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The Cricket Island Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
71
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.4MCivil Rights$1.3MEnvironment$941kFood & Nutrition$580kHuman Services$494kCrime & Legal$417kEducation$344kOther$0
02FY2024 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $160k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $365k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GROW DAT YOUTH FARM$85,000
RETHINK$65,000
YOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE$60,000
FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF LOUISIANA'S INCARCERATED CHILDREN$55,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY INC FBO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT FUND$50,000
BEND THE ARC FBO FCYO$50,000
MOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT FBO YOUTH ART AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT PROJECT$45,000
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK FBO BIRMINGHAM BLACK REPERTORY THEATRE COLLE$45,000
NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL$45,000
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION FBO SAN FRANCISCO RISING$45,000
A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION FBO CTBBSU$45,000
PODER IN ACTION INC$45,000
HANA CENTER$45,000
CONNECTICUT STUDENTS FOR A DREAM$45,000
GENTE ORGANIZADA$45,000
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 (FY19–24, $871k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COLEMAN ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $45k → 10%COLEMAN ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $45k → 10%COLEMAN ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $30k → 10%COLEMAN ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $10k → 10%COLEMAN ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $2k → 10%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $45k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $45k → 16%NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $45k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $45k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $30k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $45k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $30k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $45k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $30k → 28%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $23k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $25k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $25k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $25k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $25k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $12k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $19k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $19k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $12k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $8k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $10k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $8k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $8k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $8k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $8k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $8k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $5k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $5k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $5k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $5k → 28%HANA CENTER: $45k → 14%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $3k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $4k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $3k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $3k → 28%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $3k → 17%NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $1k → 17%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $3k → 28%HANA CENTER: $20k → 14%MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER): $3k → 28%HANA CENTER: $8k → 14%HANA CENTER: $5k → 14%HANA CENTER: $3k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 51 repeat orgs$585k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
26

Total granted

$8.9M
$372k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+4%

Still filing today

59%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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

  • GD
    GROW DAT YOUTH FARM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $580k · revenue +35%
  • KR
    KIDS RETHINK NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $458k · revenue +48%
  • FA
    FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDREN
    6× · 2019–2024 · $408k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • BP
    BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY FBO LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS PROJECT
    one grant, 2019 · $135k
  • NV
    NEW VENTURE FUND FBO COMMUNITY FOR JUST SCHOOLS FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • AB
    A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION FBO CT BLACK & BROWN STUDENT UNION
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
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
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
Youth Represent Inc

Youth represent uses legal services, policy advocacy, peer education, and other tools to build power and opportunity for black, latine, and other youth of color who the criminal legal system and other systems of oppression harm the most.…

Crime & Legal
4
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
5
New Progressive Network

Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon

Civil Rights
6
Girls for Gender Equity Inc

Girls for gender equity (gge) works intergenerationally, through a black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and…

Crime & Legal
7
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
8
Youth Activism Project

The Youth Activism Project teaches teens movement-building skills to make policy impact at all levels of government. We envision a world in which youth activism is the norm, not the exception. We know that even though many young people are…

Youth Development
9
Communities Rise

Communities Rise fosters movements to build power in communities impacted by systemic oppression. To create an equitable system, we pursue cross-sector collaboration, and provide capacity building and legal services for community…

