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· Private foundation

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$226M
Granted FY2023
58,994
Grants FY2023
54
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$350MEducation$238MHousing & Shelter$169MCommunity Improvement$160MHealth$129MArts & Culture$122MFood & Nutrition$113MPhilanthropy$111MOther$0
02FY2023 · 58994 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k55332 grants · $40M
  • $10k–50k2669 grants · $53M
  • $50k–250k860 grants · $78M
  • $250k+133 grants · $55M
$385
Median grant
54
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$2,500,000
ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,500,000
CLOSE UP FOUNDATION$1,715,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - GEORGIA$1,562,500
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION A$1,562,500
UNIDOSUS$1,425,000
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORA$1,300,000
ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC$1,250,000
FEEDING AMERICA$1,000,000
JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY INCORP$1,000,000
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC$1,000,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC$1,000,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$1,000,000
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCI$1,000,000
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 (FY17–23, $30.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $500k → 6%LOAVES & FISHES INC DBA LOAVES & F: $638k → 10%BELOVED COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPOR: $250k → 19%GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $250k → 6%LOAVES & FISHES INC DBA LOAVES & F: $300k → 10%CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA INC: $250k → 11%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $250k → 6%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $250k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $250k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UN TECHO PARA MI PAIS INC: $280k → 15%THE DISABILITY FUND INC: $250k → 6%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $250k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250k → 8%METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE: $1.3M → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250k → 8%HOUSING FORWARD: $250k → 14%BON SECOURS OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $250k → 6%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250k → 8%POSSIBILITY LABS: $250k → 10%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $300k → 17%BON SECOURS OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $250k → 19%GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSNS OF THE USA: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $850k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $350k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $268k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $700k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $500k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1.0M → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1.0M → 17%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $500k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1.0M → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $600k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $400k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $350k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $525k → 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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0B · 1847 repeat orgs$45M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

1847 repeat relationships: 1367 still active in FY2023, 480 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1847
67

Total granted

$1.0B
$29M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+43%

Still filing today

87%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $12M · revenue +48%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11M · revenue +46%
  • Feeding America
    7× · 2017–2023 · $10M · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • UC
    US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue -27%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUN
    one grant, 2021 · $2.0M
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC - GEOR
    one grant, 2022 · $1.6M
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
Coop Careers Inc

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

Education
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Fighting hunger, improving lives, strengthening communities.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc

Deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential.

Arts & Culture
4
Washington Area Community Investment

To increase equity and economic opportunity by investing knowledge, social, and financial capital in low- and moderate-income washington area entrepreneurs.

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5
One Community Health

To advance health and social justice for all members of our community.

—
6
Land Bank Twin Cities Inc

Land bank twin cities, inc. captures strategic real estate opportunities to benefit people with low to moderate incomes, prioritizing people of color and populations facing barriers.

Housing & Shelter
7
Community Housing Partnership

Providing affordable housing to underserved communities locally and around the world.

Housing & Shelter
8
Central Indiana Corporate

The central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is transforming our regional economy, bringing together the ceos of central indiana's largest and most civically engaged employers and university presidents to advance "big picture"…

Community Improvement
9
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region

Bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

Housing & Shelter
10
Opportunity Partners

Opportunity partners is a nonprofit organization that advances the quality of life for over 1,000 adults with disabilities each year through employment, residential and enrichment services designed to help people succeed. our…

Employment
11
Goodwill Industries of

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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12
Abilities Network Inc

To cultivate inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Autry Museum of the American West. 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

