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The Resolute 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
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$50kHealth$20kYouth Development$12kHousing & Shelter$7kInternational$6kEducation$5kEnvironment$4kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$38,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGHT FUNDS FOUNDATION$38,100
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 (FY23–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REVIVE AND THRIVE PROJECT: $350 → 11%FAITH IN ACTION INC: $250 → 14%CHARITY WATER: $25 → 4%REMISSION FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 9%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $250 → 17%CHINESE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION INC: $138 → 14%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $250 → 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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32k · 18 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
43

Total granted

$32k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+1%

Still filing today

78%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +14%
  • AI
    ABILIS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +30%
  • SF
    Swifty Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +441%

Funded once

  • GO
    GUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +33%
  • TT
    THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • SA
    SERVE AND RETURN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +457%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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9
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
10
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
11
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
12
National Brain Tumor Society Inc

National brain tumor society unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, andunites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments,and advocate for patients and care partners.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is My Sisters Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

57 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. 57 of the 64 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/57
Grantees still filing
34/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUSTBRIGHT FUNDS FOUNDATION: $38,100 · PhilanthropyBRIGHT FUNDS FOUNDATIONSwifty Foundation: $4,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $850 · PhilanthropyABILIS INC: $6,000 · HealthABILIS IN…THE DANNY BUTLER MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,200 · HealthTHE DANNY…MOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,100 · HealthMOVEMBER …THE V FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthTHE V FOU…Team Luke Hope for Minds: $500 · Health+7 more: $1,305 · Health+7 moreGREY GHOST BOOSTER CLUB INC: $4,000 · OtherGREY GHOST BOOS…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000 · OtherTHE TRUST FOR P…TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · OtherMy Sisters Place Inc: $1,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,000 · OtherGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 · OtherGUITARS OVER GU…SHEPHERDS OF YOUTH CHARITABLE TRUST: $2,000 · OtherSHEPHERDS OF YO…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000 · OtherTHE TRUST FOR P…+21 more: $5,121 · Other+21 moreYouth Guidance: $4,000 · EducationWilliams College: $2,000 · EducationBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $500 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $300 · Education+2 more: $203 · EducationLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterWORLD VISION INC: $4,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $300 · International+3 more: $198 · InternationalSERVE AND RETURN INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsSHOE4AFRICA INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $103 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$92,950Health$13,105Other$20,121Education$8,003Housing & Shelter$7,000International$4,498Recreation & Sports$4,103

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 NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABILIS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSwifty Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DANNY BUTLER MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSERVE AND RETURN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOE4AFRICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERDS OF YOUTH CHARITABLE TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Sisters Place Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRemission Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Luke Hope for Minds: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRevive & Thrive Project: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecting to Cure Crohn's and Colitis Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF TAMPA BAY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION: $138 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $122 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLACROSSE THE NATIONS: $103 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RETREAT CENTERS INC: $103 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $54 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 Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…AbbVie FoundationThe Bank of America C…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY14.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Resolute Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Resolute Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
11report 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 Resolute Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Resolute 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 64 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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