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The Echo Street 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.1M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$3.2MYouth Development$1.5MHealth$980kCrime & Legal$895kPhilanthropy$480kHousing & Shelter$400kRecreation & Sports$108kEnvironment$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$150,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POOLE FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND DAF$1,110,000
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE BERKSHIRES$150,000
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE$100,000
WEST PALM BEACH FOOTBALL CLUB INC$18,000
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 (FY17–23, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $40k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $22k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $40k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $22k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $40k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $22k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $40k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $22k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $40k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $22k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $35k → 17%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $20k → 12%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH: $20k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $35k → 17%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 11 repeat orgs$187k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$7.0M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+57%

Still filing today

82%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TA
    THE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.5M · revenue +1%
  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $700k · revenue +143%
  • NI
    NAMATI INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $625k · revenue ×14

Funded once

  • AR
    ANTHONY RIZZO FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -14%
  • NM
    NEW MARLBOROUGH LAND TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +160%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +46%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
3
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
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
6
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
7
Natural Resource Governance Institute

Nrgi envisions a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them. nrgi exists because decisions about how natural resources are governed determine the well-being of people in…

International
8
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
9
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
10
Boston Architectural College

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

—
11
International Peace Institute Inc

The international peace institute (ipi) bridges policy and real-world diplomacy, advising global leaders and shaping innovative policy solutions across the multilateral system, governments, and beyond through independent research and…

International
12
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is Awake Asian Womens Alliance for Kinship & Equality 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POOLE FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND DAF: $3,020,000 · OtherPOOLE FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND DAFTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $1,500,000 · OtherTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL+3 more: $150,300 · OtherVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $700,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN…CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $180,000 · HealthCHILD MIND IN…NAMATI INC: $625,000 · Crime & LegalNAMATI IN…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $450,000 · PhilanthropyANTHONY RIZZO FAMILY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesHEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCONSTRUCT INC: $400,000 · Housing & ShelterAWAKE ASIAN WOMENS ALLIANCE FOR KINSHIP & EQUALITY INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $14,500 · Arts & CultureFLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC: $21,658 · Environment
Other$4,670,300Health$880,000Crime & Legal$625,000Philanthropy$580,000Human Services$420,000Housing & Shelter$400,000Arts & Culture$54,500Environment$21,658

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 budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $1,500,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $700,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetNAMATI INC: $625,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $450,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSTRUCT INC: $400,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $270,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH INC: $150,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetANTHONY RIZZO FAMILY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAWAKE ASIAN WOMENS ALLIANCE FOR KINSHIP & EQUALITY INC: $40,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetNEW MARLBOROUGH LAND TRUST INC: $35,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC: $21,658 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dr Robert C & Tina So…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn FoundationMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Echo Street Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Echo Street Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Construct Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Echo Street Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Echo Street 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 17 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home