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The Giving Back Fund

To improve lives by expanding the number of people and the amount of resources dedicated to giving.

$27M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.0MInternational$2.9MEnvironment$1.7MScience & Tech$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MRecreation & Sports$660kEducation$658kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $2,814,926, the rows itemized in this filing. The $26,509,896 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,694,970 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $91k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $680k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
$71,264
Median grant
11
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
rewild$1,000,000
Globalgiving Foundation$526,000
WaterAid America$518,000
Moses West Foundation$219,500
State Funding Devials$100,000
National Jewish Center$90,000
United American Committee$87,000
Individual grant recipient$71,264
Common Crawl Foundation$62,500
Nomad Solutions$50,000
AMIT Children Inc$23,662
Intelligent Advocacy$20,000
Georgia Institute of Tech$15,000
Pen & Shield Project$12,000
Acupuncturists$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WITHOUT BOARDERS INTERNATIONAL: $22k → 9%CRESCENT COVE: $10k → 11%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $120k → 6%CASITA COPAN: $20k → 11%SHOW HOPE: $5k → 8%LORAIN POLICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%YOUTH SERVICE SYSTEM INC: $10k → 15%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITES: $50k → 23%ACTS OF RANDOM KINDNESS: $35k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $99k → 15%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $10k → 11%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $20k → 6%LEGENDS OF BASKETBALL NYC: $8k → 17%FULAA LIFELINE INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 6%ERLANGER LIONS CHARITIES INC: $10k → 11%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $33k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $35k → 14%CONGREGATION FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 10%LYDIA HOMES SAFE FAMILIES NATIONAL: $40k → 14%FULAA LIFELINE INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 6%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $30k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $35k → 14%MY FRIEND'S HOUSE FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $10k → 4%SENTINEL FOUNDATION: $55k → 10%LYDIA HOMESSAFE FAMILIES NATIONAL: $25k → 14%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $15k → 14%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%FREE FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 14%CASITA COPAN: $25k → 11%LYDIA HOMES SAFE FAMILIES NATIONAL: $20k → 14%CASITA COPAN: $20k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION: $18k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%LYDIA HOMES SAFE FAMILIES NATIONAL: $15k → 14%CASITA COPAN: $5k → 11%NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $25k → 9%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $5k → 17%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

WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $4.5M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$2.4M · 53% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: Community Sustain · Disability Grant · Emergency Relief

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$1.4M · 30% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: General Assistance

Sub-Saharan Africa$758k · 17% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Youth at Risk

Singapore$35k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: General Support

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 28 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
190

Total granted

$5.2M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’25
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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

  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1.0M · revenue +135%
  • LF
    LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $429k · revenue +164%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    3× · 2018–2020 · $330k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • VA
    VARIOUS - AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
    one grant, 2023 · $13M
  • MO
    MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC
    one grant, 2018 · $520k · revenue -34%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2022 · $333k · 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
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
2
Waterorg

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

International
3
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
4
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
5
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc

Philanthropic collaborative focused on improving lives through just & inclusive systems change.

Philanthropy
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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
9
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
10
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
11
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
12
Global Fund for Children

Global fund for children partners with grassroots organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Art Therapy Project Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Starkey Hearing Foundation. 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

135 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. 135 of the 243 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
126/135
Grantees still filing
80/135
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS - AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST: $12,776,573 · OtherVARIOUS - AVAILABLE UPON REQUESTSANFORD: $1,331,352 · OtherSANFORDNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC: $707,291 · Other+143 more: $5,330,617 · Other+143 moreGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $526,000 · InternationalWATERAID AMERICA INC: $518,000 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $428,793 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $333,333 · International+5 more: $113,662 · InternationalHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $124,810 · HealthStarkey Hearing Foundation: $87,500 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $52,220 · Health+3 more: $106,684 · HealthTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $487,000 · PhilanthropyEarth Innovation Institute: $265,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $47,500 · PhilanthropyLudacris Foundation Inc: $45,000 · PhilanthropyThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $45,000 · PhilanthropyG FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $44,881 · Philanthropy+8 more: $120,650 · PhilanthropyCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $145,000 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $140,000 · Human ServicesLYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $120,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $99,428 · Human ServicesTOGETHER FOR GOOD: $77,500 · Human ServicesBoth Hands Foundation: $70,000 · Human ServicesCASITA COPAN INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesSentinel Foundation: $55,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $50,000 · Human ServicesActs of Random Kindness: $35,000 · Human Services+10 more: $182,500 · Human ServicesREWILD: $1,000,000 · AnimalsMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $520,000 · ReligionFor Charlotte Inc: $30,000 · Religion
Other$20,145,833International$1,919,788Health$1,371,214Philanthropy$1,155,031Human Services$1,044,428Animals$1,000,000Religion$550,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREWILD: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $520,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $518,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $487,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $428,793 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $333,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $330,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY COLLEGE 21ST CENTURY FOUNDATION INC: $272,680 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEarth Innovation Institute: $265,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetL U O INC: $198,500 over 4y, 58% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $145,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $124,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIBAL TRUST FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetLYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $99,428 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStarkey Hearing Foundation: $87,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTROJAN CLUB: $82,525 over 1y, 35% of budgetTOGETHER FOR GOOD: $77,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetBoth Hands Foundation: $70,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCASITA COPAN INC: $70,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetSentinel Foundation: $55,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR CHILDREN - USA INC: $53,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $52,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAAD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elijah Interfaith Institute USA Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $47,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS LAW CENTER OF WASHINGTON: $45,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetCONGO-VOICE: $45,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLudacris Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetG FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $44,881 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $42,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $38,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABIDE NETWORK INC: $36,149 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEWCOURTLAND: $34,494 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIVE FYTT CORPORATION: $32,500 over 1y, 94% of budgetFor Charlotte Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CLARA LIONEL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWide Rainbow Corporation: $30,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFULAA LIFELINE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetNAMI WESTSIDE LA: $29,690 over 1y, 9.6% 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.

Retailroi IncServant FoundationGlobalgiving Foundati…Annie E Casey Foundat…The Signatry Charitab…Assurant FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…California Community …McKesson Foundation I…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Minneapolis Found…Christian Community F…
Retailroi IncTN34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Retailroi Inc · Servant Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Assurant Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Christian Community 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 Giving Back Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Giving Back Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • National Center for Victims of Crime Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Kickstand Comedy: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
21report 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 243 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 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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