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The Metta Giving Foundation at a glance

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The Metta Giving 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.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$16k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

International$156kHuman Services$78kCrime & Legal$49kReligion$48kHousing & Shelter$45kEnvironment$27kAnimals$24kPhilanthropy$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$16,000
Terra Firma Rainwater Collective$15,000
River Center of New Castle Inc$3,000
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$3,000
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 (FY19–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVING ROOM CENTER INC: $5k → 9%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $3k → 18%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE INC: $13k → 8%LIVING ROOM CENTER INC: $5k → 9%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE INC: $6k → 8%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE INC: $3k → 8%LIVING ROOM CENTER INC: $2k → 9%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE INC: $3k → 8%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%River Center of New Castle Inc: $3k → 8%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LIVING ROOM CENTER INC: $6k → 9%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LIVING ROOM CENTER INC: $4k → 9%WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%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

NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
NJ
CA
CO
VA
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 18 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
20

Total granted

$378k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+30%

Still filing today

94%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $49k · revenue +44%
  • AF
    ACUMEN FUND INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $40k · revenue +50%
  • FR
    FOUNDATION RWANDA INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $36k · revenue +94% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • AP
    AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $16k · revenue +71%
  • TW
    THE WATER PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +14%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -6%
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
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
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
4
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
5
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
6
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
7
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
8
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
9
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
10
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
11
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camfed Usa Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Abby Kelley Foster House 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACUMEN FUND INC: $40,100 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INCFOUNDATION RWANDA INC: $35,655 · InternationalFOUNDATION RWANDA INCCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $28,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATIONWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $17,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE WATER PROJECT INCINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMSINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $7,500 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $7,500 · InternationalDharma Sangha Boulder Inc DBA Boulder Zen Center Inc: $33,500 · OtherDharma Sangha Boulder Inc DBA …INTERNATIONAL ANTI-POACHING FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL ANTI-POACHING FO…VERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: $7,500 · OtherVERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPO…DHARMA SANGHA: $6,660 · OtherLIFE INTER FAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY: $5,700 · OtherDHARMA SANGHA: $5,200 · OtherUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $13,000 · OtherUniversity of Nevada Reno Foun…SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE: $15,000 · OtherTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTI…COMMUNITY WORKS INC: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY WORKS INCMASLOW PROJECT: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $20,395 · Other+9 moreRiver Center of New Castle Inc: $28,000 · Human ServicesRiver Center …THE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $21,500 · Human ServicesTHE LIVING RO…WAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $7,903 · Human ServicesWAY OF COMPAS…UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $49,000 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL A…ABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterAFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $16,000 · AnimalsAKASHINGA INC: $9,000 · AnimalsUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyWESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,650 · Philanthropy+1 more: $600 · Philanthropy
International$173,755Other$135,955Human Services$60,403Crime & Legal$49,000Housing & Shelter$36,500Animals$25,000Philanthropy$23,250

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 budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $49,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACUMEN FUND INC: $40,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION RWANDA INC: $35,655 over 4y, 39% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRiver Center of New Castle Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $21,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY WORKS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKASHINGA INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAY OF COMPASSION FOUNDATION: $7,903 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetVERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE INTER FAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY: $5,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My Sheep Ministry: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetManaus: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $2,845 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

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

Colorado Gives Founda…ImpactassetsincAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Impactassetsinc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Metta Giving Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Metta Giving Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Community Works Inc: 59% of income from government
  • African People & Wildlife Fund Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Maslow Project: 22% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Metta Giving Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Metta Giving 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 41 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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