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Philanthropic Impact Foundation

PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides a legal structure under which charitable programs may operate, acting as fiscal sponsor.

$26M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$19M
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 2024.

Philanthropy$86MHealth$2.4MArts & Culture$1.3MCommunity Improvement$865kYouth Development$400kEmployment$330kEducation$270kReligion$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $97k
  • $250k+3 grants · $26M
$5,557,721
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC$18,583,874
CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND$5,557,721
BROAD INSTITUTE$1,800,000
ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC$97,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BROAD INSTITUTE: $1.8M → 8%MEXICAN-AMERICAN VINTNERS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 9%ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC: $15.1M → 10%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $150k → 11%AURRERA HEALTH GROUP: $150k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES: $200k → 14%WE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INC: $50k → 9%ZETA CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $50k → 28%PREGNANCY CENTER AND CLINIC OF THE LOW COUNTRY: $50k → 10%MEETING STREET SCHOOLS: $150k → 12%REAL CHAMPIONS INC: $100k → 17%EVERFI INC: $55k → 14%ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC: $23.5M → 4%CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND: $5.6M → 14%WILLIAMSWORKS: $100k → 9%OPERATION HOPE INC: $150k → 13%SKILLSUSA: $222k → 12%LINDA PERRY MUSIC LLC: $150k → 14%FIRST STEPS BEAUFORT COUNTY: $20k → 10%ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC: $23.0M → 4%615GP LLC: $250k → 14%SKILLSUSA: $108k → 12%UPSTREAM PICTURES LLC: $150k → 14%BLUFFTON-JASPER COUNTY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $150k → 10%ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC: $18.6M → 4%ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC: $606k → 14%BLUFFTON SELF HELP: $150k → 10%TERNBERRY COURT CONSULTING LLC: $450k → 4%ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC: $223k → 14%SILVER MAPLE MARKETING LLC: $400k → 4%ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC: $97k → 14%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

WA
NY
MA
CA
VA
TN
SC
DC
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 100% of Philanthropic Impact Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 78% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 0%.

Philanthropic Impact Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81M · 3 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
21

Total granted

$81M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+23%

Still filing today

33%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyEmploymentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AP
    ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $80M
  • SI
    SKILLSUSA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $330k · revenue +87%
  • AE
    ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $320k

Funded once

  • AE
    ARTICULUS ENTERTAINMENT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $606k
  • TC
    TERNBERRY COURT CONSULTING LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $450k
  • SM
    SILVER MAPLE MARKETING LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
3
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
4
Brooklyn Charter School

Students are prepared to meet the needs of an ever changing technological and global society. we use the latest technology in our classrooms as an integral part of its curriculum approach. this approach is based on the latest research in…

Education
5
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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6
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
7
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
8
Breakthrough Silicon Valley

Breakthrough silicon valley prepares highly-motivated students to become first-generation college graduates and inspires emerging leaders to be the next generation of educators and advocates for equity.

Education
9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
10
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
11
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Zeta Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Broad Institute Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC: $80,229,435 · OtherANONYMOUS PHILANTHROPY LLC+13 more: $3,081,350 · OtherCATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND: $5,557,721 · PhilanthropyThe Broad Institute Inc: $1,800,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $200,000 · HealthBLUFFTON-JASPER COUNTY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC: $150,000 · Health+1 more: $50,000 · HealthSKILLSUSA INC: $330,000 · EmploymentMEETING STREET SCHOOLS: $150,000 · EducationZETA CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $50,000 · EducationWE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INC: $50,000 · EducationBEAUFORT COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP: $20,000 · EducationREAL CHAMPIONS INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentNAPA SONOMA MEXICAN-AMERICAN VINTNERS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$83,310,785Philanthropy$5,557,721Health$2,200,000Employment$330,000Education$270,000Youth Development$100,000Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetCATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND: $5,557,721 over 1y, 84% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $1,800,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSKILLSUSA INC: $330,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEETING STREET SCHOOLS: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUFFTON-JASPER COUNTY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBLUFFTON SELF HELP INC: $150,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetREAL CHAMPIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetZETA CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetPREGNANCY CENTER AND CLINIC OF THE LOW COUNTRY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBEAUFORT COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNAPA SONOMA MEXICAN-AMERICAN VINTNERS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 24% 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.

Coastal Community Fou…Palmetto Electric Tru…The Church Mouse Thri…Community Foundation …Central Carolina Comm…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Inc · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Central Carolina Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Philanthropic Impact Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Philanthropic Impact 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 26 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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