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The Philipp Family Foundation Inc

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.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$592kInternational$368kEducation$110kArts & Culture$65kFood & Nutrition$26kAnimals$300Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$398k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GO CONCIOUS EARTH$2,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING: $25k → 14%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $300 → 17%350ORG: $500 → 20%QUIVIRA COALITION: $120 → 12%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $150k → 14%NATURE CONSERVANCY OF FLORIDA: $30k → 13%ST JOHN RIVERKEEPER INC: $15k → 14%STERLING COLLEGE: $100k → 11%GO CONSCIOUS EARTH: $56k → 11%WILDLANDS NETWORK: $250 → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY VERMONT: $10k → 7%ACORN: $555 → 9%NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF VERMONT: $100 → 10%SOLAR FEST: $1k → 11%SMOKEY HOUSE CENTER: $2k → 12%WE ARE DOMINICA INC: $10k → 17%BHUTAN FOUNDATION: $135k → 14%ST JOHN RIVERKEEPER INC: $10k → 14%GO CONSCIOUS EARTH: $20k → 11%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY VERMONT: $10k → 7%BENNINGTON COLLEGE CAPA: $10k → 11%VERMONT FARMERS FOOD CENTER: $1k → 12%GLASSWING INTERNATIONAL: $6k → 17%BHUTAN FOUNDATION: $11k → 14%GO CONSCIOUS EARTH: $15k → 11%GO CONCIOUS EARTH: $3k → 11%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

VT
WA
IL
NY
VA
NM
KS
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 7 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$1.0M
$206k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+22%

Still filing today

71%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $400k · revenue +43%
  • TB
    The Bhutan Foundation
    5× · 2017–2021 · $352k · revenue +141%
  • SJ
    ST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • SC
    STERLING COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +22%
  • NC
    NATURE CONSERVANCY OF FLORIDA
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • NO
    NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
2
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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3
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
4
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
5
Western Sustainability Exchange

Advancing sustainability in the western area of the united states through a series of programs and activities designed to promote better ranching practices. a strong focus is to provide ranchers with the information, tools, technical…

Environment
6
Natura Bolivia Foundation

The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development programs, with a focus on watershed conservation, protected areas, and incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work…

International
7
Center for Sustainable Economy

Promoting economic sustainability

Environment
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
American Farmland Trust

Saves the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.

Food & Nutrition
10
Wild Landscapes Inc

Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…

Animals
11
The Foundation for Sustainable Forests Inc
Philanthropy
12
Sustainable Growers
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont; the most unlike its peers is Fisheries Conservation Foundation 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Bhutan Foundation: $352,000 · OtherThe Bhutan FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATURE CONSERVANCY OF FLORIDA: $30,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY OF FLORIDANORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING: $25,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY VERMONT: $20,000 · Other+6 more: $28,355 · Other+6 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC+3 more: $1,620 · EnvironmentSTERLING COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationSTERLING …+1 more: $1,000 · EducationGO CONSCIOUS EARTH INC: $93,500 · InternationalGYRE FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $350 · Arts & CultureFISHERIES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Animals
Other$505,355Environment$426,620Education$101,000International$93,500Arts & Culture$65,350Animals$20,000

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 budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $352,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGO CONSCIOUS EARTH INC: $93,500 over 4y, 42% of budgetGYRE FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFISHERIES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetSMOKEY HOUSE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT FARMERS MARKET EDUCATION CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWild Earth Society Incorporated: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUIVIRA COALITION INC: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: $100 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.

The Vermont Community…PatagoniaorgNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vermont Community FoundationVT13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Philipp Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Philipp Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 54%
  • Smokey House Center: 54% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: 31% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Philipp Family Foundation Inc 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 23 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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