· Private foundation
Porter Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $1,300 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICES | $1,000 |
| NRDC | $1,000 |
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $1,000 |
| CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
| FINCA INTERNATIONAL | $500 |
| ORBIS INTERNATIONAL | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $400 |
| NIWRC | $300 |
| SOJOURNER HOUSE | $210 |
| HIAS | $200 |
| RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $200 |
| UNITED NATIONS | $200 |
| OJAI DEFENSE FUND | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $550) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +224%
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC6× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +41%- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC7× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- NNRDCone grant, 2021 · $1k
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +13%
DIRECT RELIEFone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +8%
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.
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.
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…
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…
Refugees international advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crisis.
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;…
Nrgi envisions a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them. nrgi exists because decisions about how natural resources are governed determine the well-being of people in…
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…
Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds Equality Now Inc ↗
- Who funds HELP OF OJAI INC ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
- Who funds SOJOURNER HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds OJAI VALLEY DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds WOMEN REFUGEE CARE ↗
- Who funds KOCE-TV FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
- Who funds One Days Wages ↗
- Who funds FOOD SHARE 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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Porter Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Porter Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
How this is measured
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