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The Eva Mathis Foundation at a glance

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The Eva Mathis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

International$1.7MHealth$641kPublic Safety & Disaster$450kEmployment$335kReligion$202kHuman Services$185kPhilanthropy$105kCommunity Improvement$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $500k
  • $250k+2 grants · $700k
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Birth Matters Foundation$400,000
World Central Kitchen$300,000
Planned Parenthood$200,000
Doctors Without Borders$200,000
DAFgiving365$100,000
Marine Trades Institute$35,000
Full Steam Forward$25,000
U S Committee for Refugees$20,000
Americares$10,000
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 (FY21–23, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Emma's Footprints: $60k → 15%Emma's Footprints: $30k → 15%Emma's Footprints: $20k → 15%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

MI
NY
OR
IN
PA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
AR
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 14 repeat orgs$591k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$3.2M
$246k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+4%

Still filing today

79%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthCivil RightsArts & CultureReligionEducationOther
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

  • EC
    ERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $300k · revenue +77%
  • FS
    FULL STEAM FORWARD INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $225k · revenue +39% · 37% of their budget
  • MI
    MINDWORKS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $114k · revenue +269% · 46% of their budget

Funded once

  • MH
    Maria House
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • EB
    Eries Black Wall Streetgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +189% · 27% of their budget
  • JE
    JEFFERSON EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF ERIE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +4%
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
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
2
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
3
Intealth

See schedule oto serve the public by:- assuring the qualifications of health care professionals- providing primary-source verification of credentials of health careprofessionals, as they serve throughout the world- supporting international…

Education
4
Engineers Without Borders- International

EWB International seeks to promote collaboration of the global EWB movement. Together we work towards a sustainable world, where engineering enables long-term positive social and economic development, for the benefit of people and the…

International
5
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
6
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
7
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc

Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…

Philanthropy
8
World Wide Web Consortium Inc

Making the web work for everyone. W3C brings together global stakeholders to develop open standards that enable a World Wide Web that connects and empowers humanity.

Science & Tech
9
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
10
Worldatwork

To sponsor and conduct educational conferences, seminars, workshops and symposia for purposes of informing members and other interested parties on current research, legislation and practices in all phases of employee reward programs…

Membership Benefit
11
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
12
Cultural Vistas Inc

Cultural vistas leverages the power of international exchange to connect lives, enhance global skills, and drive positive change.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Us Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mindworks 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

19 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. 19 of the 30 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Birth Matters Foundation: $1,378,000 · OtherBirth Matters FoundationPlanned Parenthood: $200,000 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodMaria House: $100,000 · OtherDAFgiving365: $100,000 · OtherTHE DAYSTAR AWARENESS PROJECT INC: $74,500 · OtherSPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $70,000 · Other+10 more: $110,000 · Other+10 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $450,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIER…VISION FOR THE POOR: $28,000 · International+2 more: $11,000 · InternationalFULL STEAM FORWARD INC: $225,000 · HealthFULL STEAM…ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $110,000 · HealthACHIEVEMEN…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $300,000 · EducationERIE CENT…MINDWORKS INC: $114,000 · ReligionDHARMAKAYA CENTER FOR WELLBEING INC: $18,000 · ReligionEmmas Footprints: $110,000 · Human ServicesEries Black Wall Street: $100,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$2,032,500International$739,000Health$336,000Education$300,000Religion$132,000Human Services$110,000Civil Rights$100,500

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 budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $300,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULL STEAM FORWARD INC: $225,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetMINDWORKS INC: $114,000 over 4y, 46% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEmmas Footprints: $110,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetEries Black Wall Street: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetUS COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISION FOR THE POOR: $28,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetDHARMAKAYA CENTER FOR WELLBEING INC: $18,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetJEFFERSON EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF ERIE INC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASBURY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLES CHENEAUX HISTORICAL ASSOCIATON: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity of Caring Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $500 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.

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.

Erie Community Founda…Kern Family Foundatio…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Erie Community FoundationPA23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · Kern Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Eva Mathis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eva Mathis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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
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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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