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The Don & Lorraine Freeberg Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$16MEducation$9.3MYouth Development$4.5MHuman Services$4.1MScience & Tech$3.6MHousing & Shelter$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+13 grants · $4.5M
$110,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$500,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$500,000
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD$500,000
SALK INSTITUTE$500,000
NEMOURS FOUNDATION (NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN ORLANDO)$442,920
STEP UP$302,165
BRAILLE INSTITUTE$275,000
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$255,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$250,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION (CENTENNIAL FOUNDERS)$250,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$250,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$250,000
SCOUTING AMERICA WESTERN LA COUNTY COUNCIL$240,000
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION$200,000
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, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIORS FIRST: $10k → 6%BABY DJ: $5k → 11%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF FULLERTON: $19k → 10%MYCHAL'S LEARNING PLACE: $100k → 14%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $15k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250k → 14%IMAGINE FOUNDATION: $38k → 12%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $15k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $105k → 14%IMAGINE FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%MYCHAL'S LEARNING PLACE: $73k → 14%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $10k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100k → 14%IMAGINE FOUNDATION: $14k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100k → 14%IMAGINE FOUNDATION: $12k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $60k → 14%IMAGINE FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%CALIFORNIA YOUNG WORLD: $3k → 8%YMCA OF LOS ANGELES: $35k → 14%FREEDOM RIDE INC: $5k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $2k → 13%OCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY INC: $3k → 13%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%FOOTHILL FAMILY: $250k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $250k → 11%MATTHEW'S HOPE MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%JOURNEY HOUSE: $40k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%ABILITYFIRST: $46k → 14%THE ERIKA WHITMORE GODWIN FOUNDATION DBA GRIEFHAVEN: $2k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $40k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $35k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $35k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $35k → 14%TOGETHER CALIFORNIA: $50k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $25k → 14%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

MN
IL
MA
CA
CO
MO
MD
NC
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$40M · 62 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

62 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
85

Total granted

$40M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

66%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k 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 ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • GK
    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +32%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +34%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue +19%
  • SG
    SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2017 · $272k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - SAN GABRIEL
    one grant, 2019 · $267k

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
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
5
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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6
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
7
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
8
University Camps

Unicamp student volunteers harness the healing power of the wilderness to provide a unique outdoor camping experience for at-risk children. through relationship-building, leadership and character development, and just plain fun, unicamp…

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9
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
10
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
11
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego and the most unlike its peers is Japantown Cultural Society. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesMilitary Veterans SupportCancer Support ServicesYouth Development CentersDevelopmental Disabilities …Domestic Violence ServicesChristian Youth CampsYouth Sports ProgramsElementary Literacy TutoringChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Senior Support ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity College Foundatio…
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 39 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%4%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr13%47%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/117
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,861

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

110 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. 110 of the 161 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/110
Grantees still filing
76/110
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC — $2,820,000 · OtherGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCBRAILLE INSTITUTE — $2,800,000 · OtherBRAILLE INSTITUTECHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $2,000,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITALSALK INSTITUTE — $1,850,000 · OtherSALK INSTITUTESTEP UP — $1,203,165 · OtherSIGMA CHI BUILDING ASSOCIATION — $1,200,248 · OtherBOY SCOUTS WESTERN LA COUNTY COUNCIL — $1,038,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $1,010,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPE — $1,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION (CENTENNIAL FOUNDERS) — $1,000,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $851,787 · Other+85 more — $8,201,063 · Other+85 moreChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $2,500,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital L…THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION — $1,908,360 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATIO…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,770,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED I…American Heart Association Inc — $800,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Associ…PROJECT ANGEL FOOD — $669,459 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL FOOD+10 more — $1,188,305 · Health+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF C…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $2,200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF S…UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $420,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF C…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $346,742 · EducationCOLORADO STATE …+15 more — $1,097,840 · Education+15 moreWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $864,857 · Human ServicesFoothill Family Service — $250,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $250,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles — $180,000 · Human ServicesMYCHALS LEARNING PLACE — $173,350 · Human ServicesIMAGINE FOUNDATION — $82,860 · Human Services+17 more — $299,432 · Human ServicesThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies — $1,800,000 · Science & TechPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $1,385,709 · Community Improvement+2 more — $20,983 · Community ImprovementGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $878,702 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIVE FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC — $71,846 · Youth Development+1 more — $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$24,974,263Health$8,836,124Education$6,314,582Human Services$2,100,499Science & Tech$1,800,000Community Improvement$1,406,692Youth Development$1,210,548

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC — $2,820,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $2,500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $2,200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION — $1,908,360 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies — $1,800,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,770,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $1,385,709 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetSIGMA CHI BUILDING ASSOCIATION — $1,200,248 over 6y, 78% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $1,010,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $878,702 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $864,857 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $851,787 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $800,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD — $669,459 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51 — $500,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $420,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVILLAGE FOR VETS — $407,902 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetVERDUGO HILLS COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $404,003 over 2y, 39% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $346,742 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $300,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetFoothill Family Service — $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP — $250,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $250,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America — $240,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY — $218,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $208,470 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC — $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE INFANT-FAMILY NETWORK — $200,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL — $198,766 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BURBANK AND GREATER EAST VALLEY INC — $189,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $186,085 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles — $180,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMYCHALS LEARNING PLACE — $173,350 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES — $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER — $150,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetASTRONAUT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $124,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation — $89,761 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHAMBURGER HOME — $87,404 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc — $85,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA — $85,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIMAGINE FOUNDATION — $82,860 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $78,959 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSERVING KIDS HOPE — $78,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC — $71,846 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSafe Parking LA — $69,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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 GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds SIGMA CHI BUILDING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51 ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE FOR VETS ↗
  • Who funds VERDUGO HILLS COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Foothill Family Service ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗

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.

California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…The Ralph M Parsons F…S Mark Taper Foundati…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Carrie Estelle Doheny…Henry L Guenther Foun…Central Florida Found…Weingart FoundationMagruder Chesley G Fd…
California Community FoundationCA35.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Central Florida Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im

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 Don & Lorraine Freeberg 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Changing Lives Academy Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Matthew's Hope Ministries Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Don & Lorraine Freeberg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Don & Lorraine Freeberg 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 161 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.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
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