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Surgo Foundation US

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.

$8.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2.5M
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 2025.

Health$13MInternational$7.5MCivil Rights$2.5MFood & Nutrition$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.0MEducation$931kSocial Science$750kScience & Tech$698kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $290k
  • $250k+12 grants · $8.4M
$300,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$122M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNICEF USA - CHILD NUTRITION FUND$2,500,000
JUST RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$1,230,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$1,000,000
WORLD HEALTH FOUNDATION$500,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$500,000
WOMEN DONORS NETWORK$500,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$500,000
UNICEF USA$500,000
NPT TRANSATLANTIC LIMITED$328,076
MAYDAY MEDICINES INC DBA MAYDAY HEALTH$300,000
GLOBALGIVING$265,000
WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE$255,000
EDUCATE GIRLS$140,000
TRUST FOR GOVERNORS ISLAND (NOLAN PARK PROJECT)$50,000
BP EYE FOUNDATION$50,000
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 (FY21–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%LUNCHBOX FUND: $25k → 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
NV
IA
CA
CO
VA
MD
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 48% of Surgo Foundation US’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 25% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 20%.

Surgo Foundation USlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 17% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 8 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
35

Total granted

$4.2M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+4%

Still filing today

75%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +53%
  • The Rand Corporation
    3× · 2020–2023 · $750k · revenue +21%
  • RR
    RENEGADE RELIEF FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $165k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • TK
    THE KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
  • FF
    FOUNDERS FOR GOOD LTD
    one grant, 2020 · $648k
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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
2
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
3
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
4
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
8
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Just Rights for Children International Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 59 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)
39/39
Grantees still filing
18/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SURGO VENTURES INC: $11,128,242 · OtherSURGO VENTURES INCUNICEF USA - CHILD NUTRITION FUND: $2,500,000 · OtherUNICEF USA - CHILD NUTRITION FUNDNPT TRANSATLANTIC LIMITED: $1,025,076 · OtherNPT TRANSATLANTIC LIMITEDFOUNDERS FOR GOOD LTD: $647,950 · Other+32 more: $2,501,877 · Other+32 moreGlobal Impact: $3,000,000 · InternationalGlobal ImpactTHE KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000,000 · InternationalTHE KAILASH SATYARTHI…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FO…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $265,000 · International+1 more: $140,000 · InternationalJust Rights for Children International Inc: $1,230,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · Civil RightsPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $976,133 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH INC: $395,200 · EducationBellingcat US Inc: $318,129 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · Education+2 more: $35,000 · EducationWORLD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · HealthMAYDAY MEDICINES INC: $350,000 · HealthIra Sohn Conference Foundation Inc: $175,000 · Health+3 more: $31,500 · HealthWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $1,000,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyThe Rand Corporation: $750,000 · Public Benefit
Other$17,803,145International$5,905,000Civil Rights$2,230,000Education$1,974,462Health$1,056,500Philanthropy$1,010,000Public Benefit$750,000

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 budgetSURGO VENTURES INC: $11,128,242 over 3y, 80% of budgetGlobal Impact: $3,000,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $976,133 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $750,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH INC: $395,200 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMAYDAY MEDICINES INC: $350,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetBellingcat US Inc: $318,129 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIra Sohn Conference Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetRENEGADE RELIEF FOUNDATION INC: $165,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetEDUCATE GIRLS: $140,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $92,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $29,746 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LUNCHBOX FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDAIR UNITED STATES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMake the Road New York: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpening Act Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreshgrass Public Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRARE VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $1,500 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…Jewish Communal FundThe Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving 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 Surgo Foundation US funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Surgo Foundation US. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to Surgo Foundation US?

Find your warmest path to Surgo Foundation US 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 59 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
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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