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Public Welfare Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Public Welfare Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26M
Granted FY2025still arriving
164
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$69MCivil Rights$25MPhilanthropy$20MEducation$10MCommunity Improvement$9.2MPublic Benefit$8.1MArts & Culture$7.9MEmployment$7.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 164 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $385k
  • $50k–250k93 grants · $13M
  • $250k+35 grants · $12M
$145,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$615M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN$500,000
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$500,000
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION$500,000
MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION$500,000
FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA$500,000
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$499,999
ORS IMPACT$489,800
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM$472,000
POSSIBILITY LABS$440,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$409,323
MICHIGAN LIBERATION EDUCATION FUND$400,000
DEEP CENTER$400,000
STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER$400,000
NATION OUTSIDE$400,000
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC$400,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $19.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS INC: $250k → 12%Open Buffalo Inc: $318k → 13%Hmong American Womens Association: $250k → 17%Freedom Reads: $300k → 12%Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta: $200k → 9%Second Chance Center Inc: $412k → 10%Mississippi Families as Allies Inc: $200k → 23%New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: $650k → 16%HIVE MENTALITY: $200k → 22%Youth Advocate Programs Inc: $200k → 12%National Crittenton Foundation: $200k → 12%Second Chance Center Inc: $200k → 10%New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: $600k → 16%National Crittenton Foundation: $200k → 12%SECOND CHANCE CENTER INC: $200k → 10%New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: $302k → 16%National Crittenton Foundation: $200k → 12%New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: $300k → 16%FREE Movement Inc: $160k → 17%Freedom Inc: $200k → 10%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $200k → 10%Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment Detroit: $200k → 21%Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment Detroit: $200k → 21%Public Allies: $400k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $750k → 10%FAITHFULLY ORGANIZING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT DETROIT: $200k → 21%Tides Center: $750k → 10%Voices for Georgia's Children: $200k → 13%Tides Center: $200k → 10%Tides Center: $200k → 10%Hmong American Womens Association: $502k → 17%Tides Center: $200k → 10%Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative: $200k → 17%POSSIBILITY LABS: $440k → 10%Possibility Labs: $300k → 10%POSSIBILITY LABS: $225k → 10%Possibility Labs: $225k → 10%Ubuntu Village Nola: $400k → 23%Ubuntu Village Nola: $252k → 23%Operation Restoration: $606k → 23%Operation Restoration: $450k → 23%Operation Restoration: $360k → 23%Operation Restoration: $300k → 23%OPERATION RESTORATION: $300k → 23%First 72: $200k → 23%First 72: $200k → 23%FIRST 72: $200k → 23%UNLOCAL INC: $200k → 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

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Public Welfare Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Public Welfare Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158M · 321 repeat orgs$25M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

321 repeat relationships: 106 still active in FY2025, 215 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

321
313

Total granted

$158M
$22M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+17%

Still filing today

86%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $4.6M · revenue +326%
  • VO
    VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +299%
  • CC
    Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit
    8× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +4% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    CATALYST CT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500k · revenue +97%
  • ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · revenue -15%
  • AC
    ACCELERATE CHANGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · revenue +407%
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
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Colorofchangeorg

Colorofchange.org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and…

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6
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
7
Equal Justice Society

The Equal Justice Society (EJS) is transforming the nations consciousness on racethrough law, social science, and the arts. EJS works to dismantle structural andinstitutional racism to advance robust equal protection under the Fourteenth…

Civil Rights
8
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
9
OneJustice

OneJustice's mission is to strengthen the legal services sector's expertise and capacity to advance justice and equity.

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10
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
11
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
12
Columbia Legal Services

Columbia legal services advocates for laws that advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. our work is to end exclusionary policies that have invested in walls and bars rather than investing in people and…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fundacion Elena Barraquer Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

