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Social Good Labs Incorporated

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$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$468k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Civil Rights$468kEducation$64kPhilanthropy$62kEnvironment$48kScience & Tech$44kHealth$10kFood & Nutrition$10kArts & Culture$500
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $544,063, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,012,588 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $468,525 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
  • $250k+1 grant · $468k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CAPACITY SHOP$468,063
GENESPACE NYC$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION$10,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$10,000
CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS$10,000
CELLSIUS COMMUNITY BIOLOGY LABORATORY$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$10,000
SOUNDBIO LAB$6,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: $6k → 15%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $10k → 8%REEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $10k → 10%THE CAPACITY SHOP: $468k → 10%WALTER MUNK FOUNDATION FOR THE OCEANS: $6k → 11%OPEN SOURCE COLLECTIVE: $7k → 14%MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF MAUI: $8k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%BIOTECH WITHOUT BORDERS: $9k → 13%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%GENESPACE NYC: $20k → 20%FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: $6k → 14%HAITI OCEAN PROJECT: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%SOUNDBIO LAB: $6k → 9%CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS: $10k → 9%NEW HAMPSHIRE THEATRE PROJECT: $500 → 5%COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATIONNETWORK FOR GOOD: $62k → 10%CELLSIUS COMMUNITY BIOLOGY LABORATORY: $10k → 10%OPEN EARTH FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE: $4k → 10%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

NH
WA
MI
NY
MA
CA
WV
AZ
DC
HI
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $152k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions, $15k to organizations and $137k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$51k · 34% · 1 grant · 9 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

East Asia and the Pacific$33k · 22% · 5 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

North America (Canada and Mexico)$21k · 14% · 1 grant · 2 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

South Asia$15k · 10% · 3 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

South America$14k · 9% · 2 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

Central America and the Caribbean$10k · 7% · 1 person

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

Sub-Saharan Africa$8k · 5% · 2 people

Stated purpose: FUND TOWARD SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its 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
Ocean Genome Atlas Project

The Ocean Genome Atlas Project OGAP aims to collect, classify, sequence and map the genomic information of organisms representing at least 80 of the extant marine species worldwide. Deploying a fleet of advanced but cost effective research…

Science & Tech
2
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
3
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
My Green Lab

My green lab's mission is to build a culture of sustainability in science to transform the industry into a global leader on environmental sustainability. through education, community engagement, and leading-edge certification programs, we…

Environment
8
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Ocean Alliance Project

Protecting and promoting the marine biodiversity of Hawai'i through coral restoration, ecological monitoring, regenerative tourism, and cultural integration

Science & Tech
11
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth's mission is to empower everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future.

Environment
12
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge

Oikonos studies and protects imperiled ecosystems by engaging diverse communities through innovative scientific and artistic collaborations.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; the most unlike its peers is Soundbio Lab. 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

20 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. 20 of the 23 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPACITY SHOP: $468,063 · Civil RightsCAPACITY SHOPNETWORK FOR GOOD: $62,031 · Public Safety & DisasterNETWORK F…GENSPACE NYC: $20,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMONTESSORI OF MAUI INC: $7,500 · EducationCornell University: $6,000 · EducationWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $10,000 · Science & TechBiotech Without Borders Inc: $9,000 · Science & TechOPEN EARTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Science & TechTHE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: $6,000 · Science & TechSOUNDBIO LAB: $6,000 · Science & TechHAITI OCEAN PROJECT INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentREEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentWALTER MUNK FOUNDATION FOR THE OCEANS: $6,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc: $4,000 · EnvironmentCIRCULAR AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS: $10,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $10,000 · OtherOPEN SOURCE COLLECTIVE: $7,000 · OtherFEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: $5,500 · Other+1 more: $500 · OtherCELSIUS INC: $10,000 · Social Science
Civil Rights$468,063Public Safety & Disaster$62,031Education$53,500Science & Tech$39,000Environment$30,000Other$43,000Social Science$10,000

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 budgetCAPACITY SHOP: $468,063 over 1y, 13% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $62,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENSPACE NYC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHAITI OCEAN PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCELSIUS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBiotech Without Borders Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOPEN EARTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONTESSORI OF MAUI INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN SOURCE COLLECTIVE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALTER MUNK FOUNDATION FOR THE OCEANS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: $6,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCornell University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUNDBIO LAB: $6,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetFEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE THEATRE PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE4.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Social Good Labs Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Social Good Labs Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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