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Principle Quest Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$203k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$180k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$182kEducation$107kEmployment$65kSocial Science$12kCivil Rights$11kCommunity Improvement$8kInternational$6kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $180k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHARLOTTE BEYER DONOR ADVISED FUND THROUGH VANGUARD CHARITABLE$180,310
PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL$10,000
GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK$5,000
READING PARTNERS$5,000
SELMA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE$1,000
MS FOUNDATION$1,000
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1,000
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 (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 40% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%grab the torch: $5k → 10%SCHOLARSHIP FOR KNOWLEDGE (WHARTON STUDENT): $5k → 22%READING PARTNERS: $15k → 10%PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL: $10k → 14%PROJECT BASTA: $2k → 6%THE MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $750 → 17%MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $5k → 20%FORTE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3k → 18%SELMA CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENCE: $5k → 33%westover school inc: $10k → 12%ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $25k → 14%THE CHARLOTTE BEYER DONOR ADVISED FUND THROUGH VANGUARD CHARITABLE: $180k → 7%READING PARTNERS: $11k → 10%PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL FACULTY LEADERS: $10k → 14%WORLD OF MONEY: $25k → 17%MS FOUNDATION: $1k → 20%FORTE FOUNDATION: $9k → 10%ROSA PARKS MUSEUM - TROY UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%SELMA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE: $1k → 33%WESTOVER SCHOOL: $5k → 12%GIRLS LEADERSHIP: $5k → 10%FORTE FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%FAITH CRUSADE MONTGOMERY RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 18%BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 33%READING PARTNERS: $5k → 10%FACING HISTORY: $1k → 17%FORTE FOUNDATION ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY RISING STARS: $5k → 10%GRACE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK: $5k → 17%GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK: $5k → 17%GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK: $5k → 17%grace institute: $5k → 17%GRACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%GRACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%100 women in finance: $1k → 17%COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%council for economic education: $1k → 17%COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%strive international: $4k → 17%GETTING OUT AND STAYING OUT (GOSO): $526 → 17%girls who invest: $2k → 17%LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1k → 17%LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1k → 17%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

NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
TN
AL
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 12 repeat orgs$279k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$153k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+77%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEmploymentCivil RightsPublic BenefitSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • RP
    READING PARTNERS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $31k · revenue +1%
  • TF
    THE FORTE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +60%
  • WS
    WESTOVER SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • RT
    ROCK THE STREET WALL STREETgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +285%
  • PR
    PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL FACULTY LEADERS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • The Rand Corporation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · 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
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara

The organizations mission is to inspire all girls to be strong,smart, and bold, through research-based, innovative, and educational programs and activities.

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2
Women Employed

To improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.

Employment
3
Women's Business Enterprise National Council

Wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.

Civil Rights
4
Girls With Impact Inc

Girls with impact, inc. is the nation's only live, online business & leadership program for young women ages 14-24 years old. its mission is to level the playing field for all women in business and beyond by equipping them with the skills,…

Education
5
Girls for Gender Equity Inc

Girls for gender equity (gge) works intergenerationally, through a black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and…

Crime & Legal
6
Girls Global Academy Public Charter School

Girls global academy public charter school (gga) was incorporated in the district of columbia in june 2019 and opened its doors in august 2020 fostering pathways to lead and learn. as an all-girls public charter high school, gga ignites…

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7
Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh

Girls inc of greater pittsburgh empowers girls to imagine a broader future through a curriculum grounded on female role models delivered by college women mentors, who are themselves mentored by professional women.

Human Services
8
Women First Inc

Women first invests in grassroots initiatives driven by women and girls in developing economies that sustainably advance their lives.

International
9
Growth Through Learning Inc

Growth through learning (gtl) is a secular organization that supports education and development in east africa by providing full secondary education scholarships for exceptional young women in kenya, uganda, and tanzania who would…

Education
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
Wallin Education Partners

To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…

Education
12
Girls Incorporated of New York City

The mission of girls inc. of new york city is to advocate for and improve the lives of underserved girls and youth, ages 6 to 21+, in the five boroughs. we pursue this mission by providing research-based educational programs in the areas…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ms Foundation for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is League of Women Voters of the City of New York. 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

18 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. 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHARLOTTE BEYER DONOR ADVISED FUND THROUGH VANGUARD CHARITABLE: $180,310 · OtherTHE CHARLOTTE BEYER DONOR ADVISED FUND THROUGH VANGUARD CHARITABLEIndividual grant recipient: $25,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGRACE INSTITUTE: $18,000 · OtherGRACE INSTITUTEPARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherPARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL FACULTY LEADERS: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $37,026 · Other+14 moreREADING PARTNERS: $30,883 · EducationREADING PARTNERSROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $25,000 · EducationROCK THE STREET WALL…WESTOVER SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationWESTOVER SCHOOL INCTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLLEGE F…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE FORTE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EmploymentTHE FORTE F…GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK INC: $15,000 · EmploymentGRACE INSTI…STRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 · EmploymentSTRIVE INTE…GIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $2,000 · EmploymentMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,322 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 · Civil RightsThe Rand Corporation: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMATILDA JOSLYN GAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGirls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $1,750 · Social Science
Other$280,736Education$77,383Employment$46,000Civil Rights$10,322Public Benefit$10,000Philanthropy$6,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Social Science$1,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREADING PARTNERS: $30,883 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE FORTE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE INSTITUTE: $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWESTOVER SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,322 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS WHO INVEST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMATILDA JOSLYN GAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIRTUAL ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET ↗
  • Who funds THE FORTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRACE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WESTOVER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Girls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership ↗
  • Who funds MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WHO INVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL 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 New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The New York Community TrustNY13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Principle Quest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Principle Quest 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to Principle Quest Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Principle Quest 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 36 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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