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The Thendara 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.

$650k
Granted FY2025still arriving
105
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$929kEnvironment$513kInternational$344kHealth$331kYouth Development$171kCrime & Legal$163kFood & Nutrition$157kOther$0
02FY2025 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k82 grants · $216k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $318k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $116k
$2,500
Median grant
17
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ART BASE$62,000
SHADOWLIGHT PRODUCTIONS$54,000
PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND$34,431
ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL$28,000
COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL (CRMS)$27,500
ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (ACDS)$26,500
HEAL PALESTINE$16,500
SUZERAIN$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
COASTAL MOUNTAINS LAND TRUST$15,000
ST JAMES' EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$15,000
STEPPING STONES$14,500
ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC$11,000
ADIRONDACK FISHERIES PROGRAM - CORNELL$10,000
VALLEY SETTLEMENT$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $2k → 9%MOMS AGAINST POVERTY: $2k → 7%AL OTRO LADO: $10k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $11k → 14%RISING GROUND (LEAKE AND WATTS SERVICES INC): $14k → 9%SUZERAIN: $19k → 11%APOPO: $5k → 14%SOTENI INC: $3k → 16%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $2k → 9%MOMS AGAINST POVERTY: $2k → 7%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $3k → 10%AL OTRO LADO: $3k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%RISING GROUND (LEAKE AND WATTS SERVICES INC): $8k → 9%ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC: $11k → 16%SUZERAIN: $17k → 11%SOTENI INC: $6k → 16%HOMEWORTHY: $6k → 11%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $2k → 9%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $4k → 14%ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC: $9k → 16%SUZERAIN: $16k → 11%APOPO: $3k → 14%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $4k → 12%SOTENI INC: $3k → 16%DOWNTOWN WOMANS CENTER: $2k → 14%SUZERAIN: $15k → 11%SOTENI INC: $3k → 16%SUZERAIN: $10k → 11%APOPO: $3k → 14%SOTENI INC: $2k → 16%HOMEWORTHY: $4k → 11%BRIDGE HOUSE: $3k → 12%SOTENI INC: $10k → 16%ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC: $3k → 16%BRIDGE HOUSE: $2k → 12%SOTENI INC: $3k → 16%HUDSON VALLEY HOSPICE INC: $2k → 9%GOODWORK INSTITUTE: $3k → 16%BRIDGE HOUSE: $2k → 12%LARKIN STREEET YOUTH SERVICES: $8k → 10%YOUTH HOMES: $3k → 9%AL OTRO LADO: $10k → 14%WINDWALKERS: $4k → 6%AL OTRO LADO: $8k → 14%AL OTRO LADO: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $3k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.4M · 206 repeat orgs$556k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

206 repeat relationships — 87 still active in FY2025, 119 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

206
118

Total granted

$4.4M
$451k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+26%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalHealthOther

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

  • TA
    The Art Base
    9× · 2017–2025 · $561k · revenue +186%
  • CM
    Coastal Mountains Land Trust
    9× · 2017–2025 · $194k · revenue +44%
  • TA
    THE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $151k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • SF
    San Francisco Film Society
    one grant, 2017 · $55k · revenue +14%
  • I
    IFRC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • CF
    CU FOUNDATION CU ANSCHUTZ EMERGENCY MEDICINE COVID 19 SURGE RESPONSE FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $20k

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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
4
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
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Epacenter

Epacenter's mission is to increase opportunities for youth to discover and amplify their talents, realize their potential, and impact the world through art, design, and technology.

Arts & Culture
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyHealth Access Advocacy and …Independent K-12 SchoolsDance Arts OrganizationsImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesPublic Library OperationsPregnancy Support ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Community College Foundatio…Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Missionary Organi…Local History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Environmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%37%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr16%19%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%4/260
the rest of the field
13%
240,392/1,819,305

