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Restore America's Estuaries

RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES is dedicated to the protection and restoration of bays and estuaries as essential resources for our nation.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$580k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$19M
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $633k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.3M
$47,235
Median grant
13
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA$580,458
CITY OF WOONSOCKET$503,050
TAMPA BAYWATCH INC$352,750
CITY OF PAWTUCKET$284,000
ALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC$279,748
NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$255,000
GROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND$185,632
BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC$161,994
PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM INC$149,345
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND$131,169
GROUNDWORK LAWRENCE INC$130,657
ECKERD COLLEGE$127,096
GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION$125,192
AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY$124,831
SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION$112,782
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $255k → 6%BARNSTABLE COUNTRY TREASURER: $185k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSION: $160k → 8%GROUNDWORK LAWRENCE INC: $131k → 10%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC: $279k → 11%MT HOLYOKE COLLEGE - PROJECT GD9641: $134k → 12%GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%ECKERD COLLEGE: $127k → 12%PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM INC: $149k → 16%ALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $280k → 19%DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEEP: $224k → 11%AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY: $125k → 6%LOWLANDER CENTER: $151k → 16%COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA: $580k → 23%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $201k → 6%BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES: $103k → 9%BARNSTABLE COUNTRY TREASURER: $133k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC: $223k → 11%DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEEP: $157k → 11%THE COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA: $248k → 23%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC: $207k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF SPONSORED & COST ACCOUNTING: $194k → 7%TOWN OF BRISTOL: $181k → 7%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC: $162k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: $166k → 7%CAPE COD FOUNDATION INC: $111k → 8%SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $113k → 8%TAMPA BAYWATCH INC: $353k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: $158k → 7%TAMPA BAYWATCH INC: $136k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: $121k → 7%AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $131k → 14%MASS AUDUBON: $102k → 8%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $180k → 8%COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $108k → 14%WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL: $105k → 14%CITY OF PAWTUCKET: $284k → 14%CITY OF PAWTUCKET: $204k → 14%GROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND: $186k → 14%ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD: $335k → 8%CITY OF PAWTUCKET: $133k → 14%ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC: $173k → 8%ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD: $117k → 8%ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD: $104k → 8%CITY OF WOONSOCKET: $503k → 14%CITY OF WOONSOCKET: $184k → 14%RI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: $234k → 14%CITY OF CRANSTON: $115k → 14%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 64 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

64 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
12

Total granted

$17M
$529k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+87%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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
EnvironmentEducationScience & TechAnimalsCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BUZZARDS BAY COALITION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $988k · revenue +83%
  • CT
    COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $945k · revenue +70%
  • AT
    ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $882k · revenue +479%

Funded once

  • TE
    TILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $95k · revenue +58%
  • RI
    Rhode Island Chapter Trout Unlimited
    one grant, 2023 · $94k · revenue -22%
  • TO
    TOWN OF WARREN RHODE ISLAND - OFFICE OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $90k
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.

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Wetlands Foundation
Environment
2
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
3
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
4
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high- quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and…

Science & Tech
5
Coastal Conservation & Research

Provide scientific, environmental research and education for environmental conservation, preservation, restoration, recycling, and environmental planning

Environment
6
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
7
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
8
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
9
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Inc

Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the texas coastal bend. coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and…

Environment
10
Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District Inc

To promote the sound use and management of natural resources. the district provides technical assistance and education in soil and water conservation and control.

Environment
11
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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12
Clean Ocean Action Inc

Clean ocean action's goal is to improve and protect the waters off the new jersey/new york coast from pollution, plastics, industrialization and climate change with research, education and citizen action.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College. 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

