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· Private foundation

Surdna Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$57M
Granted FY2025still arriving
397
Grants FY2025still arriving
36
States reached
$4.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$74MPhilanthropy$64MCivil Rights$61MArts & Culture$59MHuman Services$39MEducation$19MEnvironment$18MCrime & Legal$15MOther$0
02FY2025 · 397 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k71 grants · $205k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k212 grants · $25M
  • $250k+58 grants · $30M
$90,000
Median grant
36
States reached
$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL$4,082,500
JOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC$4,022,500
NEW VENTURE FUND$959,000
NDN COLLECTIVE$775,000
NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP$750,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$750,000
LIVING CITIES$665,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$625,000
OTV OPEN TELEVISION$605,000
EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$575,000
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER$500,000
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK$492,596
MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRODUCTION$475,000
ALTERNATE ROOTS INC$475,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURES$475,000
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 (FY17–25, $12.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY VALUES AT WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $400k → 17%Puente Human Rights Movement: $90k → 11%Family Values at Work A Multi-State Consortium: $400k → 17%Family Values at Work A Multi-State Consortium: $350k → 17%MinKwon Center for Community Action: $100k → 13%Family Values at Work A Multi-State Consortium: $200k → 17%Family Values at Work A Multi-State Consortium: $200k → 17%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES: $300k → 23%Family Values at Work A Multi-State Consortium: $200k → 17%Transforming Power Fund: $480k → 21%Voice of Calvary Ministries: $300k → 23%Voice of Calvary Ministries: $275k → 23%The Village of Arts and Humanities: $300k → 22%Transforming Power Fund: $475k → 21%GOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION: $96k → 14%repower Fund: $250k → 11%THE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $275k → 22%Possibility Labs: $750k → 10%The Village of Arts and Humanities: $260k → 22%The Village of Arts and Humanities: $225k → 22%The Village of Arts and Humanities: $200k → 22%Institute for Nonprofit Practice: $435k → 16%TRANSLASH MEDIA INC: $260k → 20%TransLash Media Inc: $150k → 20%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $207k → 16%Groundswell Community Mural Project: $100k → 20%Community Arts Stabilization Trust: $100k → 10%Common Market Philadelphia Inc: $250k → 22%Common Market Philadelphia Inc: $150k → 22%Community Arts Stabilization Trust: $100k → 10%Common Market Philadelphia Inc: $150k → 22%Community Arts Stabilization Trust: $100k → 10%Tides Center: $379k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $340k → 10%Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Edu: $125k → 14%National Partnership for New Americans: $150k → 14%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $150k → 14%Creative Capital Foundation: $400k → 17%Creative Capital Foundation: $400k → 17%Creative Capital Foundation: $400k → 17%The New York Women's Foundation: $275k → 17%The New York Women's Foundation: $150k → 17%The New York Women's Foundation: $150k → 17%The New York Women's Foundation: $110k → 17%The New York Women's Foundation: $100k → 17%Neighborhood Associates: $100k → 14%Asian American Federation Inc: $200k → 17%Asian American Federation: $90k → 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

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HI
OK
LA
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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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$334M · 652 repeat orgs$42M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

652 repeat relationships: 281 still active in FY2025, 371 since wound down; 93 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

652
544

Total granted

$334M
$37M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+11%

Still filing today

81%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.9M 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • JD
    JULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +5%
  • JE
    JOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +40%
  • NDN COLLECTIVE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $5.1M · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CC
    Common Counsel Foundation-Neighborhood Fndrs Group
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M
  • A5
    Accelerate 500-Black Gravity
    one grant, 2023 · $1.4M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
5
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
6
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
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
9
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
10
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
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is Leeway Foundation. 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

989 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. 989 of the 1,340 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.

