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Oath Foundation Inc (Fka Aol Charitable Foundation)

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$785k
Granted FY2017
20
Grants FY2017
11
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k12 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $31k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $430k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$629k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NYC FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (CSNYC)$300,000
STEP UP WOMENS NETWORK$205,000
UN FOUNDATION - GIRL UP$100,000
APPLESEEDS ACADEMY$75,000
TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE$50,000
WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA INC$11,000
BASE CAMP CODING ACADEMY$10,000
EMBARC$10,000
SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC$5,000
FLOWER DROPS WITH LOVE$5,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL$2,000
TXT$2,000
MINDS MATTER$2,000
FOUNDATION FOR SECOND CHANCES$2,000
HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC$1,000
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.

US giving: 90% of grant dollars ($705k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 10% that went abroad ($80k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHICAGO PROFESSIONALS FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR SECOND CHANCES: $2k → 14%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $1k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
MS

Beyond the US: 10% of all-years giving ($80k)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
Israel$75k · 1 grant
Brazil$5k · 1 grant
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.
03Its 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
Girls in Stem
Human Services
2
Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis

Girls inc.'s mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. in partnership with schools and community organizations, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and…

Youth Development
3
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
4
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
5
College for Social Innovation Inc

To educate and inspire the next generation of problem solvers.

Employment
6
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
7
The Young People's Project Inc

The young people's project uses math literacy work to develop the abilities of elementary through high school students to succeed in school and in life.

Education
8
Npower Inc

Npower is a national nonprofit that unlocks economic mobility by preparing young adults and military-connected individuals - especially those facing barriers to opportunity - for high-demand careers in the technology sector through…

Community Improvement
9
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
10
Stl Youth Jobs

Our mission is to bridge the divide between our regions youth and the growing skills gap in our workforce. we envision a city where our youth have the opportunity they need to succeed, and our businesses have the workforce they need to…

Youth Development
11
Youth Job Center Inc

Youth job center connects youth ages 14-25 to meaningful careers through early exposure, workforce training, individualized coaching, and strong employer partnerships. we meet young people where they are and guide them toward living-wage…

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12
The Peer Power Foundation Inc

Peer power foundation hires, trains, and deploys college students to be success coaches in economically disadvantaged high schools. (expanded mission on schedule o)these success coaches work primarily inside of english, math, and science…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Year Up Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Second Chances. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NYC FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (CSNYC): $300,000 · OtherTHE NYC FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (CSNYC)UN FOUNDATION - GIRL UP: $100,000 · OtherUN FOUNDATION - GIRL UPAPPLESEEDS ACADEMY: $75,000 · OtherAPPLESEEDS ACADEMYTRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · OtherTRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE INC+5 more: $19,000 · OtherSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $205,000 · Arts & CultureSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORKWIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBASE CAMP CODING ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationYEAR UP INC: $1,000 · EducationSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentFoundation for Second Chances: $2,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO PROFESSIONALS FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$544,000Arts & Culture$217,000Education$11,000Youth Development$9,000Human Services$4,000

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 budgetSTEP UP WOMEN'S NETWORK: $205,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetTRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA INC: $11,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBASE CAMP CODING ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PROFESSIONALS FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA9.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Oath Foundation Inc (Fka Aol Charitable Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oath Foundation Inc (Fka Aol 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Wide Angle Youth Media Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Oath Foundation Inc (Fka Aol Charitable 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 20 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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