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Spring Meadow 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.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$317kEducation$30kYouth Development$11kCrime & Legal$7kAnimals$7kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$1,200
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE$50,726
THE PARKSBERG POINT$10,010
HEADSTRONG FOUNDATION$10,000
MALVERN PREPATORY SCHOOL$5,675
Individual grant recipient$3,000
NATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASSOCIATIONS INC$1,200
CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES$1,036
CHRIST IN THE CITY$1,034
DO GOOD FOUNDATION$842
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$105
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES$105
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.

US giving: 87% of grant dollars ($343k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 13% that went abroad ($51k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $212) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $106 → 6%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $106 → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
DE
TN
DC
GA

Beyond the US: 13% of all-years giving ($51k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$51k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$295k · 11 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
24

Total granted

$295k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+10%

Still filing today

91%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HF
    HEADSTRONG FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $213k · revenue +125%
  • MP
    MALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    5× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +79%
  • P
    PACT
    3× · 2019–2024 · $7k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +116%
  • MF
    Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
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
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
4
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
5
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
6
Pediatric Physician Services Inc

The corporation is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, and to provide healthcare services of pediatric specialty physicians and other personnel to the patients of johns hopkins all children's hospital and…

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7
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
8
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

The parker institute for cancer immunotherapy's (pici) mission is to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases.

Health
9
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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10
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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11
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
12
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Horse Power for Life. 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

28 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. 28 of the 42 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)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $213,070 · HealthHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION+6 more: $7,505 · HealthTHE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE: $50,726 · OtherTHE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCG…Horse Power for Life: $32,430 · OtherHorse Power for LifeMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $5,250 · OtherMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $5,000 · Other+21 more: $21,188 · Other+21 moreMALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $17,623 · EducationFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,400 · Education+1 more: $643 · EducationTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $10,010 · Youth DevelopmentCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $7,036 · Civil RightsPACT: $7,000 · AnimalsTHE PHOENIXVILLE JAYCEES FOUNDATION: $3,867 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $510 · Philanthropy+1 more: $103 · Philanthropy
Health$220,575Other$114,594Education$29,666Youth Development$10,010Civil Rights$7,036Animals$7,000Philanthropy$4,480

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 budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $213,070 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHorse Power for Life: $32,430 over 7y, 30% of budgetMALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $17,623 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $10,010 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $7,036 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPACT: $7,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASS: $4,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHOENIXVILLE JAYCEES FOUNDATION: $3,867 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJEFFERSON HEALTH CORPORATION F/K/A ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist in the City: $2,034 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAM TALIAFERRO FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,212 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $643 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $50 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Philadelphia FoundationPA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%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
    4get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Spring Meadow Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Spring Meadow 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 42 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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