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The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$638k
Granted FY2025still arriving
54
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$200k
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$1.4MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$566kHuman Services$287kInternational$186kAnimals$142kPhilanthropy$142kCivil Rights$99kOther$0
02FY2025 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $208k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC$200,000
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$75,000
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART$50,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$25,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$20,000
THE GREATER WASHINGTON JEWISH COALITION AGAINST DO$20,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC$20,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$15,000
CROSSED PAWS PET RESCUE INC$15,000
SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC$13,000
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER$10,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC$10,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$10,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$10,000
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$10,000
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, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDHELP INC: $8k → 11%MOTHER OF MERCY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%BOULDER CREST RETREAT FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S INFANT AND MATERNITY HOME: $5k → 11%NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 17%TALBOT HOSPICE FONDATION: $5k → 10%ST ANN'S INFANT AND MATERNITY HOME: $3k → 11%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%TALBOT HOSPICE FONDATION: $3k → 10%NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%TALBOT HOSPICE FONDATION: $3k → 10%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $10k → 9%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $4k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $3k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $3k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $3k → 9%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $28k → 14%SHASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $10k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $5k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $5k → 14%SHASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $5k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $1k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $1k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $8k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTO: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DC: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTO: $1k → 14%FOSTER & ADOPTIVE PARENT ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 14%FOSTER & ADOPTIVE PARENT ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 14%ANCHOR FUND: $5k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $500 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%VARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF THE NATIONAL CA: $1k → 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

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
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DE
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SC
DC
AL
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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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.9M · 84 repeat orgs$677k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

84 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2025, 58 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
108

Total granted

$3.9M
$565k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalOther

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

  • TM
    THE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $633k · revenue +28%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    8× · 2017–2025 · $325k · revenue +9%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    4× · 2020–2025 · $223k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CF
    Central Fund of Israelgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +31%
  • TZ
    THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
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
5
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
6
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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7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
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
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 Neurology 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
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 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
12
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Seed 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsLocal History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and ShelterJewish Community Organizati…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersChristian Missionary Organi…Women & Girls Leadership De…Food Banks and PantriesEquine Therapy ProgramsPregnancy Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Independent K-12 SchoolsHealth Access Advocacy and …Cancer Support ServicesPolicy Research and Advocacy
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 37 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr16%29%35–55yr15%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%4%10–20yr18%31%20–35yr16%26%35–55yr15%38%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%3/162
the rest of the field
12%
1,598/12,839

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

159 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. 159 of the 218 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
155/159
Grantees still filing
108/159
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC — $632,500 · HealthTHE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDIC…THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL — $130,000 · HealthTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITALCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE — $110,000 · HealthCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCEUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S — $57,500 · HealthFriends of Cancer Research — $40,000 · Health+18 more — $195,166 · Health+18 moreTHE KENNEDY CENTER — $262,000 · OtherTHE KENNEDY CENTERTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS — $105,000 · OtherTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN TH…KNOCK OUT ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN — $55,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL — $55,000 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $50,500 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION — $55,000 · Other+100 more — $824,823 · Other+100 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $325,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Hol…National Gallery of Art — $105,000 · Arts & CultureNational Gallery of A…JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $101,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER…FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY — $53,500 · Arts & CultureFORD'S THEATRE SOCIET…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $50,000 · Arts & CultureWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION …NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM — $48,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WOMEN'S HIST…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $47,500 · Arts & Culture+20 more — $169,684 · Arts & Culture+20 moreThe George Washington University — $223,000 · EducationThe George W…AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $89,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNI…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $88,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN U…GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY — $20,000 · EducationUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc — $20,000 · Education+11 more — $87,200 · Education+11 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON — $64,000 · Human ServicesSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC — $49,390 · Human ServicesNational Council for Adoption — $37,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $20,500 · Human ServicesGreater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd — $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,000 · Human ServicesTALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC — $11,000 · Human Services+7 more — $37,000 · Human ServicesKUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION — $100,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC — $50,000 · InternationalMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER — $37,500 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel — $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $10,000 · International+5 more — $14,500 · InternationalTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $120,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES — $20,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $1,500 · Philanthropy
Health$1,165,166Other$1,407,323Arts & Culture$899,684Education$527,200Human Services$258,890International$237,000Philanthropy$156,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC — $632,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $325,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University — $223,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL — $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE — $110,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNational Gallery of Art — $105,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS — $105,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $89,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $88,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON — $64,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S — $57,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY — $53,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $50,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC — $49,390 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM — $48,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Cancer Research — $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER — $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council for Adoption — $37,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $26,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC — $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC — $23,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION — $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $20,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY — $20,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetGreater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER — $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $19,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC — $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPIONS CENTER INC — $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC — $17,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC — $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% 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 THE MEDSTAR-GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds National Council for Adoption ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗

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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Dimick Foundation Joh…Greater Washington Co…Clark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Sami & Annie Totah Fa…United Way of the Nat…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Venable Foundation IncJohn Edward Fowler Me…World Bank Community …Nora Roberts Foundati…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC52.1× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Nora Roberts 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 Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc 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
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no gov · 230%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Boulanger Initiative — 75% of income from government
  • Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd — 28% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children — 6% of income from government
  • St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families — 6% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Arts for the Aging Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc 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 218 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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