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Special People in Need

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$325k
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$573kEducation$314kHuman Services$292kAnimals$175kArts & Culture$153kFood & Nutrition$134kHousing & Shelter$87kYouth Development$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION$7,000
CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS$6,500
CAN DO CANINES ASSISTANCE DOGS$6,500
PARAGON SERVICE DOGS$6,500
DISABLED PATRIOTS FUND$6,000
VARIETY (YTHE CHILDREN'S CHARITY)$6,000
CENTER FOR MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES$6,000
CATCHING THE DREAM$6,000
ROARING FORK YOUTH ORCHESTRA$6,000
KSDS ASSISTANCE DOG INC$5,000
PAWPADS$5,000
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE$5,000
KINGS AND PRIESTS MINISTRY$5,000
PREGANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC$5,000
WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER OF DILLON$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 (FY17–25, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEW HORIZONS DISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $5k → 14%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $4k → 17%CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS: $7k → 11%DOGS INC: $5k → 10%PAWS4LIBERTY: $5k → 11%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOG INC: $5k → 10%THE KIRSTIE ENNIS FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $5k → 11%MARKLUND: $4k → 7%CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS: $7k → 11%DOGS INC: $5k → 10%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOG INC: $5k → 10%ABILITY FOUND: $7k → 8%THE KIRSTIE ENNIS FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $4k → 11%CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS: $5k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $4k → 10%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%THE KIRSTIE ENNIS FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $5k → 8%SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $4k → 11%HELP CENTER: $7k → 10%CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS: $5k → 11%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $5k → 10%OPTIONS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $4k → 29%CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS: $4k → 11%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $5k → 10%ABILITY FOUND: $4k → 8%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $4k → 10%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $4k → 10%HELP CENTER: $5k → 10%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $4k → 10%BETHESDA CARES: $7k → 8%HELP CENTER: $5k → 10%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $4k → 10%BETHESDA CARES: $6k → 8%HELP CENTER: $5k → 10%BETHESDA CARES: $5k → 8%BETHESDA CARES: $5k → 8%HELP CENTER: $5k → 10%USA WARRIOR ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM: $4k → 8%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $6k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%IGNITE: $5k → 14%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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VT
NH
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MT
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IL
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MI
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OR
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IN
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RI
CA
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CO
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
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KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 112 repeat orgs$307k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

112 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2025, 51 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
73

Total granted

$1.9M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

62%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +53%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +66%
  • CD
    CAN DO CANINES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $39k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +10%
  • ED
    ENCORE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue +0%
  • BH
    BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +99%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Colorado Discover Ability

Provide adaptive sports for the disabled.

Recreation & Sports
2
Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc

"to heal with horses" by offering nationally accredited, affordable, horse-centered therapies and experiences that bring strength, independence, confidence and joy to central oregonians of all ages and abilities.

Health
3
Woodland Strides
Health
4
Accessible Alpine Adventure Tours
Health
5
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center

To change the lives of people with disabilities by promoting their physical, psychological and social well-being through equine-assisted activities.

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6
Turn Community Services Inc

TURN dreams into reality. We are dedicated to choice, quality and respect for people with disabilities and those who support them.

Human Services
7
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc

We improve quality of life through equine-based therapy to physically, mentally and socially/emotionally challenged individuals. Our unique program integrates academic, social and physical skills using the horse as a catalyst.

Health
8
Living Well Disability Services

Living Well Disability Services transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.

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9
Disability Rights Montana

Disability Rights Montana envisions a society where people with disabilities have equality of opportunity and are able to participate fully in community life by exercising choice and self-determination. Because of this vision, the mission…

Civil Rights
10
Limitless Disability Services Inc

To create an enviornment where special needs individuals have the opportunity to for independence and growth. This is done by providing special needs adults a day program that fosters a safe, loving and inclusive environment.

Human Services
11
United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton

To provide child and adult day services, vocational, therapy and support services for individuals with acquired or developmental disabilities or other special needs, and their families.

—
12
Leg Up Farm Inc

Leg up farm's pediatric services are unique in that leg up farm is the only facility in the country with the following services beneath one roof: physical, occupational, and speech therapy; mental health, equine-assisted, and nutrition…

Animals

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

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Cancer Support ServicesFood Banks and PantriesElementary Literacy TutoringLocal Food System Organizat…Women & Girls Leadership De…Domestic Violence ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsAnimal Rescue and ShelterSenior Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …Addiction Recovery ServicesCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Dance Arts OrganizationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Missionary Organi…Equine Therapy Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr16%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%47%35–55yr16%11%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% 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%3/141
the rest of the field
13%
240,393/1,819,424

