 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $200 · OtherSTANLEY SNACKS FOR SCHOOL KIDS — $200 · OtherCOUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $200 · OtherCHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF RESTON-HERNDON — $200 · OtherJACKSONVILLE CHAPEL — $200 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER — $200 · OtherLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC — $400 · OtherASCEND PERFORMING ARTS INC — $200 · OtherVALLEY OF THE MOON OBSERVATORY ASSOCIATION — $200 · OtherCommunity Markets Inc — $200 · OtherST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $200 · OtherSEMPERVIRENS FUND — $200 · OtherCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $200 · OtherTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA — $200 · OtherICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS — $200 · OtherHOMEWARD BOUND OF THE GRAND VALLEY — $200 · Other+3 more — $160 · OtherArizona Humane Society — $300 · AnimalsLost Our Home Pet Foundation — $200 · AnimalsHOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER — $200 · AnimalsFRIENDS FOR LIFE ANIMAL RESCUE — $200 · AnimalsALL HOUNDS ON DECK RESCUE — $200 · AnimalsSOUTHWEST OASIS LABRADOR RESCUE INC — $200 · AnimalsVALOR SERVICE DOGS INC — $100 · AnimalsWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $267 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY — $200 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $100 · EducationThe George Washington University — $100 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $100 · EducationDANCE EXPRESS — $200 · Human ServicesOVERLAND MISSIONS INC — $200 · Human ServicesMAGGIE'S PLACE INC — $200 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $250 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATI — $200 · Health
International$31,725Public Safety & Disaster$30,000Other$4,760Animals$1,400Education$767Human Services$600Health$450

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetASCEND PERFORMING ARTS INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF THE GRAND VALLEY — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANCE EXPRESS — $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS FOR LIFE ANIMAL RESCUE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL HOUNDS ON DECK RESCUE — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY OF THE MOON OBSERVATORY ASSOCIATION — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST OASIS LABRADOR RESCUE INC — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG — $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Verizon FoundationGannett Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Edward Jones Foundati…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Iridium Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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