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John E Fetzer Institute Inc

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.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
248
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$2.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$12MPhilanthropy$11MEducation$11MReligion$9.3MPublic Benefit$9.3MCommunity Improvement$7.4MCivil Rights$7.0MArts & Culture$6.0MOther$0
02FY2025 · 248 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k174 grants · $204k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $492k
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $5.2M
  • $250k+8 grants · $6.5M
$1,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$830M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE$2,350,000
PVBLIC FOUNDATION$2,000,000
ON BEING PROJECT$500,000
INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK$500,000
2164 INC$300,000
INNER VISIONS INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL$300,000
NEW DISABLED SOUTH INC$250,000
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$250,000
INTER-RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC$245,000
BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE$200,000
LAND PEACE FOUNDATION$200,000
MILPA$200,000
HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER$200,000
JEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE INC$200,000
PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE$200,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $9.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE DINNER PARTY LABS: $65k → 10%BELOVED BUILDERS: $70k → 20%THE FREEDOM CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $25k → 10%PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING INSTITUTE: $200k → 13%TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $100k → 14%CHARTER FOR COMPASSION: $75k → 10%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $95k → 6%BELOVED BUILDERS: $45k → 20%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $250k → 17%THE FREEDOM CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $15k → 10%TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $50k → 14%BELOVED BUILDERS: $25k → 20%TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $38k → 14%COMMONWEAL: $500k → 8%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%PVBLIC FOUNDATION: $2.0M → 14%INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION: $25k → 11%COMMONWEAL: $300k → 8%PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING INSTITUTE: $200k → 11%ORGANIC ONENESS: $15k → 14%COMMONWEAL: $300k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION: $52k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $200k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION: $39k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $90k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $450k → 10%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION: $23k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $20k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $450k → 10%COMMONWEAL: $20k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $200k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $200k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $180k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $95k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%ESSENTIAL PARTNERS: $150k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $20k → 10%ESSENTIAL PARTNERS: $150k → 8%ESSENTIAL PARTNERS: $31k → 8%REIMAGINE INC: $50k → 10%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $150k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $25k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $15k → 17%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $1.4M → 17%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $200k → 17%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $160k → 17%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $90k → 17%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $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

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VT
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IN
OH
PA
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CA
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CO
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DE
AZ
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NC
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OK
LA
AL
GA
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FL
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 12% of John E Fetzer Institute Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

John E Fetzer Institute Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.5% 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62M · 411 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

411 repeat relationships: 145 still active in FY2025, 266 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

411
355

Total granted

$62M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+8%

Still filing today

61%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.1M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionInternationalHealthOther
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

  • INDEPENDENT SECTOR
    5× · 2019–2023 · $4.4M · revenue +11%
  • WC
    WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4.1M · revenue +12%
  • BA
    Braver AngelsInc
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +489% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • GF
    GUERRAND-HERMES FOUNDATION FOR PEACE
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • TF
    THE FAITH MATTERS NETWORK COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2024 · $385k · revenue 0% · 25% of their budget
  • MO
    MILLIONS OF CONVERSATIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +7% · 52% of their budget
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.

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Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
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
10
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Justfaith Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn. 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

