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$49M
Granted FY2025still arriving
742
Grants FY2025still arriving
35
States reached
$3.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$63MReligion$45MHealth$30MPhilanthropy$29MArts & Culture$21MHuman Services$18MInternational$11MRecreation & Sports$8.6MOther$0
02FY2025 · 742 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 742 grants below total $46,315,603, the rows itemized in this filing. The $48,738,817 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,423,214 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k159 grants · $1.1M
  • $10k–50k459 grants · $8.3M
  • $50k–250k94 grants · $8.5M
  • $250k+30 grants · $28M
$15,000
Median grant
35
States reached
$383M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMONWEALTH CAUSES$3,900,000
SETON HIGH SCHOOL$3,293,045
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$1,668,654
WONDERHUNT$1,650,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDI$1,607,203
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$1,500,000
ST URSULA VILLA$1,469,500
SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER$1,283,634
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$1,095,400
NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK$1,050,000
POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL$1,000,000
ACCESS AUDIO INC$964,000
FIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW AND POLICY$937,184
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH$747,598
VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP$650,000
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 (FY17–25, $15.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FORWARD UKRAINE MINISTRIES: $100k → 6%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $75k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $225k → 6%PRE-BORN: $145k → 16%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $104k → 14%HANDS OF CHRIST STREET MINISTRY: $130k → 15%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $82k → 4%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $75k → 6%YMCA OF GREENWICH: $197k → 9%FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL: $130k → 13%YMCA OF GREENWICH: $183k → 9%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $1.1M → 9%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $550k → 9%GREENWICH YMCA: $65k → 9%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $500k → 9%SAMARITAN CAR CARE CLINIC INC: $58k → 11%GREENWICH YWCA: $55k → 9%BAYLEY PLACE: $145k → 16%BAYLEY: $125k → 16%BAYLEY: $105k → 16%BAYLEY: $100k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $258k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $206k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $157k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $156k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER CINCINNA: $153k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER CINCINNA: $108k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $62k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $2.2M → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $1.2M → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $1.2M → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $132k → 16%LADD: $502k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $322k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $269k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $98k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $215k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $198k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHARITABLE PHAR: $62k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $152k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $62k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $142k → 16%LADD: $141k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $55k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTHWEST OH & NORT: $119k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $60k → 16%PRO SENIORS: $65k → 16%IMPACTING TOMORROW: $210k → 16%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

AK
ME
NH
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226M · 790 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

790 repeat relationships: 485 still active in FY2025, 305 since wound down; 183 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

790
381

Total granted

$226M
$8.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+4%

Still filing today

65%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionInternationalOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14M · revenue +30%
  • SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9.2M · revenue +97% · 26% of their budget
  • EH
    ELDER HIGH SCHOOL FUND TRUST
    8× · 2017–2025 · $7.3M · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • AS
    AUBURN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +71%
  • SE
    ST ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $405k
  • LF
    LANTERN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +14%
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
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
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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6
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
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
10
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
11
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
12
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mpj Elite. 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

971 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. 971 of the 1,391 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.

