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Making Change

MAKING CHANGE, formally known as ficah, was incorporated on july 23, 1985, for the purpose of soliciting contributions from corporate and private sources within the retail industry to fund self-help community development projects throughout the united states.

$4.1M
Granted FY2019
202
Grants FY2019
9
States reached
$254k
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 2019.

Food & Nutrition$14MHealth$269kHuman Services$232kHousing & Shelter$220kYouth Development$150kEducation$100kEmployment$65kCrime & Legal$27k
02FY2019 · 202 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 202 grants below total $3,973,481, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,114,204 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $140,723 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 · FY2019

  • Under $10k79 grants · $521k
  • $10k–50k105 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $254k
$12,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$254,204
THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA$142,264
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$125,196
LOW COUNTRY FOOD BANK$100,000
BREAD OF THE MIGHTY FOOD BANK$76,359
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA$75,000
FEEDING AMERICA OF TAMPA BAY$75,000
TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC$75,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF METROLINA$75,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$69,540
HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK$64,010
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST$60,000
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$60,000
SALVATION ARMY HUNTSVILLE$53,852
FOOD BANK OF NORTH ALABAMA$53,852
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lake Cares Food Pantry: $28k → 10%Greenhouse Ministries: $25k → 9%The Place: $65k → 4%MUST MINISTRIES: $20k → 8%Rockdale Emergency Relief Shelter: $27k → 11%LAKE CARES FOOD PANTRY: $25k → 10%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $21k → 9%THE PLACE: $53k → 4%Arc of Martin County Inc: $30k → 10%Grace Place: $30k → 10%Religious Community Services (RCS): $35k → 12%THE PLACE: $50k → 4%ARC OF MARTIN COUNTY: $30k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILES: $25k → 10%RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES (RCS): $35k → 12%ARC OF BROWARD COUNTY: $30k → 13%AGAPE FOOD BANK CO CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $30k → 16%ARC OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $20k → 10%GRACE PLACE: $20k → 10%THE VOLUNTEER WAY: $35k → 11%The Volunteer Way: $35k → 11%Arc Broward Inc: $30k → 13%The Center for Family Resources: $35k → 8%THE CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $28k → 8%GUADALUPE CENTER OF IMMOKALEE: $25k → 10%ARC BROWARD INC: $20k → 13%THE CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES: $25k → 8%Neighborly Care Network Sunshine Center: $25k → 12%MEALS ON WHEEL SOUTH FLORIDA HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK: $30k → 13%Guadalupe Center of Immokalee: $30k → 10%NEIGHBORLY CARE NETWORK SUNSHINE CENTER: $23k → 12%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $20k → 13%GUADALUPE CENTER OF IMMOKALEE: $28k → 10%WOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY: $20k → 13%United Food Bank of Plant City: $28k → 13%UNITED FOOD BANK OF PLANT CITY: $25k → 13%YMCA OF METRO ATLANTA: $20k → 13%Chapman Partnership Inc: $20k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 15%YMCA of Metro Atlanta: $20k → 13%Meals on Wheels South Florida: $30k → 13%Forever Family Inc: $35k → 13%FOREVER FAMILY: $30k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $20k → 13%Kids in Distress Inc: $20k → 13%Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc: $45k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $30k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF S FLORIDA: $25k → 15%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

IL
OH
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
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.
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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 100% of Making Change’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Making Changelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 182 repeat orgs$213k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

182 repeat relationships: 177 still active in FY2019, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

182
14

Total granted

$15M
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+2%

Still filing today

85%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AC
    ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $843k · revenue +74%
  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $675k · revenue +107%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +2%
  • US
    UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $14k · revenue -83%
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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Hope Helps Inc

To prevent and reduce hunger and homelessness in central florida by equipping individuals and families to become self-sufficient through housing, outreach, prevention, and education.

Human Services
2
Appling County Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to provide free food to needy families in appling county.

Food & Nutrition
3
Faith Food Pantry

Provide food security to families in lee and monroe counties

Food & Nutrition
4
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
5
Five Loaves & Two Fish Food Pantry

The organization operates a food bank which provides food for at risk households.

Human Services
6
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
7
Meals On Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc

Meals on wheels of the palm beaches mission is to nourish and enrich the lives of homebound seniors by delivering fresh food daily with compassion and love.

Food & Nutrition
8
West Alabama Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to help alleviate hunger and food insecurity in west alabama.

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9
Food Finders Food Bank Inc

To distribute surplus food and nonfood products.

