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Modern Giving Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$335k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$125k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$627kEducation$186kEmployment$69kCommunity Improvement$38kPhilanthropy$29kHousing & Shelter$21kYouth Development$3k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
$27,200
Median grant
5
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION$125,000
CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION$100,000
ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS$38,000
ENDURING HEARTS INC$27,200
ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMIES FOUNDATION INC$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA$13,000
DESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION$3,500
GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS$3,330
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 (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TECHBRIDGE GIRLS: $25k → 10%FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $31k → 17%ENDURING HEARTS INC: $27k → 8%ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMIES FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $13k → 27%GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $35k → 12%ONETEN COALITION INC: $13k → 16%PRINCES TRUST AMERICA INC: $25k → 17%ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMIES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $25k → 12%THE KINGS TRUST USA INC: $3k → 17%ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMIES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $5k → 12%FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $25k → 17%CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $3k → 12%CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
GA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$831k · 6 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against -53% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
3

Total granted

$831k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
-53%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $350k · revenue +20%
  • AY
    Atlanta Youth Academies Foundation Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +10%
  • GS
    GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $68k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TG
    Techbridge Girls
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -84%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $21k · revenue +34%
  • OC
    ONETEN COALITION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -53%
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
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
2
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
3
Future Founders Foundation

Future founders is building the nation's largest inclusive community of intentional young entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial-minded leaders.

Education
4
Teenworks Inc

To empower teens to achieve excellence in college, career, and community.

Employment
5
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
6
Gratitude Global

Working through social entrepreneurs to impact the lives of children globally. the gratitude network seeks out the worlds most dynamic and innovative leaders and organizations impacting the lives of children and youth for competitive…

Philanthropy
7
Apex for Youth Inc

Apex for youth delivers possibilities to underserved asian and immigrant youth from low-income families in nyc. apex recruits working professionals to volunteer and become positive role models who inspire youth to expand their horizons and…

Community Improvement
8
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
9
Code to Work Inc

An employer-led initiative aimed at transforming the hiring process. we use a skills-based approach to identify, train and hire talent. the traditional credentials-based focus must evolve to give all qualified job seekers a chance to prove…

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10
National Guard Youth Foundation

The foundation raises national awareness about the high school completion crisis and impact on our nation's youth, economy and national security. our efforts are primarily directed to developing, supporting and enhancing the national guard…

Education
11
Greenwood Project

Greenwood's mission is to create career pathways in the financial services industry for black and latino college students. we partner with companies to find equitable and inclusive solutions for recruitment, retention, and advancement. our…

Human Services
12
COMPUTERS4KIDS

C4k combines mentoring and technology to prepare youth for brighter futures.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oneten Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House Georgia 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

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $350,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONENDURING HEARTS INC: $27,200 · HealthENDURING HEARTS INCCHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA F…COVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $20,800 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INCUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $13,000 · OtherAtlanta Youth Academies Foundation Inc: $80,000 · EducationAtlanta Youth Academies Fo…GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $68,330 · EducationGREENHOUSE SCHOLARSFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $55,500 · EducationFUTURES AND OPTIONS INCTechbridge Girls: $25,000 · EducationTechbridge GirlsENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION OF CE: $38,000 · PhilanthropyTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyDESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION: $3,500 · PhilanthropyONETEN COALITION INC: $13,300 · Civil Rights
Health$377,200Other$283,800Education$228,830Philanthropy$69,000Civil Rights$13,300

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAtlanta Youth Academies Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $68,330 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $55,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetENDURING HEARTS INC: $27,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $20,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONETEN COALITION INC: $13,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Modern Giving Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Modern Giving Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–20%
    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 Modern Giving Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Modern Giving 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 13 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.

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