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Malu Ltd

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$100k
Granted FY2023
22
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$61kScience & Tech$39kYouth Development$30kHealth$29kHuman Services$26kReligion$20kFood & Nutrition$17kPhilanthropy$17kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $81,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $100,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,500 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k21 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$4,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIM USA Incorporated$10,000
Casa of Multnomah County$5,000
Grace International Education Foundation$5,000
American Lung Association$5,000
Youth Villages$5,000
Berea College$5,000
Randall Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
Lake Grove Presbyterian Church$4,000
All God's Children International$4,000
Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington$4,000
Indiana University Foundation$4,000
OMSI$3,000
West Women's & Children's Center$3,000
Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee$3,000
Kathy's House$3,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$240k · 19 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -56% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
3

Total granted

$240k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
-56%

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BEREA COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2023 · $25k · revenue +50%
  • Indiana University Foundation
    5× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +97%
  • GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $15k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • MF
    Myers Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • DC
    DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -56%
  • IJ
    International Justice Mission
    one grant, 2022 · $500
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.

03Its 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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
6
Indiana University Health Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…

Health
8
Legacy Health Foundation

Legacy Health Foundation (LHF) was incorporated on August 21, 2013. The mission of the foundation is to foster charitable giving as well as community commitment and involvement to support the founding principles, mission and vision of…

Health
9
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center (LMHMC) was founded in 1922 and is a community hospital in Gresham, Oregon with 115 licensed beds. LMHMC offers a wide range of services including family birth, diagnostic services, cancer treatment,…

Health
10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
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
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIM USA INCORPORATED: $38,500 · OtherSIM USA INCORPORATEDLAKE GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $17,000 · OtherLAKE GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $15,000 · OtherHUNGER TASK FORCE INCHarvard Law School: $12,000 · OtherHarvard Law SchoolOMSI: $11,500 · OtherOMSIIndiana University Fdn Leon Wallace School: $10,000 · OtherIndiana University Fdn Leon Wallace School+10 more: $32,500 · Other+10 moreBEREA COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGEIndiana University Foundation: $16,000 · EducationIndiana University F…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEE…Kathy's House Inc: $15,000 · HealthKathy's Ho…RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $7,500 · HealthRANDALL CH…AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN L…MEL BLOUNT YOUTH HOME OF PA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesGIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $2,000 · International
Other$151,500Education$51,000Health$27,500Human Services$22,500Youth Development$15,000Philanthropy$12,000International$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds BEREA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Kathy's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds MEL BLOUNT YOUTH HOME OF PA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Oregon Community FoundationOR14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Malu Ltd?

Find your warmest path to Malu Ltd 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 30 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $132k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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