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The Robin Dearden Bryan Cranston Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Robin Dearden Bryan Cranston Charitable Trust

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.

$179k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$47k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

International$153kHealth$116kYouth Development$87kCommunity Improvement$65kEducation$55kMembership Benefit$50kHousing & Shelter$46kArts & Culture$43kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $169k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAM RUBICON$47,107
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$46,407
GIFFORDS$25,000
KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE$10,000
HEALING CALIFORNIA$10,000
VALLEY MEDICAL FREE CLINIC$10,000
THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT$10,000
THE WAREHOUSE THEATER$5,000
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE$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 (FY22–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WELLS BRING HOPE: $5k → 14%THE FARMLINK PROJECT: $10k → 17%THE FARMLINK PROJECT: $5k → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $5k → 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

IL
NY
IA
CT
CA
MD
NM
TN
DC
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$271k · 7 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
20

Total granted

$271k
$311k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • HC
    HEALING CALIFORNIA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +86%
  • G
    GIFFORDS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +38%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -33%
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Americagraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $39k · revenue +47%
  • PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +3%
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
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
2
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
3
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
4
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
5
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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6
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
7
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
8
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
9
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
10
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…

—
11
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
12
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lide Haiti. 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

25 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. 25 of the 34 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEAM RUBICON: $47,107 · OtherTEAM RUBICONHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $46,407 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $39,417 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Of AmericaCASA DEL HERRERO: $25,000 · OtherCASA DEL HERREROGIFFORDS COURAGE TO FIGHT GUN VIOLE: $20,000 · OtherGIFFORDS COURAGE TO FIGHT GUN VIOLEPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,360 · OtherVALLEY MEDICAL FREE CLINIC: $10,000 · OtherSOMOS UNIDOS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $10,000 · OtherBEARS CARE: $10,000 · OtherROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $23,500 · Other+6 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES U…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-…Save The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federati…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNI…WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIO…HEALING CALIFORNIA: $70,000 · HealthHEALING CALI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGIFFORDS: $65,000 · Community ImprovementGIFFORDSSEL4CA: $55,000 · EducationSEL4CALIDE HAITI: $2,500 · EducationTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $50,000 · Membership BenefitFARMLINK PROJECT: $15,000 · Human ServicesTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWELLS BRING HOPE: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$271,791International$165,000Health$81,000Community Improvement$65,000Education$57,500Membership Benefit$50,000Human Services$25,000

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 budgetHEALING CALIFORNIA: $70,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetGIFFORDS: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEL4CA: $55,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $39,417 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DEL HERRERO: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEARS CARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOMOS UNIDOS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWELLS BRING HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIDE HAITI: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC7.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Robin Dearden Bryan Cranston Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robin Dearden Bryan Cranston Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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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Find your warmest path to The Robin Dearden Bryan Cranston Charitable Trust 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 34 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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