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Planetary Metamorphosis Foundation at a glance

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Planetary Metamorphosis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$40kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$8kArts & Culture$6kInternational$5kReligion$3kFood & Nutrition$2kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
3
States reached
$302k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARION INSTITUTE$5,000
VARIOUS CHARITIES$100
OPERATION SMILE$50
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$50
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $590) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $200 → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $200 → 17%BREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $190 → 9%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
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53k · 18 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
24

Total granted

$53k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+16%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman 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

  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +102%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1k · revenue +78%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $975 · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWEREDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +45%
  • AF
    ANGELICA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue -78%
  • SA
    SPIRIT AWAKENING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +79%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
10
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
11
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
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Angelica Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $37,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MARION INSTITUTE INCANGELICA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherANGELICA FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $3,135 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF…VARIOUS CHARITIES: $1,583 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITIESCENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING - SEATTLE: $1,400 · OtherCENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVIN…THE FELLOWSHIP: $1,055 · OtherTHE FELLOWSHIPCHRISTIAN LEAGUE FOR THE HANDICAPPED DBA INSPIRATION MINISTRIES: $927 · OtherPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $792 · OtherCLS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING: $750 · Other+18 more: $2,916 · Other+18 moreYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWEREDSPIRIT AWAKENING FOUNDATION: $5,294 · Youth DevelopmentSPIRIT AWAKENING FOUND…FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,178 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $975 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $950 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $150 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $125 · International+1 more: $50 · InternationalEarth Island Institute Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $600 · EnvironmentST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $200 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 · HealthBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $390 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $200 · Human Services
Philanthropy$37,000Other$18,558Youth Development$15,294International$3,428Environment$1,600Health$1,300Human Services$590

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANGELICA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSPIRIT AWAKENING FOUNDATION: $5,294 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $3,135 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,178 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN LEAGUE FOR THE HANDICAPPED DBA INSPIRATION MINISTRIES: $927 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $475 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE MISSION: $390 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $351 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON: $25 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.

National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Planetary Metamorphosis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Planetary Metamorphosis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–30%
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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How do I get to Planetary Metamorphosis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Planetary Metamorphosis 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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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