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Miami Valley Meals Inc

Miami valley meals' chefs transform bulk donated foods into hearty meals for those experiencing food insecurity. meals are distributed through a network of nonprofits in the miami valley. our professional culinary team efficiently elevates…

Food & Nutrition
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbors 4 Neighbors; the most unlike its peers is Oconee Area Resource Council Inc. 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

176 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. 176 of the 207 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
52
Early backer (in before they grew)
170/176
Grantees still filing
138/176
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $843,470 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INCFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $675,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $499,576 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INCCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $497,757 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMATREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $375,000 · Food & NutritionTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INCFARM SHARE INC: $365,000 · Food & NutritionFARM SHARE INCFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $272,500 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $205,000 · Food & Nutrition+32 more: $2,009,871 · Food & Nutrition+32 moreTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,028,276 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $338,705 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $291,670 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FL…BREAD OF THE MIGHTY FOOD BANK INC: $213,279 · Other+77 more: $3,104,365 · Other+77 moreMust Ministries Inc: $173,489 · Human ServicesMust Ministries IncThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $168,093 · Human ServicesThe Place of Forsyt…JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesThe Center for Family Resources: $88,000 · Human ServicesTHE VOLUNTEER WAY INC: $86,500 · Human ServicesHope Villages of America Inc: $86,500 · Human ServicesFOREVER FAMILY INC: $85,000 · Human Services+44 more: $1,756,697 · Human Services+44 moreISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $110,000 · HealthHERE'S HELP INC: $105,133 · HealthFIRST CALL FOR HELP OF BROWARD INC: $55,000 · Health211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: $55,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $40,000 · HealthHPS Helping People Succeed Inc: $37,500 · HealthSTAR OF THE SEA FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · HealthBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $18,729 · HealthRUSSELL LIFE SKILLS AND READING FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $70,669 · Youth DevelopmentOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterMiami Rescue Mission Inc: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $49,017 · Housing & ShelterNicholas House Inc: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterWEST GEORGIA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC: $21,349 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $87,000 · EducationCommunities in Schools of Georgia: $56,000 · EducationMANNA CAFE MINISTRIES: $46,143 · EducationOCONEE AREA RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $30,412 · EducationACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG: $12,500 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · Education
Food & Nutrition$5,968,174Other$4,976,295Human Services$2,544,279Health$478,862Youth Development$295,669Housing & Shelter$277,366Education$237,055

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 budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $843,470 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $675,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $499,576 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $497,757 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $375,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFARM SHARE INC: $365,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $338,705 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $291,670 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $272,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBREAD OF THE MIGHTY FOOD BANK INC: $213,279 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $205,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES: $196,877 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $192,820 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $189,965 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $173,489 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $168,093 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFood Bank of North Alabama Inc: $165,545 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCAMACOL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $150,000 over 3y, 75% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $140,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHELPING IN HIS NAME MINISTRIES INC: $111,463 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetACTION MINISTRIES INC: $110,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHERE'S HELP INC: $105,133 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $103,952 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMAYORS FEED THE HUNGRY PROGRAM INC: $97,500 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetHOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INC: $97,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: $93,222 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Family Resources: $88,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $87,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE VOLUNTEER WAY INC: $86,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHope Villages of America Inc: $86,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PLUS OF MANATEE INC: $86,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFOREVER FAMILY INC: $85,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetNEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS: $85,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $82,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $82,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD INC: $80,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetARC OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetARC BROWARD INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChristian City Inc: $76,428 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRUSSELL LIFE SKILLS AND READING FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetDR STANLEY AND PEARL GOODMAN JFS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $75,000 over 3y, 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.

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.

Publix Super Markets …The Batchelor Foundat…Community Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…Atlanta Community Foo…Volunteer Florida Fou…The Society of St And…The Miami Foundation …Florida Panthers Foun…United Way of Greater…The Jim Moran Foundat…United Way Miami Inc
Publix Super Markets Charities IncFL79.8× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc · The Society of St Andrew Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Human Services Network Inc Meals On Wheels South Florida: 48% of income from government
  • Urban League of Broward County Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc): 21% of income from government
  • 211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Star of the Sea Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Farm Share Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of Central Florida Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Broward Childrens Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Here's Help Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Hope Villages of America Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Meals On Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Heartland Food Reservoir Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lauren's Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for Life Network Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Real Life Children's Ranch Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Samuel's House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
65report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Making Change?

Find your warmest path to Making Change 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 207 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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