38
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
190
Early backer (in before they grew)
940/971
Grantees still filing
638/971
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI: $7,737,246 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATICROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $3,468,895 · OtherCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $4,796,327 · OtherCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORP…FIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $5,104,104 · OtherFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICYCOMMONWEALTH CAUSES INC: $3,900,000 · Other+103 more: $64,786,452 · Other+103 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $13,797,213 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF …ELDER HIGH SCHOOL FUND TRUST: $7,261,700 · PhilanthropyELDER HIGH SCHOOL …Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky: $5,750,000 · PhilanthropyHorizon Community …ACCESS AUDIO INC: $2,128,200 · PhilanthropyACCESS AUDIO INCNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $1,276,784 · Philanthropy+11 more: $5,081,699 · Philanthropy+11 moreSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $9,180,211 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL…XAVIER UNIVERSITY: $5,678,325 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSI…NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $3,668,000 · EducationNORTH PARK UNIV…ReadAloudorg: $1,906,000 · EducationReadAloudorgNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,278,301 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,267,050 · EducationMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $1,059,050 · Education+13 more: $4,614,189 · Education+13 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $7,078,237 · HealthCHILDREN'S…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $7,010,000 · HealthTHE CLEVEL…Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $1,288,023 · HealthCraig and …SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $861,759 · Health+11 more: $3,608,309 · Health+11 moreFOUNDATION ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY: $9,600,000 · Arts & CultureAUBURN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $1,001,945 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $896,098 · Arts & CultureVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $695,545 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $3,429,600 · Arts & CultureRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $5,926,081 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE BANK: $2,160,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,335,000 · Human ServicesLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $643,000 · Human ServicesBAYLEY SENIOR CARE: $564,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF GREENWICH INC: $549,775 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $528,800 · Human ServicesIMPACTING TOMORROW INCORPORATED: $519,600 · Human Services+8 more: $1,957,278 · Human ServicesBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $4,466,966 · ReligionWONDERHUNT: $1,750,000 · ReligionBLOODWATER MISSION INC: $850,000 · ReligionLigonier Ministries Inc: $646,380 · ReligionAgape Love Global Ministries Inc: $434,763 · ReligionBLOC MINISTRIES INC: $377,131 · Religion+4 more: $1,080,893 · Religion
Other$89,793,024Philanthropy$35,295,596Education$28,651,126Health$19,846,328Arts & Culture$15,623,188Human Services$14,183,534Religion$9,606,133

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $13,797,213 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY: $9,600,000 over 6y, 96% of budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $9,180,211 over 6y, 26% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $7,078,237 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $7,010,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $5,926,081 over 9y, 15% of budgetHorizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky: $5,750,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $5,678,325 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $5,104,104 over 9y, 27% of budgetCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $4,796,327 over 6y, 96% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $4,466,966 over 9y, 21% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $3,668,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetTHE COMING HOME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $2,912,394 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $2,822,800 over 8y, 12% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf: $2,574,840 over 9y, 16% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK: $2,160,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetACCESS AUDIO INC: $2,128,200 over 9y, 29% of budgetReadAloudorg: $1,906,000 over 5y, 98% of budgetAmigos For Christ Inc: $1,902,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetWONDERHUNT: $1,750,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,386,370 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,335,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $1,288,023 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,278,301 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $1,276,784 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $1,267,471 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,267,050 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $1,204,972 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $1,059,050 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT INC: $999,198 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI DBA QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK: $908,750 over 8y, 19% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $896,098 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $861,759 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLOODWATER MISSION INC: $850,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $800,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE: $783,100 over 6y, 35% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $748,577 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN COUNTY FOUNDATION: $726,400 over 3y, 14% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $719,997 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $711,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFinal 2 Percent: $700,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE STUART HALL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $699,299 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $695,545 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetRUAH WOODS: $682,250 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $647,275 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $646,380 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $643,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ELDER HIGH SCHOOL FUND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC ↗
  • Who funds Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEALTH CAUSES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE COMING HOME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Bethany House Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Rita School For The Deaf ↗
  • Who funds NW FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS AUDIO INC ↗
  • Who funds ReadAloudorg ↗
  • Who funds Amigos For Christ Inc ↗
  • Who funds WONDERHUNT ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗

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.

John a Schroth Family…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Charles H Dater Found…The Thomas J Emery Me…Andrew Jergens Founda…Sutphin Family Founda…Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Greater Cincinnat…Millstone FundHorizon Community Fun…Marge & Charles J Sch…L & L Nippert Charita…
John a Schroth Family Char TrPA128.8× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Millstone Fund · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd

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 Johnson Charitable Gift Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson Charitable Gift Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%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%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
38report 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 Johnson Charitable Gift Fund?

Find your warmest path to Johnson Charitable Gift Fund 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 1391 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 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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