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The Fortive Foundation at a glance

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The Fortive 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$356k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$806kEducation$484kYouth Development$450kEnvironment$406kFood & Nutrition$375kScience & Tech$360kCivil Rights$355kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $356k
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$356,250
CODEORG$200,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$200,000
ANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY NA US$200,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$100,000
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$100,000
HOUSING HOPE$50,000
WATERAID AMERICA INC$25,000
BRAZIL FOUNDATION$25,000
GLOBALGIVING$10,000
PARTNERSHIP FOR LEARNING$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 (FY21–24, $806k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $356k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $200k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 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

VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of The Fortive Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Fortive Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 17 repeat orgs$710k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$3.9M
$385k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalCivil RightsEnvironmentEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    4× · 2021–2024 · $806k · revenue +27%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +35%
  • Feeding America
    3× · 2020–2023 · $375k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • DR
    Direct Relief - Covid-19 - Global
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • AI
    AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -1%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
9
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
11
Technoserve Inc

Technoserve's mission is to fight poverty by helping people build regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes.

International
12
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bladen We Care Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 39 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
14/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATI…ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $350,000 · InternationalENGINEERS WITHOUT BOR…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…WATERAID AMERICA INC: $75,000 · InternationalWATERAID AMERICA INC+2 more: $50,000 · InternationalTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY NA US: $200,000 · OtherANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN…Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDirect Relief - Covid-19 - Global: $100,000 · OtherDirect Relief - Covid-19 - Glo…AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $50,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $50,000 · OtherANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY: $150,000 · OtherANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR TECHN…ONE TREE PLANTED INC: $75,000 · OtherONE TREE PLANTED INCCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $50,000 · OtherHOUSING HOPE: $75,000 · OtherHOUSING HOPEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $55,000 · Other+14 more: $185,535 · Other+14 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $806,250 · Human ServicesAmerican National …HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $350,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS …EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $200,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE…TREVOR PROJECT INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsCODEORG: $450,000 · EducationCODEORG+1 more: $14,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $400,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…Feeding America: $375,000 · Food & Nutrition
International$940,000Other$1,340,535Human Services$806,250Civil Rights$580,000Education$464,000Youth Development$400,000Food & Nutrition$375,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $806,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCODEORG: $450,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $375,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $350,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSING HOPE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $37,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIVE Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR LEARNING: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTECHSOUP GLOBAL: $9,510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATALYST INC: $7,675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLADEN WE CARE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION: $1,350 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Seattle FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…Enterprise Holdings F…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY13.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Fortive Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fortive Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Bonneville Environmental Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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
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 39 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$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