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Summer Fund II at a glance

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Summer Fund II

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$216kPhilanthropy$75kCommunity Improvement$50kEducation$43kPublic Benefit$38kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$13kInternational$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS$30,000
BEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE$20,000
CROSSROADS FUND$12,500
ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN$10,000
THE NEW PRESS$10,000
COLOR OF CHANGE EDUCATION FUND$10,000
MADRE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
CO
KY
TN
DC
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$227k · 8 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$227k
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • CF
    CROSSROADS FUND INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +167%
  • CO
    COLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +62%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $23k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • Solidaire Network Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -24%
  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -33%
  • WS
    WESTERN STATES CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -39%
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
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
2
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
3
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc

We are activists and grant-makers working in solidarity with individuals and organizations promoting human rights in their communities. by investing in those on the frontlines of human rights struggles, we help build stronger, more…

International
4
Girls for Gender Equity Inc

Girls for gender equity (gge) works intergenerationally, through a black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and…

Crime & Legal
5
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
6
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
7
New Jersey Policy Perspective

New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) is a nonpartisan think tank that drives policy change to advance economic, social, and racial justice through evidence-based, independent research, analysis, and strategic communications.

Arts & Culture
8
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
9
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
10
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
11
Women First Inc

Women first invests in grassroots initiatives driven by women and girls in developing economies that sustainably advance their lives.

International
12
Womens Foreign Policy Group Inc

Founded in 1995 wfpg works to expand the foreign policy dialogue across policital divides and generations and to support women at every stake of their careers. as champions of womens leadership we are proud of our role in expanding the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ms Foundation for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for South Orange Public Library. 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 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $60,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGH…COLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 · Civil RightsCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION F…PREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $12,500 · Civil RightsPREGNANCY JUSTICE INCMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INCFair Elections Center: $7,500 · Civil RightsFair Elections CenterSTATE VOICES: $5,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON MALE SUPREMACISM: $5,000 · Civil RightsCROSSROADS FUND INC: $49,500 · OtherCROSSROADS FUND INCNORTH STAR FUND INC: $45,000 · OtherNORTH STAR FUND INCWESTERN STATES CENTER: $15,000 · OtherWESTERN STATES CENTERHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER…POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $8,477 · Other+8 more: $34,262 · Other+8 moreSolidaire Network Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropySolidaire Netw…BEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBEND THE ARC -…Groundswell Fund: $12,500 · PhilanthropyGroundswell Fu…FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $22,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW PRESS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAPPALSHOP INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureT'RUAH: $20,000 · InternationalMADRE INC: $12,000 · InternationalWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $20,000 · EducationWomens Funding Network: $10,531 · EducationROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Civil Rights$130,000Other$162,239Philanthropy$62,500Arts & Culture$35,000International$32,000Education$30,531Human Services$25,000

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 budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC: $49,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSolidaire Network Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SOUTH ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $22,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetT'RUAH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWESTERN STATES CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGroundswell Fund: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMADRE INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Funding Network: $10,531 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEW PRESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $8,477 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFair Elections Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForward Together: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTE RUN LEAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTATE VOICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON MALE SUPREMACISM: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALSHOP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FEMINIST PRESS INC: $1,762 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Ford FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…The William & Flora H…Amalgamated Charitabl…WK Kellogg FoundationThe Overbrook Foundat…Wellspring Philanthro…Tides FoundationHarnisch Family Found…Novo FoundationFoundation to Promote…John D and Catherine …
The Ford FoundationNY20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Overbrook Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Harnisch Family Foundation · Novo Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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 Summer Fund II funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summer Fund II. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Summer Fund II?

    Find your warmest path to Summer Fund II 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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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