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The Independent Charitable Gift Fund

Inspiring and enabling americans and their trusted advisors to create, preserve and pass on their philanthropic legacy through donor advised fund solutions where the impact is truly remarkable and the experience is fun, resulting in additional charitable giving.

$85M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1,962
Grants FY2025still arriving
50
States reached
$2.3M
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$51MEducation$29MHuman Services$18MHealth$15MPhilanthropy$13MInternational$8.1MRecreation & Sports$4.7MArts & Culture$4.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 1962 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,962 grants below total $78,118,211, the rows itemized in this filing. The $85,037,161 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,918,950 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 $10k420 grants · $2.9M
  • $10k–50k1199 grants · $23M
  • $50k–250k292 grants · $26M
  • $250k+51 grants · $26M
$15,000
Median grant
50
States reached
$922M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST GEORGE MUSIC THEATER COMPANY$2,300,000
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS$2,018,467
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC DBA DAFGIVING360$2,010,200
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$1,539,358
SANTA CRUZ LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY CENTER AKA THE DIVERSITY CENTER SANTA$740,000
TRACKSIDE VETERAN SALUTE FOUNDATION NFP$725,000
NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC$624,200
LOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE LLC AKA LBCA$600,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$570,732
OPERATION HEALING HEROES FOUNDATION NFP$550,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$546,800
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$542,382
SMALL THINGS INC$540,000
LIBERTI CHURCH OF THE RIVER WARDS$510,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$502,320
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 (FY20–25, $11.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MADISON ADOPTION ASSOCIATES LTD: $150k → 10%PEMMASANI GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%UVALDE CISD MOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION: $250k → 25%WESLEY RETIREMENT SERVICES INC AKA WESLEYLIFE: $75k → 10%HOMETOWN HEROES INC AKA CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES CAMP REUNITE AND TURNING RIVE: $375k → 6%SILVERTON AREA COMMUNITY AID AKA SACA: $311k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $105k → 14%AWAKE MINISTRIES AKA OPEN DOOR OF HOPE INC: $70k → 9%CROSSROADS MISSIONS: $100k → 15%MADISON ADOPTION ASSOCIATES LTD: $150k → 10%ON THE ROAD LENDING: $75k → 14%OPERATION HEALING HEROES FOUNDATION NFP: $550k → 9%HOMETOWN HEROES INC AKA CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES CAMP REUNITE AND TURNING RIVE: $350k → 6%SILVERTON AREA COMMUNITY AID AKA SACA: $71k → 14%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $250k → 11%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $300k → 14%HOMETOWN HEROES INC AKA CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES CAMP REUNITE AND TURNING RIVE: $350k → 6%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $200k → 11%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $300k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL INC: $105k → 8%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $300k → 8%HEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $100k → 11%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $300k → 14%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $250k → 8%MEADOWOOD CORPORATION: $100k → 7%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $150k → 17%TARGET HUNGER: $150k → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $300k → 14%THE METHODIST HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $150k → 8%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $300k → 14%CHARITY GLOBAL DBA CHARITY WATER: $218k → 4%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $250k → 8%MUSANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION: $153k → 8%MEADOWOOD CORPORATION: $100k → 7%CHARITY GLOBAL DBA CHARITY WATER: $132k → 4%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $200k → 17%MUSANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION: $100k → 8%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $189k → 17%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $150k → 8%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $150k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $100k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $100k → 17%MEADOWOOD CORPORATION: $500k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $80k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $80k → 14%AVIVO: $75k → 11%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $180k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $75k → 14%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

AK
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VT
NH
WA
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ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
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WY
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
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RI
CA
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CO
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MO
KY
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
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AR
TN
NC
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DC
HI
OK
LA
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AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$176M · 1214 repeat orgs$40M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

1214 repeat relationships: 980 still active in FY2025, 234 since wound down; 394 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1214
315

Total granted

$176M
$23M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+2%

Still filing today

68%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4.2M · revenue +701%
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +2%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • LI
    LITERACY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · revenue +3% · 39% of their budget
  • SR
    ST ROSE CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $2.0M
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH PARISH
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M
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.

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Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Lazarus Inc; the most unlike its peers is Miracles From Heaven. 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

1388 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. 1388 of the 2,000 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.

