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Michael C Graham Foundation Inc

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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$256kEnvironment$30kEducation$21kInternational$16kArts & Culture$14kReligion$11kEmployment$6kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$206k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIANUS RIVER GORGE INC$5,000
ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE$2,500
ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS$2,500
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 33% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NANTUCKET ISLAND SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS: $5k → 6%INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE: $3k → 8%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE: $3k → 8%HORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $3k → 11%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $5k → 16%MIANUS RIVER GORGE INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES INC: $3k → 17%THE HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 14%OPPORTUNITY INC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $5k → 11%CITY LIGHT ACADEMY: $13k → 9%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $10k → 7%FUNDACION CAUCE CIUDADANO AC: $5k → 7%PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS: $10k → 19%READY FOR READING INC: $3k → 11%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $15k → 8%NANTUCKET ISLAND SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS: $5k → 6%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $36k → 8%HORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $1k → 11%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $3k → 16%CAREER SUPPORT SOLUTIONS: $3k → 9%ST MARKS CHURCH IN THE BOWERY: $5k → 17%INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE: $15k → 14%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $3k → 11%STANWICH CHURCH: $2k → 9%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $10k → 7%PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS: $6k → 19%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $13k → 8%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $30k → 8%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $3k → 16%CAREER SUPPORT SOLUTIONS: $3k → 9%INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE: $8k → 14%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $5k → 11%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $5k → 7%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $8k → 8%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $26k → 8%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $1k → 16%ST MARKS CHURCH IN THE BOWERY: $3k → 17%OPERA FUSION INC: $5k → 11%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $5k → 7%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $3k → 8%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $23k → 8%OPERA FUSION INC: $3k → 11%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $3k → 7%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $8k → 8%ANGELS HELPING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE INC: $3k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM: $3k → 8%BIODIVERSITY WORKS: $25k → 8%FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $2k → 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

VT
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CT
VA
MD
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$294k · 13 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$294k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+16%

Still filing today

69%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsPhilanthropyEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • AH
    Angels Helping Animals Worldwide Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $127k · revenue +71%
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    5× · 2017–2023 · $43k · revenue +46%
  • INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $25k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • BI
    BIODIVERSITYWORKS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +118%
  • CL
    CITY LIGHT ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue -118%
  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +8%
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
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Animal Rescue League of Boston

The animal rescue league of boston's vision is to confront animal cruelty and neglect at its root causes. through programs, services, and facilities focused on accessible animal care, public advocacy, and sustained anti-cruelty efforts...…

Animals
5
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
6
Help Animals India

Help Animals India is a 501c3 organization dedicated to improving the lives and welfare of animals by providing financial and consultation to support and build capacity of animal rescue groups in India and Nepal while connecting donors…

Animals
7
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
8
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
9
Ric OBarrys Dolphin Project

For Education, Safety, Protection, Recovery, and Prevention From Cruelty for All Cetaceans Especially Dolphins

Animals
10
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
11
Animal Welfare Association Inc

Animal Welfare Association's mission is to eliminate animal suffering, promote the importance of the human-animal bond, and improve the role of animals in the well-being of people.Animal Welfare Association's vision is to be "A Place Where…

Animals
12
Animal Rescuers Without Borders

Battling against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rainbow Railroad Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Angels Helping Animals Worldwide Inc: $127,046 · AnimalsAngels Helping Animals Worldwide IncHumane World for Animals Inc: $42,500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $32,500 · AnimalsANGELS HELPING ANIMALSINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $16,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC+2 more: $8,000 · AnimalsCITY LIGHT ACADEMY INC: $12,500 · OtherCITY LIGHT ACADEM…NANTUCKET ISLAND SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS: $10,000 · OtherNANTUCKET ISLAND …OPERA FUSION INC: $7,500 · OtherOPERA FUSION INCST MARKS CHURCH IN THE BOWERY: $7,000 · OtherST MARKS CHURCH I…CAREERS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC: $5,500 · OtherCAREERS SUPPORT S…FUNDACION CAUCE CIUDADANO AC: $5,000 · OtherFUNDACION CAUCE C…AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES INC: $2,500 · OtherHORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $3,750 · OtherHORN OF AFRICA ED…+3 more: $3,250 · Other+3 moreBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $11,250 · HealthTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $1,500 · PhilanthropyRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $1,200 · PhilanthropyOpportunity Inc of Palm Beach County: $5,000 · EducationReady For Reading Inc: $2,500 · EducationMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $4,650 · Arts & Culture
Animals$251,046Other$57,000Environment$25,000Health$11,250Philanthropy$7,700Education$7,500Arts & Culture$4,650

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 budgetAngels Helping Animals Worldwide Inc: $127,046 over 7y, 23% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS HELPING ANIMALS: $32,500 over 2y, 57% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY LIGHT ACADEMY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $11,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIANUS RIVER GORGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOpportunity Inc of Palm Beach County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $4,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHORN OF AFRICA EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND: $3,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReady For Reading Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRBI AUSTIN: $750 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Overbrook Foundat…The New York Communit…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Overbrook FoundationNY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Overbrook Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 C Graham Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael C Graham Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Friends of Mvyradio Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Biodiversityworks Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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Find your warmest path to Michael C Graham 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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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