74 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 74 of the 106 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/74
Grantees still filing
49/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $987,601 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS BAY COALITIONCOALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA: $944,732 · EnvironmentCOALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANAASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC: $882,480 · EnvironmentASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INCTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $854,438 · EnvironmentTAMPA BAY WATCH INCGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $459,731 · EnvironmentNEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION: $417,297 · EnvironmentGROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND: $391,799 · EnvironmentALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $360,745 · EnvironmentAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $359,061 · Environment+35 more: $3,090,950 · Environment+35 moreCITY OF WOONSOCKET: $687,500 · OtherCITY OF WOONSOCKETUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: $667,197 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDCITY OF PAWTUCKET: $664,327 · OtherCITY OF PAWTUCKETState of Connecticut: $449,951 · OtherState of ConnecticutUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: $431,350 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDBARNSTABLE COUNTY: $396,702 · OtherBARNSTABLE COUNTYTOWN OF CHATHAM: $377,276 · OtherTOWN OF CHATHAMTOWN OF BRISTOL: $300,001 · OtherCITY OF CRANSTON: $262,795 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSION: $238,601 · OtherBAY FOUNDATION OF MORRO BAY: $237,882 · Other+32 more: $2,204,268 · Other+32 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $232,306 · EducationEckerd College: $201,358 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $195,273 · EducationCape Cod Foundation Inc: $111,116 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $99,988 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $35,965 · Education+4 more: $79,909 · EducationFALMOUTH ROD & GUN CLUB: $695,000 · Recreation & SportsGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $315,569 · Community ImprovementLOWLANDER CENTER: $237,354 · Community ImprovementGROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC: $22,364 · Community ImprovementWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $298,598 · Science & TechMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $143,000 · Science & TechBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $102,556 · Science & Tech+1 more: $10,000 · Science & TechCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $149,093 · Arts & Culture
Environment$8,748,834Other$6,917,850Education$955,915Recreation & Sports$695,000Community Improvement$575,287Science & Tech$554,154Arts & Culture$149,093

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $987,601 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCOALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA: $944,732 over 7y, 23% of budgetASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC: $882,480 over 7y, 22% of budgetTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $854,438 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetFALMOUTH ROD & GUN CLUB: $695,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $459,731 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION: $417,297 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND: $391,799 over 5y, 14% of budgetALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $360,745 over 2y, 77% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $359,061 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $315,569 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $298,598 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $255,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED: $243,835 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetBAY FOUNDATION OF MORRO BAY: $237,882 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetLOWLANDER CENTER: $237,354 over 3y, 18% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $232,306 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $230,237 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $217,607 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEckerd College: $201,358 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $195,273 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $171,973 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $166,338 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetPENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM: $149,345 over 1y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $149,093 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHARWICH CONSERVATION TRUST: $146,700 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $143,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY: $129,831 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $125,413 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetEarthcorps: $114,342 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCape Cod Foundation Inc: $111,116 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $102,556 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $99,988 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAQUOIT BAY RESERVE FOUNDATION INC: $98,276 over 3y, 40% of budgetTILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIP: $95,422 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $84,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $79,932 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetHUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC: $76,741 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSave The Bay: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLECTIVE OYSTER RECYCLING & RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $67,966 over 1y, 20% of budgetENERGY JUSTICE LAW AND POLICY CENTER: $62,755 over 1y, 28% of budgetCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $60,921 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED: $59,650 over 1y, 43% of budgetSKAGIT FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT GROUP: $57,197 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKWIAHT CENTER FOR SALISH SEA: $52,745 over 3y, 19% 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 BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds TAMPA BAY WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH ROD & GUN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Galveston Bay Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds Groundwork Lawrence Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED ↗
  • Who funds BAY FOUNDATION OF MORRO BAY ↗
  • Who funds LOWLANDER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Eckerd College ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS ↗
  • Who funds HARWICH CONSERVATION TRUST ↗

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.

National Fish and Wil…The Rhode Island Comm…The Nature ConservancyThe Schmidt Family Fo…PatagoniaorgCenter for Technology…Surdna Foundation IncBarr FoundationSarah Decoizart Perpe…The New York Communit…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC54.7× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Center for Technology and Civic Life · Surdna Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr · The New York Community Trust · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family 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 Restore America's Estuaries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Restore America's Estuaries. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: 100% of income from government
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
  • New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission: 94% of income from government
  • Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration Foundation: 66% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • American Littoral Society: 1% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Restore America's Estuaries?

Find your warmest path to Restore America's Estuaries 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 106 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 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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