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Medina Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
238
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2.7M
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 2024.

Human Services$8.3MHousing & Shelter$6.1MYouth Development$5.4MEducation$3.0MHealth$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.4MPhilanthropy$969kOther$0
02FY2025 · 238 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k45 grants · $157k
  • $10k–50k171 grants · $4.8M
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.7M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION$2,700,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN SEATTLE$150,000
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB$75,000
CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIE)$75,000
RENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIE)$75,000
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES$60,000
FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS$60,000
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES$55,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$50,000
FRIENDS OF YOUTH$50,000
STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER$50,000
BOYER CHILDREN'S CLINIC$50,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$50,000
FARESTART$50,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $8.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 10%HOPELINK: $50k → 9%FIRST STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $40k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $40k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $35k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $35k → 11%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $40k → 12%HOLLY RIDGE CENTER: $40k → 10%LIFEWIRE: $60k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $40k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $40k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $40k → 9%HOPESPARKS: $50k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $45k → 9%MULTICULTURAL CHILD AND FAMILY HOPE CENTER: $50k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $40k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $40k → 9%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $50k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $40k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $40k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $45k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $45k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $45k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $40k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $55k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $40k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $40k → 9%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $40k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $40k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $40k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $40k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $40k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $75k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $45k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $40k → 9%AMARA: $40k → 9%AMARA: $50k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $40k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $40k → 9%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
ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
VA
AZ
NM
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 340 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

340 repeat relationships: 181 still active in FY2025, 159 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

340
151

Total granted

$36M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+34%

Still filing today

84%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $440k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN
    3× · 2019–2021 · $501k · revenue +140%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $350k · revenue +76%
  • FL
    FOOD LIFELINE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $326k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • TC
    TACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +45%
  • MB
    MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -9%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $68k · revenue +265%
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
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
2
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
3
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
4
Rainier Beach Cummunity Empowerment Coalition

Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…

Community Improvement
5
Lutheran Community Services Northwest

LCSNW partners with individuals, families and communities for health, justice and hope. LCSNW provides a wide variety of social services in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and serves people of all ages, cultures and faiths.

Human Services
6
Financial Empowerment Network

Vision we envision communities where low- and moderate-income individuals and families are able to achieve financial well-being.mission we advance financial empowerment through partnerships that support access to affordable, effective, and…

Public Benefit
7
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
8
Pathwaves Washington

Pathwaves Washington builds the collective power of leaders of color to transform early childhood systems so that every child and their community thrives.

Education
9
Eastside Pathways

Giving every child the opportunity to thrive from cradle to career requires dedication and teamwork. eastside pathways helps individuals and organizations collaborate to focus their efforts, increase equity, decrease harm, and drive…

Education
10
Young Womens Christian Association

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women.

Human Services
11
Housing Connector

Housing connector partners with property owners and managers to lower barriers to housing and increase our region's affordable housing capacity.

Housing & Shelter
12
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County; the most unlike its peers is Mother Mentors of Whidbey Island. 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

