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The Sherwood 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.

$296M
Granted FY2025still arriving
790
Grants FY2025still arriving
20
States reached
$15M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$673MPhilanthropy$174MHealth$162MCommunity Improvement$149MCrime & Legal$139MArts & Culture$134MHuman Services$133MYouth Development$121MOther$0
02FY2025 · 790 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k205 grants · $5.2M
  • $50k–250k368 grants · $38M
  • $250k+205 grants · $253M
$90,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$978M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$15,106,582
BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND$15,100,000
BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND$15,089,706
SOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$15,004,381
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF DICKINSON COUNTY$10,304,734
RISE ACADEMY$10,026,860
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA$7,006,972
COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST$5,579,890
METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION AUTHORITY$5,086,663
OMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION$5,011,904
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$5,000,000
FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF NE$4,413,020
WALTHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL$4,161,293
JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA$4,030,796
REGIONAL METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF OMAHA$3,841,122
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 (FY17–25, $203.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAYS FOUNDATION: $3.3M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $3.8M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $3.6M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $3.4M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $3.4M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2.8M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2.7M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2.2M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2.0M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.6M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.6M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.4M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.3M → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1.5M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $5.0M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $3.0M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2.4M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2.0M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2.0M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2.0M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1.5M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1.5M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1.5M → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1.5M → 12%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $2.5M → 13%NEBRASKA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION: $2.1M → 13%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $2.5M → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $1.9M → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $6.5M → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $5.4M → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $3.3M → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $3.2M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $4.0M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $3.5M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $3.0M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.9M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.4M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.4M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.4M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.4M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.3M → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $3.0M → 12%ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $10.0M → 12%ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $3.0M → 12%ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $2.0M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.6M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.5M → 12%JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS NEBRASKA: $1.4M → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MD
AZ
KS
AR
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8B · 506 repeat orgs$120M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

506 repeat relationships: 352 still active in FY2025, 154 since wound down; 141 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

506
175

Total granted

$1.8B
$81M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

81%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38M 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • BE
    BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND
    8× · 2018–2025 · $251M · revenue +13% · 100% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $174M · revenue +70%
  • CF
    Collective For Youth
    9× · 2017–2025 · $50M · revenue +81% · 93% of their budget

Funded once

  • BE
    BUFFETT EARLY EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $30M
  • OS
    OMAHA SHELTER FOR HOMELESS TRUST
    one grant, 2018 · $4.5M · revenue -100%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $4.0M · revenue -83%
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
Community Action of Nebraska Inc

Mission: community action of nebraska strives to alleviate poverty through enhancing program development, providing technical assistance, and advocating public policy to support all community action agencies in nebraska.

Community Improvement
2
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
3
Nebraska Votes

The organization's purpose is to ensure a fair and modern democracy in nebraska through research, education, and advocacy for policies and practices that promote participation in democracy.

Civil Rights
4
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc

Partnering with individuals and families to encourage economic stability to gain independence through community-based solutions.

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5
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

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6
North Central Development Center Inc

To promote and coordinate economic development, education, and quality of life through strengthened communication in north central nebraska.

Community Improvement
7
Leading Age Nebraska

The organization's mission is to expand the world of possibilities for aging through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

Housing & Shelter
8
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

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9
Nebraska Community College Assoc

Support for community colleges

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10
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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11
Nebraska State Afl-Cio

Labor relations

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12
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. 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

646 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 646 of the 846 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.

