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The Diken Foundation at a glance

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The Diken Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Health$46kHuman Services$39kReligion$34kEducation$12kPublic Benefit$3kPhilanthropy$3kRecreation & Sports$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$108k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLA'S ANGELS$9,200
NOTRE DAME OF MD UNIVERSITY$5,500
TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$4,000
ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$1,500
ADOPT-A-FAMILY$1,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$1,000
ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL$850
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BELLA'S ANGELS: $9k → 11%BELLA'S ANGELS: $9k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%BELLA'S ANGELS: $5k → 11%BELLA'S ANGELS: $4k → 11%BELLA'S ANGELS: $4k → 11%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

MN
PA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$140k · 12 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$140k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+49%

Still filing today

58%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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

  • BA
    BELLA'S ANGELS INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $31k · revenue +422%
  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    4× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +52%
  • TA
    TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $18k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • ST
    ST THOMAS GOSPEL CHOIR
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +67%
  • TM
    THE MAMA ADA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -37%
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
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
2
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
3
University of Maryland Obstetrical Andgynecological Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
5
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
Shock Trauma Associates Pa

Under the medical sevice plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical instruction…

Health
7
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
12
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Judicial Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
11/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $21,350 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INCST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,500 · OtherST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHTAPS: $8,000 · OtherTAPSST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $2,000 · OtherST THOMAS GOSPEL CHOIR: $2,000 · Other+7 more: $4,023 · Other+7 moreBELLA'S ANGELS INC: $31,450 · Human ServicesBELLA'S ANGELS INC+1 more: $750 · Human ServicesJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Cen…THE MAMA ADA FOUNDATION: $1,200 · PhilanthropyTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $18,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSIST…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $850 · HealthNOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · EducationNOTRE DAM…METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 · EducationMETHODIST…Adopt a Family Inc: $7,600 · Food & NutritionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $3,300 · Public BenefitNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$47,873Human Services$32,200Philanthropy$26,200Health$18,850Education$12,000Food & Nutrition$7,600Public Benefit$3,300Arts & Culture$1,500

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 budgetBELLA'S ANGELS INC: $31,450 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Family Inc: $7,600 over 6y, 23% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAMA ADA FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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 BELLA'S ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Adopt a Family Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAMA ADA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile Foundation
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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Diken Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Diken Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 23 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.

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