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The Cushman Foundation at a glance

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The Cushman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$593k
Granted FY2023
24
Grants FY2023
11
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$100kEducation$97kInternational$68kHealth$61kYouth Development$45kReligion$22kHuman Services$16kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $548,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $593,200 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k17 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FARA$400,000
All Flourish Inc.$40,000
Brennan Center for Justice$15,000
Partners in Health$10,000
Himilayan Cataract Project$10,000
College of the Holy Cross$10,000
St. Pius X$10,000
Fadica$8,750
Coalition for the Homeless,$5,000
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment$5,000
Check My Ads Institute$5,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund$5,000
Mission Santa Maria$5,000
Arise Foundation America Inc.$5,000
Catholic Charities -Diocese of Brooklyn$3,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$702k · 12 repeat orgs$303k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$702k
$213k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-1%

Still filing today

42%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23
InternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $71k · revenue +64%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    2× · 2019–2023 · $10k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CR
    CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • A
    ASHOKA
    one grant, 2019 · $23k · revenue -29%
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.

03Its 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
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
4
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
5
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
6
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
7
Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for global action (pga) is a non-partisan ngo network of legislators from all regions of the world acting in their individual capacity to advocate for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security;…

International
8
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
9
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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10
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth Development
11
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
12
Global Voice
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coalition for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 36 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FARA: $530,000 · OtherFARACATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $100,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESAll Flourish Inc.: $40,000 · Other+18 more: $119,600 · Other+18 moreWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $71,000 · EducationWILLIAM J B…TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $20,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF…MISSION SANTA MARIA: $5,000 · EducationCheck My Ads Institute: $5,000 · EducationASHOKA: $22,673 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $10,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,000 · InternationalARISE FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 · InternationalCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthUnbound: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalGRANTHAM FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$789,600Education$101,000International$47,673Health$40,000Human Services$12,000Crime & Legal$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $71,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASHOKA: $22,673 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION SANTA MARIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTHAM FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCheck My Ads Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARISE FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTERIDERS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,200 over 2y, 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Cushman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cushman 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 36 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 $543k 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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