609 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. 609 of the 702 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)
164
Early backer (in before they grew)
598/609
Grantees still filing
385/609
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $4,435,000 · Crime & LegalVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INCVOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTE: $3,186,250 · Crime & LegalVOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTEColorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit: $2,950,000 · Crime & LegalColorado Criminal Justice Refor…RAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE: $2,100,000 · Crime & LegalMICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE: $2,015,300 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM: $1,981,750 · Crime & LegalTHE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,838,000 · Crime & LegalMake the Road New York: $1,700,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH INC: $1,678,000 · Crime & LegalVISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE: $1,628,000 · Crime & LegalJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $1,610,000 · Crime & Legal+33 more: $21,803,254 · Crime & Legal+33 moreORS Impact: $2,837,800 · OtherSouthern Center for Human Rights: $2,433,450 · OtherNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,150,000 · Other+85 more: $53,295,870 · Other+85 moreTIDES CENTER: $2,702,635 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTE…OPERATION RESTORATION: $2,240,825 · Human ServicesOPERATION R…THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC: $1,852,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEW JER…POSSIBILITY LABS: $1,300,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY…Second Chance Center Inc: $1,036,500 · Human ServicesSecond Chan…FORCE Detroit Inc: $822,500 · Human ServicesUBUNTU VILLAGE NOLA: $801,500 · Human ServicesHmong American Womens Association Inc: $751,605 · Human ServicesThe First 72: $625,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FLORENCE CRITTENTON MISSION: $600,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS INC: $600,000 · Human Services+10 more: $3,437,917 · Human Services+10 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $5,337,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTU…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $4,609,544 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AN…HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $3,001,025 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDE…CENTER FOR PROGRESSIVE REFORM INC: $800,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FO…BlueGreen Alliance Foundation: $500,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $2,951,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,931,515 · PhilanthropyTEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY: $1,665,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,105,560 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $970,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $914,080 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $499,999 · PhilanthropyMOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $425,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $1,148,200 · PhilanthropyGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,025,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,025,000 · EducationECHOING GREEN INC: $930,400 · EducationFree Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: $853,500 · EducationThe Education Trust Inc: $832,500 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $818,646 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $575,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $535,384 · EducationTHE LENS: $507,000 · EducationThird Space Foundation: $415,000 · EducationR STREET INSTITUTE: $400,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $370,000 · EducationASSOCIATION OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS INC: $350,000 · Education+4 more: $1,199,627 · EducationSAFE & JUST MICHIGAN: $2,528,985 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $1,775,000 · Public BenefitUnited Workers Association Inc: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitOne Voice: $855,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $600,000 · Public BenefitTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $600,000 · Public BenefitTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $600,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $510,000 · Public BenefitCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $500,000 · Public Benefit+3 more: $859,152 · Public Benefit
Crime & Legal$46,925,554Other$60,717,120Human Services$16,770,482Environment$14,247,569Philanthropy$12,110,354Education$9,837,057Public Benefit$9,828,137

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $5,337,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $4,609,544 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $4,435,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetVOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTE: $3,186,250 over 9y, 20% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $3,001,025 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $2,951,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetColorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit: $2,950,000 over 8y, 40% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $2,702,635 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSAFE & JUST MICHIGAN: $2,528,985 over 8y, 65% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $2,433,450 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetOPERATION RESTORATION: $2,240,825 over 7y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,150,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE: $2,100,000 over 3y, 61% of budgetMICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE: $2,015,300 over 7y, 48% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM: $1,981,750 over 6y, 24% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,931,515 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC: $1,852,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetTHE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,838,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $1,775,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMake the Road New York: $1,700,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH INC: $1,678,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $1,675,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY: $1,665,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetVISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE: $1,628,000 over 7y, 43% of budgetJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $1,610,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $1,600,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH JUSTICE: $1,585,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetLOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $1,560,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetCOMMON JUSTICE INC: $1,507,750 over 5y, 22% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $1,504,130 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC: $1,500,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $1,350,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetW HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE: $1,305,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetPOSSIBILITY LABS: $1,300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNorthwest Employment Education and Defense Fund: $1,200,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetDetroit Justice Center: $1,175,200 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,105,560 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDC JUSTICE LAB: $1,103,750 over 5y, 17% of budgetDEEP CENTER INCORPORATED: $1,079,250 over 6y, 18% of budgetSecond Chance Center Inc: $1,036,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,025,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,025,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $1,001,500 over 5y, 40% of budgetUnited Workers Association Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH: $982,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetJustice Policy Institute: $980,250 over 6y, 32% of budgetThe Latino Coalition for Community Leadership: $975,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $970,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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 NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
  • Who funds VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTE ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAFE & JUST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Southern Center for Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION RESTORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds RAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds Make the Road New York ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY ↗
  • Who funds VISITORS SERVICE CENTER INC VOICES FOR A SECOND CHANCE ↗
  • Who funds JUVENILE LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Working Partnerships USA ↗
  • Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds COMMON JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARSHALL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds W HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds POSSIBILITY LABS ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund ↗
  • Who funds Detroit Justice Center ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…NEO Philanthropy IncWellspring Philanthro…Borealis PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitabl…The Just Trust for Ed…Proteus Fund IncFoundation to Promote…New Venture FundThe Heising-Simons Fo…The Ford FoundationSurdna Foundation Inc
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD79.2× affinity86 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Just Trust for Education · Proteus Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · New Venture Fund · The Heising-Simons Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc

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 Welfare Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Welfare Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Catalyst Ct Inc: 37% of income from government
  • National Florence Crittenton Mission: 24% of income from government
  • Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Public Justice Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Centro De Los Derechos Del Migrante Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 702 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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