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Pledgeling Foundation

The PLEDGELING FOUNDATION operates a clearinghouse for donor-advised charitable donations to unrelated third-party organizations.

$40M
Granted FY2024still arriving
918
Grants FY2024still arriving
47
States reached
$1.6M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$25MInternational$16MPhilanthropy$8.8MArts & Culture$6.8MHuman Services$6.5MEnvironment$5.1MFood & Nutrition$5.1MCivil Rights$3.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 918 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 918 grants below total $31,554,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $40,302,822 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,748,422 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 $10k379 grants · $2.6M
  • $10k–50k418 grants · $9.0M
  • $50k–250k103 grants · $11M
  • $250k+18 grants · $9.0M
$12,306
Median grant
47
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RHODE FUTURES FOUNDATION$1,600,610
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION$790,935
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$775,651
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$748,109
CITY OF HOPE - PARENT$606,162
BAMA WORKS FUND OF DAVE MATTHEWS BAND$490,912
MARTY HENNESSY INSPIRING CHILDREN FOUNDATION$435,819
ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND$425,091
EVERY KID SWIMS$392,298
CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES$380,044
WHYHUNGER$344,702
HARRY'S HEROES (CA)$338,628
AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES$298,145
INSTITUTE FOR ART AND LIVING$292,643
KASMAR FOUNDATION$284,945
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, $6.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - ADOPTING OLDER KIDS AND YOUTH: $105k → 20%COMING HOME PROJECT: $48k → 5%CHARITY BOMB: $325k → 10%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $61k → 13%STYLE SAVES: $81k → 15%TRANSGENDER ADVOCATES KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPOWERING: $149k → 16%THE KNIGHTS & ORCHIDS SOCIETY INC: $152k → 33%OUR SPOT KC: $152k → 16%FOSTER KIDS KC: $61k → 15%DREAM MACHINE TOUR: $43k → 14%GENDERNEXUS: $152k → 16%CHAMBER OF MOTHERS: $52k → 10%MERCY CHEFS: $65k → 20%TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: $160k → 9%STARS & STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $95k → 10%CHARITY BOMB: $62k → 10%KULTURECITY: $138k → 16%KULTURECITY: $59k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $144k → 14%ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (FL): $45k → 15%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $89k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $49k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $41k → 14%TRANSSOCIAL: $132k → 15%STARS & STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $55k → 10%ASCEND LEADERSHIP THROUGH ATHLETICS: $161k → 7%GO CAMPAIGN: $63k → 14%CHOOSE LOVE (NY): $213k → 17%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $72k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $55k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $313k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $132k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $105k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $57k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $39k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $67k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $51k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $42k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $41k → 14%WOMENS PEACE & HUMANITARIAN FUND (DEPRECATED): $59k → 14%PERIOD ABUNDANCE FOUNDATION: $59k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE (NY): $149k → 17%YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - ADOPTING OLDER KIDS AND YOUTH: $106k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $48k → 17%LOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK: $61k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $88k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $54k → 17%POINT TO FREEDOM: $45k → 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

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NC
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OK
LA
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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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65M · 597 repeat orgs$25M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

597 repeat relationships: 438 still active in FY2024, 159 since wound down; 443 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

597
796

Total granted

$65M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+11%

Still filing today

92%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.0M 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +145%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +4%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • BG
    BANCROFT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $2.8M · revenue +0%
  • GJ
    GLOBAL JUSTICE JOURNAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $534k
  • TI
    TWLOHA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $461k · revenue -21%
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
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
4
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
5
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
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
Womens Funding Network

Our mission as a global alliance is to provide strategies, research, and resources that support the critical agency and influence of women's foundations and gender justice funders in the movement for equality, justice, and power for all.

Education
8
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
9
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

The alliance for regenerative medicine (arm) is the preeminent global advocate for regenerative and advanced therapies. arm fosters research, development, investment and commercialization of transformational treatments and cures for…

Health
10
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
11
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
12
Angiogenesis Foundation Inc

To improve global health by advancing angiogenesis-based medicine, diet, and lifestyle.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Zebra Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier. 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