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

253 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. 253 of the 351 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
63
Early backer (in before they grew)
248/253
Grantees still filing
181/253
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Art Base — $561,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art BaseShadowlight Productions — $365,000 · Arts & CultureShadowlight ProductionsThe Roxie Theater — $68,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MILTON RESNICK AND PAT PASSLOF FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & Culture+23 more — $294,519 · Arts & Culture+23 moreTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $151,380 · OtherTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL (CRMS) — $116,125 · OtherCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL (CRMS)PRIMROSE HILL SCHOOL — $62,000 · OtherSan Francisco Film Society — $55,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE — $75,051 · OtherWILD SALMON CENTER — $61,000 · OtherSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY — $75,616 · Other+92 more — $1,051,463 · Other+92 moreBARD COLLEGE — $93,668 · EducationBARD COLLEGEST GEORGE'S SCHOOL — $92,684 · EducationST GEORGE'S S…VALLEY SETTLEMENT — $84,588 · EducationVALLEY SETTLE…English in Action — $59,000 · EducationEnglish in Ac…EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL — $40,000 · EducationEMMA WILLARD …UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $35,033 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO — $23,500 · Education+14 more — $145,953 · Education+14 moreSUZERAIN — $77,091 · Human ServicesAL OTRO LADO — $37,371 · Human ServicesSOTENI Inc — $32,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER — $24,304 · Human ServicesULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK — $22,790 · Human ServicesRISING GROUND INC — $22,000 · Human ServicesHomeworthy — $22,000 · Human Services+12 more — $99,223 · Human ServicesCoastal Mountains Land Trust — $194,262 · EnvironmentRIVERKEEPER INC — $51,250 · EnvironmentMaine Coast Heritage Trust — $24,834 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $12,626 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $12,000 · Environment+5 more — $35,300 · EnvironmentPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $80,330 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $56,972 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $37,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION — $25,000 · InternationalHEAL PALESTINE INC — $21,500 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID — $19,790 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $19,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC — $13,000 · InternationalMAIA — $12,000 · International+4 more — $32,202 · InternationalTHE ANDREW LEVITT CENTER FOR SOCIAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE — $30,000 · HealthSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC — $29,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $18,882 · HealthAccess Institute for Psychological Services — $15,857 · HealthCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC — $12,168 · HealthPathfinders — $11,450 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC — $10,000 · HealthALISA ANN RUCH BURN FOUNDATION — $8,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $7,072 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $4,975 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,338,519Other$1,647,635Education$574,426Human Services$361,779Environment$330,272International$316,794Health$147,404

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Art Base — $561,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetShadowlight Productions — $365,000 over 8y, 53% of budgetCoastal Mountains Land Trust — $194,262 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $151,380 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBARD COLLEGE — $93,668 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST GEORGE'S SCHOOL — $92,684 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT — $84,588 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $80,330 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUZERAIN — $77,091 over 5y, 12% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY — $75,616 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE — $75,051 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Roxie Theater — $68,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetPRIMROSE HILL SCHOOL — $62,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER — $61,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEnglish in Action — $59,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $56,972 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society — $55,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOCUSEDKIDS — $53,182 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetRIVERKEEPER INC — $51,250 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MILTON RESNICK AND PAT PASSLOF FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $43,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL — $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAL OTRO LADO — $37,371 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON OPERA HOUSE INC — $37,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $35,033 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBASILICA ARTS INC — $34,585 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $32,294 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOTENI Inc — $32,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP — $30,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ANDREW LEVITT CENTER FOR SOCIAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE — $30,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC — $29,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKAATSBAAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER INC — $26,600 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION — $25,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $25,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust — $24,834 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER — $24,304 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO — $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK — $22,790 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetRISING GROUND INC — $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeworthy — $22,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEAL PALESTINE INC — $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE INTER FAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY — $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget3RD I SOUTH ASIAN INDEPENDENT FILM — $20,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID — $19,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $18,882 over 8y, 0.0% 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 The Art Base ↗
  • Who funds Shadowlight Productions ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Mountains Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds SUZERAIN ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds The Roxie Theater ↗
  • Who funds PRIMROSE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
  • Who funds English in Action ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Film Society ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSEDKIDS ↗
  • Who funds RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MILTON RESNICK AND PAT PASSLOF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AL OTRO LADO ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON OPERA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BASILICA ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOTENI Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW LEVITT CENTER FOR SOCIAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds SHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds KAATSBAAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CASA GENERACION ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Aspen Community Found…The Thrift ShopCommunity Foundations…McNabb FoundationJewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…The William & Flora H…Aspen Business Center…Kenneth Rainin Founda…Arches FoundationPatagoniaorg
The San Francisco FoundationCA40.8× affinity40 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · Arches Foundation · Patagoniaorg

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 Thendara 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Wild Salmon Center — 49% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Ecotrust — 14% of income from government
  • Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Area Cooperative Educational Services — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Taiko — 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
69report 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

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.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Thendara Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Thendara 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 351 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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