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The Ark Foundation

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.

$127k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$256kEnvironment$245kInternational$139kHuman Services$63kEducation$58kAnimals$52kCrime & Legal$46kCivil Rights$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$3,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$10,400
TARIRO$8,000
WILD EARTH GUARDIANS$7,000
WEEHAWKEN CREATIVE ARTS$6,400
ESPERANZA SHELTER$5,280
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS$5,280
IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER$5,280
PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS$5,280
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$5,280
SECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$5,000
EARTH JUSTICE$4,500
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM$4,000
GERARD'S HOUSE$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 10%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $5k → 12%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $5k → 14%BEST CHANCE: $5k → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 18%KINDRED SPIRIT: $2k → 16%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $3k → 12%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $5k → 14%BEST CHANCE: $4k → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 18%KINDRED SPIRIT: $750 → 16%CUPCAKE GIRLS: $2k → 12%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $3k → 12%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $4k → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 18%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $2k → 12%ALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $1k → 14%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $1k → 12%ALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $500 → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 18%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 18%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $4k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $3k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $3k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $3k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $3k → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
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CA
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MD
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DC
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$924k · 50 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +64% since the first grant, against +49% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
24

Total granted

$924k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+49%

Still filing today

82%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalEducationHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    Create Center for the Arts
    7× · 2017–2023 · $176k · revenue +181% · 35% of their budget
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +79%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $42k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • EV
    EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +36%
  • BS
    Bosque School
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +16%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +34%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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
3
Rainforest Trust

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

International
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
6
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
7
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
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
10
Bold Futures Nm

Bold futures nm leads policy change, research, place-based organizing, and culture shift by and for women and people of color in new mexico. bold futures nm centers the lived experiences and expertise of those most impacted by an issue,…

Human Services
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
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for the Rights of Abused Children and the most unlike its peers is Kindred Spirit. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPregnancy Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Independent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …Women & Girls Leadership De…Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity Food PantriesCommunity FoundationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity Arts Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/69
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,496

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 80 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/68
Grantees still filing
57/68
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Create Center for the Arts — $176,450 · OtherCreate Center for the ArtsWILDEARTH GUARDIANS — $69,000 · OtherWILDEARTH GUARDIANSAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $59,000 · OtherAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSTARIRO — $28,158 · OtherTARIROTHE ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE — $26,000 · OtherCONTIGO IMMIGRANT JUSTICE — $19,000 · Other+28 more — $144,019 · Other+28 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $42,250 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOUR…REUNITY RESOURCES — $35,750 · EnvironmentREUNITY RESOUR…NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC — $13,495 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWO…SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST — $12,500 · EnvironmentSANTA FE CONSE…EARTHJUSTICE — $9,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICETHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $9,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS…+2 more — $4,550 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $48,212 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…International Rescue Committee INC — $30,050 · InternationalInternational…HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL — $12,828 · InternationalHANDICAP INTE…Save The Children Federation Inc — $10,492 · InternationalSave The Chil…OXFAM-AMERICA INC — $6,916 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $6,815 · InternationalUNITED STATES…INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS — $5,000 · International+1 more — $500 · InternationalLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES — $18,158 · Human ServicesLAS CUMBR…GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP — $13,500 · Human ServicesGLOBAL PU…Partnership With Native Americans — $13,495 · Human ServicesPartnersh…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $11,812 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…BEST CHANCE — $8,215 · Human ServicesBEST CHAN…ALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $8,100 · Human ServicesALBUQUERQ…IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER — $5,280 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,333 · Human ServicesKINDRED SPIRIT — $3,000 · Human Services+1 more — $2,443 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $25,500 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife — $21,875 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY — $6,400 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO — $5,000 · AnimalsESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY — $3,500 · Animals+5 more — $3,750 · AnimalsTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC — $21,385 · EducationEFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC — $12,873 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $8,500 · EducationLittle Earth School Inc — $7,500 · EducationBosque School — $5,067 · EducationSUN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $2,500 · EducationGERARD'S HOUSE — $20,393 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA — $1,000 · HealthSANTA FE MOUNTAIN CENTER INC — $1,000 · Health
Other$521,627Environment$127,045International$120,813Human Services$88,336Animals$71,025Education$57,825Health$22,393

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCreate Center for the Arts — $176,450 over 7y, 35% of budgetWILDEARTH GUARDIANS — $69,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $59,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $48,212 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $42,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREUNITY RESOURCES — $35,750 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $30,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE — $26,000 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $25,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $21,875 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC — $21,385 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGERARD'S HOUSE — $20,393 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCONTIGO IMMIGRANT JUSTICE — $19,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES — $18,158 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP — $13,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC — $13,495 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership With Native Americans — $13,495 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC — $12,873 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL — $12,828 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST — $12,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $11,812 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE — $11,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $10,492 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $8,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetINTERFAITH COMMUNITY SHELTER GROUP INC — $8,215 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $8,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Earth School Inc — $7,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $6,916 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $6,815 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY — $6,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF TAOS — $6,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetBosque School — $5,067 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOREST STEWARDS GUILD — $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ELIZABETH SHELTER CORPORATION — $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO — $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,333 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOREST TRUST — $4,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY — $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cedars of Marin — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINDRED SPIRIT — $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLittle Globe Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $2,443 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransition Projects Inc — $2,443 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CUPCAKE GIRLS — $2,443 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Create Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds WILDEARTH GUARDIANS ↗
  • Who funds AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds REUNITY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GERARD'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CONTIGO IMMIGRANT JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Esperanza Shelter Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Partnership With Native Americans ↗
  • Who funds EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SHELTER GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST CHANCE ↗
  • Who funds ALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds Little Earth School Inc ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Santa Fe Community Fo…The Frost FoundationSt Vincent HospitalNancy Ann Mellen Foun…Anchorum St VincentNew Mexico Community …Lannan FoundationThornburg FoundationMarshall L and Perrin…Battelle Memorial Ins…Feinberg FoundationBrindle Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationNM51× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Frost Foundation · St Vincent Hospital · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · Anchorum St Vincent · New Mexico Community Foundation · Lannan Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Battelle Memorial Institute · Feinberg Foundation · Brindle Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Ark Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center — 23% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Ark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ark Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines