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Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$288k
Largest
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 FY20172025.

Health$4.0MAnimals$358kPhilanthropy$355kEducation$244kHuman Services$27kReligion$19kEnvironment$13kScience & Tech$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $690k
  • $250k+2 grants · $542k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$386k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$288,119
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$253,897
BREATHESTRONG CF$171,889
ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION$149,920
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$105,493
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CARE$101,148
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$100,149
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CARE$61,781
ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION$49,385
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$25,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CARE$10,250
HACKENSACK RIVER KEEPER$10,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CARE$8,693
EMILY'S ENTOURAGE$8,605
TEMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–21, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $10k → 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $3k → 9%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

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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.

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Where the work is directed

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

About 8% of Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.7% directed abroad (not shown)

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.6M · 15 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$4.6M
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+31%

Still filing today

40%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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
EnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthAnimalsEducationReligionOther

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

  • CF
    Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +8%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $358k · revenue +11%
  • BC
    BREATHESTRONG CF INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $327k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • FU
    Fordham Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue +31%
  • RD
    RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY CENTRE
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
  • TJ
    THE JOEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k

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.

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The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Blue Forest Finance Inc

Blue forest is a non-profit conservation finance organization. we bring people, finance and science together to restore and protect our forests, watersheds, ecosystems and communities.

Environment
3
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
4
Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute

To fund cystic fibrosis research, provide educational and personal support, and to spread awareness of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease.

Health
5
Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience,…

6
Children's Tumor Foundation

Our mission: drive research, expand knowledge, and advance care for the nf community. our vision: end nf.

Health
7
Knox Martin Foundation for Brain Cancer Research

To reverse the underfunded and under-researched nature of brain cancer by funding innovative research on the most aggressive forms of brain cancer - glioblastoma (gbm).

Health
8
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
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Connecticut Cancer Foundation Inc

To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.

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Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Kokua Hawaii Foundation. 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

14 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 34 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
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Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CYSTIC FIBROSIS CARE — $558,469 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS CARECYSTIC FIBROSIS LIFESTYLE FOUNDATION INC — $438,104 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS LIFESTYLE FOUNDATION INCCF CARE — $355,920 · OtherCF CAREFAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT CF CARE — $278,280 · OtherFAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT CF CAREIndividual grant recipient — $130,040 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTHEAST REGIONAL EARLY INTERVENTION CO — $77,535 · Other+17 more — $179,432 · Other+17 moreCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc — $1,934,678 · HealthCystic Fibrosis Research Fund IncSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $354,790 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA F…BREATHESTRONG CF INC — $326,959 · PhilanthropyBREATHESTRONG C…+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION — $357,898 · AnimalsHACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC — $11,000 · EnvironmentKOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION — $1,033 · EnvironmentBRONX RIVER ALLIANCE INC — $518 · Environment+1 more — $250 · EnvironmentMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $12,500 · Human ServicesFordham University — $11,500 · Education
Other$2,017,780Health$1,934,678Philanthropy$682,749Animals$357,898Environment$12,801Human Services$12,500Education$11,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc — $1,934,678 over 3y, 25% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS LIFESTYLE FOUNDATION INC — $438,104 over 4y, 50% of budgetALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION — $357,898 over 3y, 17% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION — $354,790 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBREATHESTRONG CF INC — $326,959 over 2y, 20% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC — $4,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION — $1,033 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRONX RIVER ALLIANCE INC — $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINELANDS PRESERVATION ALLIANCE — $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS LIFESTYLE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BREATHESTRONG CF INC
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC
  • Who funds Fordham University
  • Who funds HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC
  • Who funds NEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC
  • Who funds BENEDICTINE LIFE FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC
  • Who funds KOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE INC
  • Who funds PINELANDS PRESERVATION ALLIANCE

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.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY13× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inc 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 35%
  • Newark Public Radio Inc51% of income from government
  • Pinelands Preservation Alliance35% of income from government
  • Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

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How do I get to Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inc?

Find your warmest path to Research Fund for Cystic Fibrosis Inc 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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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