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Shippy 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
86
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$87k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$8.1MYouth Development$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.2MArts & Culture$701kHealth$590kCommunity Improvement$485kPublic Benefit$450kHuman Services$348kOther$0
02FY2024 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $127k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $981k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $933k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN ASSEMBLY INC$87,086
STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC$81,300
TIDES FOUNDATION$65,000
THE EAGLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION$50,000
BOSTON DAY AND EVENING ACADEMY$50,000
THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC$50,000
BARD COLLEGE$50,000
CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER$50,000
CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$50,000
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$50,000
GIRLS EDUCATIONAL & MENTORING SERVICES INC$50,000
CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP$50,000
CBD NEW OPERATING$50,000
BOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION$50,000
NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $409k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ATTENTION INC: $10k → 12%ATTENTION INC: $5k → 12%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $5k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $5k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $5k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $25k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $2k → 8%HELPING OUR WOMEN: $2k → 8%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%THE LILY HOUSE: $2k → 8%THE LILY HOUSE: $2k → 8%THE LILY HOUSE: $2k → 8%THE LILY HOUSE: $2k → 8%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $3k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $2k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $2k → 14%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $25k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $25k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $25k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 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

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
CA
CO
MD
AZ
KS
SC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 123 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

123 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2024, 52 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
47

Total granted

$14M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+39%

Still filing today

83%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $339k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $750k · revenue +243%
  • TU
    THE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $658k · revenue +50%
  • SL
    STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $560k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • MICHIGAN VOICESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +65%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -25%
  • HR
    HEALTH RESEARCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $65k · revenue -31%
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
Boston Architectural College

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

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2
Manhattanville University

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

Education
3
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
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
6
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
7
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
8
Up Education Network

The principal intent of the organization is to conduct activities to advance education reform in public schools, including public charter schools. specifically, the organization will engage in activities to support and transform…

Education
9
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
10
Institute for Nonprofit Practice Inc

The institute for nonprofit practice's mission is to transform communities by equipping the most promising nonprofit leaders with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to make their organizations effective, innovative, and…

Human Services
11
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Oliver Scholars Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Rise. 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

152 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. 152 of the 188 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
151/152
Grantees still filing
101/152
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $750,000 · EducationNEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE IN…THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $510,000 · EducationTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC…BOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 · EducationBOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL FOU…SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $325,000 · EducationSAINT ANN'S SCHOOLTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $320,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INCMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $275,000 · EducationTHE WRITING REVOLUTION INC: $275,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $250,000 · EducationTHE CHICAGO DEBATE COMMISSION: $225,000 · EducationFenway High School Fund CO Fenway High School: $175,000 · Education+27 more: $1,651,000 · Education+27 moreTHE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC: $325,000 · OtherLEGAL OUTREACH INC: $305,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $275,000 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC: $335,000 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC+96 more: $4,946,877 · Other+96 moreBOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $360,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE URBAN DOVE INC: $280,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEACE FIRST INC: $274,000 · Youth DevelopmentONEGOAL: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentLADIES OF VIRTUE: $75,000 · Youth Development+6 more: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $560,095 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $110,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS IN NEED DISTRIBUTORS INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyPREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGive Black Alliance: $45,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $40,000 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $234,500 · Community ImprovementTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $110,000 · Community ImprovementSTREET LAB INC: $105,000 · Community ImprovementCYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBROOKLYN NAVY YARD DEVELOPMENT CORP: $100,000 · Community ImprovementNPOWER INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $35,000 · Community ImprovementTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $658,036 · International+11 more: $102,500 · InternationalBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 · Arts & CultureOpening Act Inc: $95,000 · Arts & CulturePRAIZE PRODUCTIONS INC NFP: $80,000 · Arts & CultureIMAGINATION THEATER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSouthern Smoke Foundation: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM INC: $23,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $64,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$5,166,000Other$6,186,877Youth Development$1,214,000Philanthropy$970,095Community Improvement$934,500International$760,536Arts & Culture$617,500

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 CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $750,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $658,036 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $560,095 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $510,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetBOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetBOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $360,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $335,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC: $325,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $325,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $320,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLEGAL OUTREACH INC: $305,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE URBAN DOVE INC: $280,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $275,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $275,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WRITING REVOLUTION INC: $275,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetPEACE FIRST INC: $274,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $245,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $234,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO DEBATE COMMISSION: $225,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO: $205,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $200,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetROW NEW YORK INC: $195,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $183,377 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFenway High School Fund CO Fenway High School: $175,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $160,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetGIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC: $150,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH HOME LIFECARE MANHATTAN: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $144,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetYouth Guidance: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC: $125,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetYOUTHBUILD BOSTON INC: $125,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNUYA INC: $110,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $105,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSTREET LAB INC: $105,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBROOKLYN NAVY YARD DEVELOPMENT CORP: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN VOICES: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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 CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN DOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WRITING REVOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO DEBATE COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE BOTTOM LINE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROW NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Fenway High School Fund CO Fenway High School ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH HOME LIFECARE MANHATTAN ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Youth Guidance ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHBUILD BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NUYA 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.

Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Liberty Mutual Founda…Eastern Bank Foundati…Pinkerton FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…William E Schrafft an…Fidelity FoundationBarr FoundationCummings Foundation G…Bushrod H Campbell & …Lily Auchincloss Foun…
Boston Foundation IncMA42.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Fidelity Foundation · Barr Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Tides for Reproductive Freedom Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Aids Support Group of Cape Cod Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Outer Cape Health Services Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Helping Our Women Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Lily House Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boston Debate League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Connections Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology: 5% of income from government
  • The Family Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Edvestors Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Provincetown Commons Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shippy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shippy 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 188 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home