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Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund at a glance

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Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund

The fund is devoted to the benefit of mankind, the education of youth, the relief of human suffering, and propagation of the christian religion.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$382k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$2.5MEducation$2.4MHuman Services$2.2MInternational$2.1MHousing & Shelter$828kYouth Development$664kCivil Rights$642kHealth$640kOther$0
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 65 grants below total $1,642,440, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,019,791 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $377,351 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $177k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $576k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $508k
  • $250k+1 grant · $382k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IPC$382,000
SUMMER ADVENTURES IN LEARNING$147,000
KIRKWOOD BY THE RIVER$132,500
MEDICAL MISSIONS INC$66,000
FIRST LIGHT$60,000
STAIR OF BIRMINGHAM$52,000
MWANDI UCZ MISSION HOSPITAL AMERICAN PARTNERS$50,000
LIVING RIVER$48,000
MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION$38,000
FOUNDATIONS EARLY LEARNING & FAMILY CENTER$25,000
LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE$25,000
16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH$25,000
BE TEAM INTERNATIONAL$22,000
THE OUTREACH FOUNDATION$20,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA- ALABAMA$20,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HIS KIDS TOO: $13k → 19%RALEIGH'S PLACE: $28k → 16%TROY RESILIENCE PROJECT: $20k → 27%THE WOMEN OF MY HOPE: $14k → 11%RALEIGH'S PLACE: $20k → 16%HIS KIDS TOO: $21k → 19%FIRST FRUITS MINISTRIES: $20k → 7%RALEIGH'S PLACE: $20k → 16%HIS KIDS TOO: $20k → 19%HIS KIDS TOO: $13k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $25k → 7%M-POWER MINISTRIES: $15k → 16%WATER BY WOMEN: $14k → 15%M-POWER MINISTRIES: $15k → 16%M-POWER MINISTRIES: $13k → 16%M-POWER MINISTRIES: $12k → 16%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $12k → 7%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSIONS: $11k → 7%URBAN MINISTRY: $23k → 16%URBAN MINISTRY: $15k → 16%RENEW BIRMINGHAM: $13k → 16%CHANGED LIVES CHRISTIAN CENTER: $20k → 16%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY: $15k → 16%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $15k → 16%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY: $15k → 16%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY: $12k → 16%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 16%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF ALABAMA: $15k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF BIRMINGHAM: $13k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $73k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $73k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $70k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $70k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $66k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $65k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $65k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $60k → 16%COMMUNITY ON THE RISE: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY ON THE RISE: $13k → 16%YWCA OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $13k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM METRO: $12k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $43k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $12k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $14k → 16%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
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 10% of Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 79% of the giving stays in AL; by stated purpose, 73%.

Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.0% 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 131 repeat orgs$834k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

131 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

131
60

Total granted

$12M
$707k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+24%

Still filing today

89%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PR
    PRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT HOMES OF BIRMINGHAM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $923k · revenue +63%
  • FL
    FIRST LIGHT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $541k · revenue +93%
  • SO
    STAIR OF BIRMINGHAM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $488k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • MW
    MAKE WAY PARTNERS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $120k · revenue -74%
  • MM
    MEDICAL MISSIONS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • MM
    MANNA MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -42%
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
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
2
Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County Inc

Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

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3
Agape of Central Alabama Inc

As a ministry of jesus christ, agape's mission is that vulnerable and orphaned children find permanency in safe, nurturing families.

Human Services
4
Christian Services for Children in Alabama

The mission of christian services for children in alabama is to show the love of christ by providing counseling and other related services to children and their families.

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5
Voices for Alabama's Children

Our mission is to speak for the well-being of Alabama's children through research, public awareness, and advocacy.

Arts & Culture
6
Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center

Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to ending child abuse through education, advocacy, counseling, family support, and the pursuit of justice.

Crime & Legal
7
Rebuilding Together Central Alabama

Bringing volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners.

Community Improvement
8
Advance Memphis

To empower adults in south memphis to break cycles of unemployment, establish economic stability, reconcile relationships, and restore dignity through knowledge, resources, and skills by the power of jesus christ.

Education
9
Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

The Organization is a nonprofit community defender providing legal assistance through court appointment to children and other indigent persons.

Crime & Legal
10
African Children's Mission Inc

Reaching out to children in east africa living in destitute circumstances, both physically and with the gospel of jesus christ, to enable them to grow and develop in a secure environment.

Religion
11
Covenant Academy of Mobile

Operation of a public charter school in Mobile Alabama.

Human Services
12
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Presbyterian Home for Children; the most unlike its peers is College Admissions Made Possible. 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

