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Mps Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Mps Charitable 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.

$422k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$277k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$435kEducation$361kArts & Culture$95kFood & Nutrition$90kEnvironment$40kInternational$30kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $145k
  • $250k+1 grant · $277k
$19,726
Median grant
5
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$277,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$45,000
SEATTLE SYMPHONY FOUNDATION$20,000
HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION$20,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$19,726
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$10,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$10,000
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
FORTERRA$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%VISION HOUSE: $5k → 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.
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$992k · 8 repeat orgs$341k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$992k
$331k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+11%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • Cornell University
    2× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +15%
  • FN
    FORTERRA NW
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +156%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • CT
    CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATION IN AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $164k
  • VM
    Virginia Mason Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • SS
    SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +11%
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
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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2
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
3
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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4
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
5
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
6
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
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
9
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
12
Institute for Systems Biology

Non-profit research institute to advance a systems (or holistic and cross-disciplinary) approach to science; personalized medicine; global health & environmental sustainability; science education; & the pioneering & invention of biological…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Benaroya Research Institute At Virginia. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $307,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATION IN AMERICA: $163,672 · OtherCHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATION IN AMERIC…Virginia Mason Foundation: $50,000 · OtherVirginia Mason FoundationUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $25,000 · Other+6 more: $52,226 · Other+6 moreVIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN HEALTH: $300,000 · HealthVIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN HEALTHHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $65,000 · HealthHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATIONBENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $20,000 · HealthCornell University: $125,000 · EducationCornell Univ…THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $20,000 · EducationTHE WASHINGT…CAL POLY CORPORATION: $10,000 · EducationCAL POLY COR…SEATTLE SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $90,000 · Food & NutritionFORTERRA NW: $20,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$597,898Health$385,000Education$155,000Arts & Culture$95,000Food & Nutrition$90,000Environment$20,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORTERRA NW: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $19,726 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $5,000 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.

M J Murdock Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Seattle FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
M J Murdock Charitable TrustWA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Seattle Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mps Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mps Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.

    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 21 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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