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

132 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. 132 of the 203 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)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/132
Grantees still filing
86/132
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DISABLED PATRIOT FUND INC — $44,500 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $45,000 · Other+117 more — $1,182,711 · Other+117 moreABILITY FOUND CORPORATION — $33,500 · Human ServicesABILITY FOUND CO…HELP CENTER INC — $32,000 · Human ServicesHELP CENTER INCPARAGON SERVICE DOGS — $27,000 · Human ServicesPARAGON SERVICE …CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS INC — $26,500 · Human ServicesCANINE SUPPORT T…BETHESDA CARES INC — $26,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA CARES I…THE NIGHT MINISTRY — $24,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINIST…The Kirstie Ennis Foundation — $18,000 · Human ServicesThe Kirstie Enni…Tuesdays Child — $14,500 · Human ServicesSUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS — $14,500 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $13,500 · Human Services+24 more — $101,260 · Human Services+24 moreFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION — $37,500 · HealthFREE WHEELC…Pregnancy Resource Center Inc — $32,000 · HealthPregnancy R…RMH SERVICES — $28,000 · HealthRMH SERVICE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $20,000 · HealthST JUDE CHI…MOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY — $14,000 · HealthMOMENTUM WH…SUFFER OUT LOUD — $10,100 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC — $10,000 · HealthSMILING GOAT RANCH INC — $9,000 · HealthPAWsitive Recovery — $7,500 · Health+13 more — $47,410 · Health+13 moreCatching the Dream — $47,000 · EducationCatching …ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE — $35,500 · EducationALICE LLO…UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC — $31,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE — $25,500 · EducationSOUTHERN …CHESAPEAKE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC — $14,260 · EducationCHESAPEAK…COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $12,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY…ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $10,700 · EducationELIM CHRI…+2 more — $5,500 · EducationCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES — $42,500 · Arts & CultureStill Point Theatre Collective — $23,000 · Arts & CultureAXIS Dance Company — $7,000 · Arts & CultureTELLIN TALES THEATRE — $3,000 · Arts & CultureBORN DANCING INC — $3,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S TABLE INC — $30,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD CENTER INC — $29,000 · Food & NutritionUpRoot Colorado — $15,000 · Food & NutritionLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER — $18,500 · Recreation & SportsHORIZONS INC — $14,500 · Recreation & SportsSpace Coast Sled Hockey Inc — $8,000 · Recreation & SportsStephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP — $4,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsLIONS CAMP MERRICK INC — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS — $2,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $1,100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,272,211Human Services$330,760Health$215,510Education$181,460Arts & Culture$78,500Food & Nutrition$74,000Recreation & Sports$54,600

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCatching the Dream — $47,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED PATRIOT FUND INC — $44,500 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES — $42,500 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES — $38,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION — $37,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE — $35,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION — $33,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWOMENS RESOURCE CENTER — $32,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center Inc — $32,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetHELP CENTER INC — $32,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago — $31,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC — $31,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHAVEN — $30,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC — $29,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRMH SERVICES — $28,000 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH — $27,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPARAGON SERVICE DOGS — $27,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND SENSE — $26,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCANINE SUPPORT TEAMS INC — $26,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBETHESDA CARES INC — $26,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE — $25,500 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetProvidence St Mel School — $25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER — $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING — $24,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY — $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStill Point Theatre Collective — $23,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetDONKA INCORPORATED — $21,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMBLESIDE SCHOOL ROCKY MOUNTAINS — $19,200 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER — $18,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBERNIE'S BOOK BANK — $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kirstie Ennis Foundation — $18,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUpRoot Colorado — $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHORIZONS INC — $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTuesdays Child — $14,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS — $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC — $14,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC — $14,260 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY — $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIDE TO WALK INC — $13,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTOTALLY POSITIVE PRODUCTIONS — $13,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHROMOSOME 18 REGISTRY & RESEARCH SOCIETY — $12,000 over 4y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds Catching the Dream ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED PATRIOT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
  • Who funds ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RMH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH ↗
  • Who funds PARAGON SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND SENSE ↗
  • Who funds CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
  • Who funds LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds Still Point Theatre Collective ↗
  • Who funds DONKA INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Christopher Reeve Fou…George M Eisenberg Fo…Helen V Brach Foundat…Goldenberg Max Tw M G…Town Pump Charitable …Max & Victoria Dreyfu…The Service Club of C…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Stern Sidney Memorial…Jolley Family Foundat…The Chicago Community…Greater Gallatin Unit…
Christopher Reeve FoundationNJ21.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christopher Reeve Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Helen V Brach Foundation · Goldenberg Max Tw M G Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · The Service Club of Chicago · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw · Jolley Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Greater Gallatin United Way 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 Special People in Need 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 · 120%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Bethesda Cares Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Horizons Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Usa Warriors Ice Hockey Program Inc Usawihp — 37% of income from government
  • Center for Human Development Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Special Strides Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Western New England University — 1% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Theatre Adventure Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Special People in Need?

Find your warmest path to Special People in Need 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 203 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home