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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60M
Granted FY2024still arriving
646
Grants FY2024still arriving
30
States reached
$4.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$78MPhilanthropy$43MInternational$37MCivil Rights$23MArts & Culture$22MPublic Benefit$18MEducation$18MCommunity Improvement$9.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 646 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k67 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k148 grants · $4.5M
  • $50k–250k387 grants · $36M
  • $250k+44 grants · $20M
$60,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$1.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$4,500,000
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS$700,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$600,000
CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOUNDATION$600,000
BEIJING FRIENDS OF NATURE CHARITY FOUNDATION$500,000
BEIJING CHAOYANG DISTRICT YONGXU GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE$500,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$500,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$500,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN$500,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$500,000
BRI INTERNATIONAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT COALITION$450,000
CHINA AFRICA PROJECT$400,000
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND$400,000
BEIJING ENTREPRENEUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOUNDATION$400,000
THE ECOLOGY TRUST$400,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 68% of grant dollars ($190M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 32% that went abroad ($91M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $60k → 11%IMPACT HUB: $180k → 9%IMPACT HUB: $165k → 9%IMPACT HUB: $165k → 9%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $125k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $80k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $80k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $200k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $150k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $300k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $240k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $226k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $150k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $100k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION NETWORK INC: $140k → 14%INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION NETWORK INC: $115k → 14%MORE IN COMMON INC: $100k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION NETWORK INC: $100k → 14%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $150k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $150k → 17%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT INC: $75k → 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
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 32% of all-years giving ($91M)

51 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
China$31M · 124 grants
United Kingdom$7.7M · 75 grants
Serbia$5.5M · 100 grants
OC$3.9M · 74 grants
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3.7M · 71 grants
Guatemala$3.6M · 48 grants
Israel$3.5M · 55 grants
Netherlands$3.2M · 32 grants
Kenya$2.1M · 4 grants
France$1.9M · 15 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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 8% of Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 39% 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205M · 556 repeat orgs$34M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

556 repeat relationships: 392 still active in FY2024, 164 since wound down; 133 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

556
412

Total granted

$205M
$26M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+7%

Still filing today

57%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentEducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • Rocky Mountain Institute
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +183%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +36%
  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • Potential Energy Coalition Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +10%
  • VR
    VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +35%
  • NY
    NEW YORK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $408k · revenue -32%
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
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
2
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
3
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
4
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
5
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
International Peace Institute Inc

The international peace institute (ipi) bridges policy and real-world diplomacy, advising global leaders and shaping innovative policy solutions across the multilateral system, governments, and beyond through independent research and…

International
8
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
11
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
12
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is Greater Allen Cathedral of New York Hdfc. 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

715 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. 715 of the 1,135 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.

31
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
129
Early backer (in before they grew)
706/715
Grantees still filing
420/715
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rocky Mountain Institute: $3,250,758 · OtherINSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: $3,065,000 · Other+109 more: $82,079,371 · Other+109 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $7,829,299 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND2030 INC: $2,650,000 · Environment2030 INCSTAND: $1,570,500 · EnvironmentSTANDCLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,500,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS NAT…CERES INC: $1,150,000 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIER: $1,150,000 · EnvironmentURBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK: $1,114,000 · EnvironmentTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC: $1,050,000 · EnvironmentConservative Energy Network: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentGREENFAITH INC: $997,039 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC: $995,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $980,000 · Environment+9 more: $5,598,923 · Environment+9 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $12,672,500 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHIL…TIDES FOUNDATION: $4,400,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATIONAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,329,859 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Char…THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $2,203,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COM…SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,323,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $1,100,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $2,354,400 · Philanthropy+4 moreINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,636,667 · InternationalINSTITUTE …INSTITUTE FOR STATE EFFECTIVENESS: $1,528,000 · InternationalINSTITUTE …CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $1,090,000 · InternationalCARNEGIE E…UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,025,000 · InternationalUNITED NAT…ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $915,000 · InternationalINSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $881,500 · InternationalGLOBAL EXCHANGE: $825,000 · InternationalPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $685,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST POLICY NETWORK INC: $681,000 · International+18 more: $8,272,000 · International+18 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $2,893,731 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $1,300,000 · EducationNew York University: $1,297,010 · EducationPROTEUS FUND INC: $1,285,348 · EducationThe New School: $1,075,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,025,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $950,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $775,000 · EducationJOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT NETWORK INC: $500,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $475,000 · EducationBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $400,000 · EducationNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,768,678 · Public BenefitDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $1,326,000 · Public BenefitOil Change International Inc: $1,180,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $660,000 · Public BenefitOPENSECRETS: $581,000 · Public BenefitCITIZEN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIFE: $500,000 · Public BenefitProgress Michigan Education Inc: $400,000 · Public BenefitTHE NISKANEN CENTER INC: $400,000 · Public BenefitDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $1,100,000 · Civil RightsCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $950,000 · Civil RightsNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $825,000 · Civil RightsHigher Heights Leadership Fund: $650,000 · Civil RightsTHE AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM INC: $600,000 · Civil RightsMinas List Inc: $517,160 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500,804 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $500,000 · Civil RightsBRIGHTLINE DEFENSE PROJECT: $450,000 · Civil RightsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $425,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $425,000 · Civil Rights
Other$88,395,129Environment$27,584,761Philanthropy$27,382,759International$17,539,167Education$11,976,089Public Benefit$8,315,678Civil Rights$6,942,964

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 budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $12,672,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $7,829,299 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $4,400,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,329,859 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $3,250,758 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $2,893,731 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,768,678 over 5y, 0.6% of budget2030 INC: $2,650,000 over 5y, 67% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2,465,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $2,371,600 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $2,203,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $1,756,600 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,636,667 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTAND: $1,570,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR STATE EFFECTIVENESS: $1,528,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,500,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $1,326,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetSEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,323,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC: $1,311,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $1,297,010 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $1,285,348 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetOil Change International Inc: $1,180,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetCERES INC: $1,150,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $1,150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetQUINCY INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT: $1,114,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetURBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK: $1,114,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $1,102,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $1,100,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $1,100,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $1,090,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe New School: $1,075,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHOOSE LOVE INC: $1,066,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC: $1,050,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,025,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,025,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetConservative Energy Network: $1,000,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetPotential Energy Coalition Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGREENFAITH INC: $997,039 over 5y, 13% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC: $995,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $980,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $950,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $950,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $915,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $900,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: $881,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $862,400 over 5y, 2.1% 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 ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds 2030 INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STAND ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR STATE EFFECTIVENESS ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds PROTEUS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Oil Change International Inc ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds QUINCY INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT ↗

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 Ford FoundationFoundation to Promote…Mertz Gilmore Foundat…The Howard Gilman Fou…The Andrew W Mellon F…Democracy Fund IncThe William & Flora H…Wellspring Philanthro…Wallace Global Fund IIUnited States Energy …Amalgamated Charitabl…Booth Ferris Foundati…
The Ford FoundationNY96.6× affinity178 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Mertz Gilmore Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Wallace Global Fund II · United States Energy Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008

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 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
27report 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.

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 1135 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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