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Michael & Pamela Crane Family Foundation at a glance

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Michael & Pamela Crane Family 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

International$40kCrime & Legal$24kHuman Services$15kEducation$5kHealth$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kYouth Development$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,800
Median grant
7
States reached
$385k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children Incorporated$1,800
Seva Foundation$1,800
Voices for Children$1,800
Kidsave$1,800
Special Ops Warrior Fund$1,800
ReSurge International$1,800
Kliptown Youth Program$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,800
Love146$1,800
Anne Arundal Cty CASA$1,800
Calico Center$1,800
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ReSurge International: $2k → 8%Calico Center: $2k → 10%Voices for Children: $2k → 11%Kidsave: $2k → 14%HelpMeSee: $2k → 17%Heifer International: $1k → 17%Finca International: $1k → 14%Special Ops Warrior Fund: $2k → 13%Love146: $2k → 10%Restavek Freedom: $2k → 16%Kliptown Youth Program: $2k → 9%Children Incorporated: $2k → 7%Anne Arundal Cty CASA: $2k → 6%ReSurge International: $2k → 8%Calico Center: $2k → 10%Voices for Children: $2k → 11%One World Childrens Fund: $2k → 14%HelpMeSee: $2k → 17%Heifer International: $1k → 17%Finca International: $1k → 14%Special Ops Warrior Fund: $2k → 13%Love146: $2k → 10%Restavek Freedom: $2k → 16%National CASA: $2k → 9%Children Incorporated: $2k → 7%Anne Arundal Cty CASA: $2k → 6%ReSurge International: $2k → 8%Calico Center: $2k → 10%Voices for Children: $2k → 11%Kidsave: $2k → 14%Special Operations Warrior Found: $2k → 13%Love146: $2k → 10%Restavek Freedom: $2k → 16%National CASA: $2k → 9%Children Incorporated: $2k → 7%Anne Arundal County CASA: $2k → 6%ReSurge International: $2k → 8%Calico Center: $1k → 10%Voices for Children: $1k → 11%Kidsave: $2k → 14%Special Operations Warrior Found: $1k → 13%Love146: $1k → 10%Restavek Freedom: $1k → 16%ReSurge International: $2k → 8%Seva Foundation: $2k → 10%One World Children's Fund: $2k → 14%Seva Foundation: $2k → 10%Seva Foundation: $2k → 10%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
NY
OH
CA
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$100k · 17 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$100k
$900

Still filing today

71%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalPhilanthropyHealthEducationOther
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

  • RI
    RESURGE INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $11k · revenue +26%
  • VF
    VOICES FOR CHILDREN
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +14%
  • LI
    LOVE146 INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • SO
    Special Operations Warrior
    one grant, 2020 · $900
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
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
2
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
3
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
4
Save the Children Federation Inc

Save the children is an international nonprofit children's relief and development organization. our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

International
5
Children's Heartlink

We save children's lives by transforming pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world.

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6
Zoe Empowers

Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become…

International
7
Project Orbis International Inc

Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach

International
8
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
9
World Without Orphans Global

World without orphans (wwo) global's vision is that every child would grow up in a safe and loving family, know their heavenly father, and reach their god-given purpose. wwo global's mission is to call and equip national leaders to…

International
10
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
11
Technoserve Inc

Technoserve's mission is to fight poverty by helping people build regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes.

International
12
Variety - the Childrens Charity International

We empower children who are sick, disadvantaged, or living with disabilities through life-changing programs that provide medical care, mobility, education, and support to live without limits.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is One World Childrens Fund; the most unlike its peers is Help Me See Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 19 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESURGE INTERNATIONAL: $10,700 · InternationalRESURGE INTERNATIONALKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,700 · InternationalKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INCCHILDREN INCORPORATED: $6,700 · InternationalCHILDREN INCORPORATEDSEVA FOUNDATION: $6,700 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,800 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INCIndividual grant recipient: $9,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAnne Arundal Cty CASA: $3,600 · OtherAnne Arundal Cty CASASpecial Ops Warrior Fund: $3,600 · OtherSpecial Ops Warrior FundHeifer International: $2,800 · OtherHeifer InternationalKliptown Youth Program: $1,800 · OtherKliptown Youth ProgramSpecial Operations Warrior: $900 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $8,900 · Civil RightsVOICES FOR CHIL…ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC: $5,300 · Civil RightsANNE ARUNDEL CO…LOVE146 INC: $6,700 · Crime & LegalLOVE146 INCCALICO CENTER: $6,700 · Crime & LegalCALICO CENTEROne World Childrens Fund: $7,000 · PhilanthropySPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $4,300 · EducationHELP ME SEE INC: $4,000 · Health
International$33,600Other$26,000Civil Rights$14,200Crime & Legal$13,400Philanthropy$7,000Education$4,300Health$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRESURGE INTERNATIONAL: $10,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $8,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOne World Childrens Fund: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALICO CENTER: $6,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN INCORPORATED: $6,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC: $5,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $4,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELP ME SEE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,800 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds RESURGE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds One World Childrens Fund ↗
  • Who funds KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE146 INC ↗
  • Who funds CALICO CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELP ME SEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michael & Pamela Crane Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael & Pamela Crane Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Michael & Pamela Crane Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Michael & Pamela Crane 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 19 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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