· Private foundation
The Giving World Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WONDER MEDIA LLC | $5,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF | $2,500 |
| GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA | $2,000 |
| SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES | $1,500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,500 |
| HOWARD CENTER | $1,000 |
| AUDUBON VERMONT | $1,000 |
| MAGICIANS WITHOUT BOARDERS | $1,000 |
| KING STREET CENTER | $1,000 |
| MANNA FOODBANK | $1,000 |
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: 61% of grant dollars ($165k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 39% that went abroad ($105k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 39% of all-years giving ($105k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 37% of The Giving World Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GBGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC4× · 2021–2025 · $37k · revenue +72%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +39%- MWMAGICIANS WITHOUT BORDERS INC3× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $13k
- TOTRUNKS OF NEW YORKone grant, 2024 · $10k
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - LOIS MCCLURE BEE TABAKIN HOPE LODGEone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
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.
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…
The ymca of san diego county is a nonprofit with a mission to nurture a healthy spirit, mind, and body so all can thrive while honoring our faith-based heritage.
Childfund's mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities, and to promote societies whose individuals…
Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Hcrs' mission is to provide creative, collaborative, and compassionate health care services that are responsive to the needs of our communities.
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
The mission of the ymca of central new mexico is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. for over 100 years, the ymca of central new mexico has served our community…
Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.
The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca seeks to become a 'master link' in our communities to enhance the quality of life for all people who live and work in meriden, new britain and berlin. the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca provides all…
The bangor region ymca is a community leader in supporting children, adults, and families in their lifelong quest for physical, emotional, and social wellness.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds MAGICIANS WITHOUT BORDERS INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds KING STREET CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds HowardCenter Inc ↗
- Who funds CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Kelsey Trust · Fanny Allen Corporation · The University of Vermont Medical Center · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · The Argosy Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Giving World Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Giving World Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- King Street Center Inc: 43% of income from government
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: 23% of income from government
- HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
How this is measured
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