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· Private foundation
OTTO FAMILY FOUNDATION
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications.
$68k
Granted FY2024
11
Grants
3
Communities
$27k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 11 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
- DAVIDSON COLLEGE$27,000
- BRUNSWICK SCHOOL$10,000
- DUKE UNIVERSITY$10,000
- SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$5,000
- WATERSIDE SCHOOL$5,000
- STJUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
- THE LORD'S PLACE INC$2,500
- COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN$1,000
- SHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION$1,000
- MIAMI CITY BALLET$1,000
- STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10% — the area typically sits at 12%. 3% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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Dickinson College
Dickinson college, founded in 1783, is a highly selective, private residential liberal (continued) arts college known for its innovative curriculum. for more than two centuries, dickinson has embraced the vision of an ever-evolving…
Education
2
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Education
3
The Collegiate School
See schedule o to create a diverse and inclusive community of learners committed to a challenging and supportive educational experience that will foster the intellectual, moral, emotional, and physical development of each student.
Education
4
Davenport University
Post-secondary educational institution preparing students for careers in business, health, and technology. quality, career-oriented academic programs are offered throughout the main campus in grand rapids and other campuses throughout…
Education
5
The Cambridge School
Operate a classical school from pre-K through 12th grade education.
Education
6
Saint David's School
To provide for the educational needs of boys pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
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7
Merrimack College
Merrimack college is a comprehensive, catholic augustinian institution of higher education.
Education
8
Westminster College
Four-year, undergraduate liberal arts college.
Education
9
The Duke University School of
To support the charitable, scientific and educational activities of duke university and duke university health system, inc. form 990-ez, part v, line 34the duke university school of medicine research foundation board approved by sufficient…
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10
Trustees of Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
Education
11
Davidson-Davie Community College
To provide scholarships and other forms of support for the students of davidson-davie community college.
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12
Washington College
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.
Education
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brunswick School Inc and the most unlike its peers is Davidson College. 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
9 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Education$52,000Arts & Culture$6,000Other$5,500Housing & Shelter$2,500Health$1,000Philanthropy$1,000
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation OTTO FAMILY FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
- The Community Fund of Darien — 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: THE LORD'S PLACE INC.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~13 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 7 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
7 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 2.0× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 592240502 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on THE LORD'S PLACE INC, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 13 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 0% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Otto Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Otto Family Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines