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Motorola Solutions Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13M
Granted FY2025still arriving
213
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$17MEducation$17MPhilanthropy$8.5MCrime & Legal$8.5MScience & Tech$8.0MYouth Development$4.8MInternational$3.8MEmployment$3.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 213 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k112 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k71 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.9M
$35,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Online Giving Foundation$1,543,843
Police Executive Research Forum$500,000
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation$335,000
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)$267,750
Movement Forward$265,000
UK Online Giving Foundation$234,275
International Assn of Fire Chiefs Inc$200,000
Organizacin de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educacin la Ciencia y la Cul$185,000
Blue Help Inc$170,000
Concerns of Police Survivors$160,000
Sponsor a young adult to go through the NPower program Pathways to Prosper$155,000
The 100 Club of Illinois$150,000
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$150,000
Home Fire$145,000
International Association of Chiefs of Police Incorporated$140,000
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.

US giving: 79% of grant dollars ($70M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 21% that went abroad ($18M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $5.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HandsOn Greater Phoenix: $30k → 11%Anniecannons Inc: $90k → 10%The Utah 1033 Foundation: $45k → 5%Armed Forces Mission Inc: $35k → 6%Armed Forces Mission Inc: $30k → 8%Movement Forward: $265k → 14%Copline Inc: $75k → 6%National Center For The Prevention Of Community Violence: $50k → 14%AnnieCannons Inc: $100k → 10%The Utah 1033 Foundation: $30k → 5%Armed Forces Mission Inc: $33k → 6%Armed Forces Mission: $30k → 8%Movementforward: $250k → 14%Copline Inc: $43k → 6%Baps Charities Inc: $34k → 8%AnnieCannons Inc: $100k → 10%Armed Forces Mission Inc: $30k → 6%Movementforward: $250k → 14%Copline Inc: $40k → 6%Anniecannons Inc: $75k → 10%Anniecannons Inc: $100k → 10%Movementforward: $250k → 14%Anniecannons Inc: $90k → 10%Movementforward Inc: $250k → 14%American National Red Cross: $45k → 11%Survivors Of Blue Suicide Foundation Inc: $93k → 13%Movementforward Inc: $125k → 14%American Red Cross: $30k → 11%Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation Inc: $90k → 13%American National Red Cross: $30k → 11%Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation Inc: $90k → 13%Survivors Of Blue Suicide Foundation Inc: $70k → 13%Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation Inc: $40k → 13%Bold Idea Inc: $30k → 14%Bold Idea Inc: $30k → 14%American National Red Cross: $190k → 14%American National Red Cross: $120k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $100k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $60k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $50k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $41k → 14%American National Red Cross: $45k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $40k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $40k → 14%American National Red Cross: $367k → 14%American Red Cross of Greater Chicago: $355k → 14%Thrive Chicago: $40k → 14%Illinois Science & Technology Institute: $70k → 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

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IL
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OR
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VA
MD
DE
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NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 21% of all-years giving ($18M)

39 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$3.5M · 99 grants
United Kingdom$2.8M · 37 grants
Australia$1.8M · 42 grants
Poland$1.2M · 22 grants
Israel$1.1M · 33 grants
Uruguay$1.0M · 9 grants
Colombia$998k · 20 grants
Malaysia$996k · 27 grants
Argentina$729k · 15 grants
Chile$595k · 12 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of Motorola Solutions Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Motorola Solutions Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 21% 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$71M · 776 repeat orgs$8.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

776 repeat relationships: 169 still active in FY2025, 607 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

776
1156

Total granted

$71M
$6.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+30%

Still filing today

64%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalArts & 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

  • PE
    POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM
    7× · 2019–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +24%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +12%
  • MI
    MOVEMENTFORWARD INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +152% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • OD
    Organizacion De Estados Iberoamericanos Para La Educacin
    one grant, 2019 · $397k
  • NS
    NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • YO
    YMCA Of The USA
    one grant, 2020 · $201k
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.

