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PUBLIC INTEREST REGISTRY's mission is to support and to assist its sole member, the internet society, achieve its important and significant charitable mission, in among other ways, by operating the .org and other top level domains as an internet industry model and to serve in other ways to encourage and promote the open development,…

$61M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$29M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Science & Tech$275MInternational$191MEnvironment$610kPublic Safety & Disaster$156kEducation$73kHuman Services$60kHealth$54kFood & Nutrition$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+3 grants · $61M
$45,833
Median grant
6
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Internet Society Foundation$29,000,000
Internet Society (ISOC)$29,000,000
Connected Giving Foundation$3,000,000
Yellow Boat of Hope USA$50,000
Global Cyber Alliance$45,833
PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION$15,250
Project CAMP Inc$10,000
Share Our Spare$10,000
Kiva Microfunds$10,000
Internet Education Foundation$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hope for Justice: $50k → 14%Share Our Spare: $10k → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$464M · 6 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
21

Total granted

$464M
$389k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+16%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M 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
InternationalEducationScience & TechHuman ServicesHealthCrime & 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

  • IS
    INTERNET SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $272M · revenue +21% · 82% of their budget
  • IS
    INTERNET SOCIETY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $191M · revenue -24% · 96% of their budget
  • E
    ENSET
    3× · 2017–2019 · $610k

Funded once

  • HF
    Hope for Justice Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -42%
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • DF
    Days For Girls Internationalgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $45k · revenue +50%
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
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
2
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
3
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
4
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
5
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
6
Global Network Initiative Inc

Protecting and advancing freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technology (ict) sector.

International
7
Waterorg

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

International
8
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
9
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

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…

Food & Nutrition
10
International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation

The ifrs foundation's mission is to develop ifrs standards that bring transparency, accountability and efficiency to capital markets around the world. our work serves the public interest by fostering trust, growth and long-term financial…

Community Improvement
11
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
12
Center for International Private Enterprise Inc

The center for international private enterprise (cipe) is a non-profit global organization that works to strengthen democracy and build competitive, resilient markets in many of the world's most challenging environments. working alongside…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Herhealtheq Corp. 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 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNET SOCIETY: $271,908,904 · InternationalINTERNET SOCIETYINTERNET SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $191,260,670 · InternationalINTERNET SOCIETY FOUNDATION+9 more: $120,881 · InternationalCONNECTED GIVING FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · Science & Tech+1 more: $10,000 · Science & TechENSET: $610,000 · OtherYELLOW BOAT OF HOPE USA: $50,000 · OtherTECHSOUP GLOBAL: $40,000 · OtherINTERNET EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Other+6 more: $73,890 · OtherGLOBAL CYBER ALLIANCE INC: $155,833 · Public Safety & DisasterUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationNON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE NETWORK DBA NTEN: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $10,000 · EducationASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS: $7,500 · EducationHope for Justice Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesShare our Spare: $10,000 · Human Services412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $45,000 · Food & Nutrition
International$463,290,455Science & Tech$3,010,000Other$803,890Public Safety & Disaster$155,833Education$92,500Human Services$60,000Food & Nutrition$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNET SOCIETY: $271,908,904 over 8y, 82% of budgetINTERNET SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $191,260,670 over 8y, 96% of budgetCONNECTED GIVING FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetGLOBAL CYBER ALLIANCE INC: $155,833 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHope for Justice Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDays For Girls International: $45,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTECHSOUP GLOBAL: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNET EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $23,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE NETWORK DBA NTEN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHERHEALTHEQ CORP: $10,200 over 1y, 15% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHOLIVES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEEDING LABS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetShare our Spare: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetZoe Empowers: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT CAMP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKAGENO WORLDWIDE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPRO MUJER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKKIS INC: $5,681 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $5,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARKNESS TO LIGHT INC: $5,130 over 1y, 0.2% 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 FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The Ayco Charitable F…The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …
Tides FoundationCA13.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving 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 Public Interest Registry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Interest Registry. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Seeding Labs a Non-Profit Corporation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–90%
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.

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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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