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Magellanic Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$88k
Granted FY2022
13
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$96kEducation$66kCivil Rights$27kEnvironment$21kAnimals$19kPhilanthropy$13kInternational$12kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2022 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k11 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS$50,000
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$12,597
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$5,000
HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
KAMPONG TRALACH GREEN SCHOOL$5,000
GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION$1,003
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE TIDWELL FOUNDATION$500
KOLOT CHAYEINU - VOICES OF OUR LIVES$500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$500
JEWISH FAMILIES & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS$100
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WELLESLEY COLLEGE HILLEL: $2k → 7%ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION: $1k → 11%CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $1k → 14%JFGH FILM FESTIVAL: $2k → 12%MAZON INC: $1k → 14%CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS: $50k → 18%GREENBURGH POLICE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $10k → 16%THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $30k → 17%KOLOT CHAYEINU - VOICES OF OUR LIVES: $500 → 20%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $5k → 28%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN: $10k → 14%SARASOTA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $4k → 9%WGCU PUBLIC MEDIA CO FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY: $185 → 11%HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%WEDU CO FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $10k → 13%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $5k → 15%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10k → 18%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $500 → 8%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%ADATH JESHRUN CONGREGATION: $1k → 11%JFGH FILM FESTIVAL: $2k → 12%CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS: $20k → 18%WARNER LIBRARY: $1k → 9%CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $5k → 16%THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $30k → 17%GREEN SCHOOL - AN ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS: $5k → 20%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $3k → 28%WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $317 → 14%THE TIDWELL FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%WEDU CO FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $10k → 13%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $1k → 15%JEWISH FAMILIES & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $100 → 11%TARRYTOWN POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $576 → 9%FRIENDS OF STEWART PARK: $100 → 16%COLUMBIA BARNARD HILLEL INC: $1k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $2k → 28%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $5k → 9%MISHKAN HA'AM: $1k → 9%HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $600 → 28%MISHKAN HA'AM: $1k → 9%THIRTEEN: $1k → 17%THIRTEEN: $1k → 17%THE HADASSAH FOUNDATION: $9k → 17%THE HADASSAH FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION: $428 → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
DC
AL
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 10 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +102% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
22

Total granted

$188k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+102%
+36%

Still filing today

60%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
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

  • CW
    CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $70k · revenue +26%
  • TN
    The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +76%
  • TH
    THE HADASSAH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $12k · revenue +522%

Funded once

  • CL
    CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +153%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +23%
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
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
3
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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4
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.

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6
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
7
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
8
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
9
American Civil Liberties Union Inc

As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…

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10
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
11
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
12
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEDU CO FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $20,000 · OtherWEDU CO FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROA…CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $15,000 · OtherCORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGYGREEN SCHOOL - AN ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS: $5,000 · OtherKAMPONG TRALACH GREEN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · OtherSARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $5,000 · OtherSARASOTA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $6,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDAT…+22 more: $20,224 · Other+22 moreCLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureCLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS INC+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $59,844 · EducationThe New York Public Libr…+1 more: $185 · EducationDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $12,597 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADV…THE HADASSAH FOUNDATION INC: $12,076 · PhilanthropyTHE HADAS…NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $1,000 · Community ImprovementNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $10,495 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$94,474Arts & Culture$71,000Education$60,029Philanthropy$24,673Community Improvement$11,000Environment$10,495Crime & Legal$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $59,844 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $12,597 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HADASSAH FOUNDATION INC: $12,076 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $10,495 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,250 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,428 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTARRYTOWN POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC: $576 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $317 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF STEWART PARK INC: $100 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.

Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Magellanic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Magellanic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Magellanic Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Magellanic 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 42 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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