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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
10
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
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 Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pat Mac's Pack 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

1265 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1265 of the 2,000 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
301
Early backer (in before they grew)
1218/1265
Grantees still filing
930/1265
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $2,267,050 · OtherNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATIONSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: $1,205,400 · Other+127 more: $32,615,778 · Other+127 moreUniversity of Chicago: $726,700 · EducationUniversity of …FUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION: $701,850 · EducationFUTURE FOUNDER…PROJECT SYNCERE: $608,500 · EducationPROJECT SYNCER…National Merit Scholarship Corporation: $523,407 · EducationNational Merit…CALCULATED GENIUS INC: $505,000 · EducationCALCULATED GEN…CHICAGO TECH ACADEMY: $501,010 · EducationCHICAGO TECH A…CODE IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $500,000 · EducationCODE IN THE SC…Rochester Institute of Technology: $445,000 · EducationAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $422,000 · EducationELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationCODEORG: $380,150 · EducationIllinois Institute of Technology: $350,700 · EducationWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $320,000 · Education+16 more: $2,893,726 · Education+16 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $6,114,140 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLI…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,655,679 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY: $326,750 · Philanthropy+3 more: $448,000 · PhilanthropyPOLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM: $3,600,000 · Crime & LegalPOLICE EXECU…CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC: $1,013,900 · Crime & LegalCONCERNS OF …FIRST HELP INC: $883,900 · Crime & LegalFIRST HELP I…National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $637,515 · Crime & LegalNational Law…WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION: $485,150 · Crime & LegalWASHINGTON D…THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $305,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $280,000 · Crime & LegalSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $278,700 · Crime & Legal+5 more: $763,100 · Crime & Legal+5 moreMOVEMENTFORWARD INC: $1,415,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,187,385 · Human ServicesAnnieCannons Inc: $580,000 · Human ServicesSURVIVORS OF BLUE SUICIDE: $382,900 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $356,450 · Human ServicesBorder Patrol Foundation: $315,000 · Human ServicesARMED FORCES MISSION INC dba STOP SUICIDE USA: $202,900 · Human ServicesCOPLINE INC: $182,900 · Human Services+2 more: $251,373 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS INC: $1,200,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $477,900 · Public Safety & DisasterNational Emergency Number Association: $390,000 · Public Safety & DisasterASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC-SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS-: $350,000 · Public Safety & DisasterEDUCATORS SCHOOL SAFETY NETWORK: $220,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $205,150 · Public Safety & DisasterNATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN- EDUCATION FUND INC: $135,000 · Public Safety & Disaster911DER WOMEN INC: $130,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFIRST RESPONDER CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR REDUCING OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS INJUR: $115,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $1,871,237 · Science & TechNational Society of Black Engineers: $353,620 · Science & TechMarine Technology Society Inc: $165,000 · Science & Tech
Other$36,088,228Education$9,278,043Philanthropy$8,544,569Crime & Legal$8,247,265Human Services$4,873,908Public Safety & Disaster$3,323,050Science & Tech$2,389,857

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 budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $6,114,140 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM: $3,600,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $2,267,050 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $1,871,237 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,655,679 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMENTFORWARD INC: $1,415,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: $1,205,400 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS INC: $1,200,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,187,385 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC: $1,013,900 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetFIRST HELP INC: $883,900 over 7y, 31% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $805,550 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE: $747,900 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $738,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $726,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION: $701,850 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $637,515 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT SYNCERE: $608,500 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetAnnieCannons Inc: $580,000 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetPROJECT EXPLORATION: $560,749 over 5y, 18% of budgetGIRLSTART: $552,500 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $551,104 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $523,407 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNPOWER INC: $516,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $515,600 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetCALCULATED GENIUS INC: $505,000 over 5y, 65% of budgetCHICAGO TECH ACADEMY: $501,010 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCODE IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $500,000 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetWASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION: $485,150 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetTHE CIVIC FEDERATION: $480,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $477,900 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCODE PLATOON NFP: $456,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $445,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $422,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY: $390,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNational Emergency Number Association: $390,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSURVIVORS OF BLUE SUICIDE: $382,900 over 5y, 100% of budgetCODEORG: $380,150 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $360,300 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $356,450 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetNational Society of Black Engineers: $353,620 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $350,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC-SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS-: $350,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Youth Centers: $341,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGAMES FOR CHANGE INC: $335,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY: $326,750 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $325,000 over 7y, 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMENTFORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE FOUNDERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SYNCERE ↗
  • Who funds AnnieCannons Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT EXPLORATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLSTART ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds National Merit Scholarship Corporation ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALCULATED GENIUS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO TECH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CODE IN THE SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CIVIC FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CODE PLATOON NFP ↗

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.

United Way of Metropo…Polk Bros Foundation …The Dupage Community …Imc Chicago Charitabl…Baxter International …Cme Group Community F…Cme Group FoundationGeorge M Eisenberg Fo…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Dr Scholl FoundationNorthwestern Memorial…Circle of Service Fou…
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL45.4× affinity57 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Dupage Community Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Dr Scholl Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Circle of Service 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 Motorola Solutions Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Motorola Solutions Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Denise Amber Lee Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • 911DER Women Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
51report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Motorola Solutions Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Motorola Solutions 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 2000 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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