35
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
252
Early backer (in before they grew)
960/989
Grantees still filing
638/989
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC: $15,921,150 · OtherJULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL INCJOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC: $15,855,207 · OtherJOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC+93 more: $111,959,397 · Other+93 moreCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $5,179,595 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSEL FOUN…NDN COLLECTIVE INC: $5,060,000 · Community ImprovementNDN COLLECTIVE INCRACE FORWARD: $3,985,100 · Community ImprovementRACE FORWARDPOLICYLINK: $3,823,750 · Community ImprovementPOLICYLINKMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $2,632,000 · Community ImprovementPOWERSWITCH ACTION: $2,525,000 · Community ImprovementCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,950,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY LIFT CORP: $1,947,600 · Community ImprovementICAFUND: $1,805,000 · Community Improvement+22 more: $22,091,900 · Community Improvement+22 moreALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $3,599,154 · Arts & CultureALLIED MEDIA…Alternate RootsInc: $3,020,000 · Arts & CultureAlternate Ro…Center for Cultural Innovation: $2,980,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for C…NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC: $2,837,596 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PER…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $2,835,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASS…Threewalls: $2,830,000 · Arts & CultureThreewallsOTV Open Television Inc: $2,330,000 · Arts & CultureOTV Open Tel…EFFORTS OF GRACE INC: $2,035,000 · Arts & CultureEFFORTS OF G…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,550,652 · Arts & CultureSouthwest Folklife Alliance Inc: $1,350,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureBLACKSTAR PROJECTS INC: $1,125,500 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $5,925,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $10,451,445 · EnvironmentNEW VENTUR…HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $3,330,500 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDER…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $2,265,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND…Solutions Project Inc: $1,352,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE INC: $1,250,000 · EnvironmentAsian Pacific Environmental Network: $1,150,000 · EnvironmentSMART GROWTH AMERICA: $1,120,000 · EnvironmentTHE FUNDERS NETWORK INC: $970,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $950,000 · EnvironmentUS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: $948,061 · Environment+5 more: $3,481,938 · Environment+5 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $4,195,500 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELL…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,587,850 · PhilanthropyAmalgamat…EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,123,000 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY …THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER: $1,963,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTE…THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $1,602,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREAT…Groundswell Fund: $1,353,750 · PhilanthropyGroundswe…GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIP: $1,275,000 · PhilanthropySolidaire Network Inc: $1,093,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $1,030,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $880,950 · Philanthropy+8 more: $5,276,800 · Philanthropy+8 moreTIDES CENTER: $1,863,800 · Human ServicesFAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $1,800,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $1,335,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,015,550 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMING POWER FUND: $955,000 · Human ServicesVOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES: $937,400 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABS: $750,005 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE ATLANTA INC: $650,750 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $642,000 · Human ServicesCOMMON MARKET PHILADELPHIA INC: $550,000 · Human ServicesRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $3,077,000 · Civil RightsGRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE: $2,227,000 · Civil RightsCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $1,275,625 · Civil RightsONE FAIR WAGE INC: $825,000 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $776,500 · Civil RightsFIRELIGHT MEDIA INC: $705,000 · Civil RightsAction Center on Race & the Economy Institute: $677,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL YOUTH JUSTICE NETWORK: $665,150 · Civil RightsPerception Institute Inc: $612,500 · Civil RightsAI FOR THE PEOPLE INC: $600,000 · Civil Rights
Other$143,735,754Community Improvement$50,999,945Arts & Culture$33,617,902Environment$27,268,944Philanthropy$25,381,350Human Services$11,749,505Civil Rights$11,440,775

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC: $15,921,150 over 9y, 11% of budgetJOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC: $15,855,207 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $10,451,445 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $5,179,595 over 7y, 19% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $5,060,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $4,195,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetRACE FORWARD: $3,985,100 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $3,823,750 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetNeighborhood Funders Group: $3,822,000 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $3,599,154 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,587,850 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $3,330,500 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,123,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $3,077,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetAlternate RootsInc: $3,020,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetCenter for Cultural Innovation: $2,980,000 over 9y, 31% of budgetPROJECT SOUTH INC: $2,902,500 over 8y, 20% of budgetNATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC: $2,837,596 over 8y, 34% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $2,835,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetThreewalls: $2,830,000 over 7y, 71% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $2,659,500 over 7y, 18% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $2,632,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetPOWERSWITCH ACTION: $2,525,000 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetJobs with Justice Education Fund: $2,410,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetOTV Open Television Inc: $2,330,000 over 6y, 69% of budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $2,300,862 over 9y, 10% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $2,277,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $2,265,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE: $2,227,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $2,200,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $2,180,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetNext City Inc: $2,151,542 over 9y, 46% of budgetJOBS TO MOVE AMERICA: $2,052,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetEFFORTS OF GRACE INC: $2,035,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER: $1,963,500 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,950,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIFT CORP: $1,947,600 over 7y, 48% of budgetISAIAH: $1,929,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY: $1,892,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetGOOD JOBS FIRST: $1,875,000 over 8y, 75% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $1,863,800 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,855,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMetropolitan Economic Development Association: $1,825,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetDIDTECHNOLOGY INC: $1,815,000 over 9y, 36% of budgetICAFUND: $1,805,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetFAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $1,800,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,700,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSweet Water Foundation Inc: $1,685,000 over 7y, 44% 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.

  • Who funds JULIA DYCKMAN ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN E ANDRUS MEMORIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NDN COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds RACE FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood Funders Group ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Alternate RootsInc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Cultural Innovation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE ↗
  • Who funds Threewalls ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds POWERSWITCH ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Jobs with Justice Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds OTV Open Television Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH STAR FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
  • Who funds GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Next City Inc ↗
  • Who funds JOBS TO MOVE AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds EFFORTS OF GRACE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LIFT CORP ↗
  • Who funds ISAIAH ↗

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.

Freedom Together Foun…The Nathan Cummings F…The Kresge FoundationThe Ford FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Marguerite Casey Foun…Foundation to Promote…Wellspring Philanthro…The Scherman Foundati…Proteus Fund IncMertz Gilmore Foundat…Annie E Casey Foundat…
Freedom Together FoundationNY106.2× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Freedom Together Foundation · The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc · The Kresge Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The Scherman Foundation Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · Mertz Gilmore Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

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

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no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Ironbound Community Corporation: 100% of income from government
  • New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: 39% of income from government
  • New Growth Innovation Network: 13% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Verde Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
55report 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
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.

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 1340 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
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