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The Cottage Bridge 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.

$584k
Granted FY2025still arriving
60
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% 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$783kFood & Nutrition$508kCivil Rights$504kHuman Services$456kHealth$371kEducation$362kHousing & Shelter$283kCommunity Improvement$195kOther$0
02FY2025 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $142k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $392k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,181
Median grant
11
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN$50,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$30,707
YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK$21,800
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT (FKA RIP MEDICAL DEBT)$21,126
VAIL HEALTH FOUNDATION--GENERAL$20,000
JT DORSEY FOUNDATION$20,000
PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTINGWESA-FM & WESA$20,000
PUT PEOPLE FIRST PA$20,000
MOVEMENT OF IMMIGRANT LEADERS IN PA (MILPA)$15,822
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK$15,544
JEWISH VOICES FOR PEACE$15,488
CITY HARVEST$15,000
ARDMORE FOOD PANTRY$15,000
PROJECT HOME$10,498
WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$10,439
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, $796k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IT TAKES PHILLY INC: $10k → 7%CASA SAN JOSE: $15k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $40k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $16k → 15%IT TAKES PHILLY INC: $10k → 7%CASA SAN JOSE: $10k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $15k → 15%CASA SAN JOSE: $10k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $20k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $15k → 15%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $20k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $15k → 15%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $20k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $13k → 15%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $15k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 15%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $22k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $10k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $10k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $10k → 17%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
MD
DC
AL
TX
FL

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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.0M · 89 repeat orgs$393k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

89 repeat relationships — 48 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

89
27

Total granted

$4.0M
$264k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+6%

Still filing today

66%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationInternationalArts & CultureOther

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

  • PC
    PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $325k · revenue +41%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $193k · revenue +91%
  • TS
    THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $185k · revenue +285%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERISTY OF THE POOR-JUSTICE & EDUCATION FUND LLC FISCAL SPONSOR
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
  • AN
    ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue -99%
  • TJ
    THE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -47%

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
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
2
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
3
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
4
West Side Center for Community Life

To pursue anti-hunger initiatives through the west side campaign against hunger (wscah) program whose mission is to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all new yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive…

Youth Development
5
Brooklyn Community Foundation

Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
7
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
8
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
9
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
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
11
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
12
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Graduate Philadelphia and the most unlike its peers is The Jt Dorsey Foundation. 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 backsteady#8#6#15#7#14#11#13#3
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 32 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr13%11%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr17%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%5%<5yr13%6%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr17%8%20–35yr15%40%35–55yr17%21%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/94
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,068

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

89 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. 89 of the 132 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
64/89
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS — $185,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTSPUT PEOPLE FIRST PA — $100,000 · OtherWESA FM PUBLIC RADIO — $75,000 · OtherWYEP FM PUBLIC RADIO — $75,000 · OtherTHE JT DORSEY FOUNDATION — $95,000 · Other+85 more — $1,647,909 · Other+85 moreWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $125,439 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND S…MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $115,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUT…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $113,044 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKP…PROJECT HOME — $80,498 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOMELIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINIST…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK — $56,800 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIA…CHOOSE LOVE INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesCHOOSE LOVE INCJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY — $45,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S PLACE PIT…CASA SAN JOSE — $35,000 · Human Services+7 more — $100,170 · Human Services+7 morePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST — $325,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — $110,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …+2 more — $12,510 · Arts & CultureGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $192,500 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC — $85,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $37,500 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $22,000 · Food & Nutrition+3 more — $12,500 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $155,707 · InternationalA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE — $45,488 · InternationalTHE MOONCATCHER PROJECT INC — $21,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $20,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $10,000 · InternationalHAMPSHIRE COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $175,000 · EducationUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $40,000 · EducationSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC — $25,000 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY — $17,500 · Education+2 more — $12,681 · EducationEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $95,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $90,000 · Crime & LegalBROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC — $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,177,909Human Services$795,951Arts & Culture$447,510Food & Nutrition$349,500International$272,195Education$270,181Crime & Legal$195,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST — $325,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $192,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS — $185,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetHAMPSHIRE COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $175,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $155,707 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $125,439 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $115,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $113,044 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — $110,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JT DORSEY FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $95,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME — $80,498 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $75,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK — $56,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS — $50,102 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetThe Merchants Fund of Philadelphia — $50,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetProject 8p Foundation — $50,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHOOSE LOVE INC — $50,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC — $45,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE — $45,488 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY — $45,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC — $40,113 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc — $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERS OF SARATOGA INC — $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $37,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA — $35,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE — $35,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL — $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES — $25,002 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PROJECT — $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLIFEWORKS COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC — $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCONSTRUCTION JUNCTION INC — $23,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $22,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOONCATCHER PROJECT INC — $21,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetVail Valley Charitable Fund Inc — $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND — $20,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWe Can't Have That Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 13% 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 PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS ↗
  • Who funds HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JT DORSEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS ↗
  • Who funds The Merchants Fund of Philadelphia ↗
  • Who funds Project 8p Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHOOSE LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds A JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERS OF SARATOGA INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds 412 FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds CASA SAN JOSE ↗

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.

Hillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsStaunton Farm Foundat…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The United Way of Sou…The Adirondack Trust …James Frances McCandl…Opportunity FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…
Hillman Family FoundationsPA31.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund · James Frances McCandless Trust · Opportunity Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn 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 Cottage Bridge 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 · 20%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Cottage Bridge Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Cottage Bridge 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 132 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.

    Source object · view filing

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