174 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. 174 of the 202 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)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
169/174
Grantees still filing
122/174
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IPC: $2,458,320 · OtherIPCPRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT HOMES OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $922,935 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT HOMES OF BIRMINGHAM INCOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $325,000 · Other+84 more: $2,419,960 · Other+84 moreLIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC: $359,667 · InternationalLIFT UP THE VULNER…Medical Missions Inc Attn Todd Garrett: $320,350 · InternationalMedical Missions I…The Mwandi United Church of Zambia Mission Hospital Board of Trustees: $238,325 · InternationalThe Mwandi United …MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION: $232,000 · InternationalMEDICAL BENEVOLENC…CURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $220,000 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL…BE TEAM INTERNATIONAL INC: $202,228 · InternationalBE TEAM INTERNATIO…MARION MEDICAL MISSION: $148,940 · InternationalMARION MEDICAL MIS…+13 more: $410,600 · International+13 moreFIRST LIGHT INC: $541,000 · Human ServicesFIRST LIGHT INCCOMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $119,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FURNI…M-POWER Ministries: $95,500 · Human ServicesM-POWER Ministr…His Kids Too Inc: $77,000 · Human ServicesGRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $74,500 · Human ServicesRALEIGH'S PLACE: $72,500 · Human ServicesBROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $72,000 · Human Services+29 more: $719,170 · Human Services+29 moreSTAIR OF BIRMINGHAM: $488,000 · EducationSTAIR OF BIRMI…Teach for America Inc: $300,000 · EducationTeach for Amer…Friends of Forman Christian College Inc: $111,700 · EducationFriends of For…SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $98,000 · EducationSPRING VALLEY …THE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $90,000 · EducationMARYVILLE COLLEGE: $88,500 · EducationBIRMINGHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $82,000 · EducationLegacy Schools: $77,500 · EducationFOUNDATIONS EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER INC: $70,000 · Education+15 more: $333,200 · Education+15 moreSUMMER ADVENTURES IN LEARNING: $441,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $66,000 · Youth DevelopmentBUILD UP: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTHSERVE INC: $25,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $54,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIVING RIVER A RETREAT ON THE CAHABA INC: $292,000 · ReligionDesigns For Hope: $45,000 · ReligionLIVING THE FAITH MINISTRY: $20,000 · ReligionUNITED PRESBYTERIANS OF WILCOX CO: $18,250 · ReligionKINGDOM FAMILY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $17,500 · Religion+3 more: $23,500 · ReligionOasis Counseling for Women and Children: $63,000 · HealthSMILE-A-MILE: $40,500 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $37,000 · HealthTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $35,500 · HealthUNITED ABILITY INC: $35,500 · HealthVAX 2 STOP CANCER: $27,500 · HealthSIGHT SAVERS OF AMERICA INC: $24,500 · HealthATEAM MINISTRIES: $20,000 · HealthSHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $17,500 · HealthFREEDOM SOURCE INC: $15,000 · HealthMITCHELL'S PLACE INC: $14,500 · Health+6 more: $55,500 · Health
Other$6,126,215International$2,132,110Human Services$1,770,670Education$1,738,900Youth Development$641,000Religion$416,250Health$386,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT HOMES OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $922,935 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFIRST LIGHT INC: $541,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetSTAIR OF BIRMINGHAM: $488,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetLIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC: $359,667 over 7y, 9.1% of budgetOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $325,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMedical Missions Inc Attn Todd Garrett: $320,350 over 7y, 40% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $300,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING RIVER A RETREAT ON THE CAHABA INC: $292,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetThe Mwandi United Church of Zambia Mission Hospital Board of Trustees: $238,325 over 6y, 30% of budgetMEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION: $232,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $220,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBE TEAM INTERNATIONAL INC: $202,228 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetHISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT CENTER OF ALABAMA: $194,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetMARION MEDICAL MISSION: $148,940 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMAKE WAY PARTNERS INC: $120,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $119,000 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $114,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $111,700 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $98,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetM-POWER Ministries: $95,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $93,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $93,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMARYVILLE COLLEGE: $88,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Interfaith Refugee Ptr Inc: $86,051 over 5y, 47% of budgetBIRMINGHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $82,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetLegacy Schools: $77,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $74,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRALEIGH'S PLACE: $72,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetBROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $72,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFOUNDATIONS EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMinistry of Hope Lesotho Inc: $66,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $66,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $64,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetONE PLACE METRO AL FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: $63,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetOasis Counseling for Women and Children: $63,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHOPE INSPIRED MINISTRIES INC: $57,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $57,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $55,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBUILD UP: $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCahaba River Society Inc: $53,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCommunity Kitchens of Birmingham: $49,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetOAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $48,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetALABAMA POSSIBLE: $47,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetImpact America: $46,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDesigns For Hope: $45,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetUrban Ministry Inc: $44,340 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHOPE WALKS INC: $44,000 over 4y, 0.5% 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 PRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT HOMES OF BIRMINGHAM INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds STAIR OF BIRMINGHAM ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER ADVENTURES IN LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Medical Missions Inc Attn Todd Garrett ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIVING RIVER A RETREAT ON THE CAHABA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mwandi United Church of Zambia Mission Hospital Board of Trustees ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BE TEAM INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT CENTER OF ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds MARION MEDICAL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MAKE WAY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Forman Christian College Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds M-POWER Ministries ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE RESTORATION ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MARYVILLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Alabama Interfaith Refugee Ptr Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Schools ↗
  • Who funds His Kids Too Inc ↗
  • Who funds GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds RALEIGH'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds BROTHER BRYAN MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATIONS EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Ministry of Hope Lesotho Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds THE WELLHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE PLACE METRO AL FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…The Daniel Foundation…Protective Life Found…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Alabama Power Foundat…Hill Crest Foundation…Mike and Gillian Good…Robert R Meyer Founda…The Joseph S Bruno Ch…Altecstyslinger Found…United Way of Central…Junior League of Birm…
The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamAL174.3× affinity109 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Protective Life Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Junior League of Birmingham Inc

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 Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
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
    55report 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 Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund 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 202 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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