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Spring Dell Foundation at a glance

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Spring Dell 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.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$48kCivil Rights$32kFood & Nutrition$21kHealth$16kAnimals$13kInternational$12kHuman Services$10kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$138k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA$10,000
TRANS YOUTH EQUALITY FOUNDATION$10,000
CONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATION$10,000
BLACK THUMB FARM$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE: $5k → 15%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ESSEX COUNTY: $4k → 10%SAUL SUPPORTERS: $5k → 22%FOUNDERS PLEDGE INC - CLIMATE CHANGE FUND: $13k → 10%BLACK THUMB FARM: $5k → 14%OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%NY IMMIGRANT FREEDOM FUND: $6k → 20%SUNRISE MOVEMENT: $8k → 14%BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE: $8k → 13%CONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NA'AH ILLAHEE FUND: $4k → 9%FEEDING AMERICA: $10k → 14%RESOLVE: $3k → 6%SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $13k → 8%NDN COLLECTIVE: $8k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION: $13k → 11%TRANS YOUTH EQUALITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%CDC FOUNDATION: $6k → 13%INTERNATIONAL NEIGHBORS: $8k → 8%UVA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $3k → 8%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

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DC
GA
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 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
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
2
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
3
Equality Now Inc

To achieve legal and systematic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.

International
4
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
5
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
6
Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Americans in Philanthropy advocates, educates, convenes and innovates to dramatically increase philanthropic investments in Native communities and transform the philanthropic sector's relationship with Indigenous communities.

Civil Rights
7
Women in Migration Network Inc

Women in Migration Network (WIMN), an international non-governmental organization, identifies and promotes human rights-based and feminist global migration policies. We lift up and support the experiences, voices and agency of all women in…

Civil Rights
8
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
9
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
10
Independent Women's Forum

Engage more individuals in the civic process, educate them about the impact of public policies on their lives and our economy, and build support for policies that empower individuals.

Civil Rights
11
Native American Rights Fund Inc

The native american rights fund holds governments accountable. we fight to protect native american rights, resources, and lifeways through litigation, legal advocacy, and legal expertise. as established by native american rights fund's…

Civil Rights
12
National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sistersong Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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

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 22 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
5/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $12,500 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSUNGAI WATCH: $12,500 · OtherSUNGAI WATCHFOUNDERS PLEDGE INC - CLIMATE CHANGE FUND: $12,500 · OtherFOUNDERS PLEDGE INC - CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDTRANS YOUTH EQUALITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTRANS YOUTH EQUALITY FOUNDATIONNATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPERATIVE: $7,500 · OtherNATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPER…SUNRISE MOVEMENT: $7,500 · OtherSUNRISE MOVEMENTNY IMMIGRANT FREEDOM FUND: $5,509 · OtherNY IMMIGRANT FREEDOM FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY ESSEX COUNTY: $4,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $5,509 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN…+4 more: $12,000 · Other+4 moreFeeding America: $15,509 · Food & NutritionFeeding Am…Conservation Lands Foundation: $10,000 · EnvironmentConservati…BLACK THUMB FARM: $5,000 · EnvironmentBLACK THUM…INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION: $12,500 · Crime & LegalAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $5,000 · InternationalNa'ah Illahee Fund: $4,000 · InternationalInternational Neighbors Inc: $7,500 · PhilanthropyNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $7,500 · Community Improvement
Other$94,518Food & Nutrition$15,509Environment$15,000Crime & Legal$12,500International$9,000Philanthropy$7,500Community Improvement$7,500

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 budgetFeeding America: $15,509 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Lands Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Neighbors Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPERATIVE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $5,509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK THUMB FARM: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESOLVE Incorporated: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTERSONG INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC11.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Spring Dell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spring Dell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Spring Dell Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Spring Dell 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 22 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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