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Ramp Foundation

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.

$827k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Philanthropy$8.6MArts & Culture$1.2MCivil Rights$280kHealth$270kAnimals$155kEducation$80kFood & Nutrition$66kPublic Benefit$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $318k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
MAYO CLINIC$100,000
HELLMAN FOUNDATION$93,000
THEATREWORKS INC$75,000
ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER$50,000
THE USF INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE$30,000
SWEETWATER MUSIC HALL INC$25,000
WNET$25,000
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE$25,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER$20,000
BREAD AND ROSES COMMUNITY FUND$20,000
THE POLITICAL REPORT INC$20,000
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION$15,000
CITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE$10,000
THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES$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.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MY NEW RED SHOES: $15k → 7%MY NEW RED SHOES: $5k → 7%THE POLITICAL REPORT INC: $20k → 14%MY NEW RED SHOES: $5k → 7%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $10k → 10%THE POLITICAL REPORT INC: $10k → 14%MY NEW RED SHOES: $5k → 7%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

VT
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 28 repeat orgs$828k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
25

Total granted

$1.9M
$688k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+10%

Still filing today

82%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther

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

  • BR
    BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $400k · revenue +2%
  • HF
    HELLMAN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $279k · revenue ×19
  • TS
    THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $150k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • VF
    VITALOGY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +334%
  • CS
    CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $155k · revenue +2%
  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $54k

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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
4
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
5
The Conversationalist
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6
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
7
Public Knowledge

Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.

Public Benefit
8
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
9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
11
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
12
Public Radio International Inc

To serve audiences as a distinctive content source for information, insights and cultural experiences essential to living in our diverse, interconnected world.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Winnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow and the most unlike its peers is Rex Foundation. 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 backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyEnvironmental Conservation …Pregnancy Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Food Banks and PantriesImmigrant Worker SupportElementary Literacy TutoringLgbtq+ Community SupportUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Arts CentersCommunity Foundations
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 21 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr15%21%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr11%21%35–55yr13%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr17%4%20–35yr11%82%35–55yr13%7%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/54
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,924

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

52 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. 52 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
31/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $7,972,000 · PhilanthropyMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+2 more — $529,000 · Philanthropy+2 moreBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE — $400,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY …THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY — $150,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATREWO…THE 19TH NEWS — $53,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH …MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 · Arts & CultureMCCARTER …FREE PRESS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $197,500 · Arts & Culture+13 moreTHEATREWORKS INC — $225,000 · OtherTHEATREWOR…MAYO CLINIC — $150,000 · OtherMAYO CLINI…REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION — $60,000 · OtherREPRODUCTI…Bread and Roses Community Fund — $57,000 · OtherBread and …THE USF INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — $55,000 · OtherTHE USF IN…BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE — $53,880 · OtherBUCKS COUN…REX FOUNDATION — $45,000 · OtherBREAD & ROSES INC — $46,000 · OtherWINNARAINBOW INC DBA CAMP WINNARAINBOW — $40,000 · Other+19 more — $235,500 · Other+19 moreGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $60,000 · Civil RightsELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER — $50,000 · Civil RightsInvisible Institute — $40,000 · Civil RightsINDIVISIBLE CIVICS — $25,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $5,000 · Civil RightsCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA — $155,000 · AnimalsMAYO CLINIC — $100,000 · HealthTrust Women Foundation Inc — $20,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES — $45,000 · EducationSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $26,000 · EducationMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — $15,000 · EducationVALUES UNITED — $10,000 · Education+1 more — $1,000 · Education
Philanthropy$8,501,000Arts & Culture$880,500Other$967,380Civil Rights$180,000Animals$155,000Health$120,000Education$97,000

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 budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $7,972,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE — $400,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHELLMAN FOUNDATION — $279,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetVITALOGY FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA — $155,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY — $150,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBread and Roses Community Fund — $57,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS — $53,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBREAD & ROSES INC — $46,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetREX FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES — $45,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWINNARAINBOW INC DBA CAMP WINNARAINBOW — $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetInvisible Institute — $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMBOLDEN CHANGE — $30,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFREE PRESS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetTHE POLITICAL REPORT INC — $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWNET — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEETWATER MUSIC HALL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINDIVISIBLE CIVICS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY ON PHILLY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOODSIDE-PORTOLA VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION FOUNDATION INC — $13,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBOOKSTORMER FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGUARDIANORG FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WALDEN SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRoots & Branches Conservancy — $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL CITIZENS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCITYSIDE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVALUES UNITED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUS-IRELAND ALLIANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetInternet Archive — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpenhouse — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…Rsf Social Finance IncNational Philanthropi…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…The San Francisco Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…
Marin Community FoundationCA25.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Rsf Social Finance Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Ramp 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Ramp Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ramp 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 62 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.

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