427 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. 427 of the 529 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
151
Early backer (in before they grew)
417/427
Grantees still filing
322/427
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $292,500 · Human Services+56 more: $8,149,883 · Human Services+56 more+75 more: $11,636,400 · Other+75 moreSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $2,945,250 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOU…JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $182,500 · PhilanthropyJEFFERSON C…+3 more: $273,000 · Philanthropy+3 moreFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500,900 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS O…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $349,800 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS O…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THURSTON COUNTY: $229,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $208,220 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD ADV…TREEHOUSE: $181,108 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSEBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $165,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…WONDERLAND CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $165,000 · Youth DevelopmentWONDERLAN…Maris Place: $164,950 · Youth DevelopmentMaris Pla…THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA: $158,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS …YOUTH IN FOCUS: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN TACOMA: $111,100 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $111,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $107,800 · Youth DevelopmentSCHOOL'S OUT WASHINGTON: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentSolid Ground Washington: $255,000 · Housing & ShelterSolid Gro…TACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterTACOMAPIE…HOUSING HOPE: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING H…THE RESCUE MISSION: $249,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE RESCU…COCOON HOUSE: $231,500 · Housing & ShelterCOCOON HO…PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $210,000 · Housing & ShelterPLYMOUTH …JUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER: $184,624 · Housing & ShelterJUBILEE W…COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE: $180,050 · Housing & ShelterCOMPASS H…EXODUS HOUSING: $175,000 · Housing & ShelterEXODUS HO…CONGREGATIONS FOR THE HOMELESS: $140,052 · Housing & ShelterROOTS YOUNG ADULT SHELTER: $128,800 · Housing & ShelterANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $125,000 · Housing & ShelterBAYSIDE HOUSING & SERVICES: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterPANZA: $98,750 · Housing & ShelterNEW PHOEBE HOUSE: $95,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $85,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTHWEST EDUCATION ACCESS: $230,000 · EducationNORTHWEST…Team Read: $223,792 · EducationTeam ReadVENTURES: $210,000 · EducationVENTURESSPEAK WITH PURPOSE: $206,011 · EducationSPEAK WIT…RAINIER PREP: $193,735 · EducationRAINIER P…College Success Foundation: $180,100 · EducationCollege S…RAINIER SCHOLARS: $177,000 · EducationRAINIER S…FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $160,103 · EducationFOUNDATIO…EASTSIDE ACADEMY: $155,000 · EducationEASTSIDE …Zeno: $149,000 · EducationZenoCASA LATINA: $148,750 · EducationCASA LATI…Sawhorse Revolution: $135,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PUYALLUP: $105,000 · EducationDEGREES OF CHANGE: $105,000 · EducationADA DEVELOPERS ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationDenise Louie Education center: $95,000 · Education+2 more: $170,000 · Education+2 moreBoyer Children's Clinic: $295,000 · HealthDowntown Emergency Service Center: $210,146 · HealthOLIVE CREST: $205,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $195,000 · HealthYouth Eastside Services: $150,000 · HealthMULTICARE FOUNDATIONS: $150,000 · HealthRECOVERY CAFE: $149,700 · HealthCHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER: $135,000 · HealthTOGETHER: $135,000 · HealthDOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES OF WHATCOM COUNTY: $130,000 · HealthVASHON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $114,500 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthCRISIS CONNECTIONS: $80,000 · Health
Human Services$8,442,383Other$11,636,400Philanthropy$3,400,750Youth Development$2,911,878Housing & Shelter$2,767,776Education$2,743,491Health$2,049,346

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $2,945,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500,900 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $349,800 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $326,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFARESTART: $320,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGRAYS HARBOR YOUTH WORKS: $302,500 over 8y, 67% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $300,910 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBoyer Children's Clinic: $295,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetNEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $292,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetVINE MAPLE PLACE: $270,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBike Works Seattle: $260,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $260,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMARA: $256,550 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $255,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $255,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNeighborhood House INC: $255,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSING HOPE: $250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHOPELINK: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION: $249,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLifeWire: $240,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $235,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $233,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $231,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHWEST EDUCATION ACCESS: $230,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THURSTON COUNTY: $229,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: $228,900 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSEASHARE: $223,795 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTeam Read: $223,792 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $210,146 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetVENTURES: $210,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $210,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $208,220 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetSPEAK WITH PURPOSE: $206,011 over 4y, 18% of budgetMULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $205,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $205,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $205,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND: $196,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetASSOCIATED MINISTRIES OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $195,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $195,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRAINIER PREP: $193,735 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $192,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetHopeSparks: $190,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS: $190,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $185,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $185,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHARVEST AGAINST HUNGER: $184,730 over 6y, 0.8% 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 SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds GRAYS HARBOR YOUTH WORKS ↗
  • Who funds KINDERING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Boyer Children's Clinic ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds VINE MAPLE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Bike Works Seattle ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) ↗
  • Who funds AMARA ↗
  • Who funds Solid Ground Washington ↗
  • Who funds VISION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood House INC ↗
  • Who funds TACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LifeWire ↗
  • Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds COCOON HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST EDUCATION ACCESS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THURSTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ↗
  • Who funds SEASHARE ↗
  • Who funds Team Read ↗
  • Who funds Downtown Emergency Service Center ↗
  • Who funds VENTURES ↗
  • Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SPEAK WITH PURPOSE ↗
  • Who funds MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗

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 Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…NW Childrens Foundati…School's Out Washingt…Seattle FoundationLucky Seven FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Employees Community F…The Satterberg Founda…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Credit Unions in the …Liberty Mutual Founda…
The Norcliffe FoundationWA235.6× affinity180 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · NW Childrens Foundation · School's Out Washington · Seattle Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · United Way of King County · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Liberty Mutual 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 Medina Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Medina Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Rural Development Initiatives Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
143report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Medina Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Medina 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 529 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home