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The Highland Project Inc

The organization is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to sustain leaders across sectors and generations focused on creating multi-generational wealth for all, strengthen their civic engagement, and support them through access to capital and social networks.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$135k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.6MEducation$620kHealth$519kPublic Benefit$350kArts & Culture$300kCivil Rights$300kHuman Services$300kPhilanthropy$225kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.8M
$100,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BIG WE DBA HISTORIC CLAYBORN TEMPLE$135,000
THE KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTIVE$100,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION$100,000
BLACK CULTURAL ZONE CDC$100,000
ME TOO INTERNATIONAL$100,000
CPM GLOBAL (CHELSEA MILLER)$100,000
MELANATED LEADERS INC$100,000
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ARKANSAS EDUCATION FUND$100,000
POISE FOUNDATION$100,000
COLOR FARM IMPACT INC$100,000
SISTER SONG INC$100,000
BELOVED COMMUNITY INC$98,500
FLORIDA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL$95,000
CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE BIRTH CENTER$95,000
SURGE INSTITUTE INC$95,000
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 (FY23–25, $590k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $90k → 13%SPRINGBOARD TO OPERATIONS: $100k → 7%INSTITUTO LAB: $100k → 11%SISTER SONG INC: $100k → 13%INDIANA BLACK LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%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
IL
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
LA
GA
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.
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 11% of The Highland Project Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Highland Project Inclessmore 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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$940k · 5 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
19

Total granted

$940k
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

80%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationHealthOther
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

  • EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $300k · revenue +92%
  • BC
    Beloved Community Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $290k · revenue -69%
  • KC
    KATECHA CARES FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $150k

Funded once

  • OV
    Our Village United Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue 0%
  • C
    CHIC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • ST
    SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue 0%
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
Wepower

We activate community power to redesign social systems to be just and equitable for all through (1) developing and supporting leaders and organizations and (2) leading campaigns, coalitions, and innovative initiatives.

Community Improvement
2
Revolution Institute

Revolution Institute's purpose is to liberate the expansive potential of African-American and Latinx communities through sustainable, future-oriented work, entrepreneurship, and value-aligned collaborations.

Employment
3
National Equity Project

To transform the experiences, outcomes, and life options for children & families who have been historically underserved by our institutions and systems.

Education
4
Black Feminist Future Inc

The Organization is a political hub focused on the dynamic possibilities of galvanizing the social and political power of Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people towards liberation.

Arts & Culture
5
Equiticity

To operationalize racial equity by harnessing the collective power through research, advocacy, programs, community mobility rituals, and social enterprises to improve the lives of black, brown, and indigenous people in our society.

Education
6
Blck Vc

To connect, engage, empower and advance black venture investors.

Civil Rights
7
Multicultural Coalition Inc

Elevate all communities of color through responsive & innovative actions to create and build a movement of positive and sustainable change, together.

Community Improvement
8
The Black Collaborative Inc
Community Improvement
9
Center for Diversity and the Environment

To racially and ethnically diversify the US Environmental Movement by developing leaders, diversifying institutions, and building community.

Environment
10
Onyx Impact Inc

Onyx Impact is a nonprofit research, education, and digital innovation hub dedicated to building healthier, safer, and more just digital spaces for Black communities. We fight the spread of harmful information, amplify Black voices, and…

Civil Rights
11
The Black Organizing Project Inc

The Black Organizing Project is a Black, member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community building across the Bay Area.

Human Services
12
Black in Action Collective

Black in Action Collective exists to build Black political power to transform systems and radically reimagine what is possible for ourselves, our families, and our communities

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Leaders of Color Inc; the most unlike its peers is Instituto Lab. 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

34 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. 34 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
7/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Beloved Community Inc: $290,000 · Community ImprovementBeloved Community IncOur Village United Inc: $200,000 · Community ImprovementOur Village United IncThe Big We: $135,000 · Community ImprovementThe Big WeBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMM…NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $100,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVI…Shes Well Networked Inc: $95,000 · Community ImprovementShes Well Networked IncMANGROVE COMMUNITY WEALTH INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementMANGROVE COMMUNITY WEALT…KATECHA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherKATECHA CARES FOUNDATION INCCHIC: $100,000 · OtherCHICTHE KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTIVE: $100,000 · OtherTHE KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTIVETHERAPYLUV PLLC: $100,000 · OtherTHERAPYLUV PLLCLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ARKANSAS EDUCATION FUND INC: $100,000 · OtherLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ARKANSAS E…CPM GLOBAL (CHELSEA MILLER): $100,000 · OtherCPM GLOBAL (CHELSEA MILLER)TOPEKA K SAM VENTURES LLC: $100,000 · OtherTOPEKA K SAM VENTURES LLCLNH SOLUTIONS LLC: $100,000 · OtherLNH SOLUTIONS LLCFLORIDA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL: $95,000 · OtherFLORIDA FOOD POLICY COUNCILChicago South Side Birth Center: $95,000 · OtherChicago South Side Birth CenterCIVIC HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $75,000 · OtherEquity for All Inc: $100,000 · OtherEquity for All IncMe Too International Inc: $100,000 · OtherMe Too International IncDESTINATION LIBERATION: $100,000 · OtherDESTINATION LIBERATIONJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $50,000 · Other+1 more: $25,000 · OtherEDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureEDUCATION LEADE…COLOR FARM IMPACT INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCOLOR FARM IMPA…ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureALLIED MEDIA PR…COLORADO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BLACK …GIVESANKOFA INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD TO…Instituto Lab: $100,000 · Human ServicesInstituto LabIndiana Black Legislative Caucus Education Foundation INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesIndiana Black …TIDES CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERSISTERSONG INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesSISTERSONG INCOpen Buffalo Inc: $90,000 · Human ServicesOpen Buffalo I…BLACK LEADERSHIP & LEGACIES INC: $100,000 · Public BenefitBLACK LEA…MelanatED Leaders: $100,000 · Public BenefitMelanatED…CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $100,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FO…FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT: $100,000 · Public BenefitFUND FOR …THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $100,000 · EducationRISE COLORADO: $100,000 · EducationSURGE INSTITUTE: $95,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $25,000 · EducationPOISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$995,000Other$1,490,000Arts & Culture$625,000Human Services$590,000Public Benefit$400,000Education$320,000Philanthropy$200,000

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 budgetEDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC: $300,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBeloved Community Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetOur Village United Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLACK LEADERSHIP & LEGACIES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOLOR FARM IMPACT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetInstituto Lab: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMelanatED Leaders: $100,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetEquity for All Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetIndiana Black Legislative Caucus Education Foundation INC: $100,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetRISE COLORADO: $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMe Too International Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOLORADO BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: $100,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESTINATION LIBERATION: $100,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetSURGE INSTITUTE: $95,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetShes Well Networked Inc: $95,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetMANGROVE COMMUNITY WEALTH INC: $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCIVIC HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $25,000 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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…WK Kellogg FoundationNellie Mae Education …Silicon Valley Commun…John P and Anne Welsh…Chan Zuckerberg Initi…New Profit IncImpactassetsincFoundation to Promote…Rockefeller Philanthr…Bvm Capacity Building…The San Francisco Fou…
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC22× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · John P and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · New Profit Inc · Impactassetsinc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · The San Francisco 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 Highland Project Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Highland Project Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Highland Project Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Highland Project 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 44 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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