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The Taft Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
94
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$600k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$24MHuman Services$9.4MEducation$7.1MEmployment$3.5MArts & Culture$3.2MRecreation & Sports$2.8MYouth Development$2.5MCrime & Legal$1.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $149k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $4.7M
  • $250k+19 grants · $7.1M
$90,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$240M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S AID$600,000
THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY$600,000
THE ARC WESTCHESTER$559,759
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - SHEPARD BROAD COLLEGE OF LAW$482,200
ARC BROWARD INC$450,000
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL$416,661
ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION$385,000
HEALTHY HUMOR INC$379,167
COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE$361,837
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MAILMAN CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT$348,600
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - CARD$315,608
JOB PATH INC$303,959
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AUTISM & RELA$302,692
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA$300,000
WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT$298,500
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 (FY20–24, $14.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $250k → 6%JAWONIO INC: $300k → 14%JAWONIO INC: $259k → 14%JAWONIO INC: $259k → 14%ARC BROWARD INC: $525k → 13%JAWONIO INC: $190k → 14%GALLOPNYC: $150k → 20%ARC BROWARD INC: $450k → 13%JAWONIO INC: $190k → 14%GALLOPNYC: $150k → 20%ARC BROWARD INC: $450k → 13%GALLOPNYC: $150k → 20%ARC BROWARD INC: $450k → 13%GALLOPNYC: $150k → 20%ARC BROWARD INC: $300k → 13%GALLOPNYC: $150k → 20%ARC BROWARD INC: $250k → 13%INCLUDENYC: $260k → 17%INCLUDENYC: $260k → 17%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $211k → 20%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $181k → 20%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $177k → 20%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $150k → 20%HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $125k → 20%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $251k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $238k → 17%AHRC NYC NEW PROJECTS INC: $143k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $150k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $150k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $150k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $125k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $600k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $600k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $600k → 17%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $150k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $150k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $150k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $150k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $150k → 17%INCLUDENYC: $250k → 17%INCLUDENYC: $250k → 17%INCLUDENYC: $200k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $500k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $500k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $250k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $362k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $331k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $329k → 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

NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
MD
NC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53M · 113 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

113 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
42

Total granted

$53M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+1%

Still filing today

77%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +36%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +47%
  • AB
    ARC BROWARD INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • NS
    NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT CLINIC
    one grant, 2023 · $445k
  • SF
    SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +2%
  • AN
    AHRC NYC NEW PROJECTS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $243k · revenue -33%
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
Alternatives for Children

To provide quality programs for young children with special needs.

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2
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
3
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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4
The Summit Center Inc

The summit center, inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by new york state to provide educational, therapeutic, and support services to children and young adults with autism, speech delays and disorders, and other…

Education
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
7
The Child Study Center of New York

To provide a program for children with special needs, ages three to five years by utilizing the disciplines of psychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy as integral functions of the educational program.

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8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center

To operate community mental health centers licensed by the nys office of mental health providing exceptional services to children, adolescents and adults in underserved culturally diverse communities of ny city.nypcc believes everyone…

Health
10
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City Inc

Empowering people through innovative solutions, one person at a time.

Health
11
Nyc Autism Charter Schools

The mission of nyc autism charter schools is to provide individualized, scientifically based educational services to children with autism and other pervasive development disorders.

Education
12
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc

The center for independence of the disabled, new york's goal is to ensure full integration, independence and equal opportunity for all people with disabilities by removing barriers to the social, economic, cultural and civic life of the…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is De Moya Foundation. 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

