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Project Redwood

PROJECT REDWOOD's mission is to provide funding, expertise, and connections to social entrepreneurs who address the challenge of global poverty.

$912k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$41k
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, FY2024 to 2025.

International$825kCommunity Improvement$326kEducation$315kYouth Development$275kCrime & Legal$90kPhilanthropy$70kFood & Nutrition$45k
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $840,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $911,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $71,500 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.
$30,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$560k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORTAR CINCINNATI$40,500
READ 718$40,000
WOMEN INITIATING SUCCESS ENVISIONED INC (WISE)$40,000
BUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC (BOLT)$40,000
TOMORROW'S LEADERS NYC (TLNYC)$40,000
COMER EDUCATION CAMPUS GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER$40,000
VOCAL JUSTICE$40,000
BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION (BTCTE)$30,500
CONGO LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (CLI)$30,000
EDUCATE2ENVISION INTERNATIONAL (E2E)$30,000
KIWIMBI INTERNATIONAL$30,000
AWAMAKI$30,000
WORLD CONNECT$30,000
DELTA EDUCATION COLLECTIVE$30,000
GIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%THRIVEGULU: $40k → 8%AGAPE HEART INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (AHIO): $40k → 11%THRIVEGULU: $30k → 8%AGAPE HEART INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (AHIO): $25k → 11%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
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
NC
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 19 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
6

Total granted

$1.4M
$255k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
InternationalEducationYouth DevelopmentEmploymentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • R7
    READ 718 INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $95k · revenue +34%
  • BO
    BUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $90k · revenue +45%
  • BT
    BREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $71k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • JV
    JUMA VENTURES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    ANDEAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue 0%
  • SF
    Soul Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
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
Ceda International

To strengthen young women's civic participation and leadership

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2
She-Can Global Inc

The world is grappling with complex problems, including climate change, war, poverty, and ongoing human rights violations. These issues disproportionately impact women, particularly in developing countries. In nations recovering from…

Education
3
Women in Progress Inc

Women in Progress dba Global Mamas works to achieve economic independence of African women and alleviate poverty at a grassroots level by creating jobs and income generation opportunities that generate a sustainable, living wage and at the…

Community Improvement
4
Asante Africa Foundation Inc

To educate and empower the next generation of change agents, whose dreams and actions transform the future for Africa and the world.

International
5
Zoe Empowers

Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become…

International
6
Women Enabled Enterprises

Women Enabled Enterprises strives to help low income women of color artisans in African countries grow their craft business for self-sufficiency through a virtual, mobile-phone based, retail entrepreneurship skills building program, access…

Human Services
7
Girls Education Collaborative Inc

GEC partners with locally-led organizations to catalyze and support sustainable, community-driven solutions that remove social, economic, and gender-based barriers keeping girls out of school in under-resourced regions of the global south.

International
8
Her Next Steps
Human Services
9
Kula Project Inc

Kula exists to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda's coffee communities. We operate at the intersection of economic development, environmental sustainability, and gender equality, providing a poverty…

Environment
10
Africa Agility

Our mission is to equip underserved youthespecially women and girls with future-ready skills in technology Agile methodologies and entrepreneurship empowering them to access dignified work drive innovation and compete globally.

Education
11
Action in Africa Inc

Action In Africa is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the United States, and community based organization that operates a thriving community center in Nakuwadde, Uganda. Our mission is to advance the social, personal, and economic…

International
12
Womens Global Education Project

To provide educational opportunities and literacy for women and children in africa

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Myriad Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mongolia Education 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

31 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. 31 of the 32 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
8/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SOMO PROJECT: $75,000 · InternationalTHE SOMO PROJECTBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $70,500 · InternationalBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INCONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $70,000 · InternationalONEVILLAGE PARTNERSPROJECT HOPE & FAIRNESS INC: $70,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE & FAIRNESS INCWORLD CONNECT INC: $70,000 · InternationalWORLD CONNECT INCGIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $70,000 · InternationalGIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDKIWIMBI INTERNATIONALA NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $70,000 · InternationalKIWIMBI INTERNATIONALA NEW JERSEY NON PROF…Soul Foundation Inc: $40,000 · InternationalSoul Foundation IncRESONATE WORKSHOPS: $40,000 · InternationalRESONATE WORKSHOPSHERO WOMEN RISING INC: $40,000 · InternationalHERO WOMEN RISING INCCONGO LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE INC: $30,000 · InternationalAWAMAKI US: $30,000 · InternationalMAIA: $30,000 · International+1 more: $24,000 · InternationalREAD 718 INC: $95,000 · EducationREAD 718 INCEducate2Envision International Inc: $75,000 · EducationEducate2Envision Interna…ASOCIACION KANTAYA INC: $70,000 · EducationASOCIACION KANTAYA INCHATUA NETWORKINC: $70,000 · EducationHATUA NETWORKINCVocal Justice: $40,000 · EducationVocal JusticeLOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION: $40,000 · EducationLOOMA EDUCATION CORPORAT…Mongolia Education Foundation: $30,000 · EducationMongolia Education Found…Tomorrows Leaders NYC: $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentTomorrows …GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentGARY COMER…Mortar Cincinnati: $90,500 · EmploymentJUMA VENTURES INC: $50,000 · EmploymentTHRIVE-GULU INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesAGAPE - HEART INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION: $65,000 · Human ServicesWomen Initiating Success Envisioned Inc: $90,000 · Crime & LegalBUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC: $90,000 · Community ImprovementPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherPHILANTHR…ANDEAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $45,000 · OtherANDEAN AL…CHINESE COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherCHINESE C…
International$729,500Education$420,000Youth Development$185,000Employment$140,500Human Services$135,000Crime & Legal$90,000Community Improvement$90,000Other$155,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREAD 718 INC: $95,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTomorrows Leaders NYC: $95,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetMortar Cincinnati: $90,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWomen Initiating Success Envisioned Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC: $90,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SOMO PROJECT: $75,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetEducate2Envision International Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $70,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetASOCIACION KANTAYA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetTHRIVE-GULU INC: $70,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $70,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetPROJECT HOPE & FAIRNESS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetWORLD CONNECT INC: $70,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHATUA NETWORKINC: $70,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetGIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetKIWIMBI INTERNATIONALA NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $70,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetAGAPE - HEART INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION: $65,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANDEAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $45,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetVocal Justice: $40,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSoul Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION: $40,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetRESONATE WORKSHOPS: $40,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHERO WOMEN RISING INC: $40,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetCONGO LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetAWAMAKI US: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMAIA: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Tides CenterImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…
Tides CenterCA28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Center · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Project Redwood funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Project Redwood. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Project Redwood?

    Find your warmest path to Project Redwood 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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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