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The Next Generation 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.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$390kEducation$110kArts & Culture$110kCivil Rights$95kEnvironment$90kCrime & Legal$90kHealth$20kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER$50,000
PROPUBLICA$50,000
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE$50,000
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC$25,000
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY JOURNALISM & CITIZENSHIP$10,000
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE DBA CHESAPEAKE WATERSHED INITIATIVE$5,000
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, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%RIGHTS BEHIND BARS: $5k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50k → 14%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.
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 27% of The Next Generation Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 27% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 21%.

The Next Generation Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$875k · 8 repeat orgs$250k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$875k
$210k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+18%

Still filing today

88%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $410k · revenue +144%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +16%
  • LF
    LANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST
    4× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • L
    LANCASTERHISTORYORG
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -3%
  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +59%
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
The Liberal Patriot Inc

The liberal patriot (tlp) is a digital newsletter focused on american politics and public policy. tlp aims to provide readers with honest analysis and original commentary to help advance a vital center perspective in american life.

Civil Rights
4
Fpc Action Foundation

Fpcaf works to defend and advance individual liberty, challenge government overreach, and restore the right to keep and bear arms through strategic litigation, public education, research, and other charitable programs.

Civil Rights
5
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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6
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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7
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
8
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
9
Remnant Law

Public interest law firm combining traditional legal expertise with grassroots engagement for the benefit of the general public.

Crime & Legal
10
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
11
The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community…

Crime & Legal
12
Wilson College

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Campaign Legal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Museum of Art. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $410,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INCSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCPRO PUBLICA INC: $100,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INCLANCASTERHISTORYORG: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLANCASTERHISTORYOR…THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORA…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCAMPAIGN FOR LEGAL CENTER: $85,000 · OtherCAMPAIGN FOR LEGAL…THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: $30,000 · OtherTHE REPORTERS COMM…NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENS…Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: $10,000 · OtherCoalition to Stop …CENTRAL MARKET TRUST: $10,000 · OtherCENTRAL MARKET TRU…INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY JOURNALISM & CITIZENSHIP: $10,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR DEMO…+6 more: $30,000 · Other+6 moreFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSH…PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $10,000 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA COL…LANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST: $65,000 · EnvironmentLANCASTER…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR…REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50,000 · Human ServicesRIGHTS BEHIND BARS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · Health
Crime & Legal$435,000Arts & Culture$180,000Other$185,000Education$160,000Environment$90,000Human Services$55,000Health$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $410,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST: $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTERHISTORYORG: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition to Stop Gun Violence: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL MARKET TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMON WHEEL: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Ferree FoundationLancaster County Comm…Willis and Elsie Shen…The Steinman Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Ferree FoundationPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ferree Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Next Generation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Next Generation Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 Next Generation Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Next Generation 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 26 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
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home