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The Good People Fund Inc

The good people fund was formed for charitable and educational purposes, providing both financial and operational support to small grass-roots programs in the united states and israel.

$3.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.3MHealth$798kYouth Development$429kFood & Nutrition$409kPhilanthropy$361kEducation$356kInternational$308kCrime & Legal$186kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $539,987, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,534,946 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,994,959 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

  • Under $10k10 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $383k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$882k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKILLED VOLUNTEERS$79,000
Individual grant recipient$37,430
ZAAKAH$20,619
BIRDIE LIGHT$20,000
U EMPOWER OF MD THE FOOD PROJECT$17,300
1IN6 SUPPORT$15,500
MY CHILDS CANCER$15,000
NEW NEIGHBORS$15,000
REKINDLE$15,000
ABRAHAMIC HOUSE$15,000
WOMENS PALANTE$15,000
KAVOD V'NICHUM$15,000
MEDICAL JUSTICE$15,000
COURAGEOUS VOICE$15,000
BAGEL RESCUE$12,500
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $40k → 7%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $20k → 11%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $10k → 14%CONNECTIONS: $20k → 9%LILY: $25k → 17%EMMA'S TORCH: $18k → 20%REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE: $35k → 15%DETROIT PHOENIX CENTER: $16k → 21%TRANSPARENT: $10k → 11%J SURGE: $99k → 10%HOMES NOT BORDERS: $13k → 11%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $15k → 11%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $10k → 14%CONNECTIONS: $20k → 9%NEW NEIGHBORS: $20k → 17%EMMA'S TORCH: $15k → 20%REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE: $10k → 15%J SURGE: $74k → 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $24k → 7%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $15k → 11%CONNECTIONS: $20k → 9%NEW NEIGHBORS: $20k → 17%EMMA'S TORCH: $10k → 20%REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE: $10k → 15%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $16k → 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $21k → 7%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $10k → 11%CONNECTIONS: $15k → 9%NEW NEIGHBORS: $15k → 17%EMMA'S TORCH: $10k → 20%REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE: $10k → 15%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $15k → 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%CONNECTIONS: $10k → 9%EMMA'S TORCH: $10k → 20%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $15k → 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%LILY: $15k → 17%NECHAMACOMFORT: $18k → 7%I SUPPORT THE GIRLS: $15k → 8%NECHAMACOMFORT: $15k → 7%I SUPPORT THE GIRLS: $10k → 8%LILY: $15k → 17%NEW NEIGHBORS: $13k → 17%LILY: $13k → 17%LILY: $12k → 17%LILY: $12k → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $2.7M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Region not stated$2.7M · 100% · 43 grants

Stated purpose: DISABILITIES · EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVE · LGBTQ+

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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 66 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
16

Total granted

$4.2M
$178k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
-1%

Still filing today

92%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • MC
    MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $161k · revenue +448%
  • UO
    UEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $144k · revenue +142%
  • SM
    Survivor Mitzvah Project
    8× · 2018–2025 · $129k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF INTRA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -58% · 32% of their budget
  • DP
    DETROIT PHOENIX CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +162%
  • CP
    COURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +107%
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
Jewish Center for Justice

Founded in 2017, the Jewish Center for Justice (JCJ) is a distinguished social justice, education, and leadership development platform that meets each individual where they are in their journey to inspire change. JCJ's mission is to…

Human Services
2
Refugee Jumpstart Coaching

Helping jumpstart the careers of educated, skilled refugees globally, RJS provides virtual coaching by a worldwide cadre of pro bono, certified leadership, wellness, and career coaches, along with job search, enterpreneurship and industry…

Education
3
Jewish Relief Network Ukraine

During the past year we provided humanitarian aid to more than 50,000 people in communities across Ukraine. We provided food, medicine, medical care, programs for children, lodging, counseling and much more. These efforts were carried out…

International
4
KIDS4PEACE International Inc

Kids4Peace is a grassroots, interfaith peace organization dedicated to ending conflict and inspiring hope in Jerusalem and other divided societies around the world, through summer camps and year-round programs. Kids4Peace builds trust,…

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5
Mazon a Jewish Response to Hunger

Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel. See Schedule O for more details.

