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The Silver Family 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.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$93kHuman Services$71kHealth$68kAnimals$67kEducation$49kYouth Development$29kFood & Nutrition$25kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$284k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$6,000
CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN$6,000
ORANGE COUNTY YOUTH BASEBALL INC$5,000
MILE HIGH LAB MISSION$4,000
CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS CO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK$3,000
TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER$3,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$3,000
FREESTORE FOODBANK INC$3,000
K9'S FOR WARRIORS$3,000
HEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER & FOOD PANTRY INC$2,500
CANINE COLLECTIVE$2,500
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOOD BANK$2,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALL-OPTIONS: $4k → 18%ALL-OPTIONS: $3k → 18%MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 16%MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 16%MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 16%MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2k → 15%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2k → 15%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL CINCINNATI: $1k → 16%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
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AR
DC
OK
AL
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 51 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

51 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
40

Total granted

$502k
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+56%

Still filing today

53%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    5× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +41%
  • FF
    FREESTORE FOODBANK INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $22k · revenue +50%
  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • JR
    Jessie Rees Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +3%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR AUTISM AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • AP
    AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +59%
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
3
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
7
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

50 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. 50 of the 98 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
34/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST CHRISTOPHERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $63,500 · OtherST CHRISTOPHERS EPISCOPAL CHURCHCINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $18,100 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOO: $17,200 · OtherSADDLEBACK CHURCH: $16,300 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $16,000 · Other+64 more: $257,094 · Other+64 moreZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $25,400 · AnimalsZOOLOGICA…HOMELESS BOXER CARE DENVER METRO: $9,000 · AnimalsHOMELESS …THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $4,604 · AnimalsTHE DAVID…Susie's Senior Dogs Inc: $4,420 · AnimalsSusie's S…THE CANINE COLLECTIVE: $3,104 · AnimalsTHE CANIN…K9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $3,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR W…Wildlife Conservation Society: $1,915 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,000 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $9,500 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $6,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $3,840 · HealthHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,500 · HealthMARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $10,829 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $8,400 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $7,750 · Human ServicesAll-Options: $6,000 · Human ServicesAUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $22,900 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center: $8,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $2,000 · Civil RightsFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $22,322 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $6,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,472 · Food & NutritionMARBURN ACADEMY: $16,500 · EducationTHE ARBOR LEARNING COMMUNITY: $9,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education
Other$388,194Animals$52,443Health$40,840Human Services$37,979Civil Rights$37,400Food & Nutrition$31,794Education$31,000

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 budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $25,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $22,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $22,322 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARBURN ACADEMY: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $10,829 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO: $9,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARBOR LEARNING COMMUNITY: $9,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOMELESS BOXER CARE DENVER METRO: $9,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $8,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $7,325 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEAST AFRICA PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,200 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER INDIANAPOLIS LITERACY LEAGUE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll-Options: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $4,604 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSusie's Senior Dogs Inc: $4,420 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPatriots 4 Pendleton: $4,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $3,840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFirehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANINE COLLECTIVE: $3,104 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,915 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CARIBBEAN MARINE INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPADI AWARE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $1,472 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARBURN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MARY RIGG NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARBOR LEARNING COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS BOXER CARE DENVER METRO ↗
  • Who funds Transgender Law Center ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST AFRICA PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER INDIANAPOLIS LITERACY LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds Jessie Rees Foundation ↗
  • Who funds All-Options ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncThe Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…
Columbus FoundationOH16.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment 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 Silver Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Silver Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Silver Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Silver Family 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 98 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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