1727 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. 1727 of the 1,867 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)
255
Early backer (in before they grew)
1678/1727
Grantees still filing
978/1727
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,667,044 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RES…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,558,533 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED IN…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $824,529 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIET…MARTY HENNESSY INSPIRING CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $758,502 · HealthMARTY HENNESSY INSPIRI…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700,993 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & …CITY OF HOPE: $688,340 · HealthTWLOHA INC: $461,339 · Health+28 more: $5,402,566 · Health+28 moreBANCROFT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $2,813,722 · InternationalBANCROFT GLOBAL DEVE…Save The Children Federation Inc: $938,817 · InternationalSave The Children Fe…THE THIRST PROJECT: $858,098 · InternationalTHE THIRST PROJECTGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $742,125 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDAT…CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE: $722,053 · InternationalCLOONEY FOUNDATION F…TIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA: $543,382 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $488,171 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $473,921 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $463,609 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $444,748 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $438,011 · International+15 more: $2,762,758 · International+15 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,803,513 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUND…Social Impact Fund: $1,636,473 · PhilanthropySocial Impact FundONE TREE PLANTED INC: $1,146,450 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED IN…ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $1,113,662 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUS…CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $620,892 · PhilanthropyCHRIS EVERT CHARITI…THE BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION: $529,683 · PhilanthropyCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $490,912 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $419,560 · Philanthropy+16 more: $3,395,085 · Philanthropy+16 moreSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,422,563 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHTHE LUANNE ELISE FOUNDATION LTD: $1,175,343 · OtherTHE LUANNE ELISE FOUNDATION LTDFeeding America: $1,243,489 · OtherFeeding AmericaEvery Kid Swims Inc: $840,740 · OtherAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $727,486 · Other+65 more: $13,372,053 · Other+65 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $759,193 · Human ServicesAmerican …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $392,258 · Human ServicesWOUNDED W…Charity Bomb Inc: $386,719 · Human ServicesCharity B…EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $310,360 · Human ServicesEDWARD CH…YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMANENCY MOVEMENT INC: $236,307 · Human ServicesWorthy of Love: $232,066 · Human ServicesCHOOSE LOVE INC: $222,351 · Human ServicesKultureCity: $196,606 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $180,299 · Human ServicesASCEND - LEADERSHIP THROUGH ATHLETICS INC: $173,749 · Human Services+15 more: $2,077,645 · Human Services+15 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $884,777 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $345,190 · EnvironmentAmerican Forests: $286,444 · EnvironmentTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $278,942 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $200,451 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $193,896 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE SURF: $184,050 · EnvironmentREVERB INC: $150,728 · EnvironmentTOURISM CARES INC: $115,461 · EnvironmentWHYHUNGER INC: $421,842 · Arts & CultureGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $417,551 · Arts & CultureALLIES IN ARTS: $255,020 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $237,274 · Arts & CultureAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation: $226,459 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $195,238 · Arts & CultureJCFILMS STUDIO INC: $182,441 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $181,416 · Arts & CultureCENTENNIAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $121,931 · Arts & CultureIAMA THEATRE COMPANY: $112,440 · Arts & CultureSilence the Shame Inc: $105,845 · Arts & Culture
Health$13,061,846International$11,689,415Philanthropy$11,156,230Other$18,781,674Human Services$5,167,553Environment$2,639,939Arts & Culture$2,457,457

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 budgetBANCROFT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $2,813,722 over 1y, 13% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,667,044 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,803,513 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Impact Fund: $1,636,473 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,558,533 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,422,563 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America: $1,243,489 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $1,146,450 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $1,113,662 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $938,817 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $884,777 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE THIRST PROJECT: $858,098 over 7y, 40% of budgetEvery Kid Swims Inc: $840,740 over 3y, 74% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $824,529 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $759,193 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARTY HENNESSY INSPIRING CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $758,502 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $742,125 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $727,486 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE: $722,053 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700,993 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF HOPE: $688,340 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC: $620,892 over 2y, 91% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $560,172 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA: $543,382 over 3y, 17% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ART AND LIVING: $543,344 over 2y, 95% of budgetTHE BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION: $529,683 over 5y, 14% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $518,758 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHARRY'S HEROES: $495,335 over 2y, 99% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $490,912 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $488,171 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $473,921 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $463,609 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $461,339 over 1y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $444,748 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $438,011 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $425,498 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWHYHUNGER INC: $421,842 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $419,560 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $417,551 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $392,258 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNever Stop Giving: $372,753 over 2y, 87% of budgetPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $348,724 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $345,190 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $342,736 over 2y, 13% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $329,681 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $328,506 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $317,473 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $314,424 over 2y, 3.3% 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 BANCROFT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Social Impact Fund ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
  • Who funds ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE THIRST PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Every Kid Swims Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds MARTY HENNESSY INSPIRING CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CHRIS EVERT CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds TIGRAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ART AND LIVING ↗
  • Who funds THE BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds HARRY'S HEROES ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TWLOHA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds WHYHUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Wasserman FoundationGranite Foundation Ag…Entertainment Industr…Gibson Gives Foundati…Allies in ArtsSocial Venture Partne…Hollywood Foreign Pre…Give Lively Foundatio…The Annenberg Foundat…Simple Generosity Fou…Our Change FoundationSpero Charitable Foun…
Wasserman FoundationCA34.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wasserman Foundation · Granite Foundation Agency (Plg) · Entertainment Industry Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Allies in Arts · Social Venture Partners Tucson · Hollywood Foreign Press Association · Give Lively Foundation Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · Simple Generosity Foundation · Our Change Foundation · Spero Charitable 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 Pledgeling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pledgeling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • National Center for Victims of Crime Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
37report 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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How do I get to Pledgeling Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pledgeling 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 1867 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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