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Technovation

Empower girls and families to identify community problems and create tech and engineering solutions that develop their leadership and creative problem-solving skills.

$398k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$90kYouth Development$60kArts & Culture$10kEmployment$7kHuman Services$6k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $5,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $398,444 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $392,694 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$5,750
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEM EDUCATION AND INNOVATION CENTER$5,750
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GATEWAY REGION YMCA: $6k → 21%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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MI
MA
OH
CA
MO
VA
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AL
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FL

Grants abroad, by region: $286k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions, $281k to organizations and $5k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$88k · 31% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT

South America$79k · 28% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT · METLIFE

North America (Canada and Mexico)$58k · 20% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT

Central America and the Caribbean$40k · 14% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT

Sub-Saharan Africa$10k · 3% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT

East Asia and the Pacific$6k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINI GRANT

Russia and Neighboring States$5k · 2% · 1 person

Stated purpose: MINI 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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its 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.

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Camp Fire Inland Southern California

To connect young people to the outdoors, to others and to themselves.

Youth Development
2
Camp Fire Central Texas

Camp Fire Central Texas builds caring, confident youth and future leaders through hands-on science, outdoor experiences, and service to the community.

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3
Camp Fire Central Oregon

Young people want to shape the world. camp fire central oregon (cfco) provides them the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. in camp fire, it begins now. light the fire within!

Youth Development
4
American Youthworks

American youthworks (ayw) annually provides 400+ young adults with training and resources to build careers and strengthen their communities through education, paid career training, and national service. ayw programs prepare participants…

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Camp Fire Samish

Build caring, confident youth and future leaders.

Youth Development
6
Adventure West Council Boy Scouts of America

The mission of the adventure west council, boy scouts of america, is to instill honor, integrity, and leadership in youth by engaging youth and families through fun, quality programs, outdoor experiences, and service to community.

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7
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley

To inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as caring, productive, and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
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Camp Fire Minnesota

With nature as our catalyst, we energize youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
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Agriculteral Extension Camps Inc

4-h camp ohio is a year round resident camp specializing in youth education. the camp serves 13 counties of 4-h groups & 1 state leadership camp. school & outdoor ed groups are the mainstay of the business from march through may & sept…

Youth Development
10
Camp Fire Southeast Michigan

Building caring and confident youth and future leaders

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Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford Cty

Youth development organization carried out via after school programs, summer day camps, and sports programs

Youth Development
12
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc

To ensure that all children and youth, especially those who need us most, are offered opportunities to realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens of a richly diverse world.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Fire Inland Northwest; the most unlike its peers is App Inventor 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY YEAR INC: $30,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $12,000 · OtherCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWESTCAMP FIRE GULF WIND INC: $12,000 · OtherCAMP FIRE GULF WIND INCOHIO AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK: $12,000 · OtherOHIO AFTERSCHOOL NETWORKHarrison County Library System: $12,000 · OtherHarrison County Library SystemALABAMA KIDS CODE: $10,000 · OtherALABAMA KIDS CODEDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT: $8,000 · OtherDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICTPTSA MICHIGAN CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: $8,000 · OtherPTSA MICHIGAN CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTSAlameda County Board of Supervisors: $6,000 · OtherSTEM EDUCATION AND INNOVATION CENTER: $5,750 · OtherCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE SNOHO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERCED COUNTY: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CL…App Inventor Foundation: $10,000 · EducationInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $7,000 · EmploymentGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Human Services
Other$115,750Youth Development$24,000Education$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Employment$7,000Human Services$6,000

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 budgetCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERCED COUNTY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP FIRE GULF WIND INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetApp Inventor Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $6,000 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 Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Technovation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Technovation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Technovation?

Find your warmest path to Technovation 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 16 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 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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