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Square Table 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.

$165k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$154kInternational$144kEnvironment$132kArts & Culture$101kFood & Nutrition$37kCivil Rights$36kAnimals$36kPhilanthropy$31kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOMADIC GUARDIANS FOUNDATION$25,000
LENAPE CENTER$20,000
READING AND WRITING VENTURES$20,000
BHUTAN FOUNDATION$12,000
WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION$10,000
CHASE EMERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY$7,000
MAYAN EDUCATION AND SUPPORT ALLIANCE$6,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$5,000
DETENTION WATCH NETWORK$5,000
JUSTICE IN MOTION$5,000
TSECHEN KUNCHAB LING$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$5,000
FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS$5,000
TAILS OF TWO CITIES SANCTUARY$5,000
NORTH EAST COMMUNITY CENTER INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SAFE FUTURES: $6k → 9%DETENTION WATCH NETWORK: $5k → 14%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

ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
CO
NM
TN
DC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$630k · 18 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$630k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+7%

Still filing today

83%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalFood & NutritionEducationEnvironmentAnimalsArts & 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

  • NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $61k · revenue +120%
  • CA
    CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +25%
  • TB
    The Bhutan Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $39k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +23%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • CC
    CULTIVATING COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · 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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
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
5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
9
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
10
Global Greengrants Fund

Global greengrants fund seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants. we support change from the ground up by channeling donations to local projects and grassroots campaigns for environmental justice around…

Environment
11
Namati Inc

Namati, inc. (namati) is dedicated to putting the law in people's hands. we strive to build a just world, in which every one of us can take part in the decisions and demand accountability from the institutions that affect our lives.…

Crime & Legal
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ben & Jerry's Foundation 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

46 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. 46 of the 52 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)
46/46
Grantees still filing
25/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

READING AND WRITING VENTURES: $132,300 · OtherREADING AND WRITING VENTURESThe Bhutan Foundation: $38,500 · OtherThe Bhutan FoundationCHASE EMERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $14,000 · OtherVida Joven Foundation: $10,800 · OtherINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES: $10,500 · OtherGUATEMALA HOUSING ALLIANCE: $16,045 · Other+22 more: $83,545 · Other+22 moreNOMADIC GUARDIANS FOUNDATION: $126,000 · AnimalsNOMADIC GUARDIANS FOU…ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $15,500 · AnimalsELEPHANT HAVENS WILDL…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 · AnimalsCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $40,000 · InternationalCENTRAL ASIA INS…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,250 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FR…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,050 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KI…PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INC: $5,000 · InternationalTibet Fund Inc: $4,000 · International+4 more: $9,545 · International+4 moreNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $61,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK FOUNDA…LENAPE CENTER LTD: $40,000 · Arts & CultureLENAPE CENTER L…JUSTICE IN MOTION INC: $35,000 · Crime & LegalNIJC NFP: $5,000 · Crime & LegalWORLDWOMENWORK: $30,000 · PhilanthropyFeeding America: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCULTIVATING COMMUNITY: $5,500 · Food & NutritionRACHEL'S TABLE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$305,690Animals$146,500International$109,845Arts & Culture$101,000Crime & Legal$40,000Philanthropy$30,000Food & Nutrition$29,000

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 budgetNOMADIC GUARDIANS FOUNDATION: $126,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $61,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLENAPE CENTER LTD: $40,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $38,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJUSTICE IN MOTION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLDWOMENWORK: $30,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUATEMALA HOUSING ALLIANCE: $16,045 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVida Joven Foundation: $10,800 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCULTIVATING COMMUNITY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSafe Futures Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNIJC NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRACHEL'S TABLE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACUMEN FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH BOTANICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTibet Fund Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $3,045 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSBY FUND FOR HAITIAN EDUC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NATHANIEL WITHERELL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEMENT SCHOOL INC: $545 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.

Russell Colgate Fund …Tides FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…Rsf Social Finance IncJewish Communal FundBny Mellon Charitable…Silicon Valley Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…The Ford FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…National Philanthropi…The Chicago Community…
Russell Colgate Fund IncDE15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Russell Colgate Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Safe Futures Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • Rachel's Table of Western Massachusetts Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
9report 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 Square Table Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Square Table 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 52 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home