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Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation at a glance

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Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$225k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$416kHealth$330kPublic Safety & Disaster$175kArts & Culture$155kRecreation & Sports$85kHousing & Shelter$60kFood & Nutrition$50kHuman Services$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY$100,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$50,000
NPR FOUNDATION$25,000
PBS FOUNDATION$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CORE: $30k → 14%YWCA USA INC: $10k → 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

VT
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 7 repeat orgs$301k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$1.1M
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+40%

Still filing today

86%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • WR
    WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $366k · revenue -5%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $330k · revenue +40%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $175k · revenue -40%

Funded once

  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +138%
  • P
    PBS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • C
    CORE
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
Women's World Banking Inc

The mission of women's world banking is to expand the economicassets, participation and power of low-income women and theirhouseholds by helping them access financial services, knowledge andmarkets. for more information, see schedule o.

International
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Core. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $366,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCYENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $330,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATI…NPR: $55,000 · OtherNPRPBS: $50,000 · OtherPBSNPR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherNPR FOUNDATIONGREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25,000 · OtherGREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT …BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $20,000 · OtherBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION …WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPBS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherPBS FOUNDATIONHabitat for Humanity of NC Inc: $25,000 · OtherHabitat for Humanity of…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIE…THE MALALA FUND: $20,500 · OtherTHE MALALA FUNDWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $175,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL …FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCORE: $30,000 · Human ServicesYWCA USA INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Environment$416,000Health$330,000Other$286,000International$175,000Recreation & Sports$75,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Human Services$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $366,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $330,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of NC Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $20,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

The Bank of America C…
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC10.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sara & Damon Gadd Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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