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Language Learning a Journal of Research in Language Studies

To publish scientific journal dedicated to the understanding of language learning broadly defined and to publish research articles that systematically apply methods of inquiry from disciplines including psychology,linguistics,cognitive science,educational inquiry,neuroscience,ethnograph,sociolinguistics,sociology,and semiotics.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
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 FY20172024.

Education$225kScience & Tech$54kSocial Science$20kRecreation & Sports$10kEmployment$10k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $9,905 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $43,659 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $33,754 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$9,905
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$9,905
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 61% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG: $12k → 11%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $9k → 9%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $10k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY: $10k → 27%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $10k → 13%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 19%WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 12%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $10k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $10k → 8%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS: $10k → 8%COLORADO COLLEGE: $10k → 9%DENISON UNIVERSITY: $6k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $10k → 14%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - CARBONDALE: $10k → 23%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 29%NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: $4k → 16%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $8k → 9%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 16%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS: $10k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $4k → 9%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 16%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

IL
MI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
AZ
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$122k · 7 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$122k
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+43%

Still filing today

14%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
EducationSocial ScienceOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $40k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
    3× · 2017–2020 · $21k
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +40%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    one grant, 2018 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
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
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

9
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
10
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
11
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh and the most unlike its peers is American Association for Applied Linguistics Inc. 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

10 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 29 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $39,843 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — $21,339 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY — $13,640 · OtherNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY — $11,099 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAH — $10,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDALE — $10,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University — $10,000 · OtherSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA — $9,994 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGON — $9,977 · OtherSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — $9,905 · OtherWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY — $9,743 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY — $9,600 · OtherTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY — $8,770 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI — $8,000 · OtherFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY — $8,000 · Other+2 more — $9,620 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $11,600 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF …Fordham University — $10,000 · EducationFordham UniversityTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $10,000 · EducationTemple University - Of T…University of Kentucky Research Foundation — $9,968 · EducationUniversity of Kentucky R…THE COLORADO COLLEGE — $9,796 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGEDENISON UNIVERSITY — $5,760 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITY+1 more — $2,000 · EducationAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS INC — $20,000 · Social Science
Other$229,530Education$69,124Social Science$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $11,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation — $9,968 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $9,796 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY — $5,760 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $2,000 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS INC
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
  • Who funds THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds Fordham University
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
  • Who funds University of Kentucky Research Foundation
  • Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Language Learning a Journal of Research in Language Studies 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.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

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    How do I get to Language Learning a Journal of Research in Language Studies?

    Find your warmest path to Language Learning a Journal of Research in Language Studies 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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