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The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$53M
Granted FY2024still arriving
176
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 65% of THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 176 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $231k
  • $50k–250k115 grants · $16M
  • $250k+37 grants · $37M
$150,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000,000
FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC$3,774,731
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO$2,100,000
ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER$2,000,000
ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER$2,000,000
NEW CONNECTIONS OF KALAMAZOO$1,836,940
HELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER$1,644,254
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC)- KALAMAZOO$1,529,600
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO$1,435,000
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP$1,183,483
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$1,166,666
REACH SOBER LIVING INC$1,000,000
KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S$1,000,000
COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS$895,000
COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS$895,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $23.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEALTHY HOUSE: $306k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $169k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $150k → 12%LIFT FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 12%LIFT FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $150k → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $2.0M → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $2.0M → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $1.0M → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $1.0M → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $1.0M → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $700k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $600k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $600k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $600k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $600k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $600k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $240k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $200k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $200k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%FRIENDS WITH DISABILITIES: $150k → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $540k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $529k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $528k → 12%CARE COLLECTIVE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $275k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $250k → 12%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $249k → 12%STEPS TO VICTORY INC: $150k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $150k → 12%CONFIDENT SOLE: $150k → 12%CARE COLLECTIVE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $150k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $140k → 12%CONFIDENT SOLE: $97k → 12%PARENTS FOR TRANSITION: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO BLACK MALE ALLIANCE: $350k → 12%KALAMAZOO BLACK MALE ALLIANCE: $150k → 12%THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $150k → 12%ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $125k → 12%THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $100k → 12%THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $100k → 12%THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $100k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$329M · 105 repeat orgs$26M to everyone else

105 repeat relationships — 69 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
24

Total granted

$329M
$22M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+73%

Still filing today

77%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI
    7× · 2018–2024 · $21M · revenue +31% · 88% of their budget
  • PW
    PREVENTION WORKS INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $11M · revenue +5%
  • UA
    Urban Alliance Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $8.4M · revenue +9% · 77% of their budget

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $15M
  • IS
    INTEGRATED SERVICES OF KALAMAZOO
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M
  • KF
    KVCC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kalamazoo Housing Advocates

Kalamazoo housing advocate is a nonprofit working to break the cycle of homelessness in kalamazoo county.

Human Services
2
Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence

The mission of the kalamazoo foundation for excellence is to support the goals of the city of kalamazoo, fund aspirational investments in the city, and empower kalamazoo residents to achieve the lives they want for themselves and their…

Public Benefit
3
Kalamazoo College

The mission of kalamazoo college is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live sucessfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world. as a highly selective, nationally renowened…

Education
4
Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program

Probation residential center - alternative correctional facility and outpatient treatment facility

Crime & Legal
5
Kalamazoo County Humane Society

The mission of the kalamazoo humane society is to nuture the wellbeing of animals and people in our communities.

Animals
6
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre

The mission of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, with community partners and volunteers, is to create and deliver engaging, inspiring theatrical productions and educational experiences that spark delight, build community, encourage…

Unclassified
7
Housing Resources Inc

To assure housing for socially and economically vulnerable residents of kalamazoo county.

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8
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center

To promote the arts of book printing, binding, printmaking, papermaking, and creative writing through a community workshop, teaching classes, publishing, and exhibitions

Arts & Culture
9
Downtown Tomorrow Inc

Assist downtown development authority in implementing the arcadia creek plan.

Community Improvement
10
Kalamazoo Nature Center

Create relationships & experiences that welcome and inspire people to discover, enjoy, value, and care for nature. Kalamazoo Nature Center envisions a resilient community where all people have strong interconnections with the natural world.

Environment
11
Kalamazoo Community Foundation Real Estate Holdings Inc

Supporting organization to kalamazoo community foundation

Philanthropy
12
South County Community Services

South county community services (sccs) is the only human service agency dedicated to serving the 25,000 residents who live in the southern tier of kalamazoo county. with a mission to work with families to improve quality of life, the…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kalamazoo Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Institute of Public Scholarship. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%7%<5yr12%14%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr14%14%20–35yr20%26%35–55yr16%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%5%<5yr12%11%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr14%22%20–35yr20%20%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/107
the rest of the field
10%
114/1,192

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

98 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 98 of the 135 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

