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Restoring Lifeways

The mission of Restoring Lifeways was to build a network of material interpersonal and spiritual support around leaders and communities practicing both traditional and emergent forms of cultural healing and regeneration.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$150k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$1.0MHousing & Shelter$600kArts & Culture$420kHuman Services$414kEnvironment$305kCommunity Improvement$216kReligion$125kPhilanthropy$120kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $579,051, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,414,124 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $835,073 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $440k
$30,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Ahimsa Collective$150,000
Center for Justice$75,000
Social Good Fund$60,000
Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council$55,000
The Restorative Project$50,000
New Shul$50,000
Dine Peacemaking Project$30,000
National Philanthropic Trust$25,035
Good Work Institute$25,000
PAWNEE YELLOW HORSE CHAPTER NATIVE$15,000
Owl Bonnet Cultural Preservation$15,000
All Nations Gathering Center$10,016
Servicios de la Raza$10,000
Beauty Walker Inc$9,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $409k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Kee Cha E Nar Corporation: $100k → 17%Good Work Institute: $55k → 16%The Gathering for Justice: $25k → 17%Ramapough Culture and Land Foundati: $20k → 6%Beauty Walker Inc: $100k → 6%Good Work Institute: $25k → 16%Beauty Walker Inc: $9k → 6%Equity and Transformation: $75k → 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

AK
ME
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
AZ
NM
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
48

Total granted

$1.2M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-6%

Still filing today

100%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TA
    THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $770k · revenue -21%
  • PV
    PAJARO VALLEY OHLONE INDIAN COUNCIL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $180k
  • BW
    BEAUTY WALKER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $109k · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • FG
    FOR GOODNESS SAKE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $550k · revenue -42%
  • M
    MILPA
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue -6%
  • KC
    KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +92% · 25% of their budget
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
Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising
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2
Cihuapactli Collective

The Cihuapactli Collective's purpose is to provide healing for urban Indigenous Peoples from the diaspora. This is done by sharing wisdom, connecting resources, revitalizing Traditional Knowledge, promoting and advocating for health &…

Arts & Culture
3
Native Healing Llc
Animals
4
Healing Cultures Inc
Health
5
Healing Ribbons

To promote healing, positive cultural identity, holistic wellness and connection among intergenerational indigenous women and our families by sharing our collective wisdom, traditions, wellness practices and stories. we focus on healing by…

Human Services
6
Seven Sacred Roots

Our mission is to support the rematriation of black black-native and native american education culture birth and breastfeeding by preserving awakening and amplifying these practices through the integration of indigenous healing modalities.…

Human Services
7
Huya Aniwa

The organization's mission is to revitalize and preserve cultural heritage and sacred land.

Arts & Culture
8
Oyate Hotanin

Our mission is: To lead a movement for the next 500 years that supports a new era of art, healing, and change. Since 2014, we have been amplifying American Indian thought, voices, and perspectives to complete the missing narratives that…

Arts & Culture
9
Native Wellness Institute

The Native Wellness Institute provides wellness and healing related training and technical assistance to Indian tribes and organizations that is based in Native culture that keeps the teachings of our ancestors alive.

Human Services
10
Blue Bird LifeWays

Blue Bird Lifeways nurtures the breath of life by fostering remembrance, reconnection, and reclamation of land, language, culture, and identity. Through this work, we address the intergenerational impacts of trauma while strengthening…

Arts & Culture
11
Sovereignty Rises

Sovereignty Rises is a 501c3 Native-led organization that supports new opportunities for cultural, health, and economic sovereignty in communities impacted by systems of oppression through community-driven systems change.

Community Improvement
12
Coherence Lab

To catalyze and advance a common, collective and community derived vision for intrgated and thriving human and natural systems, on and around the Island of Kauai in particular and elsewhere in the world, through community collaboration and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council. 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

48 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. 48 of the 62 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
18/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOR GOODNESS SAKE INC: $550,000 · OtherFOR GOODNESS SAKE INCMILPA: $110,000 · OtherMILPATransitioning Offenders Program: $100,000 · OtherTransitioning Offenders ProgramYOUNG OF HEART WORKSHOP: $75,000 · OtherSOVEREIGN EARTHWORKS: $75,000 · Other+30 more: $745,000 · Other+30 moreTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE: $770,000 · Crime & LegalTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE+1 more: $25,000 · Crime & LegalBEAUTY WALKER INC: $109,000 · Human ServicesBEAUTY WALKER…KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesKEE CHA-E-NAR…Good Work Institute Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesGood Work Ins…EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesEQUITY AND TR…Healing and Reconciliation Institute: $25,000 · Human ServicesHealing and R…THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING…RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesPAJARO VALLEY OHLONE INDIAN COUNCIL: $180,000 · Arts & CulturePAJARO VALLEY…CHEYENNE ELDERS COUNCIL INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCHEYENNE ELDE…WABANAKI CULTURAL PRESERVATION COALITION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureWABANAKI CULT…CENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC: $48,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF SOU…MOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMOVEMENT ALLI…Wicahpi Koyaka Tiospaye: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,016 · Arts & CultureTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $60,000 · EducationXKKF: $40,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $7,000 · EducationTHE INTEROOTS INITIATIVE: $75,000 · InternationalUNIFY THE WORLD: $20,000 · InternationalHEALING TOGETHER: $15,000 · InternationalNPT CHARITABLE ASSET TRUST: $25,035 · PhilanthropyGame Changing Men Inc: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $18,000 · PhilanthropyTARIQ KHAMISA FOUNDATION INC TKF: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,655,000Crime & Legal$795,000Human Services$434,000Arts & Culture$428,016Education$182,000International$110,000Philanthropy$78,035

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 budgetTHE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE: $770,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetMILPA: $110,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBEAUTY WALKER INC: $109,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetKEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetGood Work Institute Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE ELDERS COUNCIL INC: $75,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE INTEROOTS INITIATIVE: $75,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetWABANAKI CULTURAL PRESERVATION COALITION: $75,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetYOUNG OF HEART WORKSHOP: $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetEQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetXKKF: $40,000 over 1y, 76% of budgetTINY SEED PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSan Jose Parks Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNPT CHARITABLE ASSET TRUST: $25,035 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJOY AS RESISTANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHealing and Reconciliation Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetGRINDING STONE COLLECTIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNATIVE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBUILD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBARRIOS UNIDOS: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDeep Medicine Circle: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetVERNON AVENUE PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUnited for A Fair Economy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR REGENERATIVE ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUnity Circles Corp: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGame Changing Men Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetUNIFY THE WORLD: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTARIQ KHAMISA FOUNDATION INC TKF: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHEALING TOGETHER: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWicahpi Koyaka Tiospaye: $15,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK: $12,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetALL NATIONS GATHERING CENTER: $10,016 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetLA RAZA SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Tides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Seventh Generation Fu…ImpactassetsincCommon Counsel Founda…Rsf Social Finance IncMovement Strategy Cen…Rockefeller Philanthr…Earth Rising Foundati…First Nations Develop…Borealis PhilanthropyThe California Wellne…
Tides FoundationCA44.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Impactassetsinc · Common Counsel Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Movement Strategy Center · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Earth Rising Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Borealis Philanthropy · The California Wellness 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 Restoring Lifeways funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Restoring Lifeways. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Restoring Lifeways?

Find your warmest path to Restoring Lifeways 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 62 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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