Crime & Legal
10
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
11
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services
12
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Nuleadership On Urban Solutions Inc; the most unlike its peers is New York Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 86 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/51
Grantees still filing
33/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: $514,600 · OtherYOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICEBEND THE ARC FBO FCYO: $380,500 · OtherBEND THE ARC FBO FCYONORTHWEST BRONX COMM AND CLERGY COAL: $343,150 · OtherNORTHWEST BRONX COMM AND CLERGY COALSOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS FBO BREAKOUT: $224,400 · OtherROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $222,000 · OtherFIERCE: $188,400 · OtherNEO PHILANTHROPY INC FBO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT FUND: $180,000 · OtherFAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDREN: $408,266 · OtherFAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDRENPuentes New Orleans Incorporated: $193,500 · Other+52 more: $2,478,717 · Other+52 moreDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $403,400 · Community ImprovementDRUM Desis R…Southside Together Organizing For Power: $286,605 · Community ImprovementSouthside To…COMMUNITIES UNITED: $195,400 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES …INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK: $163,400 · Community ImprovementINNER-CITY M…+1 more: $500 · Community ImprovementKIDS RETHINK NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS: $457,700 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS RETHIN…YOUTH UNITED FOR CHANGE: $447,400 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH UNITE…Youth Rise Texas Inc: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Rise …NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $352,900 · Human ServicesNEW YORK S…Mekong Inc: $204,400 · Human ServicesMekong IncColeman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth: $131,500 · Human ServicesColeman Ch…ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMER…THE HANA CENTER: $81,000 · Human ServicesTHE HANA C…+3 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesGROW DAT YOUTH FARM: $580,213 · Food & NutritionCHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL: $165,169 · EducationNOLLIE JENKINS FAMILY CENTER INCORPORATED: $145,000 · EducationGENTE ORGANIZADA: $90,000 · EducationFUTURE FOCUSED EDUCATION: $60,000 · EducationTHE SEMILLA PROJECT: $30,000 · EducationCommittee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc: $304,723 · Civil RightsUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $145,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $3,000 · Civil Rights
Other$5,133,533Community Improvement$1,049,305Youth Development$995,100Human Services$870,800Food & Nutrition$580,213Education$490,169Civil Rights$452,723

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGROW DAT YOUTH FARM: $580,213 over 6y, 12% of budgetKIDS RETHINK NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS: $457,700 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetYOUTH UNITED FOR CHANGE: $447,400 over 6y, 15% of budgetFAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDREN: $408,266 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $403,400 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetNEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $352,900 over 6y, 13% of budgetCommittee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc: $304,723 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetSouthside Together Organizing For Power: $286,605 over 6y, 23% of budgetROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $222,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetMekong Inc: $204,400 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES UNITED: $195,400 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetPuentes New Orleans Incorporated: $193,500 over 5y, 55% of budgetFIERCE: $188,400 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetLittle Village Environmental Justice Org: $166,900 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL: $165,169 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK: $163,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $145,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNOLLIE JENKINS FAMILY CENTER INCORPORATED: $145,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAsian Pacific Environmental Network: $145,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPoder in Action: $145,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetColeman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth: $131,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetGLOBAL ACTION PROJECT INC: $130,650 over 2y, 14% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $90,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetYouth Rise Texas Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetGENTE ORGANIZADA: $90,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HANA CENTER: $81,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFUTURE FOCUSED EDUCATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $45,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SEMILLA PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $5,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRANTMAKERS FOR EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS: $4,390 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOW PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJOLT INITIATIVE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood Funders Group: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEAK GRANTMAKING INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center For Nuleadership On Urban Solutions Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRVC SEATTLE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds GROW DAT YOUTH FARM ↗
  • Who funds KIDS RETHINK NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH UNITED FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc ↗
  • Who funds Southside Together Organizing For Power ↗
  • Who funds ROCKAWAY YOUTH TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Mekong Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES UNITED ↗
  • Who funds Puentes New Orleans Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds FIERCE ↗
  • Who funds Little Village Environmental Justice Org ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NOLLIE JENKINS FAMILY CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Asian Pacific Environmental Network ↗
  • Who funds Poder in Action ↗
  • Who funds Coleman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL ACTION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC ↗
  • Who funds Youth Rise Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds GENTE ORGANIZADA ↗

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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundTides FoundationThe Edward W Hazen Fo…NEO Philanthropy IncSurdna Foundation IncBorealis PhilanthropyThe Ford FoundationFoundation to Promote…Marguerite Casey Foun…New York FoundationWK Kellogg Foundation
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC45× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · The Edward W Hazen Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · The Ford Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Marguerite Casey Foundation · New York Foundation · WK Kellogg 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 Cricket Island Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cricket Island Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Asian American Resource Workshop Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–60%
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

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How do I get to The Cricket Island Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cricket Island 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 86 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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