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The Berlind Foundation at a glance

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The Berlind 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.

$438k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$173k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$210kAnimals$123kRecreation & Sports$42kFood & Nutrition$22kMembership Benefit$15kHousing & Shelter$12kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $173k
$4,880
Median grant
4
States reached
$998k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND$173,372
MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM$45,850
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$15,000
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$14,500
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$10,065
WNET THIRTEEN$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH MUSEUM$10,000
THE FRICK COLLECTION$10,000
TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION$10,000
NEW YORK CITY CENTER$9,129
VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (9 DONEES)$8,584
SCHWARZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$7,500
CULTURAL HERITAGE FINANCE ALLIANCE$7,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK$7,000
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISUAL ARTS LIBRARY: $10k → 9%HERITAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION: $10k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MCCARTER THEATRE CENTER: $35k → 11%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $23k → 11%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $18k → 11%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $18k → 11%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $16k → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $46k → 17%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $42k → 17%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $36k → 17%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $21k → 17%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $14k → 17%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $12k → 17%MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $12k → 17%ROUNDABOUT THEATRE: $25k → 17%THE FRICK COLLECTION: $10k → 17%PERRY STREET THEATRE: $20k → 17%TWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER: $15k → 17%ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $11k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER: $11k → 17%WNET: $11k → 17%NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $15k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $19k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $18k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (15 DONEES): $15k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $13k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (12 DONEES): $13k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $12k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (12 DONEES): $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE: $20k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER: $20k → 17%VARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $19k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $15k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER: $12k → 17%CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 22% of The Berlind Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Berlind Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.4% 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 46 repeat orgs$244k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
29

Total granted

$2.4M
$201k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

74%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WM
    WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $797k · revenue +135%
  • TP
    The Pierpont Morgan Library
    9× · 2017–2025 · $192k · revenue +109%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    7× · 2017–2025 · $174k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +27%
  • CR
    CSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +27%
  • PS
    PERRY STREET THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
6
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
7
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
8
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
9
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
10
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
11
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
12
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Penta Medical Recycling Corp. 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

59 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. 59 of the 88 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
34/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $796,988 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INCLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $115,350 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INCMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $96,289 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $87,888 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INCTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Arts & Culture564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $236,274 · Arts & Culture+19 moreThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $192,190 · EducationThe Pierpont Morga…The Trustees of Princeton University: $173,880 · EducationThe Trustees of Pr…THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $43,500 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL …+3 more: $19,880 · EducationVARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (11 DONEES): $57,365 · OtherVARIOUS - 1500 OR LE…LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE: $37,685 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER THEAT…AMERICAN FRIEDS OF BRITISH MUSEUM: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIEDS OF B…CSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $25,000 · OtherVARIOUS - 1500 OR LESS (12 DONEES): $23,650 · OtherThe Frick Collection: $20,966 · OtherPERRY STREET THEATRE: $20,000 · OtherTHIRTEEN - WNET: $19,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $20,500 · Other+36 more: $221,175 · Other+36 moreTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $72,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $44,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $13,700 · Animals+1 more: $2,500 · AnimalsTURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (US): $40,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $12,000 · InternationalPENTA MEDICAL RECYCLING CORP: $5,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalCARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $16,000 · Recreation & SportsCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $25,787 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$1,462,789Education$429,450Other$480,341Animals$132,700International$79,500Recreation & Sports$46,000Food & Nutrition$25,787

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $796,988 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $192,190 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $173,880 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $115,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $96,289 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $87,888 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $72,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budget564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $44,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $44,088 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $43,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (US): $40,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWNET: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $25,787 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCULTURAL HERITAGE FINANCE ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $20,966 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $17,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $14,735 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $13,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $11,966 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL INC: $7,350 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $4,880 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $4,690 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DOMAINE DE CHANTILLY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PRESENTS INC: $3,900 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH POCONO C A R E: $2,500 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetTHE BATTERY CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (US) ↗
  • Who funds MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds CARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds CSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds CULTURAL HERITAGE FINANCE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Frick Collection ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds VISUAL ART LIBRARY INC ↗

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 Jm Kaplan Fund IncThe New York Communit…The Bessemer Giving F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Ag FoundationNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Communal FundRenaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Jm Kaplan Fund IncNY17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ag Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Berlind Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Berlind Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Berlind Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Berlind 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 88 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
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 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