541 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. 541 of the 857 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)
132
Early backer (in before they grew)
533/541
Grantees still filing
339/541
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INITIATIVES OF CHANGE INTERNATIONAL: $2,745,000 · OtherINITIATIVES OF CHANGE INTERNATIONALBAYLOR UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS: $1,825,000 · OtherBAYLOR UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROG…Sojourners Inc: $1,539,442 · OtherPERSPECTIVA SYSTEMS SOULS AND SOCIETY: $1,160,000 · OtherSTORYCORPS INC: $1,975,000 · OtherSTORYCORPS INCSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,170,000 · Other+95 more: $23,009,458 · Other+95 moreINDEPENDENT SECTOR: $4,354,320 · PhilanthropyINDEPENDENT SECTO…KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,894,453 · PhilanthropyKALAMAZOO COMMUNI…ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $2,420,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILA…Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement: $980,000 · PhilanthropyPhilanthropy for …+13 more: $2,301,030 · Philanthropy+13 moreCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,580,214 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVE…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,020,000 · EducationPresident and…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $842,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIV…WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $810,361 · EducationWESTERN MICHI…UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $670,000 · EducationUNION THEOLOG…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $567,024 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $385,041 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $371,000 · EducationGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION: $350,500 · EducationBridgeUSA Group: $350,000 · EducationWELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC: $346,500 · Education+12 more: $2,491,300 · Education+12 morePVBLIC FOUNDATION INC: $2,000,000 · Human ServicesPVBLIC FOUN…Braver AngelsInc: $1,880,000 · Human ServicesBraver Ange…TIDES CENTER: $1,620,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTE…COMMONWEAL: $1,430,155 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEALPastoral Care & Counseling Institute: $400,000 · Human ServicesESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $330,880 · Human Services+10 more: $1,288,375 · Human Services+10 moreON BEING PROJECT: $4,056,400 · Public BenefitON BEING …CITIZEN UNIVERSITY: $830,000 · Public BenefitCITIZEN U…MILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $821,000 · Public BenefitMILLENNIA…SAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $485,000 · Public BenefitSAGAMORE …THE FAITH MATTERS NETWORK COLLABORATIVE: $385,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $275,000 · Public BenefitTHE OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $265,000 · Public Benefit+3 more: $305,000 · Public BenefitWORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC: $4,095,000 · InternationalTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $720,000 · InternationalMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $331,900 · InternationalASHOKA: $312,388 · InternationalMILLIONS OF CONVERSATIONS INC: $300,000 · International+4 more: $455,600 · InternationalINTERFAITH AMERICA: $1,062,888 · ReligionCistems Inc: $975,000 · ReligionPUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $475,000 · ReligionFAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE INC: $350,000 · ReligionRELIGION NEWS FOUNDATION: $260,000 · ReligionINTERRELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $245,000 · ReligionTHE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC: $241,231 · ReligionGood Faith Network Inc: $220,000 · ReligionINNER VISION SPIRITUAL LIFE MAINTENANCE INC: $215,000 · ReligionBOUNDLESS FREEDOM PROJECT: $200,000 · ReligionMISSION TALK INC: $200,000 · ReligionUNDIVIDED INC: $200,000 · ReligionJEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE INC: $200,000 · Religion+11 more: $1,135,912 · Religion
Other$33,423,900Philanthropy$12,949,803Education$9,783,940Human Services$8,949,410Public Benefit$7,422,400International$6,214,888Religion$5,980,031

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetINDEPENDENT SECTOR: $4,354,320 over 5y, 23% of budgetWORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC: $4,095,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetON BEING PROJECT: $4,056,400 over 6y, 31% of budgetKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,894,453 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $2,420,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTORYCORPS INC: $1,975,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetBraver AngelsInc: $1,880,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $1,620,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,580,214 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSojourners Inc: $1,539,442 over 5y, 12% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $1,430,155 over 5y, 11% of budgetSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,170,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetINTERFAITH AMERICA: $1,062,888 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,030,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,020,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement: $980,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetCistems Inc: $975,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $842,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZEN UNIVERSITY: $830,000 over 3y, 27% of budget2164 INC: $825,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetOPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE: $823,032 over 6y, 46% of budgetMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $821,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $810,361 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $720,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK: $720,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $670,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $567,024 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $500,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $485,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $475,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCOLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING: $456,200 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $410,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPastoral Care & Counseling Institute: $400,000 over 2y, 76% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERFAITH RELATIONS: $400,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $385,041 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAITH MATTERS NETWORK COLLABORATIVE: $385,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPillars Fund: $380,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $371,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION: $350,500 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetFAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE INC: $350,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBridgeUSA Group: $350,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetWELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC: $346,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $331,900 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $330,880 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetCenter for the Contemplative Mind in Soc: $328,500 over 2y, 58% of budgetAUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $325,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetASHOKA: $312,388 over 4y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds INDEPENDENT SECTOR ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ON BEING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds PVBLIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STORYCORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Braver AngelsInc ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Sojourners Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEAL ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement ↗
  • Who funds Cistems Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds 2164 INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Oceanic Preservation Society ↗
  • Who funds SAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ↗

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.

Kalamazoo Community F…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Harold and Grace Upjo…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…Tyler-Little Family F…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…Suzanne Upjohn Delano…United Way of South C…The Ronda E Stryker a…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Jim Gilmore Jr Founda…Mike and Sharon Seely…
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI129.2× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation · Mike and Sharon Seelye Family 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 John E Fetzer Institute Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John E Fetzer Institute Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Presencing Institute Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dolphin Research Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
35report 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.
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Find your warmest path to John E Fetzer Institute Inc 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 857 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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