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Public Safety Research Institute

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.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$121kPublic Benefit$56kScience & Tech$29kCrime & Legal$29kArts & Culture$27kFood & Nutrition$18kYouth Development$11kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$2,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WorkBites$20,000
National Food Museum$10,000
Beyond Nuclear$7,000
Nuclear Info Resources Service$7,000
Veterans for Peace$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
Beyond Pesticides$3,000
Doctors Without Borders USA$3,000
Appalachia Science in the Pub Int$3,000
Oak Ridge Environ Peace Alliance$2,500
American Museum of Tort Law$2,500
Center for Hlth Environ and Justice$2,500
Public Employees for Env Respn$2,500
Childrens Advocacy Institute$2,000
Akiing$2,000
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 (FY20–24) 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 skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Honor the Earth: $2k → 10%Indian Law Resource Center: $2k → 9%Western Org of Resource Councils: $2k → 9%Blue Frontier Clampaign: $5k → 9%Whirlwind Wheelchair: $3k → 10%Childrens Advocacy Institute: $2k → 11%NY Public Interest Rsch Group: $10k → 17%WorkBites: $20k → 20%Beyond Pesticides: $3k → 14%Flyers Rights: $21k → 9%Veterans for Peace: $15k → 21%American Museum of Tort Law: $3k → 9%Nuclear Info Resources Service: $7k → 8%Appalachia Science in the Pub Int: $3k → 24%Honor the Earth: $2k → 10%Flyers Rights: $15k → 9%Veterans for Peace: $5k → 21%American Museum of Tort Law: $3k → 9%Beyond Nuclear: $7k → 8%Appalachia Science in the Pub Int: $3k → 24%Flyers Rights: $5k → 9%Veterans for Peace: $3k → 21%American Museum of Tort Law: $3k → 9%Beyond Nuclear: $7k → 8%Appalachia Science in the Pub Int: $3k → 24%Veterans for Peace: $3k → 21%Beyond Nuclear: $7k → 8%Appalachia Science in the Pub Int: $3k → 24%Nuclear Info Resources Service: $7k → 8%Appalachia Science in the Pub Int: $3k → 24%Essential Information: $16k → 14%Beyond Nuclear: $7k → 8%Essential Information: $15k → 14%Nuclear Info Resources Service: $7k → 8%Appleseed Foundation: $3k → 14%Nuclear Info Resources Service: $7k → 8%National Food Museum: $10k → 14%Beyond Nuclear: $3k → 8%Nuclear Info Resources Service: $3k → 8%Public Employees for Env Respn: $3k → 8%Whirlwind Wheelchair: $4k → 10%Public Employees for Env Respn: $3k → 8%Whirlwind Wheelchair: $3k → 10%Public Employees for Env Respn: $3k → 8%Whirlwind Wheelchair: $3k → 10%Public Employees for Env Respn: $3k → 8%Whirlwind Wheelchair: $3k → 10%Public Employees for Env Respn: $3k → 8%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

MT
MN
WI
NY
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$321k · 32 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
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Total granted

$321k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+35%

Still filing today

47%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentScience & TechArts & 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

  • EI
    ESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $31k · revenue +54%
  • BN
    BEYOND NUCLEAR
    5× · 2020–2024 · $29k · revenue +43%
  • VF
    Veterans For Peace Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • NP
    NY Public Interest Rsch Group
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • AF
    APPLESEED FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +35%
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
Environmental Law Institute

To advance effective law and governance systems for environmental protection by providing information, publications, training courses, seminars, research and policy recommendations in a manner that engages and empowers leaders and…

Environment
2
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
3
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
4
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
5
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
6
New Roots Institute

New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Breakthrough Institute

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges.

Environment
8
Earthworks

The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of irresponsible mineral and energy development while seeking…

Public Benefit
9
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
10
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
11
Environmental Law Foundation

Environmental Law Foundation's (ELF) mission is to protect the environment, communities, and consumers against harmful toxics and other environmental harms. Our work consistently improves environmental quality for those most at risk by…

Crime & Legal
12
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Indian Law Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is Work-Bites Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 39 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $40,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC: $31,000 · OtherESSENTIAL INFORMATION INCNuclear Info Resources Service: $29,000 · OtherNuclear Info Resources ServiceIndividual grant recipient: $15,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCenter for Hlth Environ and Justice: $13,000 · OtherCenter for Hlth Environ and JusticePublic Employees for Env Respn: $12,500 · OtherPublic Employees for Env RespnNATIONAL FOOD MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherNY Public Interest Rsch Group: $10,000 · OtherINDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER: $8,000 · Other+16 more: $47,300 · Other+16 moreBEYOND NUCLEAR: $29,000 · Science & TechBEYOND NUCLE…APPALACHIA-SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INT: $13,000 · Science & TechAPPALACHIA-S…Earth Island Institute Inc: $9,000 · EnvironmentEarth Islan…OAK RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL PEACE ALLIANCE: $9,000 · EnvironmentOAK RIDGE E…Beyond Pesticides: $9,000 · EnvironmentBeyond Pest…HONOR THE EARTH: $6,000 · EnvironmentHONOR THE E…WINCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $3,900 · EnvironmentWINCHESTER …WORK-BITES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN MUSEUM TORT LAW INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureVeterans For Peace Inc: $25,000 · Public BenefitFAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INCORPORATED: $8,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $4,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,000 · InternationalAPPLESEED FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$216,800Science & Tech$42,000Environment$36,900Arts & Culture$27,500Public Benefit$25,000Education$12,000International$8,000Philanthropy$2,500

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 budgetESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC: $31,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBEYOND NUCLEAR: $29,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetVeterans For Peace Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetWORK-BITES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAPPALACHIA-SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INT: $13,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOAK RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL PEACE ALLIANCE: $9,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetBeyond Pesticides: $9,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN MUSEUM TORT LAW INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWINCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $3,900 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetAPPLESEED FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds ESSENTIAL INFORMATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND NUCLEAR ↗
  • Who funds Veterans For Peace Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORK-BITES INC ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIA-SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INT ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds OAK RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL PEACE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Beyond Pesticides ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MUSEUM TORT LAW INC ↗
  • Who funds HONOR THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS ↗
  • Who funds WINCHESTER LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds APPLESEED FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BEARDSLEY & MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗

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.

Safety Systems Founda…Northwest Community B…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Safety Systems FoundationVA15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Safety Systems Foundation · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Public Safety Research Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Safety Research Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Public Safety Research Institute?

    Find your warmest path to Public Safety Research Institute 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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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