1702 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. 1702 of the 2,000 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)
427
Early backer (in before they grew)
1690/1702
Grantees still filing
1384/1702
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $56,308,301 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATIO…FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $32,479,809 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CARO…+15 more: $26,771,860 · Philanthropy+15 moreUNIDOSUS: $8,321,622 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc: $9,459,559 · OtherFeeding America: $10,254,928 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $9,161,676 · Other+96 more: $183,259,438 · Other+96 moreSpelman College: $7,124,337 · EducationSpelman Co…Cornell University: $5,263,194 · EducationCornell Un…MOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $5,041,744 · EducationMOREHOUSE …YEAR UP INC: $4,795,728 · EducationYEAR UP IN…US Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $3,000,000 · EducationUS Chamber…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $2,786,860 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,084,575 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,083,080 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,037,020 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,900,585 · EducationHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,821,451 · Education+11 more: $14,732,418 · Education+11 moreENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $7,023,400 · Community ImprovementENTERPRIS…LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $4,389,736 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INI…NPOWER INC: $3,654,054 · Community ImprovementNPOWER IN…HISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $2,942,762 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC …GROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $2,292,180 · Community ImprovementPROSPERITY NOW: $2,075,150 · Community ImprovementACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $2,017,500 · Community ImprovementNONPROFIT FINANCE FUND: $1,950,000 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $1,851,375 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: $1,750,000 · Community ImprovementPEOPLEFUND: $1,729,000 · Community ImprovementLATINO BUSINESS ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,627,000 · Community ImprovementINVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $1,623,864 · Community ImprovementCONNECT DETROIT: $1,575,000 · Community Improvement+6 more: $7,617,970 · Community Improvement+6 moreCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $6,965,978 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $6,509,871 · Arts & CultureWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $3,601,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,793,452 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $2,483,825 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $2,004,572 · Arts & CultureLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $1,630,600 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $12,449,206 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,516,376 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $7,053,927 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $3,366,444 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3,258,449 · Human ServicesHOUSING FORWARD: $1,890,090 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT COUNSELING INC: $1,400,000 · Human ServicesNourish Up: $1,398,815 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $1,352,621 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,285,935 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc: $1,205,255 · Human Services+2 more: $2,175,000 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,562,777 · InternationalWATERORG: $5,443,002 · InternationalThe Global FoodBanking Network: $4,173,012 · InternationalVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,498,150 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,930,651 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,664,421 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $1,576,751 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,541,827 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $1,501,949 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,419,744 · International
Philanthropy$115,559,970Other$220,457,223Education$52,670,992Community Improvement$45,743,991Arts & Culture$43,438,504Human Services$34,902,912International$34,312,284

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $56,308,301 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $32,479,809 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,562,777 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,516,376 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $10,254,928 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $9,459,559 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $9,161,676 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $8,321,622 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetSpelman College: $7,124,337 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $7,053,927 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $7,023,400 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $6,965,978 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $6,509,871 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWATERORG: $5,443,002 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $5,350,877 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $5,263,194 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,092,056 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $5,041,744 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,029,441 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $4,795,728 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $4,651,971 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $4,389,736 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $4,283,666 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $4,173,012 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $4,055,965 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,758,750 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNPOWER INC: $3,654,054 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $3,601,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,498,150 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $3,366,444 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3,258,449 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION: $3,150,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $3,139,860 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $3,000,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $2,984,291 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $2,942,762 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $2,832,478 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,793,452 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $2,786,860 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUS GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL INC: $2,673,025 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $2,546,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $2,500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $2,492,739 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $2,483,825 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,456,673 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,439,078 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $2,407,076 over 7y, 0.8% 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 CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIDOSUS ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CLOSE UP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds WATERORG ↗
  • Who funds MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Global FoodBanking Network ↗
  • Who funds NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds US Chamber of Commerce Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Merancas Foundation I…Charlotte Woman's Clu…Brighthouse Financial…Womens Impact FundThe Marc & Mattye Sil…Nucor Charitable Foun…The Gambrell Foundati…The Presbyterian Hosp…The Maryellen S Willi…Chichester Dupont Fou…Shearwater Foundation…Milton and Hattie Kut…
Merancas Foundation IncNC19.4× affinity120 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Merancas Foundation Inc · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Brighthouse Financial Foundation · Womens Impact Fund · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Nucor Charitable Foundation · The Gambrell Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Shearwater Foundation Inc · Milton and Hattie Kutz 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 The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Homefree Usa Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Delaware State University: 18% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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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Find your warmest path to The Bank of America Charitable 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 2000 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $216M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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