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The Karakin Foundation at a glance

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The Karakin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16M
Granted FY2024still arriving
121
Grants FY2024still arriving
27
States reached
$3.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$12MInternational$11MEducation$9.7MHuman Services$8.5MPhilanthropy$5.3MCommunity Improvement$4.1MAnimals$3.3MRecreation & Sports$2.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 121 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+17 grants · $11M
$30,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$194M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE$3,000,000
GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION$1,000,000
ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY$1,000,000
WEST TEXAS REHABILITATION CENTER FOUNDATION$833,333
HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$800,000
EVERFREE$500,000
HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY$500,000
HEALTHY KIDS BRIGHTER FUTURE INC$500,000
CHENLA CHILDREN'S HEALTH INC$410,000
NEUROKIDS$373,136
APOPO US INC$350,000
TERREWODE WOMEN'S FUND$300,000
ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION$300,000
MATERNAL HEALTH HOPE FUND$250,000
NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER$250,000
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 (FY20–24, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARCA: $225k → 14%PIVOT INC: $118k → 16%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $200k → 13%CAN'D AID: $25k → 12%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $207k → 9%MARSHALL COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $16k → 13%FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS: $25k → 9%ARCA: $200k → 14%PIVOT: $80k → 16%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $150k → 13%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $200k → 9%ARCA: $200k → 14%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $100k → 13%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $160k → 9%ARCA: $200k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $120k → 9%ARCA: $200k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $51k → 9%NEUROKIDS: $373k → 6%HOSPICE OF KONA FOUNATION: $50k → 15%JOSEPH THOMAS FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%TEXAS FAMILY INSTITUE: $8k → 16%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA INC: $50k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA INC: $30k → 14%EVERFREE: $500k → 10%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL DBA EVERFREE: $160k → 10%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL DBA EVERFREE: $60k → 10%EVERFREE: $50k → 10%EVERFREE: $15k → 10%APOPO US INC: $350k → 14%APOPO US INC: $300k → 14%APOPO US INC: $100k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $14k → 22%DISABILITY RESOURCES INC: $2k → 22%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
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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.
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 15% of The Karakin Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 46% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 37%.

The Karakin Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49M · 111 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
70

Total granted

$49M
$8.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+0%

Still filing today

89%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • HL
    HEALTHY LEARNERS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +507%
  • AY
    ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +34% · 100% of their budget
  • GN
    GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.0M · revenue ×67

Funded once

  • AI
    ABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $4.0M · revenue -90%
  • TT
    TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • All Kind Animal Initiative
    one grant, 2023 · $333k · revenue -66%
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
Dallas International University

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

Education
2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
5
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
6
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
7
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

The quincy institute promotes ideas that move u.s. foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. qi's staff and non-resident experts expose the costs and consequences of…

Community Improvement
8
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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9
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
10
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
11
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
12
Foreign Policy for America

Foreign Policy For America is a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded to strengthen support for principled American engagement in the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. 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