220
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
207
Early backer (in before they grew)
619/646
Grantees still filing
380/646
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND: $251,434,486 · PhilanthropyBUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD…Omaha Community Foundation: $70,878,651 · PhilanthropyOmaha Community Foundat…NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $43,579,220 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAM…+9 more: $20,901,028 · Philanthropy+9 moreDOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 001: $54,868,692 · OtherDOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 001OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $37,179,389 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONIOWA GREAT LAKES BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT: $32,639,675 · OtherBUFFETT EARLY EDUCATION FUND: $30,121,664 · OtherTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $22,731,337 · Other+100 more: $488,046,596 · Other+100 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $174,229,822 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRA…Collective For Youth: $49,910,794 · EducationCollective For Yout…COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $20,345,700 · EducationCOMMUNITY INFORMATI…METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $13,662,226 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $12,376,981 · Education+16 more: $52,389,721 · Education+16 moreHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $41,009,686 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAM…JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS-NEBRASKA: $30,196,269 · Human ServicesJUSTICE FOR O…THRESHOLD COC: $24,509,845 · Human ServicesTHRESHOLD COCWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $22,619,051 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND …Economic Empowerment Center: $21,482,969 · Human ServicesEconomic Empo…CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,715,858 · Human Services+27 more: $76,283,924 · Human Services+27 moreDOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST: $60,571,071 · Community ImprovementSOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,240,517 · Community ImprovementMETROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION AUTHORITY: $5,086,663 · Community ImprovementSOUTH CENTRAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC: $4,383,867 · Community ImprovementSPARK: $3,917,606 · Community Improvement+3 more: $5,220,746 · Community ImprovementOPAS FOUNDATION: $18,076,548 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $14,746,625 · Arts & CultureCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $13,633,270 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC: $13,419,880 · Arts & CultureROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $12,428,852 · Arts & CultureOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $8,008,747 · Arts & CultureOMAHA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,595,099 · Arts & CultureTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $3,945,050 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $13,383,145 · Arts & CultureCONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $30,461,397 · EnvironmentSEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $27,367,938 · EnvironmentOMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION: $16,772,309 · EnvironmentIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $3,581,241 · EnvironmentLAKE CUNNINGHAM DEVELOPMENT TRUST: $3,023,202 · Environment+1 more: $2,136,873 · Environment
Philanthropy$386,793,385Other$665,587,353Education$322,915,244Human Services$224,817,602Community Improvement$103,420,470Arts & Culture$103,237,216Environment$83,342,960

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND: $251,434,486 over 8y, 100% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $174,229,822 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $70,878,651 over 9y, 32% of budgetDOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST: $60,571,071 over 3y, 83% of budgetCollective For Youth: $49,910,794 over 9y, 93% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $43,579,220 over 9y, 25% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $41,009,686 over 9y, 24% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $37,179,389 over 7y, 49% of budgetCONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $30,461,397 over 8y, 94% of budgetJUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS-NEBRASKA: $30,196,269 over 9y, 90% of budgetSEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $27,367,938 over 9y, 58% of budgetTHRESHOLD COC: $24,509,845 over 8y, 80% of budgetSOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,240,517 over 6y, 61% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $22,731,337 over 8y, 25% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC: $22,619,051 over 4y, 70% of budgetEconomic Empowerment Center: $21,482,969 over 8y, 99% of budgetCOMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST: $20,345,700 over 5y, 62% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $19,793,401 over 9y, 38% of budgetMinnesota Humanities Center: $18,191,599 over 5y, 45% of budgetOPAS FOUNDATION: $18,076,548 over 2y, 27% of budgetOMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION: $16,772,309 over 8y, 84% of budgetNEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE DBA RADIUS: $16,540,283 over 6y, 100% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $14,746,625 over 9y, 14% of budgetNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $13,871,024 over 9y, 55% of budgetMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $13,662,226 over 9y, 58% of budgetCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $13,633,270 over 8y, 14% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $13,562,558 over 9y, 34% of budgetHISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC: $13,419,880 over 9y, 43% of budgetCENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS: $13,057,451 over 9y, 22% of budgetRISE ACADEMY: $12,930,221 over 7y, 20% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF NEBRASKA INC: $12,804,009 over 5y, 68% of budgetROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $12,428,852 over 9y, 87% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $12,376,981 over 3y, 19% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $11,683,267 over 9y, 21% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $11,673,035 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetBRAZELTON TOUCHPOINTS PROJECT INC: $11,417,295 over 8y, 86% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $10,083,827 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $10,026,473 over 2y, 31% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $8,715,858 over 9y, 25% of budgetCIVIC NEBRASKA: $8,551,199 over 9y, 43% of budgetCHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC: $8,389,220 over 9y, 54% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $8,039,511 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetOMAHA THEATER COMPANY: $8,008,747 over 9y, 32% of budgetHEARTLAND WORKERS CENTER: $7,445,583 over 9y, 92% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $7,132,273 over 9y, 34% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $7,127,318 over 8y, 23% of budgetYouTurn: $6,915,107 over 9y, 80% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $6,689,243 over 9y, 5.3% 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 BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Collective For Youth ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS-NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds SEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THRESHOLD COC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds Economic Empowerment Center ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INFORMATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Humanities Center ↗
  • Who funds OPAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE DBA RADIUS ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMON SENSE MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds RISE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗

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 Lozier FoundationWeitz Family Foundati…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationNebraska Community Fo…The Holland FoundationThe Charles and Mary …United Way of the Mid…Suzanne & Walter Scot…Cooper Foundation
The Lozier FoundationNE330.2× affinity239 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Holland Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Cooper 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 Sherwood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sherwood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
73report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Sherwood Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sherwood 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 846 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home