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The Felucca Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

The Felucca Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$107k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$225kInternational$173kCrime & Legal$41kReligion$37kEnvironment$12kSocial Science$10kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $81k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Yale University$20,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation$15,000
American University of Paris$13,500
National Association of Episcopal Schools Inc$12,500
CIA Officers Memorial Foundation$10,000
Mill Reef Fund$10,000
Elkhorn Marine Conservancy$5,000
International Center for Journalists$5,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$5,000
Des Moines Metro Opera$5,000
The Fort Lewis College Foundation$2,500
Drake University$2,500
Iowa Newspaper Foundation$1,000
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.

US giving: 73% of grant dollars ($1.3M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 27% that went abroad ($481k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 53% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Concord Academy: $10k → 8%American University of Paris: $92k → 8%Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation: $10k → 14%Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: $10k → 10%Des Moines Metro Opera: $10k → 6%Drake University: $103k → 10%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $90k → 8%Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation: $10k → 14%Des Moines Metro Opera: $10k → 6%Drake University: $100k → 10%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%National Association of Episcopal Schools Inc: $13k → 17%American University of Paris: $86k → 8%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%Des Moines Metro Opera: $10k → 6%Drake University: $85k → 10%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $52k → 8%Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation: $10k → 14%Des Moines Metro Opera: $10k → 6%Drake University: $60k → 10%CIA Officers Memorial Foundation: $11k → 6%American University of Paris: $40k → 8%Des Moines Metro Opera: $10k → 6%Drake University: $58k → 10%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $38k → 8%CIA Officers Memorial Foundation: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $36k → 8%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $34k → 8%CIA Officers Memorial Foundation: $10k → 6%American University of Paris: $14k → 8%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%CIA Officers Memorial Foundation: $10k → 6%Mill Reef Fund: $10k → 6%International Center for Journalists: $15k → 14%International Center for Journalists: $15k → 14%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%International Center for Journalists: $15k → 14%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%International Center for Journalists: $10k → 14%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%International Center for Journalists: $10k → 14%City Tavern Preservation Foundation: $10k → 14%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%National Trust for Historic Preservation: $15k → 14%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
MI
NY
MA
IA
CT
RI
CO
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 27% of all-years giving ($481k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
France$481k · 9 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$1.8M
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+37%

Still filing today

67%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $413k · revenue +11%
  • NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +133%
  • MR
    MILL REEF FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • FJ
    FALLEN JOURNALISTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +25%
  • KK
    KSUT KUTE Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • PT
    Parks & Trails Council MN Glendalough Park Partners
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
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
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
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
4
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
5
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
6
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
7
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

—
8
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
9
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

—
10
Institute of International Bankers

The iib represents the interests of the international banking community before u.s. legislative/regulatory bodies liaises with international regulatory bodies serves as a source of information to the media and other interested parties…

—
11
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
12
The Institute of Navigation

Advancing the art and science of navigation, positioning, and timing. the institute of navigation (ion) is a membership organization incorporated in january 1967 for the purpose of advancing the art and science of navigation through…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Newseum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mill Reef Fund. 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

23 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. 23 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
21/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American University of Paris: $481,467 · OtherAmerican University of ParisYALE UNIVERSITY: $140,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $32,000 · Other+10 more: $93,000 · Other+10 moreDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $412,500 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITY+3 more: $33,750 · Education+3 moreNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRU…DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES M…CITY TAVERN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCITY TAVERN …FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH S…+3 more: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $87,500 · InternationalMILL REEF FUND: $85,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $41,300 · Crime & LegalFALLEN JOURNALISTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Other$926,467Education$446,250Arts & Culture$203,500International$87,500Philanthropy$86,000Crime & Legal$41,300Civil Rights$10,000

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 budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $412,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $100,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $87,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMILL REEF FUND: $85,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $41,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCITY TAVERN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetNEWSEUM INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORD ACADEMY: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElkhorn Marine Conservancy Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFALLEN JOURNALISTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIEDAD INTERAMERICANA DE PRENSA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Boston Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Bessemer Giving F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
Boston Foundation IncMA14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Felucca Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Felucca Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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

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How do I get to The Felucca Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Felucca Fund 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 31 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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