185 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. 185 of the 219 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.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
182/185
Grantees still filing
102/185
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIGN FRACTURES CARE INTERNATIONAL: $2,461,500 · OtherSIGN FRACTURES CARE INTERNATIONALCHRISTINA NOBLE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,808,512 · OtherCHRISTINA NOBLE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,510,000 · OtherCHENLA CHILDREN'S HEALTH INC: $1,080,000 · OtherHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $1,201,000 · OtherABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION: $4,000,000 · OtherABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATIONGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · OtherGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $2,022,535 · OtherABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITYHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,094,000 · Other+100 more: $14,287,198 · Other+100 moreABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $5,000,000 · Arts & CultureABILENE HER…NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $550,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST M…ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $361,500 · Arts & CulturePartners Asia: $330,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $852,167 · Arts & Culture+18 moreCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,074,021 · InternationalCURE INTERN…Water to Thrive: $954,478 · InternationalWater to Th…FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $882,000 · InternationalFUND FOR GL…PROJECT EXPEDITE JUSTICE: $850,000 · InternationalPROJECT EXP…EMERGENCY USA: $675,000 · InternationalEMERGENCY U…SURGEONS FOR CAMBODIA INC: $402,650 · InternationalSURGEONS FO…SUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $400,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIE…CHAB DAI INTERNATIONAL: $400,000 · InternationalCHAB DAI IN…US2UGANDA4LIFE: $280,000 · InternationalAfrican Mission Healthcare Foundation: $266,895 · InternationalTHE EXODUS ROAD INC: $250,000 · International+6 more: $437,500 · International+6 moreSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,625,000 · HealthSEMPER FI &…Maternal Help Hope Fund: $1,550,000 · HealthMaternal He…West Texas Rehabilitation Center Foundation: $850,333 · HealthWest Texas …Hendrick Medical Center Foundation: $800,000 · HealthHendrick Me…WATSI INC: $550,000 · HealthWATSI INCCHENLA CHILDREN'S HEALTH INC: $410,000 · HealthCHENLA CHIL…Texas Children's Hospital: $250,000 · Health+9 more: $595,322 · Health+9 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $3,835,508 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINI…HAWAII ISLAND UNITED WAY INC: $337,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII IS…UNITED WAY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $333,333 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…+5 more: $202,500 · PhilanthropyARCA: $1,025,000 · Human ServicesWillow International Everfree: $785,000 · Human ServicesAPOPO US INC: $750,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $738,312 · Human ServicesOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $450,000 · Human ServicesNEURO KIDS INC: $373,136 · Human ServicesPIVOT INC: $197,733 · Human Services+9 more: $247,500 · Human ServicesHEALTHY LEARNERS INC: $2,250,000 · Public BenefitTERREWODE WOMENS FUND: $1,050,000 · Public BenefitUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $500,000 · Public BenefitAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $450,000 · Public Benefit+7 more: $220,000 · Public Benefit
Other$31,464,745Arts & Culture$7,093,667International$6,872,544Health$6,630,655Philanthropy$5,908,841Human Services$4,566,681Public Benefit$4,470,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $5,000,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION: $4,000,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $3,835,508 over 4y, 11% of budgetHEALTHY LEARNERS INC: $2,250,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $2,022,535 over 2y, 100% of budgetGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,625,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMaternal Help Hope Fund: $1,550,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,510,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $1,201,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,094,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,074,021 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTERREWODE WOMENS FUND: $1,050,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetARCA: $1,025,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWater to Thrive: $954,478 over 4y, 27% of budgetFUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $882,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWest Texas Rehabilitation Center Foundation: $850,333 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetPROJECT EXPEDITE JUSTICE: $850,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetHendrick Medical Center Foundation: $800,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWillow International Everfree: $785,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetFood Bank of West Central Texas: $750,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $750,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetAPOPO US INC: $750,000 over 3y, 20% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $738,312 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetEMERGENCY USA: $675,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC: $615,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $600,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $600,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $550,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR NEW MEXICO: $550,000 over 5y, 74% of budgetWATSI INC: $550,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $500,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $500,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetEDUCATION BURMA THAILAND MYANMAR: $495,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetSE ASIA FOUNDATION: $475,500 over 2y, 53% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $450,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $450,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCHENLA CHILDREN'S HEALTH INC: $410,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetSURGEONS FOR CAMBODIA INC: $402,650 over 3y, 87% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $400,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCHAB DAI INTERNATIONAL: $400,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetNEURO KIDS INC: $373,136 over 1y, 50% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $361,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND UNITED WAY INC: $337,500 over 3y, 19% of budgetAll Kind Animal Initiative: $333,334 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUNITED WAY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $333,333 over 1y, 17% 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 ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY LEARNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds Maternal Help Hope Fund ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TERREWODE WOMENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds ARCA ↗
  • Who funds Water to Thrive ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds West Texas Rehabilitation Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT EXPEDITE JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Hendrick Medical Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Willow International Everfree ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of West Central Texas ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FINALLY HOME ↗
  • Who funds APOPO US INC ↗
  • Who funds 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY USA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE RISE ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR NEW MEXICO ↗
  • Who funds WATSI INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Legett FoundationKickapoo Springs Foun…Dian Graves Owen Foun…Community Foundation …Shelton Family Founda…Barber FoundationGreathouse FoundationThe Massey Family Cha…The Robison Excelsior…American Electric Pow…Abilene Christian Uni…Bradley Impact Fund I…
The Legett FoundationTX123.9× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Legett Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · Shelton Family Foundation · Barber Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · The Massey Family Charitable Trust · The Robison Excelsior Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Abilene Christian University · Bradley Impact Fund Inc

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 Karakin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karakin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
30report 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
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 Karakin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Karakin 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 219 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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