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Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

To engage creative donors and community partners in grassroots philanthropy via radical collaboration.

$40M
Granted FY2024still arriving
136
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$16M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Community Improvement$18MHealth$10MEducation$5.9MEmployment$4.7MPhilanthropy$4.3MHousing & Shelter$3.2MHuman Services$3.1MArts & Culture$2.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 136 grants below total $32,012,713, the rows itemized in this filing. The $39,731,510 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,718,797 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 $10k10 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k94 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+13 grants · $28M
$25,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$89M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLACK CULTURAL ZONE$15,740,134
ROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$5,043,179
15 PERCENT PLEDGE INC$1,731,749
RESILIA ACADEMY$1,130,224
OAKSTOP LLC$1,080,296
CREATIVE MORNINGS INC$740,052
BROTHERHOOD OF ELDERS NETWORK$579,000
ACTAI GLOBAL$468,487
TURIMIQUIRE FOUNDATION$462,000
GIVE BLCK INC$402,617
TURNING BASIN LABS$397,619
CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE$375,000
BRIGID ALLIANCE$275,000
EAST OAKLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC$223,600
TIME FOR BETTER$134,000
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, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%YWCA MONTEREY COUNTY: $20k → 12%MONSOON ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY: $35k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $20k → 10%DANDELION HOUSE: $30k → 8%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION: $20k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $20k → 17%TTAWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTER: $21k → 17%MAYA HEALTH ALLIANCE - WUQU' KAWOQ: $97k → 9%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $100k → 16%YWCA USA: $55k → 14%STONE SOUP PDX: $85k → 12%REIMAGINE INC: $51k → 10%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $275k → 17%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $84k → 17%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $34k → 17%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $34k → 17%DIVERSITY IN HEALTH TRAINING INSTITUTE: $32k → 10%INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCEMENT: $25k → 14%ALAS - AYUDANDO LATINOS A SOAR: $73k → 7%ALAS - AYUDANDO LATINOS A SOAR: $53k → 7%ALAS - AYUDANDO LATINOS A SOAR: $34k → 7%THE FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $40k → 10%AT THE CROSSROADS: $203k → 10%AT THE CROSSROADS: $100k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $25k → 10%AT THE CROSSROADS: $100k → 10%AT THE CROSSROADS: $70k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $40k → 7%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $630k → 7%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $26k → 7%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $200k → 7%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $95k → 7%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $30k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $30k → 8%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $25k → 7%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%YWCA SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 8%STARVISTA: $40k → 7%YWCA OF BERKELEY AND OAKLAND: $25k → 10%ALAS - AYUDANDO LATINOS A SOAR: $32k → 7%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $22k → 7%NUESTRA CASA: $25k → 8%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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Grants abroad, by region: $4.9M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South America$2.1M · 43% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: SOCIAL WELFARE INITIATIVES IN PARAGUAY · LAND PURCHASE AND OPERATIONS FOR SCIENCE MUSEUM · PERSONNEL AND MATERIALS FOR FIELD EXPENSES

Sub-Saharan Africa$1.1M · 23% · 9 grants

Stated purpose: FAMILY PLANNING · EDUCATION, HEALTH & GIRLS EMPOWERMENT · WILDLIFE AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$888k · 18% · 10 grants

Stated purpose: SECONDARY SCHOOL SUPPORT · HDK DIRECTORS INNOVATION CIRCLE · DONOR OUTREACH CAMPAIGN FOR LESEDI SCHOOLS AND CLINIC

North America (Canada and Mexico)$595k · 12% · 4 grants

Stated purpose: SUSTAINABILITY AND COACHING FOR VENTURES · HEALTH PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD · TO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENTS OF BELONGING RETREAT

Central America and the Caribbean$179k · 4% · 4 grants

Stated purpose: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH · REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MEXICO · MEXFAM 2022-2024 GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46M · 180 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

180 repeat relationships: 75 still active in FY2024, 105 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

180
383

Total granted

$46M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+18%

Still filing today

88%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.1M 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 ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • BC
    BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16M · revenue +324%
  • RC
    ROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
    4× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +501%
  • TF
    TURIMIQUIRE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +55% · 58% of their budget

Funded once

  • RA
    RESILIA ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M
  • AC
    ALAMEDA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $804k
  • OA
    Oakstop Alliance
    one grant, 2023 · $679k
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

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3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
5
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
6
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
7
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
8
Pangea Legal Services

Pangea's mission is to provide deportation defense services, advocate for policy change, and provide education and legal empowerment for our immigrant communities.

