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Mead Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$363k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.6MYouth Development$3.4MHealth$2.9MFood & Nutrition$2.7MArts & Culture$1.3MEducation$766kEmployment$740kCommunity Improvement$365kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $495k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $863k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION$362,500
THE 4R FOUNDATION INC$250,000
KID MUSEUM$250,000
PROJECT INVENT$240,000
KIDZNOTES$200,000
NATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INC$180,000
THE UPCOUNTY HUB INC$150,000
PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC$145,000
STEPUP MINISTRY$100,000
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE$100,000
DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC$90,000
THE 4R FOUNDATION INC$65,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE$60,000
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC$60,000
RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM$60,000
02The need
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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:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $3.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $700k → 8%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $20k → 9%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $50k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $40k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $40k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $35k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $25k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $25k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $600k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $100k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $40k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $40k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $25k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $30k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $30k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $25k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $25k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $25k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $25k → 8%FUTURE LINK: $35k → 8%JOEL FUND: $60k → 8%JOEL FUND: $30k → 8%JOEL FUND: $30k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $60k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $60k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $120k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $30k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $90k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $25k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $40k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $25k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $30k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $25k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $145k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $133k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $100k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $35k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $35k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $30k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $25k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $25k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $25k → 8%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

WA
IL
NY
IN
CA
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
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.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 5% of Mead Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Mead Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 66 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +52% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

66 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
76

Total granted

$15M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+6%

Still filing today

89%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • THE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +105%
  • II
    IDENTITY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +255%
  • INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $935k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • UA
    URBAN ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2017 · $70k
  • US
    UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $60k
  • PC
    POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
    one grant, 2017 · $55k

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
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
2
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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5
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
6
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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7
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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8
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Meals On Wheels of Central Marylandinc

Meals on wheels of central maryland's charitable mission, to keep homebound people living safely and independently at home through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact and support services, reduces hospitalization, and…

Food & Nutrition
11
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
12
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Assoc of Artists and Craftsmen of Porter Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Independent K-12 SchoolsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Equine Therapy ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…United Way AffiliatesSenior Support ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Jewish Community Organizati…Community FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesLgbtq+ Community SupportLocal Food System Organizat…Affordable Housing Developm…Immigrant Worker SupportAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity Arts CentersMilitary Veterans Support
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%6%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/93
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,472

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

91 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 147 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/91
Grantees still filing
65/91
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE — $935,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLESTEPUP MINISTRY — $915,000 · Human ServicesSTEPUP MINISTRYPARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC — $619,000 · Human ServicesPARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROG…DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC — $405,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGL…RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC — $245,000 · Human ServicesRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION IN…FAMILY SERVICES INC — $170,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC — $160,000 · Human ServicesJOEL FUND — $145,000 · Human Services+10 more — $223,500 · Human Services+10 moreTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC — $930,000 · OtherTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBST…NATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INC — $590,000 · OtherNATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INCTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC — $250,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE — $215,000 · Other4ROOTS FOUNDATION INC — $565,000 · Other4ROOTS FOUNDATION INCTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $205,000 · OtherProject Invent — $305,000 · OtherProject InventKABOOM INC — $190,000 · Other+86 more — $2,437,000 · Other+86 moreTHE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION — $1,131,000 · EducationTHE ALICE AY…COLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $266,000 · EducationCOLLEGIATE D…Montgomery County Childrens Opportunity Alliance — $200,000 · EducationMontgomery C…THE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY — $145,000 · EducationTHE CORRAL R…+5 more — $160,000 · Education+5 moreKIDZNOTES INC — $575,000 · Arts & CultureKIDZNOTES I…NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC — $545,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROL…MOCO KIDSCO INC — $472,000 · Arts & CultureMOCO KIDSCO…ASSOC OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF PORTER INC — $95,000 · Arts & CultureASSOC OF AR…+2 more — $55,000 · Arts & CultureIDENTITY INC — $1,040,000 · HealthIDENTITY IN…EVERYMIND INC — $220,000 · HealthEVERYMIND I…CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC — $205,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S …CARING HOUSE INC — $80,000 · Health+4 more — $115,000 · Health+4 moreDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE — $915,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $235,000 · Youth DevelopmentReal Food for Kids — $56,000 · Youth DevelopmentLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER — $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Upcounty Hub Inc — $280,000 · Food & NutritionMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC — $260,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD CENTER INC — $220,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC — $40,000 · Food & Nutrition+4 more — $65,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$3,817,500Other$5,687,000Education$1,902,000Arts & Culture$1,742,000Health$1,660,000Youth Development$1,251,000Food & Nutrition$865,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION — $1,131,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetIDENTITY INC — $1,040,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE — $935,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC — $930,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE — $915,000 over 7y, 53% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY — $915,000 over 7y, 33% of budgetPARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC — $619,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INC — $590,000 over 7y, 46% of budgetKIDZNOTES INC — $575,000 over 7y, 32% of budget4ROOTS FOUNDATION INC — $565,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC — $545,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetMOCO KIDSCO INC — $472,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC — $405,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetProject Invent — $305,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetThe Upcounty Hub Inc — $280,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCOLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $266,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC — $260,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC — $250,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC — $245,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $235,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC — $220,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetEVERYMIND INC — $220,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE — $215,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC — $205,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $205,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMontgomery County Childrens Opportunity Alliance — $200,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetKABOOM INC — $190,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC — $170,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC — $160,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY — $145,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetJOEL FUND — $145,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetASSOC OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF PORTER INC — $95,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetOrlando After School All Stars Inc — $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION INC — $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCARING HOUSE INC — $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFUTURE LINK INC — $65,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUSO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC — $65,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN EFFORTS DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SPACES INC — $65,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGENERATION HOPE — $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetReal Food for Kids — $56,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetLIBERTY'S PROMISE — $55,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGERMANTOWN CULTURAL ARTS CENTERINC — $45,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND — $45,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWashington DC Meals on Wheels Inc — $45,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetPartners for Youth Opportunity — $40,000 over 2y, 4.5% 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 THE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds IDENTITY INC ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds STEPUP MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDZNOTES INC ↗
  • Who funds 4ROOTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOCO KIDSCO INC ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC ↗
  • Who funds Project Invent ↗
  • Who funds The Upcounty Hub Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERYMIND INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Montgomery County Childrens Opportunity Alliance ↗
  • Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds JOEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds ASSOC OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF PORTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Orlando After School All Stars Inc ↗
  • Who funds MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARING HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds USO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…Triangle Community Fo…Healthcare Initiative…Duke UniversityClark-Winchcole Found…Bender Foundation IncUnited Way of the Gre…Duke University Healt…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…William S Abell Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC41.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · Duke University · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Bender Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Duke University Health System Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · William S Abell Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mead Family Foundation 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Bethesda Cares Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc — 51% of income from government
  • Parent Encouragement Program Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Moco Kidsco Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Germantown Cultural Arts Centerinc — 10% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Casa Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Identity Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Everymind Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Interfaith Works — 4% of income from government
  • Action Youth Media Inc — 3% of income from government
  • The Upcounty Hub Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Mead Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mead Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 147 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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