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R4 Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$922k
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$847kPhilanthropy$491kYouth Development$402kPublic Safety & Disaster$219kFood & Nutrition$141kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $456k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Breakthrough T1D$250,000
CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES$50,000
The University of Georgia Foundation$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS$40,000
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH$35,000
DESMOID TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$25,000
NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
One Safe Place$17,500
LENA POPE$13,000
THE LADDER ALLIANCE$10,000
FunkyYown Food Project$10,000
CRISTO REY FORT WORTH$10,000
ACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
Hs2$10,000
ACE SCHOLARSHIPS$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $461k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Richard Martinez Cancer Fund: $600 → 8%TOLAR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $3k → 10%Tolar Volunteer Fire Department: $3k → 10%TOLAR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $3k → 10%Gladney Center for Adoption: $15k → 11%Gladney Center for Adoption: $10k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $50k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $22k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $20k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $15k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $15k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $15k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $8k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $20k → 11%United Community Centers: $15k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $20k → 11%LENA POPE: $23k → 11%LENA POPE: $23k → 11%Lena Pope: $20k → 11%NEWDAY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $15k → 11%LENA POPE: $15k → 11%NewDay Services for Children & Families: $15k → 11%Lena Pope: $15k → 11%NEWDAY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $15k → 11%Northside Inter-Community Agency: $15k → 11%LENA POPE: $13k → 11%NEW DAY SERVICE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $10k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $8k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $8k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $5k → 11%COMO LION'S HEART: $5k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $5k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $5k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $5k → 11%Como Lion's Heart: $5k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $206 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
NY
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.8M · 85 repeat orgs$578k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

85 repeat relationships — 57 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
54

Total granted

$5.8M
$481k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    6× · 2019–2024 · $375k · revenue +26%
  • TV
    TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL
    3× · 2018–2020 · $250k · revenue +35%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $145k · revenue +268%

Funded once

  • PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXASgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +89%
  • BP
    Bluefield Project
    one grant, 2018 · $21k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
2
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

—
3
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
4
Trellis Foundation

We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…

Human Services
5
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
6
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
7
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

—
8
Fort Worth Cradle to Career

To bring collaborative, systemic change for students in order to improve overall quality of life and to position tarrant county as a leading producer of high-quality talent.

Youth Development
9
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
10
Fort Worth Academy for the Education of Children and Youth

Education of children and youth

Education
11
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
12
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council

Klru is a leader in public media, distinguished by its energetic engagement with the community and for the quality and creativity of content. klru illuminates the wider world of knowledge; the importance of discourse; and the many…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Momentous Institute and the most unlike its peers is Tolar Volunteer Fire Department. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVulnerable Youth & Family S…Health Services & SupportInternational Christian Mis…Poverty Alleviation ServicesYouth and Community Support…Youth & Academic DevelopmentHealthcare & Health PolicyArts and Culture Organizati…Private K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%4%<5yr17%6%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr9%24%35–55yr13%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%4%<5yr17%2%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr9%25%35–55yr13%34%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/96
the rest of the field
17%
4,112/23,862

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

90 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 90 of the 148 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/90
Grantees still filing
60/90
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Key School — $375,000 · OtherKey SchoolCommunities in Schools — $137,000 · OtherACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — $130,000 · OtherReading Partners — $120,000 · OtherREAD FORT WORTH — $120,000 · OtherThe Warm Place — $117,500 · OtherFIRST3YEARS — $110,000 · Other+80 more — $1,982,164 · Other+80 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $375,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1…THE ART STATION — $110,000 · HealthTHE ART STATIONRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION — $110,000 · HealthRUTLEDGE CANCER…North Texas Healthy Communities — $80,000 · HealthNorth Texas Hea…CANCER CARE SERVICES — $80,000 · HealthCANCER CARE SER…THE DESMOID TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $75,000 · HealthTHE DESMOID TUM…Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation — $55,000 · HealthJordan Elizabet…THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $36,500 · Health+4 more — $31,250 · HealthTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL — $250,000 · EducationTRINITY VALL…Teach for America Inc — $110,000 · EducationTeach for Am…TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $92,500 · EducationTEXAS WESLEY…CRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC — $60,000 · EducationCRISTO REY F…UPLIFT EDUCATION — $60,000 · EducationUPLIFT EDUCA…THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSI…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $40,000 · EducationIDEA Public Schools — $40,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS — $35,000 · Education+3 more — $14,000 · EducationJUBILEE PLAYERS INC — $138,000 · Arts & CultureJUBILEE PLAY…CASA MANANA INC — $130,000 · Arts & CultureCASA MANANA …TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS BALLET…Van Cliburn Foundation Inc — $90,000 · Arts & CultureVan Cliburn …SINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY — $80,000 · Arts & CultureSINACA STUDI…JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS — $52,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPE…Fort Worth Opera Association Inc — $45,000 · Arts & CultureFort Worth O…IMAGINATION FORT WORTH — $35,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $39,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX — $462,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY — $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BEN HOGAN FOUNDATION — $20,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $6,119 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES — $144,500 · Human ServicesLENA POPE HOME INC — $108,000 · Human ServicesNEWDAY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — $55,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC — $55,000 · Human ServicesCOMO LIONS HEART — $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION — $30,000 · Human Services+4 more — $23,306 · Human ServicesCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS — $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentMomentous Institute — $67,500 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP SUMMIT INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentAUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIVERTREE ACADEMY — $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$3,091,664Health$952,750Education$751,500Arts & Culture$734,500Philanthropy$513,619Human Services$460,806Youth Development$290,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX — $462,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $375,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL — $250,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES — $144,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJUBILEE PLAYERS INC — $138,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCASA MANANA INC — $130,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetREAD FORT WORTH — $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $110,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART STATION — $110,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION — $110,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetFIRST3YEARS — $110,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC — $108,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD CARE ASSOCIATES — $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC — $100,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $95,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS — $95,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $92,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc — $90,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCUISINE FOR HEALING — $87,500 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetSINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY — $80,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetUnBound North Texas — $80,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetNorth Texas Healthy Communities — $80,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES — $80,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC — $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE DESMOID TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetMomentous Institute — $67,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS ACADEMY 4 — $65,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUPLIFT EDUCATION — $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LADDER ALLIANCE — $55,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetNEWDAY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation — $55,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS — $52,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShine Therapy Inc — $47,500 over 8y, 28% of budgetCOMO LIONS HEART — $45,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc — $45,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIDEA Public Schools — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $36,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIMAGINATION FORT WORTH — $35,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS — $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CASA MANANA INC ↗
  • Who funds READ FORT WORTH ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ART STATION ↗
  • Who funds RUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST3YEARS ↗
  • Who funds LENA POPE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CUISINE FOR HEALING ↗
  • Who funds SINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds UnBound North Texas ↗
  • Who funds North Texas Healthy Communities ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DESMOID TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Momentous Institute ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS ACADEMY 4 ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT EDUCATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Community Foundation …Sid W Richardson Foun…Amon G Carter Foundat…The Morris FoundationRainwater Charitable …Garvey Texas Foundati…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Amon G Carter-Star Te…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…The Miles Foundation …Communities Foundatio…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX109.4× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · The Miles Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization R4 Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    28report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to R4 Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to R4 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 148 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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