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The John Bickford Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$188k
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$424kReligion$208kEducation$204kHuman Services$176kHealth$166kFood & Nutrition$59kInternational$59kCrime & Legal$53kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $153k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$3,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORRIS MUSEUM INC$15,000
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION$10,000
ART IN THE ATRIUM INC$10,000
DOVER CHILDRENS HOME$7,500
ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$7,000
UNITED BOARD FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASI$7,000
METTAWEE THEATRE CO INC$6,500
MORRISTOWN AND MORRIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY FOUNDATION$5,000
INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC$5,000
WILBURY THEATRE GROUP$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHER$5,000
NEWBRIDGE SERVICES INC$5,000
THE CENTER AT 353 INC$5,000
HOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC$5,000
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MORRIS AND SU$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE CENTER AT 353 INC: $5k → 11%TRINITY COUNSELING SERVICES: $2k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER DBA RISE: $2k → 11%IT TAKES PHILLY ENCOURAGING AND EMPOWERING OUR CHI: $2k → 7%IT TAKES PHILLY ENCOURAGING AND EMPOWERING OUR CHI: $2k → 7%IT TAKES PHILLY INC: $2k → 7%IT TAKES PHILLY INC: $1k → 7%SEACOAST VILLAGE PROJECT: $2k → 5%SEACOAST VILLAGE PROJECT: $2k → 5%CORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $5k → 4%CORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $5k → 4%CHILDREN OF THE GREEN: $3k → 4%CHILDREN OF THE GREEN: $3k → 4%CHILDREN OF THE GREEN: $2k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $1k → 4%ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT C: $2k → 4%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
SD
IN
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 90 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

90 repeat relationships — 37 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
30

Total granted

$1.4M
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+31%

Still filing today

60%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TM
    THE MORRIS MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $118k · revenue +11%
  • SB
    STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +95%
  • IF
    INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • TC
    TRINITY COUNSELING SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +2%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF NEW JERSEY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -86%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +80%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornerstone Family Programs and the most unlike its peers is It Takes Philly. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPregnancy Support ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Community Arts CentersPublic Library OperationsDomestic Violence ServicesSenior Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterYmca Youth DevelopmentLgbtq+ Community SupportIndependent K-12 SchoolsFood Banks and PantriesEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsLocal History MuseumsElementary Literacy Tutoring
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%42%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/93
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,472

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

87 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 87 of the 134 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/87
Grantees still filing
60/87
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WALHALLA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $67,500 · OtherWALHALLA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFLORIDA RESOURCE CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC — $65,000 · OtherFLORIDA RESOURCE CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INCMARYKNOLL SISTERS — $41,000 · OtherST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $41,000 · OtherMETTAWEE RIVER THEATER CO #D405 — $37,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NORTHERN NJ — $35,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE FAMILY SERVICES — $35,000 · Other+71 more — $577,150 · Other+71 moreTHE MORRIS MUSEUM INC — $118,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MORRIS MUSEUM …STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM — $37,500 · Arts & CultureSTRAWBERY BANKE MU…METTAWEE THEATRE CO INC — $13,000 · Arts & CultureMETTAWEE THEATRE C…SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE — $12,000 · Arts & CultureFRANCES PERKINS CENTER — $11,500 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Company — $11,000 · Arts & CultureART IN THE ATRIUM INC — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+9 moreLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MORRIS COUNTY INC — $22,500 · EducationLITERACY VOLU…PRINCETON NURSERY SCHOOL — $17,500 · EducationPRINCETON NUR…AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $17,000 · EducationAMHERST COLLE…FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — $14,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MA…GUNDALOW COMPANY — $13,500 · EducationGUNDALOW COMP…THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $13,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SC…MORRISTOWN AND MORRIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $12,500 · EducationMORRISTOWN AN…PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY — $11,000 · EducationPHILLIPS EXET…Southern New Hampshire University — $10,000 · EducationSouthern New …WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $8,500 · EducationPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC — $8,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE — $7,500 · Education+6 more — $20,000 · Education+6 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER DBA RISE — $10,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN ON THE GREEN INC — $7,500 · Human ServicesIT TAKES PHILLY — $7,000 · Human ServicesCENTER AT 353 INC — $6,500 · Human ServicesSEACOAST VILLAGE PROJECT — $4,000 · Human ServicesJERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION — $2,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesLITWORLD INTERNATIONAL INC — $23,000 · InternationalUNITED BOARD FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASIA — $13,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC — $4,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $2,000 · InternationalINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC — $35,000 · Food & NutritionJenkintown Food Cupboard Inc — $8,000 · Food & NutritionZUFALL HEALTH CENTER INC — $15,000 · HealthNewbridge Services Inc — $13,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $5,000 · HealthHOPE ON HAVEN HILL INC — $2,000 · HealthGOOD GRIEF INC — $2,000 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · Health
Other$899,150Arts & Culture$243,000Education$175,000Human Services$52,000International$51,500Food & Nutrition$43,000Health$38,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE MORRIS MUSEUM INC — $118,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSTRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM — $37,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC — $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC — $27,920 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLITWORLD INTERNATIONAL INC — $23,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MORRIS COUNTY INC — $22,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetNew Hampshire Institute of Art — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INC — $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRINCETON NURSERY SCHOOL — $17,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES — $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $15,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FLOWER DISTRICT — $15,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetZUFALL HEALTH CENTER INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGUNDALOW COMPANY — $13,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED BOARD FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASIA — $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOVER CHILDRENS HOME INC — $13,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNewbridge Services Inc — $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETTAWEE THEATRE CO INC — $13,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMORRISTOWN AND MORRIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE — $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRANCES PERKINS CENTER — $11,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company — $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY — $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of KHMER Culture Inc — $10,500 over 3y, 98% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER DBA RISE — $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART IN THE ATRIUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetTHE STICKLEY MUSEUM AT CRAFTSMAN FARMS INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNew Hampshire Outright — $8,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN ON THE GREEN INC — $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilbury Theatre Group — $7,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIT TAKES PHILLY — $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe 124 Club — $6,750 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER AT 353 INC — $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPROPRIETORS PORTSMOUTH ATHENAEUM — $5,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTRINITY COUNSELING SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF NEW JERSEY — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF BURMA INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MORRIS AND SUSSEX COUNTIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE MORRIS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITWORLD INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MORRIS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds New Hampshire Institute of Art ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF MORRIS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON NURSERY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE FLOWER DISTRICT ↗
  • Who funds ZUFALL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GUNDALOW COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED BOARD FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASIA ↗
  • Who funds DOVER CHILDRENS HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Newbridge Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds METTAWEE THEATRE CO INC ↗
  • Who funds MORRISTOWN AND MORRIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fm Kirby Foundation I…New Hampshire Charita…The Hyde and Watson F…The Provident Bank Fo…The Mimi Washington S…Investors Foundation …Community Foundation …Bristol-Myers Squibb …A Caring Community IncPrinceton Area Commun…United Way of Norther…Blue Foundry Charitab…
Fm Kirby Foundation IncNJ36× affinity15 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · The Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · A Caring Community Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc · Blue Foundry Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The John Bickford Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Community Hope Inc — 41% of income from government
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Zufall Health Center Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Newbridge Services Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Morris County Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Edge New Jersey Inc — 7% of income from government
  • The Morris Museum Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Homeless Solutions Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Princeton Nursery School — 4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Family Programs — 3% of income from government
  • Children On the Green Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees — 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
19report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The John Bickford Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The John Bickford Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 134 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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