121 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. 121 of the 170 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/121
Grantees still filing
89/121
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ARC WESTCHESTER: $2,629,739 · OtherTHE ARC WESTCHESTERNSU LAW CENTER: $1,377,593 · OtherNSU LAW CENTERUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MAILMAN CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $1,275,490 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MAILMAN CENTER FO…FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY INCLUSION: $1,025,966 · OtherFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - CARD: $996,512 · OtherRISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $668,600 · OtherVOLUNTEER SERVICE BUREAU OF WESTCHESTER INC: $877,678 · Other+85 more: $11,093,259 · Other+85 moreTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $3,310,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETYARC BROWARD INC: $2,425,000 · Human ServicesARC BROWARD INCCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $1,510,407 · Human ServicesCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTERESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC: $1,220,000 · Human ServicesRESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH …JAWONIO INC: $1,197,658 · Human ServicesJAWONIO INCTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $925,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER …HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $867,817 · Human ServicesHEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF…GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $805,000 · Human ServicesGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS …SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $675,000 · Human Services+13 more: $1,320,508 · Human Services+13 moreTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $3,177,363 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY I…HEALTHY HUMOR INC: $1,639,167 · HealthHEALTHY HUMOR INCELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $1,620,324 · HealthELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATIONWESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $1,144,500 · HealthWESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR …QSAC INC: $1,110,817 · HealthQSAC INCBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $881,900 · HealthBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER I…CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC: $875,772 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TR…JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $801,365 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HO…ST MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN INC: $688,750 · Health+12 more: $1,318,314 · Health+12 moreSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,480,000 · Recreation & SportsRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,110,000 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $745,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureDANIEL'S MUSIC FOUNDATION: $287,500 · Arts & CultureCO LAB THEATER GROUP INC: $205,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $200,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Cancer Association: $186,000 · Arts & CultureFANTASY THEATRE FACTORY INC: $138,549 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: $123,750 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $126,000 · Arts & CultureBROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL: $1,955,846 · EducationDISABILITY INDEPENDENCE GROUP INC: $170,000 · Education+10 more: $178,000 · EducationJOB PATH INC: $1,585,880 · EmploymentJOYEUX FOUNDATION US: $200,000 · Employment+2 more: $27,500 · Employment
Other$19,944,837Human Services$14,256,390Health$13,258,272Recreation & Sports$2,600,000Arts & Culture$2,511,799Education$2,303,846Employment$1,813,380

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $3,310,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $3,177,363 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetARC BROWARD INC: $2,425,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetBROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL: $1,955,846 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTHY HUMOR INC: $1,639,167 over 5y, 33% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $1,620,324 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetJOB PATH INC: $1,585,880 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $1,510,407 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,480,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetRESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC: $1,220,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetJAWONIO INC: $1,197,658 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $1,144,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetQSAC INC: $1,110,817 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,110,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $925,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $881,900 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICE BUREAU OF WESTCHESTER INC: $877,678 over 5y, 12% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC: $875,772 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $867,817 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $805,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $801,365 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $745,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $675,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetRISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $668,600 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $620,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $600,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $600,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOW CENTER INC: $435,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $430,032 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $425,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTECH KIDS UNLIMITED INC: $370,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $350,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetYWCA WHITE PLAINS & CENTRAL WESTCHESTER INC AND ITS AFFILIATES: $340,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDANIEL'S MUSIC FOUNDATION: $287,500 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAHRC NYC NEW PROJECTS INC: $243,008 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $230,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $225,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetEquine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetANN STORCK CENTER INC: $220,543 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDE MOYA FOUNDATION: $205,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetCO LAB THEATER GROUP INC: $205,000 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetJOYEUX FOUNDATION US: $200,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $186,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetDISABILITY INDEPENDENCE GROUP INC: $170,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetFANTASY THEATRE FACTORY INC: $138,549 over 2y, 2.3% 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 THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds ARC BROWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY HUMOR INC ↗
  • Who funds ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOB PATH INC ↗
  • Who funds COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds JAWONIO INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds QSAC INC ↗
  • Who funds RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER SERVICE BUREAU OF WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SNACK & FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds RISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST ↗
  • Who funds NICHOLAS CENTER LTD ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 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 New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Express Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Hyde and Watson F…Mother Cabrini Health…Mutual of America Fou…The Batchelor Foundat…Open Society InstituteTd Charitable Foundat…Robin Hood FoundationThe Ford Foundation
The New York Community TrustNY37.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · American Express Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Mutual of America Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Open Society Institute · Td Charitable Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The Ford 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 Taft Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Taft Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Broward Childrens Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • ARTS4ALL Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Ann Storck Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Fantasy Theatre Factory Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Taft Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Taft 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 170 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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