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· Public charity

Mediators Foundation Inc

To foster leadership for a peaceful, just and sustainable world by identifying, supporting and connecting visionary leaders who build bridges across the great social, political and cultural divides of our time.

$755k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$351k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$462kCrime & Legal$351kPublic Benefit$152kArts & Culture$83kPhilanthropy$39kCivil Rights$30kHuman Services$25kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $504,499, the rows itemized in this filing. The $754,695 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $250,196 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $153k
  • $250k+1 grant · $351k
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$977k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIDE3 INC$351,499
LISTEN FIRST PROJECT$30,000
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$25,000
UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE (URI)$20,000
ANIA FLAMENCO LLC$15,000
EMIDA ROLLER PRODUCTIONS LLC$15,000
VCU FOUNDATION$13,000
COMMON GROUND COMMITTEE INC$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%MORE IN COMMON INC: $9k → 17%MORMON WOMEN FOR ETHICAL GOVERNMENT FDN: $25k → 8%ESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $10k → 8%BRAVER ANGELS: $25k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
NC
DC
GA
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 30% of Mediators Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Mediators Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.1% directed abroad (not shown)
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 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

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
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
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
10
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
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The University of British Columbia

Pursuing excellence in research learning and engagement to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society across British Columbia Canada and the world.

Education
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Onepeople 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

24 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. 24 of the 28 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $293,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFOR…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATIO…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $25,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College+5 more: $61,824 · Education+5 moreSIDE3 INC: $351,499 · InternationalSIDE3 INCCORNTEEN LLC: $50,000 · OtherCORNTEEN LLCUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $34,856 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAS…UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LATINA LATINO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $20,301 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILL…EMIDA ROLLER PRODUCTIONS LLC: $15,000 · OtherEMIDA ROLLER PROD…ANIA FLAMENCO LLC: $15,000 · OtherANIA FLAMENCO LLCUnited Religions: $20,000 · OtherUnited ReligionsTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $19,500 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITU…Common Ground Committee Inc: $10,000 · OtherCommon Ground Com…Braver AngelsInc: $25,000 · Human ServicesMormon Women For Ethical Government: $25,000 · Human ServicesESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMORE IN COMMON INC: $9,264 · Human ServicesLISTEN FIRST PROJECT INC: $30,000 · Public BenefitMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $28,000 · Public BenefitCare Lab: $10,000 · Public BenefitAPI ARTS & OUTREACH INC: $52,500 · Arts & CultureONEPEOPLE INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Education$465,324International$351,499Other$184,657Human Services$69,264Public Benefit$68,000Arts & Culture$52,500Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetSIDE3 INC: $351,499 over 1y, 50% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $293,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPI ARTS & OUTREACH INC: $52,500 over 1y, 66% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $34,856 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetLISTEN FIRST PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $28,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEPEOPLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBraver AngelsInc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMormon Women For Ethical Government: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Religions: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $19,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN BRIDGE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCare Lab: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMORE IN COMMON INC: $9,264 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYale University: $8,824 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.

Rockefeller Philanthr…John E Fetzer Institu…ImpactassetsincNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Mediators Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mediators Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mediators Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mediators Foundation Inc 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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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