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Journey Fund at a glance

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Journey Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$129k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

International$905kHealth$264kPhilanthropy$113kHuman Services$53kYouth Development$19kScience & Tech$18kPublic Benefit$17kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNICEF$50,000
THE ASLAN PROJECT$25,000
TALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES$13,000
SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE$10,000
YOUTHWORK$10,000
COMBINED ARMS$5,000
MARGARET RYAN GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM$5,000
LOVE HOPE STRENGTH$5,000
WOLA$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,657
GREAT HARBOR YACHT CLUB$1,250
JUBILEE JOBS$1,000
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 (FY20–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $5k → 14%REACT DC: $10k → 6%FOSTER NATION: $2k → 14%JACARANDA FOUNDATION: $2k → 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

WA
MI
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 9 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
24

Total granted

$1.3M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+25%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • TB
    TALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $664k · revenue +64% · 47% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ASLAN PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $228k · revenue +15%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    6× · 2018–2024 · $190k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • CG
    CROSSROADS GLOBAL VILLAGE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • RD
    REACT DC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +376%
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
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
2
Education for Employment

To create employment opportunities for young people in the middle east and north africa through career training in vocational, technical, managerial and professional skills.

International
3
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
4
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
5
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
7
Assist International Inc

Assist international partners with changemakers around the world to provide solutions that save lives and build resilient communities. we accomplish our mission with actionable projects that make a lasting and sustainable impact on the…

International
8
The Malala Fund

We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life…

Education
9
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
10
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
11
Endeavor Global Inc (F/K/a the Endeavor Initiative Inc)

Endeavor is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement around the world.

International
12
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foster Nation; the most unlike its peers is Hopestar Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INC: $664,000 · InternationalTALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $190,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF+5 more: $21,600 · InternationalTHE ASLAN PROJECT INC: $228,000 · OtherTHE ASLAN PROJECT INCCROSSROADS GLOBAL VILLAGE (US): $25,000 · OtherCROSSROADS GLOBAL VILLAGE …JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · Other+16 more: $66,157 · Other+16 moreBATONGA FOUNDATION: $108,200 · PhilanthropyHOPESTAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Arms: $35,000 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Public BenefitLOVE HOPE STRENGTH FOUNDATION: $13,000 · HealthTRACYS KIDS INC: $12,000 · HealthSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $8,000 · HealthREACT DC INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesImagine Los Angeles Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesJACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER NATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 · EducationONE WORLD EDUCATION: $1,000 · Education
International$875,600Other$336,657Philanthropy$113,200Public Benefit$45,000Health$33,000Human Services$19,000Education$7,000

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 budgetTALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INC: $664,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetTHE ASLAN PROJECT INC: $228,000 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $190,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBATONGA FOUNDATION: $108,200 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetCombined Arms: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLOVE HOPE STRENGTH FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTRACYS KIDS INC: $12,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACT DC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetImagine Los Angeles Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT MERCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnergy for the Common Good: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPESTAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGREAT HARBOR YACHT CLUB INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA SUMMIT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUBILEE JOBS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE WORLD EDUCATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Ralph M Parsons F…Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Journey Fund?

Find your warmest path to Journey 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 39 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 2024, released 2024. 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
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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