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New Priorities Foundation co Third Plateau

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$340k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$2.3MFood & Nutrition$619kEducation$260kArts & Culture$155kPublic Benefit$111kHuman Services$95kHousing & Shelter$94kReligion$90kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Gonzaga University$50,000
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy$50,000
Spokane Alliance United$50,000
Common Good Montana$40,000
Earthjustice$30,000
The Lands Council$25,000
Garden City Harvest$25,000
Earth Island Institute$25,000
Women's Voices for the Earth$20,000
Movement Generation$10,000
Catholic Charities of Spokane$10,000
Inquiring Systems Inc$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Catholic Charities of Spokane: $10k → 12%Catholic Charities of Spokane: $10k → 12%Transitions: $25k → 12%Transitions: $20k → 12%Transitions: $20k → 12%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
MT
NY
MA
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 25 repeat orgs$460k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
27

Total granted

$3.4M
$370k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+63%

Still filing today

80%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentFood & NutritionCivil RightsEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • OA
    Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
    5× · 2017–2021 · $810k · revenue +87%
  • IN
    INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST
    6× · 2018–2023 · $300k · revenue +10%
  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $250k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +43%
  • MULTIPLIERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $58k · revenue +264%
  • SH
    SPOKANE HOUSING VENTURES
    one grant, 2017 · $29k · revenue +93%
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
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
2
Taproot Earth

Taproot Earth works with communities to support strategies around the use of water, energy and land.

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
7
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
8
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
9
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
10
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
11
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
12
The Alliance for Collective Action

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We advance our mission through the Alliance Center building and community, as well as through Collective…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We the Protesters Inc; the most unlike its peers is Earthjustice. 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

48 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. 48 of the 56 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/48
Grantees still filing
33/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: $810,000 · EnvironmentOccidental Arts and Ecology CenterINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $300,000 · EnvironmentINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUSTWOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTH: $290,000 · EnvironmentWOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTHEarth Island Institute Inc: $180,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute IncEARTHJUSTICE: $155,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $100,000 · Environment+7 more: $218,333 · Environment+7 moreGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $300,000 · Food & NutritionGARDEN CITY H…KITCHEN TABLE ADVISORS: $66,667 · Food & NutritionKITCHEN TABLE…Gallatin Valley Farm to School: $65,000 · Food & NutritionGallatin Vall…+3 more: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+3 moreCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationCORPORATION …The Charlie Cart Project: $65,000 · EducationThe Charlie …THE BERRY CENTER INC: $60,000 · EducationTHE BERRY CE…Movement Generation: $30,000 · EducationMovement Gen…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationZootown Arts Community: $125,000 · OtherZootown Arts Co…Western Org of Resource Councils Ed: $75,000 · OtherWestern Org of …Spokane County Environmental Servic: $51,500 · OtherSpokane County …CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR JUST…Catholic Charities of Eastern Washi: $20,000 · OtherThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $75,000 · OtherThe Cultural Co…SPOKANE HOUSING VENTURES: $28,750 · OtherThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $20,000 · Other+17 more: $98,600 · Other+17 moreNORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL: $75,000 · Community ImprovementSpokane Alliance United: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON GOOD MONTANA INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $95,000 · Human ServicesTransitions: $65,000 · Human ServicesMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $90,000 · Religion
Environment$2,053,333Food & Nutrition$456,667Education$415,000Other$543,850Community Improvement$180,000Human Services$160,000Religion$90,000

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 budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $810,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $300,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $300,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetWOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTH: $290,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $155,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $100,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $90,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL: $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTransitions: $65,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGallatin Valley Farm to School: $65,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $65,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Charlie Cart Project: $65,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetTHE BERRY CENTER INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $58,333 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetSpokane Alliance United: $50,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetMovement Generation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LANDS COUNCIL: $30,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSPOKANE HOUSING VENTURES: $28,750 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSPOKANE RIVERKEEPER: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDAVID BROWER CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Food Safety: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetZERO FOODPRINT: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR LATINA OPPORTUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTILTH ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 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.

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.

PatagoniaorgMarin Community Found…Tides FoundationImpactassetsincInnovia FoundationClif Family FoundationThe High Stakes Found…The Avista FoundationThe Schmidt Family Fo…The San Francisco Fou…The Burning FoundationTomkat Ranch Educatio…
PatagoniaorgCA24× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Innovia Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · The Avista Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Burning Foundation · Tomkat Ranch Educational 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 New Priorities Foundation co Third Plateau funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Priorities Foundation co Third Plateau. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%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
    1get no government money at all
    9report 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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    Find your warmest path to New Priorities Foundation co Third Plateau 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 56 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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