57
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
189
Early backer (in before they grew)
1371/1388
Grantees still filing
783/1388
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $7,773,991 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $3,330,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,560,656 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+104 more: $64,438,431 · Other+104 moreUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,095,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF O…LITERACY INC: $2,000,000 · EducationLITERACY INCMarquette University: $1,325,650 · EducationMarquette Unive…AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,294,750 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSI…SUNY MARITIME FOUNDATION INC: $1,145,000 · EducationSUNY MARITIME F…Augustine Institute Inc: $1,101,000 · EducationAugustine Insti…TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $935,000 · EducationLIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY DAY SCHOOL: $716,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $698,175 · Education+21 more: $8,813,033 · Education+21 moreGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $4,182,464 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE …DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $3,614,980 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISE…Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $1,657,465 · PhilanthropyRenaissance …THE LABOURE SOCIETY INC: $1,350,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LABOURE …CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,153,457 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN CO…Warrior Rising: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyWarrior Risi…WOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $659,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $2,085,394 · Philanthropy+6 moreOPERATION HEALING HEROS FOUNDATION NFP: $1,575,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,500,000 · Human ServicesHOMETOWN HEROES INC: $1,075,000 · Human ServicesURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $739,000 · Human ServicesMEADOWOOD CORPORATION: $715,000 · Human ServicesHEALING WARRIORS PROGRAM: $550,000 · Human ServicesSILVERTON AREA COMMUNITY AID INC: $407,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $360,500 · Human Services+7 more: $1,797,950 · Human ServicesTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $850,000 · HealthLOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $850,000 · HealthADVOCATES GIVING ASSOCIATION: $800,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $773,700 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $773,160 · HealthGO2 For Lung Cancer: $760,000 · HealthSADDLES IN SERVICE: $650,000 · HealthOBJECTIVE ZERO FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Health22ZERO FOLLOW ME INC: $350,000 · HealthCHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $326,800 · HealthFUND FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEW YORK INC: $300,000 · Health+6 more: $1,539,030 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,340,246 · ReligionWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $1,001,750 · ReligionHAITI180 INC: $568,650 · ReligionMISSION TO THE BELOVED: $500,000 · ReligionIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $492,000 · ReligionGreat Commission Media Ministries-USA: $430,000 · ReligionChristian Aid Ministries: $400,000 · ReligionSERVINGLEADERS MINISTRIES INC: $323,000 · ReligionBethel Ministries International: $223,000 · ReligionCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $1,700,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $998,066 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $488,068 · InternationalONE WORLD SURGERY: $423,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $365,858 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $350,800 · InternationalMIRACLES FROM HEAVEN: $330,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $312,100 · International
Other$80,103,078Education$20,124,108Philanthropy$15,702,760Human Services$9,719,450Health$8,372,690Religion$5,278,646International$4,967,892

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,560,656 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $4,182,464 over 3y, 14% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $3,614,980 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $3,330,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,095,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY INC: $2,000,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON: $1,900,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $1,700,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $1,657,465 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HEALING HEROS FOUNDATION NFP: $1,575,000 over 3y, 61% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,500,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTrackside Veteran Salute Foundation NFP: $1,375,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetTHE LABOURE SOCIETY INC: $1,350,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,340,246 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $1,325,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,294,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON: $1,200,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,153,457 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSUNY MARITIME FOUNDATION INC: $1,145,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetUS Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston: $1,130,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $1,101,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetHOMETOWN HEROES INC: $1,075,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $1,001,750 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetWarrior Rising: $1,000,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $998,066 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSMALL THINGS INC: $950,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $935,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTAKE A VET FISHING NFP: $875,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $850,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetLOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $850,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetADVOCATES GIVING ASSOCIATION: $800,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $773,700 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $773,160 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGO2 For Lung Cancer: $760,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetROAD TO THE TOP INC: $750,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetThe Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center: $740,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $739,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY DAY SCHOOL: $716,500 over 2y, 43% of budgetMEADOWOOD CORPORATION: $715,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $700,200 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $698,175 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $659,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSADDLES IN SERVICE: $650,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $632,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $625,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $625,000 over 5y, 0.4% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HEALING HEROS FOUNDATION NFP ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
  • Who funds Trackside Veteran Salute Foundation NFP ↗
  • Who funds THE LABOURE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNY MARITIME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds US Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston ↗
  • Who funds Augustine Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMETOWN HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Warrior Rising ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Prairie Creek Partner…Rowling FoundationYontz Valor FoundationBookey Family Foundat…Betty Stieren Kelso F…John Ruan Foundation …Circle Bar FoundationThe West Bancorporati…EMC Insurance Foundat…Mary K and Daniel M K…Uncommon Charitable I…The Seidler Foundation
Prairie Creek Partners Charitable FoundationTX29.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 2 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Rowling Foundation · Yontz Valor Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Circle Bar Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Uncommon Charitable Impact Inc · The Seidler 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 Independent Charitable Gift Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Independent Charitable Gift Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Independent Charitable Gift Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Independent Charitable Gift Fund 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 2000 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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