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6
Chabad Relief Project Inc

Over 1,850 boxes of food were delivered to poor households in NYC in 2019, the number of households benefited is approximately 180 per each food drive, and there is an average of 10 food drives per year.

Food & Nutrition
7
Partners in Torah

Offering jewish adults a personal connection to judaism,fostering a sense of belonging to the greater jewishcommunity, and building bridges between jews of allbackgrounds. to date, over 74,000 men and women from 39countries have been…

Religion
8
Jewish Family Service

Mission: Inspired by their history and values, Jewish Family Service supports the needs of Jewish individuals and families, refugees and immigrants, and the broader community to achieve well-being, health, and stability. From food security…

Human Services
9
Israel Venture Network

The Organization is at the forefront of the social business arena for fourth sector in Israel, nurturing and growing this emerging sector and generating sustainable social impact by providing Israel's social businesses with knowledge,…

Education
10
Jewish Relief Agency

The jewish relief agency brings together individuals of all means, ages and backgrounds to address our community's physical, social and spiritual needs, satisfying our unique desire to take care of each other and do good in the world.…

Human Services
11
Inreach

InReach fka AsylumConnect is a trans-led tech nonprofit dedicated to building the world's first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform. InReach's free platform connects LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with a range…

Education
12
Sharing Excess

Sharing excess (se) is a philadelphia-based nonprofit that uses surplus food as a solution to scarcity. while over 40 million people in the us face food insecurity, nearly 40% of the nation's food supply is going to waste. our mission is…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is One Can Help Inc; the most unlike its peers is Puerto Rico Lit Inc. 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

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 88 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/81
Grantees still filing
52/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SYVER A NJ NONPROFIT CORP dba JSURGE: $173,109 · Human ServicesSYVER A NJ NONPROFIT CORP dba J…MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $161,026 · Human ServicesMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATIONTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $118,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INCLifeforce in Later Years Inc: $100,500 · Human ServicesLifeforce in Later Years IncHOMES NOT BORDERS INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesHOMES NOT BORDERS INCFor the Girls Inc: $72,857 · Human ServicesFor the Girls IncREFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE INC: $72,007 · Human ServicesREFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE INCCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES …UNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $63,500 · Human ServicesEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $63,000 · Human ServicesHELLO NEIGHBOR: $60,000 · Human ServicesNECHAMACOMFORT INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $44,500 · Human Services+6 more: $121,880 · Human Services+6 moreTRIBE TALK CONNECTION: $319,076 · OtherTRIBE TALK CONNECTIONMUSIC MENDS MINDS INC: $84,000 · OtherMUSIC MENDS MINDS INCIndividual grant recipient: $76,367 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JACOBS LADDER INC: $73,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JACOBS LADDER …MYCHILD'SCANCER INC: $65,200 · OtherFJC: $64,972 · OtherMEDICAL JUSTICE ALLIANCEINC: $52,500 · OtherSHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC: $47,500 · OtherFOR GOOD PGH: $66,000 · Other+28 more: $510,268 · Other+28 moreSKILLED VOLUNTEERS FOR ISRAEL: $203,000 · PhilanthropySKILLED VOLUNT…UEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC: $143,599 · PhilanthropyUEMPOWER OF MA…International Neighbors Inc: $114,007 · PhilanthropyInternational …THE FIRESTARTER GROUP: $47,950 · PhilanthropyTHE FIRESTARTE…Caravan to Class: $47,500 · PhilanthropyCaravan to Cla…PUERTO RICO LIT INC: $21,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,030 · PhilanthropyFAMILY TO FAMILY INC: $91,679 · Food & NutritionFEAST Inc: $78,400 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC: $73,500 · Food & NutritionPLANT IT FORWARD: $41,600 · Food & NutritionBAGEL RESCUE INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionVILLAGE HARVEST CORPORATION: $19,500 · Food & NutritionSALEM HARVEST: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $11,388 · Food & NutritionONE CAN HELP INC: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IMAGINE: $82,000 · Youth DevelopmentDETROIT HORSE POWER: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPURE HEART FOUNDATION: $47,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEAT THE STREETS NEW ENGLAND INC: $30,165 · Youth DevelopmentThe Konnection: $21,174 · Youth DevelopmentSPIRIT CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 · HealthYESH TIKVA INC: $64,125 · HealthSURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS: $64,114 · HealthBirdieLight: $45,000 · HealthA COURAGEOUS VOICE: $43,000 · HealthTHE SUNDARA FUND INC: $18,500 · HealthCOURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC: $15,000 · HealthSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $129,300 · InternationalGabriel Project Mumbai: $74,200 · InternationalATZUM INC: $50,330 · InternationalBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $31,500 · International
Human Services$1,251,379Other$1,358,883Philanthropy$587,586Food & Nutrition$351,067Youth Development$340,339Health$325,739International$285,330

