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The Fine Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$211k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$7.6MEducation$2.6MPhilanthropy$1.7MHuman Services$1.4MHealth$701kReligion$419kCommunity Improvement$323kInternational$214kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $185k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$159k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH$20,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$20,000
ERADICATE HATE GLOBAL SUMMIT$20,000
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$20,000
MATTRESS FACTORY$20,000
WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$20,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS$15,000
ATTACK THEATRE$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES$10,000
SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY$10,000
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CATHOLIC CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION$10,000
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT$10,000
RADCLIFFE CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO$8,000
REPAIR THE WORLD$5,000
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%WARD HOME: $5k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $150k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $10k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $10k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $10k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $10k → 11%WARD HOME: $5k → 11%CREATIVE CITIZEN STUDIOS: $5k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $200k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $200k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $200k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $40k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $30k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $20k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICE: $15k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $9k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $5k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $8k → 11%PEER SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY NETWORK: $8k → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DE
TN
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 151 repeat orgs$551k 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 +26% for the ones you funded once.

151 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 136 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

151
93

Total granted

$14M
$533k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+26%

Still filing today

91%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther

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

  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.7M · revenue +57%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.9M · revenue +44%
  • WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $580k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TW
    The Working Group
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue -40%
  • AA
    AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $29k · revenue +47%
  • CT
    COMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +25%

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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc

The mission of pittsburgh arts & lectures is to connect celebrated authors with the community, elevate civic discourse, and inspire creativity and a passion for the literary arts. our commitment to knowledge, learning, integrity, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
5
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…

Arts & Culture
6
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
7
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
8
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
11
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and the most unlike its peers is The Fine Fund. 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 backsteadyHealthcare Providers and Su…Martin County Community Org…Medical Research EndowmentsCommunity Support ServicesCommunity Support ServicesPhilanthropic FoundationsCommunity Development Organ…Arts & Cultural Organizatio…
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 35 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr21%30%20–35yr14%31%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%13%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr21%14%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr13%48%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%2/222
the rest of the field
10%
3,018/30,868

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

213 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. 213 of the 258 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)
66
Early backer (in before they grew)
205/213
Grantees still filing
155/213
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $4,746,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTEWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $580,000 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY+53 more — $1,810,150 · Arts & Culture+53 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $1,891,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PI…+14 more — $296,655 · Education+14 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $1,155,520 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDER…THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $92,500 · PhilanthropyFine Family Charitable Foundation — $90,122 · PhilanthropyTHE FINE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $90,122 · PhilanthropyTHE FINE FUND — $90,122 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc — $61,000 · Philanthropy+7 more — $156,000 · Philanthropy+7 moreJEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING — $685,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH ASSOC…YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT — $295,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN AN…MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC — $202,500 · Human ServicesMORSELIFE FO…NEW SUN RISING — $174,000 · Human ServicesNEW SUN RISI…JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH — $122,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…CITY OF ASYLUM — $113,100 · Human ServicesCITY OF ASYL…+14 more — $111,278 · Human Services+14 moreCarnegie Mellon University — $257,175 · OtherCarnegie Mello…RODEF SHALOM CONGREGATION — $162,500 · OtherRODEF SHALOM C…THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS — $160,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY FO…TREE OF LIFE — $150,000 · OtherTREE OF LIFELEAD PITTSBURGH — $100,000 · OtherGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $104,800 · OtherGREATER PITTSB…+65 more — $991,436 · Other+65 moreTHE JEWISH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH — $191,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $114,626 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $45,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $42,000 · HealthSQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER — $30,000 · HealthEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION — $29,000 · Health+13 more — $82,428 · HealthWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY — $155,000 · InternationalTHE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES INC — $28,000 · InternationalGLOBAL LINKS — $12,500 · InternationalHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA — $10,000 · International+3 more — $7,500 · International
Arts & Culture$7,136,150Education$2,188,155Philanthropy$1,735,386Human Services$1,702,878Other$1,925,911Health$534,054International$213,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $4,746,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $1,891,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $1,155,520 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING — $685,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $580,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT — $295,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $257,175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC — $202,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JEWISH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH — $191,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNEW SUN RISING — $174,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH — $172,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST — $165,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS — $160,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY — $155,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH — $122,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $114,626 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM — $113,100 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC — $112,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $104,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD — $101,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLEAD PITTSBURGH — $100,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM — $96,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $92,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFine Family Charitable Foundation — $90,122 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE FINE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $90,122 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE FINE FUND — $90,122 over 2y, 19% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION — $85,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFILM PITTSBURGH — $85,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetATTACK THEATRE INC — $85,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetThe City Theatre Company Inc — $75,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LYRIC INC — $70,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $70,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetQUANTUM THEATRE INC — $65,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH — $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY — $62,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY — $61,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT — $60,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL — $57,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHILLEL JEWISH UNIVERSITY CENTER — $53,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC — $43,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $42,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION — $37,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC — $37,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% 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.

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 Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Grable FoundationOpportunity FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Jack Buncher Foun…The Buhl FoundationMcKinney Charitable F…McCune Foundation Pnc…Staunton Farm Foundat…Jewish Federation of …
The Heinz EndowmentsPA146.8× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · McKinney Charitable Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

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 Fine 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Safespace Inc — 25% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc — 6% of income from government
  • United Way of Martin County Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
68report 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 Fine Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Fine 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 258 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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