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Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay at a glance

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Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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.

Education$1.2MCrime & Legal$220kRecreation & Sports$149kInternational$62kHuman Services$61kYouth Development$15kPublic Benefit$10kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$500k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN BROTHER FOUNDATION$60,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE SEEING EYE INC: $50 → 4%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

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NY
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IN
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CO
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VA
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DC
MS
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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 9% of Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 42% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 39%.

Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Faylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% 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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$845k · 13 repeat orgs$739k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
56

Total granted

$845k
$679k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+50%

Still filing today

62%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23
EducationArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentPublic BenefitHuman 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

  • PJ
    PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $200k · revenue +79%
  • FM
    FRIENDS MEETING SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    2× · 2018–2020 · $22k · revenue +51%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • RU
    RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HI
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HS
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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.

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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
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American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Association of American Law Schools Inc

The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.

Education
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Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

35 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. 35 of the 71 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
27/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HIGH SCHOOL: $550,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HIGH SCHOOLRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION LAW SCHOOL: $500,000 · OtherRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION LAW SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $61,000 · OtherAMERICAN BROTHER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HI: $50,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HS: $50,000 · Other+45 more: $61,482 · OtherPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC JUSTIC…+1 more: $1,000 · Crime & LegalUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $148,000 · EducationUniversity …FRIENDS MEETING SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $22,000 · EducationFRIENDS MEE…District of Columbia School of Law Foundation: $10,000 · EducationDistrict of…+3 more: $1,950 · EducationPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $250 · Public BenefitENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,500 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $900 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 · EnvironmentThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,300 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $425 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WASP WWII MUSEUM INC: $200 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield Trust: $100 · Arts & CulturePEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $1,600 · Civil Rights
Other$1,332,482Crime & Legal$201,000Education$181,950Public Benefit$10,250Environment$2,900Arts & Culture$2,375Civil Rights$1,600

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 budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $148,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BROTHER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS MEETING SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $22,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $425 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLESEA GLOBAL FEED THE HUNGRY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WASP WWII MUSEUM INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILESTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $24 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Peace Through Law Foundation Inc % Thomas Fortune Fay 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 71 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home