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 budgetSKILLED VOLUNTEERS FOR ISRAEL: $203,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $161,026 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetUEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC: $143,599 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $129,300 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $118,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Neighbors Inc: $114,007 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetONE CAN HELP INC: $110,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetLifeforce in Later Years Inc: $100,500 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetFAMILY TO FAMILY INC: $91,679 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetMUSIC MENDS MINDS INC: $84,000 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetJUST IMAGINE: $82,000 over 7y, 38% of budgetHOMES NOT BORDERS INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFEAST Inc: $78,400 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetSPIRIT CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetGabriel Project Mumbai: $74,200 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC: $73,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JACOBS LADDER INC: $73,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetFor the Girls Inc: $72,857 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE INC: $72,007 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $70,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetFOR GOOD PGH: $66,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMYCHILD'SCANCER INC: $65,200 over 4y, 16% of budgetFJC: $64,972 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYESH TIKVA INC: $64,125 over 5y, 15% of budgetSURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS: $64,114 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetUNCHAINED AT LAST INC: $63,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $63,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetHELLO NEIGHBOR: $60,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetMEDICAL JUSTICE ALLIANCEINC: $52,500 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetNECHAMACOMFORT INC: $50,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetATZUM INC: $50,330 over 3y, 18% of budgetDETROIT HORSE POWER: $50,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FIRESTARTER GROUP: $47,950 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetSHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC: $47,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCaravan to Class: $47,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetPURE HEART FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetBirdieLight: $45,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $44,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $43,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetA COURAGEOUS VOICE: $43,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetPLANT IT FORWARD: $41,600 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetEveryday Boston Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetKavod vNichum: $40,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetENVISION KINDNESS INC: $36,300 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetMAKE MUSIC NOLA: $35,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $34,200 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBREAKING THE CHAIN THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $31,500 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetBEAT THE STREETS NEW ENGLAND INC: $30,165 over 3y, 6.5% 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.

  • Who funds SKILLED VOLUNTEERS FOR ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds SYVER A NJ NONPROFIT CORP dba JSURGE ↗
  • Who funds MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Survivor Mitzvah Project ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds International Neighbors Inc ↗
  • Who funds ONE CAN HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds Lifeforce in Later Years Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TO FAMILY INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC MENDS MINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST IMAGINE ↗
  • Who funds HOMES NOT BORDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FEAST Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPIRIT CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Gabriel Project Mumbai ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JACOBS LADDER INC ↗
  • Who funds For the Girls Inc ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOR GOOD PGH ↗
  • Who funds MYCHILD'SCANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds FJC ↗
  • Who funds YESH TIKVA INC ↗
  • Who funds SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS ↗
  • Who funds UNCHAINED AT LAST INC ↗
  • Who funds EMMA'S TORCH LTD ↗
  • Who funds HELLO NEIGHBOR ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL JUSTICE ALLIANCEINC ↗
  • Who funds NECHAMACOMFORT INC ↗
  • Who funds ATZUM INC ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT HORSE POWER ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRESTARTER GROUP ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Caravan to Class ↗
  • Who funds PURE HEART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BirdieLight ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Skillman Foundati…FjcJewish Federation of …United Way for Southe…The Allan & Melanie N…Detroit Pistons Found…The Harry and Jeanett…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Annenberg Foundat…United Jewish Appeal-…California Community …
Jewish Communal FundNY16.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Skillman Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Allan & Melanie Nelkin Foundation Inc · Detroit Pistons Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · California Community Foundation

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 Good People Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Good People Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Refugee Assistance Alliance Inc: 92% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • City Strings United Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Shelter Music Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
15report 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.
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How do I get to The Good People Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Good People Fund Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 88 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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