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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL$60,000
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC$60,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE$60,000
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 (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. Its 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%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $35k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $25k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30k → 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
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

WA
IL
NY
IN
CA
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX
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 5% of Mead Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Mead Family Foundationlessmore 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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +5% for those 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

+51%
+5%

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
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

  • THE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +91%
  • 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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; 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.
05the grantee network

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/91
Grantees still filing
64/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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, 5.9% 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 budgetEVERYMIND INC: $220,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $220,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE: $215,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $205,000 over 7y, 0.5% 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 budgetJOEL FUND: $145,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY: $145,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetASSOC OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF PORTER INC: $95,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetMILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCARING HOUSE INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetOrlando After School All Stars Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFUTURE LINK INC: $65,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN EFFORTS DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SPACES INC: $65,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetUSO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.9% 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 budgetTHE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND: $45,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGERMANTOWN CULTURAL ARTS CENTERINC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWashington DC Meals on Wheels Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 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 EVERYMIND INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH 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 JOEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ASSOC OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN OF PORTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARING HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Orlando After School All Stars Inc ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN EFFORTS DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SPACES INC ↗

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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's 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
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

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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 147 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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