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Shoppinggives Foundation

Shoppinggives & the SHOPPINGGIVES FOUNDATION have partnered together to create a movement and drive massive impact for the causes and organizations that support our communities and people worldwide through integrated technologies.

$3.1M
Granted FY2022
16
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$2.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

84% of Shoppinggives Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’20
13
’21
15
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2022.

Philanthropy$4.7MEnvironment$294kHealth$246kHuman Services$93kCivil Rights$68kAnimals$66kFood & Nutrition$33kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $3,028,505, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,090,417 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $61,912 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $346k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.6M
$17,148
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PAYPAL GIVING FUND$2,556,452
WELNESS IN THE SCHOOL INC$141,667
BOTTOME LINC INC$85,971
SURFRIDER$62,500
BLACK TRANS NATION$55,411
NALIPOP$30,443
THE FARMLINK PROJECT$20,097
NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$17,148
LOVELAND FOUNDATION$9,239
REGENERATIVE ORGANIC STANDARD$9,039
SHARE WINTER FOUNDATION$8,011
WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATI$7,659
GLOBAL GREEN$7,341
SPACE FOR GRANTS$6,283
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY$6,010
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 (FY21–22, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%THE FARMLINK PROJECT: $20k → 17%MIAMI DIAPER BANK: $7k → 15%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

WA
ID
NY
MA
OH
RI
CA
AR
DC
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$597k · 7 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$597k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+18%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
EnvironmentAnimalsHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $240k · revenue +7%
  • WI
    WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $215k · revenue +544%
  • NI
    NALIPOP INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $55k · revenue +7% · 98% of their budget

Funded once

  • RF
    RIVERSTYX FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -52%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +65%
  • HF
    HUNGER FREE AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -15%
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
3
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
4
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
5
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
6
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
7
The Global FoodBanking Network

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

International
8
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
9
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
10
Zero Foodprint

Zero foodprint is mobilizing the food world around agricultural climate solutions. our work aims to create a circular economy that incentivizes practices that actively draw down carbon dioxide and offer our best hope of addressing the…

Food & Nutrition
11
Better Food Foundation Inc

To promote dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally-sustainable food system.

Food & Nutrition
12
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief Us; the most unlike its peers is Nalipop Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $4,690,412 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND+1 more: $9,550 · PhilanthropyTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $240,275 · EnvironmentGlobal Green USA: $32,744 · Environment+2 more: $12,893 · EnvironmentWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $215,207 · Health+1 more: $6,010 · HealthBOTTOME LINC INC: $85,971 · OtherBlack Trans Nation LLC: $55,411 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC: $25,012 · OtherHUNGER FREE AMERICA INC: $12,881 · OtherRIVERSTYX FOUNDATION: $15,209 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $14,240 · OtherShare Winter Foundation: $14,026 · OtherRegenerative Organic Alliance: $9,039 · OtherNALIPOP INC: $54,868 · AnimalsSpace for Giants USA Inc: $6,283 · AnimalsAnimal Equality: $6,205 · AnimalsNEAR AND FAR ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,416 · AnimalsFARMLINK PROJECT: $20,097 · Human ServicesMIAMI DIAPER BANK INC: $7,434 · Human ServicesTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $14,764 · Civil RightsNorthwest Arkansas Equality Inc: $7,028 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$4,699,962Environment$285,912Health$221,217Other$231,789Animals$72,772Human Services$27,531Civil Rights$21,792

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $4,690,412 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $240,275 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $215,207 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetNALIPOP INC: $54,868 over 2y, 98% of budgetGlobal Green USA: $32,744 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $20,097 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSTYX FOUNDATION: $15,209 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $14,764 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $14,240 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShare Winter Foundation: $14,026 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHUNGER FREE AMERICA INC: $12,881 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $9,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegenerative Organic Alliance: $9,039 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $7,659 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIAMI DIAPER BANK INC: $7,434 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNorthwest Arkansas Equality Inc: $7,028 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSpace for Giants USA Inc: $6,283 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Equality: $6,205 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY: $6,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEAR AND FAR ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,416 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetGreat Barrier Reef Foundation USA Inc: $5,234 over 1y, 0.4% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pledgeling FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Pledgeling FoundationCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pledgeling Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Shoppinggives Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shoppinggives Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Shoppinggives Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Shoppinggives 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 24 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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