Crime & Legal
9
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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10
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
11
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
12
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2

Silicon Valley Social Venture Funds (SV2) mission is to unleash the talents and resources of the Bay Area community to achieve meaningful social impact. SV2 works to build the organizational capacity of our Nonprofit Grantees and Impact…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women's Foundation of California; the most unlike its peers is Saveartspace. 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

502 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 502 of the 635 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)
111
Early backer (in before they grew)
489/502
Grantees still filing
323/502
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESILIA ACADEMY: $2,423,023 · OtherRESILIA ACADEMYFIFTEEN PERCENT: $1,731,749 · OtherFIFTEEN PERCENTRESILIA ACADEMY: $1,267,821 · OtherCOUNTY OF ALAMEDA: $1,147,933 · OtherOAKSTOP LLC: $1,080,296 · OtherTURNING BASIN LABS: $1,063,435 · Other+106 more: $16,031,113 · Other+106 moreBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,887,634 · Community ImprovementBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY …+8 more: $739,507 · Community ImprovementROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $5,172,627 · HealthROOTS COMMUN…LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $224,500 · Health+14 more: $1,329,082 · Health+14 morePHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $2,954,395 · PhilanthropyGiving Gap Inc: $935,336 · PhilanthropyNorthern California Grantmakers: $360,000 · Philanthropy+8 more: $614,850 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $970,200 · Human ServicesAT THE CROSSROADS: $479,324 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $427,000 · Human ServicesALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $248,485 · Human ServicesNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $210,000 · Human ServicesWuqu Kawoq SA: $141,549 · Human Services+16 more: $1,059,514 · Human ServicesSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $368,500 · EducationLIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS: $249,651 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $180,300 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $152,000 · EducationSMALL SCHOOLS FOR EQUITY: $130,000 · EducationAMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM - SILICON VALLEY: $126,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $120,000 · Education+11 more: $817,816 · EducationTURIMIQUIRE FOUNDATION INC: $1,215,250 · InternationalMERCY BEYOND BORDERS: $300,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $173,125 · InternationalHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $96,387 · InternationalNURU INTERNATIONAL: $70,000 · InternationalMUSO INC: $70,000 · International+3 more: $157,446 · International
Other$24,745,370Community Improvement$16,627,141Health$6,726,209Philanthropy$4,864,581Human Services$3,536,072Education$3,044,267International$2,082,208

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 budgetBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,887,634 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $5,172,627 over 4y, 17% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $2,954,395 over 6y, 14% of budgetTURIMIQUIRE FOUNDATION INC: $1,215,250 over 7y, 58% of budgetCATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $970,200 over 6y, 16% of budgetRESTORATIVE PARTNERS INC: $794,200 over 2y, 54% of budgetBrotherhood of Elders Network: $676,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetPRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING LONGTERM: $520,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $519,924 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetACTAI GLOBAL INC: $515,711 over 2y, 44% of budgetSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetAT THE CROSSROADS: $479,324 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $427,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $368,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern California Grantmakers: $360,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $350,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetST FRANCIS CENTER OF REDWOOD CITY: $319,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetMERCY BEYOND BORDERS: $300,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSoup: $290,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $271,100 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetEqualize Health Formerly D-Rev: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS: $249,651 over 3y, 29% of budgetALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $248,485 over 7y, 15% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $224,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR: $221,600 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $212,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $210,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: $200,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Acting in Community Together: $188,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetWORLD VASECTOMY DAY INC: $185,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $180,300 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $173,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $166,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetPEERS ENVISIONING AND ENGAGING IN RECOVERY SERVICES: $163,134 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetTHE NACD FOUNDATION: $158,333 over 4y, 45% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $157,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRosalie Rendu Inc: $156,550 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $152,350 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $152,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHOLY SOCIETY FORMERLY KNOWN AS UPRISING SOCIETY: $151,500 over 5y, 47% of budgetHuman Investment Project Inc: $145,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTRUST FOR HIDDEN VILLA: $142,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetWuqu Kawoq SA: $141,549 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetABLE WORKS: $140,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetGood Faith Network Inc: $139,200 over 1y, 51% 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 BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TURIMIQUIRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Giving Gap Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATIVE PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Oakstop Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Brotherhood of Elders Network ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING LONGTERM ↗
  • Who funds Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTAI GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AT THE CROSSROADS ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Northern California Grantmakers ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS CENTER OF REDWOOD CITY ↗
  • Who funds MERCY BEYOND BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds Soup ↗
  • Who funds East Oakland Youth Development Center ↗
  • Who funds Equalize Health Formerly D-Rev ↗
  • Who funds LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR ↗
  • Who funds LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR ↗
  • Who funds Trust Women Foundation Inc ↗

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 Heising-Simons Fo…Atkinson FoundationThe Palo Alto Communi…The Sobrato Family Fo…The David and Lucile …Sunlight GivingSand Hill FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…United Way of the Bay…Women's Foundation of…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Gordon E and Betty I …
The Heising-Simons FoundationCA126.6× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Heising-Simons Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Sand Hill Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Women's Foundation of California · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore 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 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philanthropic Ventures Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Stone Soup Pdx: 20% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Teachers Development Group: 5% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
60report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Philanthropic Ventures 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 635 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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