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Safe Routes to School National

The Safe Routes to School National Partnerships mission is to advance safe walking and bicycling to and from schools, and in daily life, to improve the health and well-being of Americas children and to foster the creation of livable, sustainable communities.

$70k
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0182% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2018–2023.

Community Improvement$120kHuman Services$78kEnvironment$63kHealth$63kHousing & Shelter$35kEmployment$33kRecreation & Sports$25kArts & Culture$23kReligion$13kOther$133k
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $60,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $69,800 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $9,800 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bellefonte Historical Preservation$10,000
Bayfront East Side Task Force$10,000
Schuylkill Countys Vision$10,000
Neighborworks NEPA$10,000
PLAY Boulder Foundation$5,000
Safe Routes to School Wellington Co$5,000
Bike Jeffco$5,000
Western Slope Conservation Center$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–21, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Human Resource Development Council: $13k → 10%Shawnee Family YMCA: $13k → 19%Salem Leadership Foundation: $13k → 14%Portland African American Leadershi: $40k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
2
Fresh Coast Communities dba Greenprint Communities

To get the most good out of green infrastructure. Every community deserves the full benefits of green infrastructure, so Greenprint Communities helps local organizations build capacity and secure grant funding for programs that maximize…

Environment
3
Slc Bike Share

To provide alternative environmentally responsible transportation to downtown travelers through a bike share program.

Public Benefit
4
California Bicycle Coalition

The mission of the California Bicycle Coalition is to advocate for equitable, inclusive, and prosperous communities where bicycling helps to enable all Californians to lead healthy and joyful lives.

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5
Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation

The saint paul riverfront corporation will elevate saint paul's quality of life and stimulate economic vitality by championing innovative, sustainable urban design principles for the city and its river valley; and by engaging community in…

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6
Houston Parks Board

The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.

Philanthropy
7
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
8
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation and Affiliates

The southwest boston community development corporation is led by principles of racial equity and inclusion, to alleviate social and economic disparities that impact people's quality of life and future opportunities. it shall be led by and…

Community Improvement
9
Livable City

Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improvingtransportation, land use, open space, and environmental policies, offeringprograms which allow community use of streets, and supporting grassrootsinitiatives to make San…

Public Benefit
10
Lloyd Ecodistrict

See schedule owe set goals and implement initiatives in lloyd addressing connectivity, health & well-being, living infrastructure, peace, place, prosperity, and resource regeneration. in the summer of 2022, we became a certified…

Community Improvement
11
Valley Vision

Valley vision is a civic leadership organization dedicated to improving the livability of the sacramento region. through research and action, we collaborate on bold, long-term solutions that improve people's lives.

Community Improvement
12
Big Sky Sno Inc

Big sky sno is a collaborative sustainability resource hub dedicated to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through environmental initiatives & community action. we work closely with local businesses, community stakeholders & donors to…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spark and the most unlike its peers is Kahoomiki. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%7%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr16%7%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/46
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,519

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
33/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $12,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERSLIVING STREETS ALLIANCE — $12,500 · Community ImprovementLIVING STREETS ALLIANCESPARK — $12,500 · Community ImprovementSPARKBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC — $12,500 · Community ImprovementBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH I…Future City Inc — $12,500 · Community ImprovementFuture City IncCORPORATION TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA INC — $12,500 · Community ImprovementCORPORATION TO DEVELOP …OPAL — $12,500 · Community ImprovementOPALSHAWANO PATHWAYS ORGANIZATION FOR KIDS ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY — $12,500 · Community ImprovementSHAWANO PATHWAYS ORGANI…SCHUYLKILL CONNECTS — $10,000 · Community ImprovementSCHUYLKILL CONNECTSBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASKFORCE INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASK…CENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARY — $12,500 · OtherCENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARYCommunity Choice — $12,500 · OtherCommunity ChoiceRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCY — $12,500 · OtherRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCYFriends of McAllister Park — $12,500 · OtherFriends of McAllister ParkTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance — $12,500 · OtherTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba…St Josephs Historic Foundation — $12,500 · OtherSt Josephs Historic FoundationTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 · OtherTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INCFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle Program Inc — $12,500 · OtherFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle P…BIKE CLEVELAND — $12,500 · OtherBIKE CLEVELANDREV BIRMINGHAM INC — $12,500 · OtherREV BIRMINGHAM INCBELLEFONTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDC — $12,500 · OtherTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDCUnited Way of Merced County — $12,500 · OtherUnited Way of Merced CountyGREENFIELD WALKING GROUP — $12,500 · OtherGREENFIELD WALKING GROUP+4 more — $20,000 · Other+4 moreIMAGINE BLACK FUTURES — $40,000 · Human ServicesIMAGINE BLACK F…SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — $12,500 · Human ServicesSALEM LEADERSHI…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF SHAWNEE OK — $12,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHR…HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC — $12,500 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESOURCE …Environmental Health Coalition — $12,500 · EnvironmentEnvironmenta…ECO ELP INC — $12,500 · EnvironmentECO ELP INCThe Elizabeth River Project — $12,500 · EnvironmentThe Elizabet…CAPITAL ROOTS INC — $12,500 · EnvironmentCAPITAL ROOT…TAOS LAND TRUST — $12,500 · EnvironmentTAOS LAND TR…HEALTH BY DESIGN INC — $12,500 · HealthHEALTH BY DE…KAHOOMIKI — $12,500 · HealthKAHOOMIKITHRIVE ALLEN COUNTY INC — $12,500 · HealthTHRIVE ALLEN…CAN DO HOUSTON — $12,500 · HealthCAN DO HOUST…SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $12,500 · HealthSKY LAKES ME…YOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $12,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC — $12,500 · Housing & ShelterSCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterVerde Inc — $32,500 · Employment
Community Improvement$120,000Other$192,500Human Services$77,500Environment$62,500Health$62,500Housing & Shelter$35,000Employment$32,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetIMAGINE BLACK FUTURES — $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetVerde Inc — $32,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING STREETS ALLIANCE — $12,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSPARK — $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle Program Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC — $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFuture City Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF SHAWNEE OK — $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDC — $12,500 over 1y, 42% of budgetCommunity Choice — $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCORPORATION TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Merced County — $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition — $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCY — $12,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetHEALTH BY DESIGN INC — $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOPAL — $12,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBIKE CLEVELAND — $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKAHOOMIKI — $12,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetECO ELP INC — $12,500 over 1y, 38% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project — $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTAOS LAND TRUST — $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHRIVE ALLEN COUNTY INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAN DO HOUSTON — $12,500 over 1y, 15% of budgetSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance — $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENFIELD WALKING GROUP — $12,500 over 1y, 45% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREV BIRMINGHAM INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCHUYLKILL CONNECTS — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASKFORCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBELLEFONTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetBOULDER PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNFRIA-WSERC CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AARPWells Fargo FoundationAmerican Heart Associ…PatagoniaorgThe Oregon Community …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Amalgamated Charitabl…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
AARPDC26.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AARP · Wells Fargo Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Oregon Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Safe Routes to School National funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa Inc — 37% of income from government
  • The Community Builders Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Verde Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Salem Leadership Foundation — 3% of income from government
  • Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
16report 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

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $59k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines