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The Monarch Charitable Foundation aka THE MONARCH FOUNDATION at a glance

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The Monarch Charitable Foundation aka THE MONARCH 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.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$6.8M
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.

Philanthropy$7.4MPublic Benefit$1.2MEducation$344kHuman Services$256kReligion$190kEnvironment$162kInternational$128kCivil Rights$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $92k
  • $250k+1 grant · $6.8M
$14,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$109M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGE PROJECT INC$6,828,866
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$92,152
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$21,960
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC$17,000
BRONX IS BLOOMING$15,000
ICC FOUNDATION FONDATION ICC$15,000
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$14,500
INVISIBLE AMERICANS PODCAST INC$10,000
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$8,000
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$6,000
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$6,000
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC$5,500
BRIDGE PROJECT INC$425
MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC$250
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $20k → 20%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $10k → 28%MOMS FOR MOMS NYC INC: $15k → 17%NYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK INC: $15k → 17%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 4 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
22

Total granted

$8.5M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+36%

Still filing today

75%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyPublic 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

  • TB
    THE BRIDGE PROJECT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7.3M · revenue +197% · 43% of their budget
  • CF
    Community Financial Resources
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.2M · revenue -27% · 65% of their budget
  • IF
    ICC FOUNDATION FONDATION ICC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST
    one grant, 2020 · $190k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CARE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $103k · revenue +3%
  • TR
    THE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -32%
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
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
2
Center for the Women of New York

The center for the women of new york helps women overcome financial, violence,social, wellness, and legal issues by raising awareness and advocating for full gender equality for women.

Human Services
3
Children's Rights Inc

Children's rights is a national advocacy organization that investigates, exposes, and combats violations of the rights of children. through strategic advocacy and civil rights impact litigation, children's rights holds governments…

Civil Rights
4
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

—
5
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
6
Brooklyn Perinatal Network Inc

The organizations key approach and strategy is collective work for community members who are at risks of poor maternal health outcomes and increase their access to the health promotion resources they need and that are available.…

Health
7
Brighter Green Inc

Brighter green is a public policy action tank that works to raise awareness of and encourage policy action that span the environment, animals, and sustainability. based in new york, brighter green works in the u.s. and internationally with…

Environment
8
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
9
Children in Conflict Inc

Vision: a world where no child's life is torn apart by war.children in conflict works tirelessly to restore hope, safety and childhoods to children whose lives are affected by war.

Human Services
10
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
11
Maternity and Early Childhood Fdn Inc

The mission of the maternity and early childhood foundation is to provide leadership, education, and resources to community-based agencies in new york state that support new and expectant parents from pregnancy through early childhood.

Health
12
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Reconciliation Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. 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

27 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. 27 of the 32 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BRIDGE PROJECT INC: $7,272,837 · PhilanthropyTHE BRIDGE PROJECT INC+1 more: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Financial Resources: $1,179,789 · Public BenefitCommunity Fin…CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST: $190,000 · OtherPOWER OF TWO NYC CORP: $75,000 · OtherCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 · OtherICC FOUNDATION FONDATION ICC: $30,000 · OtherTHE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC: $100,000 · OtherISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $100,000 · OtherLET'S BREAKTHROUGH INC: $50,000 · OtherHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 · Other+6 more: $67,250 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $244,130 · EducationCHANCES FOR CHILDREN - NY INC: $50,000 · EducationGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $50,000 · EducationTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $61,960 · EnvironmentCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentONLY ONE INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE BRONX IS BLOOMING: $27,371 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $50,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE ESSENTIALS: $20,000 · Human ServicesMOMS FOR MOMS NYC INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesNYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,023 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL CARE MINISTRIES: $103,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$7,372,837Public Benefit$1,179,789Other$712,250Education$344,130Environment$199,331Human Services$111,023Food & Nutrition$103,000

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 BRIDGE PROJECT INC: $7,272,837 over 3y, 43% of budgetCommunity Financial Resources: $1,179,789 over 2y, 65% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $244,130 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CARE MINISTRIES: $103,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $61,960 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLET'S BREAKTHROUGH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCHANCES FOR CHILDREN - NY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRONX IS BLOOMING: $27,371 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLITTLE ESSENTIALS: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDominican Womens Development Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINVISIBLE AMERICANS PODCAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetCenter Against Rape and Domestic Violence: $1,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $250 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Robin Hood FoundationThe Chicago Community…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Rockefeller Philanthr…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
Jewish Communal FundNY14.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Monarch Charitable Foundation aka THE MONARCH FOUNDATION funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Monarch Charitable Foundation aka THE MONARCH FOUNDATION. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Monarch Charitable Foundation aka THE MONARCH 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 32 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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