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The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$31M
Granted FY2025still arriving
143
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.9M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$134MEducation$52MHealth$43MHuman Services$35MYouth Development$17MCommunity Improvement$16MPhilanthropy$16MHousing & Shelter$13MOther$0
02FY2025 · 143 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k39 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k70 grants · $10M
  • $250k+31 grants · $20M
$150,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO$1,900,000
KALAMAZOO EARLY LEARNING NETWORK$1,295,854
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$1,166,667
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO$1,006,000
HISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC$1,000,000
ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER$1,000,000
MICHIGAN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS CENTER$959,262
DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$850,000
MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY$800,000
KALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER$775,000
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE EXCEED THROUGH NAVIGATIONJABS$750,000
REACH SOBER LIVING INC$700,000
BENT NOT BROKEN$600,000
STARA COLLABORATIVE$600,000
HEALTHY HOUSE$569,345
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $27.3M) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEALTHY HOUSE: $569k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $306k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $169k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO REFUGE RESOURCE COLLABORATIVE: $250k → 12%LIFT FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 12%LIFT FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $183k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $150k → 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%KALAMAZOO HOUSING ADVOCATES: $300k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $240k → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $212k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $200k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $200k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%MOTHERS OF HOPE: $150k → 12%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $150k → 12%FRIENDS WITH DISABILITIES: $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%CONFIDENT SOLE: $400k → 12%CARE COLLECTIVE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $275k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $250k → 12%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $249k → 12%CARE COLLECTIVE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $200k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $150k → 12%KALAMAZOO BLACK MALE ALLIANCE: $350k → 12%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$356M · 106 repeat orgs$29M to everyone else

106 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

106
27

Total granted

$356M
$25M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+60%

Still filing today

77%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI
    8× · 2018–2025 · $24M · revenue +31% · 88% of their budget
  • UA
    Urban Alliance Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $8.5M · revenue +9% · 77% of their budget
  • KC
    KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.6M · revenue +11% · 90% of their budget

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $15M
  • IS
    INTEGRATED SERVICES OF KALAMAZOO
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M
  • LI
    LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC)- KALAMAZOO
    one grant, 2024 · $1.5M
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
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
2
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
3
Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program

Probation residential center - alternative correctional facility and outpatient treatment facility

Crime & Legal
4
Housing Resources Inc

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

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5
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
6
Kalamazoo County Humane Society

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

Animals
7
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
8
Downtown Tomorrow Inc

Assist downtown development authority in implementing the arcadia creek plan.

Community Improvement
9
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…

—
10
Kalamazoo Community Foundation Real Estate Holdings Inc

Supporting organization to kalamazoo community foundation

Philanthropy
11
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
12
Kalamazoo Country Day School

An independent school providing a supportive, challenging and creative academic environment for talented and motivated students to prepare them for life long achievement.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Douglass Community Association; 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.
04the grantee network

103 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. 103 of the 142 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.

63
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/103
Grantees still filing
71/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF KALAMAZOO: $133,672,189 · OtherCITY OF KALAMAZOOYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI: $24,107,477 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MITHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $15,000,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE+83 more: $101,062,364 · Other+83 morePREVENTION WORKS INC: $11,061,206 · HealthPREVENTIO…HELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER INC KALAMAZOO: $6,109,107 · HealthHELPING H…DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $5,401,250 · HealthDOUGLASS …REACH SOBER LIVING INC: $4,396,368 · HealthREACH SOB…Family Health Center Inc: $3,874,728 · HealthFamily He…+4 more: $2,412,547 · Health+4 moreKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $6,620,250 · Human ServicesECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC: $5,312,250 · Human ServicesLIFT FOUNDATION: $4,000,000 · Human ServicesDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $1,907,350 · Human ServicesHEALTHY HOUSE: $1,365,774 · Human ServicesMOTHERS OF HOPE: $1,201,252 · Human ServicesCONFIDENT SOLE: $1,154,300 · Human Services+13 more: $6,136,872 · Human ServicesKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,978,939 · PhilanthropyUrban Alliance Inc: $8,504,818 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $6,086,350 · Philanthropy+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: $4,574,800 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $4,320,744 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC: $1,810,900 · Youth DevelopmentPREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $1,404,900 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM: $748,250 · Youth Development+2 more: $710,250 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $4,179,604 · EducationKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL: $2,291,699 · EducationERACCE: $2,135,200 · EducationREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $1,727,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $997,684 · EducationMEN OF PURPOSE INCORPORATED: $900,000 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $560,243 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $4,989,250 · Arts & CultureFire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative: $1,372,310 · Arts & CultureThe Institute of Public Scholarship: $1,333,483 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR HISTORY AND RACIAL EQUITY: $725,500 · Arts & CultureKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $511,488 · Arts & CultureKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $464,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $62,830 · Arts & Culture
Other$273,842,030Health$33,255,206Human Services$27,698,048Philanthropy$24,590,107Youth Development$13,569,844Education$12,806,930Arts & Culture$9,459,361

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 budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI: $24,107,477 over 8y, 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: $8,504,818 over 7y, 77% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO: $8,228,750 over 5y, 56% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $6,620,250 over 9y, 90% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $6,426,268 over 7y, 34% of budgetHELPING HANDS WELLNESS CENTER INC KALAMAZOO: $6,109,107 over 4y, 28% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $6,086,350 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC: $5,811,000 over 6y, 88% of budgetDOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $5,401,250 over 5y, 60% of budgetECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC: $5,312,250 over 5y, 85% of budgetNew Connections of Kalamazoo: $5,125,130 over 5y, 99% of budgetROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $4,989,250 over 7y, 92% of budgetKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: $4,574,800 over 8y, 76% of budgetREACH SOBER LIVING INC: $4,396,368 over 6y, 95% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $4,320,744 over 6y, 50% of budgetKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $4,179,604 over 7y, 69% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER INC: $4,175,250 over 5y, 29% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN: $4,079,409 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetLIFT FOUNDATION: $4,000,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $3,878,663 over 9y, 75% of budgetFamily Health Center Inc: $3,874,728 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $2,465,250 over 6y, 22% of budgetINTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY: $2,410,250 over 6y, 57% of budgetOPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO: $2,395,550 over 8y, 34% of budgetKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL: $2,291,699 over 7y, 77% of budgetERACCE: $2,135,200 over 8y, 68% of budgetDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $1,907,350 over 4y, 27% of budgetYOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC: $1,810,900 over 7y, 72% of budgetBLACK WALL STREET KALAMAZOO: $1,786,999 over 6y, 55% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $1,759,262 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $1,727,500 over 8y, 57% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC: $1,638,700 over 7y, 40% of budgetPREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $1,404,900 over 5y, 83% of budgetFire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative: $1,372,310 over 5y, 81% of budgetHEALTHY HOUSE: $1,365,774 over 6y, 78% of budgetThe Institute of Public Scholarship: $1,333,483 over 1y, 92% of budgetMOTHERS OF HOPE: $1,201,252 over 5y, 74% of budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $1,181,596 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetCONFIDENT SOLE: $1,154,300 over 6y, 73% of budgetSPEAK IT FORWARD INC: $1,052,635 over 5y, 76% 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 budgetGRYPHON PLACE: $952,375 over 6y, 6.2% 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 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 UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds New Connections of Kalamazoo ↗
  • Who funds ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds REACH SOBER LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LIFT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ERACCE ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK WALL STREET KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Advocacy Program ↗
  • Who funds READ AND WRITE KALAMAZOO ↗

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.

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

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 Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    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

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 142 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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