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The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation at a glance

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The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$98kArts & Culture$91kReligion$46kHealth$31kEducation$26kMembership Benefit$8kRecreation & Sports$8kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,250
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM$5,000
WESTCHESTER RESETTLEMENT COALITION$5,000
RIVER ARTS$3,000
SIGNATURE THEATER$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
J STREET EDUCATION FUND$1,800
CAMP KINDERLAND$1,250
THE ACTING COMPANY$1,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$1,000
NEW 42$1,000
CATA - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS$500
MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA$500
MALALA FUND$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATA - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $500 → 12%FREEDOM NOW: $750 → 14%CATA - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $500 → 12%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $33k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $21k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $19k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $17k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$291k · 21 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -22% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
14

Total granted

$291k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-22%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationMembership BenefitReligionOther
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

  • HS
    HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT
    4× · 2020–2024 · $90k · revenue +14%
  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +29%
  • BC
    BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2021 · $23k
  • WR
    WESTCHESTER RESETTLEMENT CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TA
    THE ACTORS CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +31%
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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New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
2
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
4
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
5
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
6
Soho Repertory Theatre Inc

Soho repertory provides radical theater makers with productions of the highest caliber and tailor-made development at key junctures in their artistic practice. we elevate artists as thought leaders and citizens who change the field and…

Arts & Culture
7
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
8
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
9
The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc

The irish repertory theatre (the "theatre") mission is to bring works by irish and irish american masters and contemporary playwrights to american audiences, to provide a context for understanding the contemporary irish american experience…

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10
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
11
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
12
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Milwaukee Community Orchestra Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $36,800 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHALOMHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $22,500 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYRIVER ARTS: $14,000 · OtherRIVER ARTSSIGNATURE THEATER: $12,000 · OtherSIGNATURE THEATERIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,800 · OtherWESTCHESTER RESETTLEMENT CENTER: $5,000 · OtherJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,400 · OtherWestchester Resettlement Coalition: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $23,272 · Other+14 moreHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $89,700 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT+2 more: $1,750 · Human ServicesNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEAR…THE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW 42ND STREET…THE ACTORS CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $10,300 · Membership BenefitCAMP KINDERLAND INC: $8,250 · Recreation & SportsWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 · InternationalPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,800 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,700 · International+1 more: $200 · International
Other$137,772Human Services$91,450Arts & Culture$57,000Education$25,500Membership Benefit$10,300Recreation & Sports$8,250International$7,700

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 budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $89,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $10,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP KINDERLAND INC: $8,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Resettlement Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE PLAYWRIGHTS LAB INC: $2,125 over 2y, 10% of budgetTHE ACTORS CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $1,037 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLEX CINEMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM NOW INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget350ORG: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $200 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.

  • Who funds HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP KINDERLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Westchester Resettlement Coalition ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW 42ND STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE PLAYWRIGHTS LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTBLUE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIPLEX CINEMA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MALALA FUND ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Community Access to the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Liberal Do-Gooder Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Liberal Do-Gooder 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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The camps
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