59
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/98
Grantees still filing
69/98
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF KALAMAZOO — $133,672,189 · OtherCITY OF KALAMAZOOYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI — $21,201,477 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MITHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE — $15,000,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCEEarly Learning Neighborhood Collaborative — $8,680,331 · Other+83 more — $77,040,037 · Other+83 morePREVENTION WORKS INC — $11,061,206 · HealthPREVENTIO…HELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER INC KALAMAZOO — $5,959,107 · HealthHELPING H…DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — $4,401,000 · HealthDOUGLASS …Family Health Center Inc — $3,874,728 · HealthFamily He…REACH SOBER LIVING INC — $3,516,118 · HealthREACH SOB…+4 more — $1,781,857 · Health+4 moreKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S — $6,470,000 · Human ServicesECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC — $4,950,000 · Human ServicesLIFT FOUNDATION — $4,000,000 · Human ServicesDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $1,907,350 · Human ServicesMOTHERS OF HOPE — $841,252 · Human Services+13 more — $5,910,223 · Human ServicesKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $9,978,939 · PhilanthropyUrban Alliance Inc — $8,354,568 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN — $4,313,533 · Philanthropy+1 more — $20,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC — $4,320,744 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK — $4,122,550 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC — $1,410,900 · Youth DevelopmentPREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — $922,900 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM — $398,000 · Youth Development+2 more — $710,000 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $3,529,604 · EducationKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL — $1,791,699 · EducationREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO — $1,577,250 · EducationERACCE — $1,535,200 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION — $997,684 · EducationMEN OF PURPOSE INCORPORATED — $750,000 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $560,243 · Education+1 more — $15,000 · EducationNew Connections of Kalamazoo — $4,975,130 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN — $4,079,409 · Employment
Other$255,594,034Health$30,594,016Human Services$24,078,825Philanthropy$22,667,040Youth Development$11,885,094Education$10,756,680Employment$9,054,539

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI — $21,201,477 over 7y, 88% of budgetPREVENTION WORKS INC — $11,061,206 over 6y, 18% of budgetKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $9,978,939 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetEarly Learning Neighborhood Collaborative — $8,680,331 over 2y, 28% of budgetUrban Alliance Inc — $8,354,568 over 6y, 77% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO — $8,078,500 over 4y, 56% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S — $6,470,000 over 8y, 90% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS — $5,991,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetHELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER INC KALAMAZOO — $5,959,107 over 3y, 16% of budgetNew Connections of Kalamazoo — $4,975,130 over 4y, 99% of budgetECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC — $4,950,000 over 4y, 85% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC — $4,811,000 over 5y, 88% of budgetDOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — $4,401,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC — $4,320,744 over 6y, 50% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN — $4,313,533 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK — $4,122,550 over 7y, 76% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN — $4,079,409 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetLIFT FOUNDATION — $4,000,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetFamily Health Center Inc — $3,874,728 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $3,529,604 over 6y, 69% of budgetREACH SOBER LIVING INC — $3,516,118 over 5y, 95% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER INC — $3,400,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER — $3,339,000 over 6y, 55% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC — $2,899,913 over 8y, 75% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv — $2,015,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $1,907,350 over 4y, 27% of budgetINTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY — $1,860,000 over 5y, 57% of budgetKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL — $1,791,699 over 6y, 77% of budgetOPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO — $1,745,300 over 7y, 34% of budgetREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO — $1,577,250 over 7y, 57% of budgetERACCE — $1,535,200 over 7y, 55% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC — $1,488,700 over 6y, 40% of budgetYOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC — $1,410,900 over 6y, 72% of budgetBLACK WALL STREET KALAMAZOO — $1,336,999 over 5y, 55% of budgetThe Institute of Public Scholarship — $1,333,483 over 1y, 92% of budgetKalamazoo Collective Housing — $1,026,750 over 7y, 55% of budgetNORTHSIDE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — $1,001,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION — $997,684 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $990,013 over 6y, 16% of budgetFire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative — $976,000 over 4y, 81% of budgetGRYPHON PLACE — $952,375 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetFAIR HOUSING CENTER OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $945,000 over 5y, 75% of budgetPREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — $922,900 over 4y, 83% of budgetMOTHERS OF HOPE — $841,252 over 4y, 74% of budgetHEALTHY HOUSE — $796,429 over 5y, 78% of budgetSPEAK IT FORWARD INC — $777,385 over 4y, 76% of budgetMEN OF PURPOSE INCORPORATED — $750,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetSOCIETY FOR HISTORY AND RACIAL EQUITY — $725,250 over 5y, 26% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds Urban Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER INC KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds New Connections of Kalamazoo ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LIFT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Family Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REACH SOBER LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds READ AND WRITE KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds ERACCE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kalamazoo Community F…Harold and Grace Upjo…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…United Way of South C…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…Tyler-Little Family F…John E Fetzer Institu…Suzanne Upjohn Delano…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Ws & Lois Vandalson F…Enna Foundation
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI173.5× affinity87 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Michigan · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Ws & Lois Vandalson Foundation · Enna Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 135 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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