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Irie 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.

$321k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.0MHealth$304kInternational$253kEducation$225kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kRecreation & Sports$113kScience & Tech$61kPhilanthropy$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $227k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
MONARCH EFFECT FOUNDATION$51,500
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND$50,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$20,000
THE QUERENCIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (QUERENCIA CARES)$20,000
PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS$10,000
CAMPFIRE CIRCLE$7,000
MEGAN BUTZ LEGACY OF HOPE$5,000
CMT RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
BIRDIES FOR CHARITY$3,500
NIPISSING SERENITY HOSPICE$3,500
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.

US giving: 53% of grant dollars ($1.2M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 47% that went abroad ($1.1M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $159k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $1k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $1k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $985 → 15%PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS: $10k → 8%PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS: $10k → 8%PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS: $10k → 8%PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS: $10k → 8%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 17%PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS: $5k → 8%LET IT BE US: $5k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $25k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $25k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $25k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $20k → 17%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

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
IA
IN
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Beyond the US: 47% of all-years giving ($1.1M)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$1.0M · 4 grants
Mexico$60k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 28 repeat orgs$299k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
29

Total granted

$2.4M
$292k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    3× · 2021–2024 · $140k · revenue +64%
  • BC
    BAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $133k · revenue +371%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $95k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • SA
    SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA - PETER J MCGRAIL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • MB
    MUNDELEIN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • MH
    MUNDELEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
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
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
2
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
3
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
4
Feeding Matters Inc

Furthering advances in pediatric feeding disorders by accelerating identification, igniting research, and promoting collaborative care for children and families. feeding matters' vision is a world in which children with pediatric feeding…

Health
5
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
6
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
8
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
American Brain Foundation

The american brain foundation accelerates breakthrough research across brain diseases and disorders by investing in innovative science, early-career investigators, and cross-disease discoveries that advance treatments, cures, and brain…

Health
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Multiplying Good Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

35 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. 35 of the 58 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND: $1,075,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF NIPISSING & PARRY SOUNDMONARCH EFFECT FOUNDATION: $111,500 · OtherMONARCH EFFECT FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA - PETER J MCGRAIL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $100,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA - PETER J MCGRAIL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $85,000 · Other+31 more: $305,369 · Other+31 moreUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $140,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES F…BAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 · InternationalBAJA COMMUNITY …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…+1 more: $3,000 · InternationalAmerican Heart Association Inc: $70,000 · HealthAmerican H…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $70,000 · HealthAMERICAN C…American Diabetes Association: $70,000 · HealthAmerican D…CMT Research Foundation Inc: $26,875 · HealthCMT Resear…CONFESS PROJECT OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,062 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $95,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS NFP: $45,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS F…NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $8,843 · Human ServicesGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsJELLYSTONE BARK'S RESCUE RANGERS NFP: $35,000 · AnimalsThe Conscious Kid: $20,000 · EducationYouth Guidance: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $180 · Education
Other$1,676,869International$360,500Health$247,937Human Services$238,843Recreation & Sports$60,000Animals$35,000Education$30,180

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 budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 over 6y, 10% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PROGRESS NFP: $45,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJELLYSTONE BARK'S RESCUE RANGERS NFP: $35,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCMT Research Foundation Inc: $26,875 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Conscious Kid: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONFESS PROJECT OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEGAN BUTZ LEGACY OF HOPE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFeeding America: $5,102 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLET IT BE US: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERNIE'S BOOK BANK: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLENS ON LIFE PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPOWRPLNT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $1,939 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $1,429 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $1,062 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $180 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.

The Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…
The Chicago Community TrustIL10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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

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How do I get to Irie Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Irie 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 58 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home