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Mandarin Oriental Charity at a glance

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Mandarin Oriental Charity

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$180kFood & Nutrition$120kHealth$93kHuman Services$78kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kPhilanthropy$19kEnvironment$17k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Asian Cultural Council INC$30,000
City Harvest INC$30,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 16%PROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $5k → 14%City Harvest: $25k → 17%City Harvest INC: $30k → 20%SERVE YOUR CITY: $19k → 14%SUSAN G KOMEN: $15k → 11%HIS HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOME: $15k → 15%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN: $10k → 13%FRANCISCAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 16%City Harvest: $15k → 17%City Harvest: $15k → 20%ANACOSTIA RIVERKEEPERS: $7k → 14%DISASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE ROTARY ACTION GROUP: $40k → 11%HIS HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOME: $8k → 15%FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $15k → 16%CITY HARVEST: $15k → 17%City Harvest: $8k → 20%MARTHA'S TABLE: $7k → 14%DIASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE - ROTARY ACTION: $10k → 11%Voices for Children Found: $15k → 15%FRANCISCAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 16%Asian Cultural Council INC: $30k → 17%VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $15k → 15%FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 16%ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $30k → 17%FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $8k → 16%Asian Cultural Council INC: $30k → 17%Asian Cultural Council INC: $30k → 17%Asian Cultural Council INC: $30k → 17%Asian Cultural Council INC: $30k → 17%ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 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.
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$403k · 5 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -29% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$403k
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
-29%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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
    ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $180k · revenue +15%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $108k · revenue +3%
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children
    5× · 2020–2024 · $63k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • DN
    DISASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE ROTARY ACTION GROUP INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue -74%
  • SY
    SERVE YOUR CITY
    one grant, 2021 · $19k · revenue -36%
  • SG
    SUSAN G KOMEN
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
4
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
5
Arlington Food Assistance Center

To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.

Food & Nutrition
6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
7
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
8
Children's Hospital Foundation

See schedule ochildren's hospital foundation dba children's national hospital foundation supports world class care and research for the nation's children. children's national hospital foundation serves as the fundraising arm for children's…

Health
9
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
The Dc Central Kitchen Inc

We use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. dcck prepares people facing high barriers to employment for culinary careers, and creates jobs for our graduates through innovative programs that expand…

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12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices for Children Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anacostia Riverkeeper 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $180,000 · InternationalASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INCCITY HARVEST INC: $107,500 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INCMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $7,250 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INCFranciscan Hospital for Children: $62,500 · HealthFranciscan Hospital …Children's Hospital Corporation: $20,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital …ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthELTON JOHN AIDS FOUN…PROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $5,000 · HealthVOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $29,500 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILD…HIS HOUSE INC: $23,000 · OtherHIS HOUSE INCSUSAN G KOMEN: $15,000 · OtherSUSAN G KOMENDIASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE - ROTARY ACTION: $10,000 · OtherDIASTER NETWORK …DISASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE ROTARY ACTION GROUP INC: $40,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSERVE YOUR CITY: $19,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentAnacostia Riverkeeper Inc: $7,250 · Environment
International$180,000Food & Nutrition$114,750Health$97,500Other$77,500Public Safety & Disaster$40,000Philanthropy$19,000Environment$17,250

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 budgetASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $180,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $107,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $62,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDISASTER NETWORK OF ASSISTANCE ROTARY ACTION GROUP INC: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $29,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHIS HOUSE INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVE YOUR CITY: $19,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnacostia Riverkeeper Inc: $7,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $5,000 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mandarin Oriental Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mandarin Oriental Charity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 48%
  • His House Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Mandarin Oriental Charity?

Find your warmest path to Mandarin Oriental Charity 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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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