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The Foundation for Social Responsibility at a glance

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The Foundation for Social Responsibility

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$348kPublic Benefit$112kHealth$35kFood & Nutrition$32kEnvironment$22kInternational$21kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$632k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
South Portland Food Cupboard$15,000
Second Harvest of Santa Cruz$5,000
Give Well$5,000
Habitat for Humanity$3,000
Doctors without Borders$3,000
National Domestic Alliance$2,500
Planned Parenthood$2,000
Mother Jones Foundation$2,000
Heifer International$1,100
International Rescue Committee$1,000
Pro Publica$1,000
Public Citizen$1,000
Center for Investigative Reporting$1,000
Immigration Equality$1,000
Envision Freedom Fund$1,000
02The need
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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, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALDEA: $8k → 9%New Mexico Immigrant Law Center: $2k → 14%ALDEA: $5k → 9%ALDEA: $5k → 9%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

ME
MN
WI
NY
OR
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NM
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 52% of The Foundation for Social Responsibility’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 11% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 1%.

The Foundation for Social Responsibilitylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$541k · 20 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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28

Total granted

$541k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
0%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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

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HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA ANALYSIS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $106k · revenue +714% · 63% of their budget
  • AI
    ALDEA INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $18k · revenue +58%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $14k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • JP
    JTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -78%
  • WR
    Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • BF
    BUS FOR PROGRESS CO
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
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
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
2
World Privacy Forum

The world privacy forum is dedicated to reimaging privacy in a digital era through ground-breaking, in-depth privacy research and consumer education of the highest quality. our vision is to empower people with the knowledge, rights, and…

Public Benefit
3
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
4
Media Matters for America

Dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the u.s. media.

Education
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
7
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Epic's mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation.

Civil Rights
8
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…

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9
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
10
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
11
Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Ehrp supports independent journalists to create high quality stories about economic inequity. we then place those stories in mainstream media, mobilizing readers to fight systems perpetuating economic injustice.

Arts & Culture
12
MRIGlobal

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

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pro Publica Inc; the most unlike its peers is Institute for Media Analysis Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 57 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE INDYPENDENT: $299,405 · OtherTHE INDYPENDENTINSTITUTE FOR MEDIA ANALYSIS INC: $105,715 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR MEDIA ANALYSIS INC+36 more: $121,788 · Other+36 moreJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $10,000 · HealthFINAL EXIT NETWORK INC: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $1,100 · HealthENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $10,500 · EnvironmentSOLAR RIGHTS ALLIANCE: $7,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,900 · EnvironmentALDEA INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesNEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesSOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD: $15,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $500 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,500 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalPRO PUBLICA INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureINEQUALITY MEDIA: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$526,908Health$38,100Environment$21,400Human Services$19,600Food & Nutrition$16,500International$14,500Arts & Culture$7,000

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 budgetINSTITUTE FOR MEDIA ANALYSIS INC: $105,715 over 2y, 63% of budgetJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALDEA INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH PORTLAND FOOD CUPBOARD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOLAR RIGHTS ALLIANCE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINAL EXIT NETWORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINEQUALITY MEDIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSJOGREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $100 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.

AbbVie FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Texas Instruments Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
AbbVie FoundationIL12.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Foundation for Social Responsibility funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Foundation for Social Responsibility. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 57 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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