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Temper of the Times Foundation Inc at a glance

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Temper of the Times Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$344kAnimals$44kEducation$43kCivil Rights$7kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$2kReligion$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$100
Median grant
12
States reached
$686k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE$15,000
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,500
WYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION$6,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY DBA AUDUBON FLORIDA$3,500
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY BLOCK ISLAND$1,000
FRIENDS OF VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK (VINP)$1,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$500
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU)$500
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$100
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS)$100
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$100
HUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER$100
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GRAND CANYON TRUST: $7k → 16%INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK: $5k → 8%WHITEBARK PINE ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION: $13k → 9%BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE: $5k → 16%TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $10k → 8%RAPTORS ARE THE SOLUTION: $5k → 10%OTSEGO COUNTY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 13%THE CHECKERSPOT FOUNDATION: $5k → 23%SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: $10k → 14%REEF RELIEF INC: $5k → 13%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY DBA AUDUBON FLORIDA: $4k → 15%RESOURCE MEDIA: $5k → 8%WILLAMETTE PARTNERSHIP: $7k → 12%CONNECTICUT FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: $5k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $8k → 7%WILDLANDS NETWORK: $5k → 8%BEARS EARS PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 23%GEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 13%RE SOURCES: $5k → 12%EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL: $15k → 7%ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $11k → 10%COOK INLETKEEPER: $14k → 11%WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $9k → 17%WOODLANDS CONSERVANCY: $7k → 16%NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES: $9k → 7%MARINE MAMMALS OF MAINE: $6k → 9%GREAT BURN CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $7k → 9%TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $5k → 8%RAPTORS ARE THE SOLUTION: $3k → 10%SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION: $5k → 14%BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $6k → 7%GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: $15k → 8%EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL: $14k → 7%COOK INLETKEEPER: $10k → 11%WYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $6k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA: $30k → 9%AMERICAN FORESTS: $5k → 14%BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $5k → 7%EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL: $12k → 7%COOK INLETKEEPER: $5k → 11%BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $5k → 7%EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL: $10k → 7%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $10k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4k → 7%EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL: $10k → 7%ISLAND PRESS: $4k → 14%BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $4k → 7%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3k → 7%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

AK
ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
NY
MA
OR
WY
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
FL
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 13 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
37

Total granted

$179k
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
+62%

Still filing today

62%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TS
    The Society for Ecological Restoration Inc
    2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +384%
  • CF
    CLARK FORK COALITION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $8k · revenue +3%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • WP
    WHITEBARK PINE ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -30%
  • AC
    ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +147%
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.

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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
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
3
Idaho Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

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4
Rainforest Trust

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

International
5
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
6
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
7
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
8
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
9
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
10
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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11
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

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

Animals
12
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is New York Public Radio. 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

51 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. 51 of the 70 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
36/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Eyak Preservation Council dba Cultural Defense Fund: $61,000 · EnvironmentEyak Preservation Council dba Cultural Defense FundCOOK INLETKEEPER: $29,000 · EnvironmentCOOK INLETKEEPERBLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $21,000 · EnvironmentBLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INCThe Society for Ecological Restoration Inc: $15,010 · EnvironmentGLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: $15,000 · EnvironmentTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $15,000 · EnvironmentWHITEBARK PINE ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION: $13,425 · EnvironmentALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $11,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK INC: $10,500 · Environment+19 more: $92,650 · Environment+19 moreUNIVERSITY OF MONTANA: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MONTANATHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $16,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSURFRIDER FOUNDATION DELAWARE CHAPTER AND PLASTIC FREE DELAWARE: $8,110 · OtherSURFRIDER FOUNDATION DELAWA…RAPTORS ARE THE SOLUTION: $7,674 · OtherRAPTORS ARE THE SOLUTIONFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA: $7,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESAGREAT BURN CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $6,800 · OtherGREAT BURN CONSERVATION ALL…LOBO COALITION: $6,500 · OtherLOBO COALITIONTHE CHECKERSPOT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherHIGHSTEAD: $5,000 · Other+18 more: $13,900 · Other+18 moreCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $10,000 · AnimalsWYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $5,000 · AnimalsGrand Canyon Wolf Recovery Proj Inc: $4,990 · Animals+1 more: $100 · AnimalsMarine Mammals of Maine: $6,132 · Arts & CultureWild Earth Society Incorporated: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBLOCK ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureCornell University: $10,000 · EducationWOODLANDS CONSERVANCY: $7,300 · Recreation & SportsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $100 · International
Environment$283,585Other$114,984Animals$36,090Arts & Culture$13,232Education$10,000Recreation & Sports$7,300International$1,600

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 budgetEyak Preservation Council dba Cultural Defense Fund: $61,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCOOK INLETKEEPER: $29,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society for Ecological Restoration Inc: $15,010 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWHITEBARK PINE ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATION: $13,425 over 1y, 14% of budgetALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $11,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLARK FORK COALITION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOODLANDS CONSERVANCY: $7,300 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $7,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Mammals of Maine: $6,132 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReef Relief Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRE SOURCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWild Earth Society Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCE MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Forests: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOTSEGO COUNTY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGrand Canyon Wolf Recovery Proj Inc: $4,990 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSELWAY-BITTERROOT FOUNDATION INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREFLECTION RIDING ARBORETUM AND NATURE CENTER: $1,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERSEDGE WEST: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Care Center Of St John Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET RESCUE INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY D FUND INC: $25 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.

PatagoniaorgResources Legacy FundWilburforce FoundationNational Fish and Wil…The Nature ConservancyMwc Foundation Inc #0…The New-Land Foundati…The Wilderness SocietyThe Bullitt FoundationClif Family FoundationThe Pew Charitable Tr…Harder Foundation
PatagoniaorgCA40.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Resources Legacy Fund · Wilburforce Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 · The New-Land Foundation Inc · The Wilderness Society · The Bullitt Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Harder 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 Temper of the Times Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Temper of the Times Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Willamette Partnership: 76% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report 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.
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How do I get to Temper of the Times Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Temper of the Times Foundation Inc 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 70 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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