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OpenRoad Foundation at a glance

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OpenRoad Foundation

To invest in education, public policy, and community efforts to further support peer-to-peer car sharing and other innovative technology solutions, and benefit the communities served by them.

$163k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Public Benefit$552kEducation$150kRecreation & Sports$20kCivil Rights$20kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kSocial Science$10kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $130,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $163,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$255k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tholos Foundation$50,000
NCSL Fdtn State Legislatures$30,500
House Victory Fund$15,000
State Legislative Leaders Fdn$15,000
Natl Council of Insur Legis$10,000
Natl Conference of State Leg$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%National Urban League Inc: $20k → 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

NY
MA
IA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
DC
HI
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.
$662k · 10 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$662k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+4%

Still filing today

90%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’25
Public BenefitEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthSocial ScienceOther
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

  • CO
    Conference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance
    3× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue +82%
  • NF
    NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES
    4× · 2021–2025 · $121k · revenue +158%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL
    3× · 2021–2023 · $51k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • RG
    REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -32%
  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • BI
    BLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -5%
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
Council for National Policy

To provide information about public policy and national policy alternatives to leaders in business, government, religion, and academia.

Public Benefit
2
State Policy Institute

To promote pro-growth, progressive policy at the state level.

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3
California Taxpayers Association

CalTaxs mission is to serve the general public and our members including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and individuals by promoting sound tax policy and government efficiency at the state and local levels of government through…

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4
State Leadership Foundation

The State Leadership mission is to equip states to deliver inspiring reforms. Our focus is not on elections or legislation but on the harder work that follows: turning policy into reality through disciplined sustained execution. That means…

Public Benefit
5
State Business Executives

Multi-sector, multi-state voice of business advocating on 5 key policies pillars.

Community Improvement
6
National Association of State Budget Officers

To encourage study and research in state budgeting, to exchange information and promote cooperation toward more effective budget preparation and management, and to attain greater efficiency and economy of programs and services though…

Philanthropy
7
National Taxpayers Union Foundation

National taxpayers union foundation (ntuf) provides crucial, impactful research and analysis showing americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. with our unique combination of policy expertise, outreach know-how,…

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8
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
9
Oklahoma Policy Inc

Oklahoma policy advances equitable and fiscally responsible policies that expand opportunity for all oklahomans through nonpartisan research, analysis, and advocacy.

Civil Rights
10
American Policy Coalition

With a commitment to free market principles, APC focuses on educating the public about conservative fiscal policies that foster job growth, a stronger economy, and increased opportunity for all Americans.

Public Benefit
11
Jeffersonian Project

The mission of the jeffersonian project is to educate the public and government policy makers by providing nonpartisan research on current events and other issues of concern to the public and government policy makers.

Civil Rights
12
State Government Affairs Council

To advance and support the state government affairs profession by fostering community among peers and elected officials, building knowledge, and promoting diverse perspectives in a nonpartisan environment.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures; the most unlike its peers is Conference of Western Attorneys General Ag Alliance. 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

17 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. 17 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $120,500 · Public BenefitNCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATU…AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $51,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNC…CENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEAS: $50,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEASREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PUBLIC POLICY …Americans for Tax Reform: $75,000 · OtherAmericans for Tax ReformTholos Foundation: $65,000 · OtherTholos FoundationNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES: $30,000 · OtherNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGIS…COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: $25,000 · OtherCOUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTSInsurance Legislators Foundation Inc: $20,000 · OtherInsurance Legislators Foundation I…House Victory Fund: $15,000 · OtherHouse Victory FundNational Council of Insurance Legislators: $10,000 · OtherConference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance: $150,000 · EducationConference of Western A…BLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO: $10,000 · EducationBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR…STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · HealthSTATE LEGI…NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyINSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS: $10,000 · Social Science
Public Benefit$246,500Other$240,000Education$160,000Health$75,000Human Services$30,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Social Science$10,000

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 budgetConference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance: $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNCSL FOUNDATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURES: $120,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAmericans for Tax Reform: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSTATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTholos Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $51,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEAS: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInsurance Legislators Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Edison Electric Insti…Pharmaceutical Resear…American Fuel and Pet…American Property Cas…Ctia - the Wireless A…The Personal Care Pro…Entertainment Softwar…Consumer Healthcare P…Nuclear Energy Instit…The Pew Charitable Tr…
Edison Electric Institute IncDC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edison Electric Institute Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers · American Property Casualty Insurance Association · Ctia - the Wireless Association · The Personal Care Products Council Inc · Entertainment Software Association · Consumer Healthcare Products Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to OpenRoad Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to OpenRoad 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 19 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 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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