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The Phase Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$964kAnimals$270kEducation$238kHuman Services$200kArts & Culture$199kHousing & Shelter$181kInternational$141kEnvironment$79kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $137k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$3,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med)$150,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$13,000
ARMENIA SCHOOL FOUNDATION$8,000
SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
PROJECT ANIMAL AID$8,000
PARTNER FOR SURGERY$8,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS$5,000
WOODWORKERS FOR CHILDREN CHARITY$5,000
EASTERN SHORE CHAPEL (CHAPEL PANTRY)$5,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$5,000
SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA$5,000
BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA$5,000
HORIZON DAY CAMP$5,000
HOUSING UNLIMITED$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $233k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%HOPE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRIES: $2k → 17%Quality of Life Foundation: $7k → 7%Quality of Life Foundation: $5k → 7%Prince George's Child Resource Cent: $5k → 11%Family Services: $3k → 8%PROMISE LANDING FARM: $2k → 11%PROMISE LANDING FARM: $2k → 11%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%Family Services: $2k → 8%Franciscan Center: $4k → 19%INTEGRATED LIVING OPPORTUNITIES: $5k → 14%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%Red Wiggler Foundation: $5k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $4k → 19%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%Red Wiggler Foundation: $5k → 8%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 8%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $8k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $7k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $7k → 8%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%INTEGRATED LIVING OPPORTUNITIES: $3k → 14%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $5k → 8%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%NEGOTIATION WORKS: $2k → 14%HOPE HOUSE: $10k → 14%HOPE HOUSE: $9k → 14%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $5k → 8%HOPE HOUSE: $9k → 14%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $5k → 8%Hope House: $8k → 14%Montgomery Hospice: $4k → 8%HOPE HOUSE: $8k → 14%HOPE HOUSE: $7k → 14%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $3k → 8%Hope House: $7k → 14%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE: $3k → 8%Montgomery Hospice: $3k → 8%BETHESDA CARES: $3k → 8%BETHESDA CARES: $2k → 8%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
WA
ND
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of The Phase Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 54% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 52%.

The Phase Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.8% 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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 94 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

94 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 68 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
54

Total granted

$2.3M
$311k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+39%

Still filing today

74%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • SC
    SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +76%
  • PF
    Partner for Surgery Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +112%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • WE
    WILMER EYE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $114k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
2
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
3
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
4
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
5
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
6
Health Care for the Homeless Inc

Health care for the homeless works to end homelessness through racially equitable health care, housing and advocacy in partnership with those of us who have experienced it.

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7
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Center Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

—
8
Acadia General Hospital Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Hh Medstar Health Inc

Plan, develop, coordinate, direct and manage an integrated healthcare system.

Health
10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
CalvertHealth Medical Center Inc

Calverthealth medical center provides quality inpatient and ambulatory health care to the people of southern maryland that is accessible, cost-effective and compassionate. chmc works in partnership with the community to improve the health…

Health
12
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stronghold 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

117 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. 117 of the 162 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/117
Grantees still filing
83/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med): $450,000 · OtherWilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med)WILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $114,000 · OtherWILMER EYE INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $72,000 · OtherWOODWORKERS FOR CHILDREN CHARITY INC: $49,000 · Other+78 more: $775,400 · Other+78 moreSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $76,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANC…BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $39,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOU…PROJECT ANIMALAID: $37,000 · AnimalsPROJECT ANIM…WILDLIFE VETERINARY CARE: $28,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE VET…MARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsMARYLAND ZOO…MONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $24,000 · AnimalsMONTGOMERY C…INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $17,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONA…+14 more: $44,000 · Animals+14 moreHOPE HOUSE: $58,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSERED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $39,000 · Human ServicesRED WIGGLE…MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY…SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DA…THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesTHE MONTGO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesFRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $9,000 · Human Services+9 more: $46,000 · Human Services+9 morePartner for Surgery Inc: $70,000 · HealthPartner fo…SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · HealthSUBURBAN H…RX DRUG ACCESS PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 · HealthRX DRUG AC…HOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 · HealthHOLY CROSS…ST MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN INC: $16,000 · HealthST MARYS H…CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $13,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,000 · HealthBREAST CANCER AWARENESS INC: $10,000 · Health+12 more: $40,000 · Health+12 moreA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $48,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGE: $28,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $14,000 · EducationALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $11,000 · Education+4 more: $17,000 · EducationColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $44,000 · Arts & CultureSTRATFORD HALL: $34,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureROCKVILLE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN AIR MUSEUM IN BRITAIN: $5,000 · Arts & CultureINSTRUMENTS OF HEALING INC: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,600 · Arts & CultureHOUSING UNLIMITED INC: $41,000 · Housing & ShelterCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $31,000 · Housing & ShelterWESTMINSTER INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION: $23,000 · Housing & ShelterCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterRAINBOW PLACE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS WOMEN INC: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,460,400Animals$290,000Human Services$258,000Health$256,000Education$168,000Arts & Culture$118,600Housing & Shelter$110,000

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 budgetSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $76,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetPartner for Surgery Inc: $70,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetHOPE HOUSE: $58,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $48,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWANADA AUTOMOBILE DEALER EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $44,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $44,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING UNLIMITED INC: $41,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $39,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $39,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT ANIMALAID: $37,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $36,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $34,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $31,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE VETERINARY CARE: $28,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRX DRUG ACCESS PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN WASHINGTON EAR INC: $22,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetSUITED FOR CHANGE: $17,400 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Petey Greene Program Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT AND SMALL: $15,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAINY CAMPS ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALS ASSOCIATION DCMDVA CHAPTER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFUL WAYS: $12,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBREAST CANCER AWARENESS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $9,000 over 3y, 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 SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Partner for Surgery Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds A WIDER CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WANADA AUTOMOBILE DEALER EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA ↗
  • Who funds RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANIMALAID ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BEREA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE VETERINARY CARE ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND A HOME ↗
  • Who funds RX DRUG ACCESS PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QUOTIDIAN THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON EAR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIA SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…Nora Roberts Foundati…Clark-Winchcole Found…William S Abell Found…United Way of the Nat…John Edward Fowler Me…Dimick Foundation Joh…Philip L Graham Fund …Walter a Bloedorn Fou…The Carl M Freeman Fo…Sidgmore Family Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC42.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Walter a Bloedorn Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Sidgmore Family 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 Phase Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Phase Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Fellowship Place Inc: 66% of income from government
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc: 29% of income from government
  • The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc: 17% of income from government
  • Community Clinic Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Montgomery: 3% of income from government
  • Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Northwest Hospital Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Franciscan Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 Phase Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Phase 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 162 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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