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Robertson 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.

$105M
Granted FY2024still arriving
256
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$21M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$194MEnvironment$144MHealth$98MHuman Services$12MPhilanthropy$9.8MYouth Development$9.4MCommunity Improvement$9.1MAnimals$8.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 256 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k114 grants · $318k
  • $10k–50k82 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+43 grants · $102M
$10,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$301M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$21,000,000
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS$10,000,000
ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM$9,660,077
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC$7,000,000
THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$5,000,000
THE NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC$4,925,022
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$4,875,000
THE NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC$3,837,850
INSTITUTO CLIMA E SOCIEDADE$3,375,000
FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (FILE)$3,000,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$2,625,000
WINDWARD FUND$2,500,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$2,400,000
METHANE SAT LLC$2,000,000
TRANSFORMA$1,500,000
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 (FY19–24, $11.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TRANSGENDER EMERGENCY FUND OF MA: $2k → 16%ELEANORE WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $2k → 7%SAGES THEATER INC: $3k → 12%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $4k → 21%THE SUMMIT AREA YMCA: $15k → 10%BAYOU DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%SISTERS PGH: $3k → 11%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $20k → 12%SAGES THEATER INC: $3k → 12%WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 21%BAYOU DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $20k → 12%GUILFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $5k → 16%THORN: $10k → 14%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $20k → 12%BALTIMORE SAFE HAVEN: $2k → 19%YWCA GREENWICH: $5k → 9%COPE FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%HEIGHTS AND HILLS INC: $3k → 20%NEW LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $100k → 28%SOUTHAMPTON YOUTH SERVICES INC: $5k → 7%RED HOOK INITIATIVE INC: $10k → 20%BLOOMAGAINBKLYN: $3k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE INC: $3k → 20%RUTH'S REFUGE: $3k → 20%WORLD CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $53k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $35k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $30k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $9k → 17%NEW LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $50k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $2.5M → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $2.5M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $2.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.5M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.5M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.0M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $280k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $50k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $40k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $15k → 17%BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%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

ME
VT
NH
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
KS
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 10% of Robertson Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 67% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 55%.

Robertson Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 13% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$432M · 214 repeat orgs$44M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

214 repeat relationships: 121 still active in FY2024, 93 since wound down; 99 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

214
179

Total granted

$432M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+23%

Still filing today

79%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27M 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SA
    SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $56M · revenue +137%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    6× · 2019–2024 · $51M · revenue +139%
  • TR
    THE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
    5× · 2019–2023 · $41M · revenue +38% · 84% of their budget

Funded once

  • TE
    THE ENERGY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3.0M · revenue -13%
  • CF
    C F FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2.3M · revenue +168%
  • ML
    METHANESAT LLC-930 USD
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Queens Library Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Richard Hampton Jenrette 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

368 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. 368 of the 505 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
52
Early backer (in before they grew)
363/368
Grantees still filing
243/368
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $56,000,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $29,100,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $21,455,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LE…AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $9,720,165 · EducationAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC+34 more: $25,883,335 · Education+34 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $51,000,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENS…EARTHJUSTICE: $14,529,133 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $8,250,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIE…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $5,277,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYOCEANA INC: $5,027,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCREGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $4,875,000 · Environment+11 more: $4,695,803 · EnvironmentNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $57,781,095 · HealthNEW YORK STEM CELL …CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $12,075,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INS…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $8,745,375 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETT…The Broad Institute Inc: $6,750,000 · HealthThe Broad Institute…+11 more: $1,901,248 · HealthROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $9,660,077 · OtherROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEA…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $9,291,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERI…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,334,035 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYRocky Mountain Institute: $7,000,000 · OtherRocky Mountain Institu…SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $4,500,000 · OtherMETHANESAT LLC: $4,000,000 · OtherSAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH: $3,465,500 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $7,359,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP I…IMENTOR INC: $5,925,000 · OtherIMENTOR INC+102 more: $44,531,751 · Other+102 moreTHE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $40,951,031 · PhilanthropyTHE ROBERTSON …UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $14,000,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES …ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $5,875,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PH…C F FOUNDATION INC: $2,303,333 · Philanthropy+7 more: $2,754,250 · PhilanthropyHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $11,405,000 · Human Services+3 more: $327,750 · Human ServicesWildlife Conservation Society: $4,987,500 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATION: $3,000,000 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $620,000 · AnimalsBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $400,242 · Animals
Education$142,158,500Environment$93,653,936Health$87,252,718Other$103,066,363Philanthropy$65,883,614Human Services$11,732,750Animals$9,007,742

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $57,781,095 over 6y, 45% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $56,000,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $51,000,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetTHE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $40,951,031 over 5y, 84% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $29,100,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $21,455,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $14,529,133 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $14,000,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $12,075,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $11,405,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $9,720,165 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $8,745,375 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $8,250,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $7,359,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,334,035 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $7,000,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $6,750,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIMENTOR INC: $5,925,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $5,875,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $5,277,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $5,027,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $4,987,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetREGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $4,875,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $4,500,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: $4,125,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $4,000,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $3,015,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $3,000,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $3,000,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMary's Meals USA Inc: $2,690,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $2,520,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $2,500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,302,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetPAVE SCHOOLS INC: $1,865,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $1,330,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $1,310,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $1,278,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetREFED INC: $1,275,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC: $1,250,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMeridian Institute: $1,206,250 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCapital for Good USA: $1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $995,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $992,910 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $750,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $750,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $720,000 over 5y, 0.6% 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 NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds IMENTOR INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds TEACH FOR ALL INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PANTHERA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds Mary's Meals USA Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds C F FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…The New York Communit…The Hyde and Watson F…The Chase and Stephan…Robin Hood FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…The Moore Charitable …Indian River Communit…Ainslie FoundationAcquavella Family Fou…Triangle Community Fo…North Carolina Commun…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY36.3× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Ainslie Foundation · Acquavella Family Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community 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 Robertson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robertson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 260%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Education Resource Strategies Inc: 4% of income from government
  • International Game Fish Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
26get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Robertson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robertson 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 505 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-PF 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
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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