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The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr at a glance

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The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr

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.

$10M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$56MHuman Services$24MInternational$21MYouth Development$16MHealth$6.6MRecreation & Sports$2.9MEmployment$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.5MOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+17 grants · $9.0M
$250,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PASADENA WALDORF SCHOOL$1,550,000
SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN$1,296,842
NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN$1,000,000
CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND$794,400
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$672,000
SISTERS OF LIFE$500,000
HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$355,714
THE BRIDGE GOLF FOUNDATION$350,000
DUNATOS REMEDIAL SCHOOL$310,000
YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS$300,000
SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC$300,000
CROSSOVER MISSION$300,000
NSW FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC$250,000
PROYECTO PASTORAL$250,000
Individual grant recipient$250,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $19.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%WINCHESTER COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER CHANCE: $50k → 8%HOUR CHILDREN: $250k → 13%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $356k → 12%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $330k → 12%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $219k → 12%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $650k → 14%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $214k → 12%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $211k → 12%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $175k → 12%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $300k → 14%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $720k → 12%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $300k → 14%SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $145k → 6%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $300k → 17%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $250k → 17%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $478k → 12%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $200k → 17%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $276k → 12%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $250k → 14%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $150k → 17%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $258k → 12%THE ARTHUR PROJECT INC: $100k → 17%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $250k → 12%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $159k → 12%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $600k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $600k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $500k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $300k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $250k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $250k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $250k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $250k → 14%YAMBA MALAWI INC: $500k → 17%YAMBA MALAWI INC: $500k → 17%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $291k → 17%YAMBA MALAWI INC: $500k → 17%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $291k → 17%YAMBA MALAWI INC: $150k → 17%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $291k → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $2.2M → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $1.3M → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $873k → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $416k → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $399k → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $367k → 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

VT
NH
MN
NY
MA
SD
OH
NJ
CT
CA
MD
AZ
TX
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.
$124M · 59 repeat orgs$8.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
22

Total granted

$124M
$7.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+6%

Still filing today

81%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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 CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    8× · 2018–2025 · $28M · revenue +15%
  • NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $8.0M · revenue +52%
  • MM
    Mary's Meals USA Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $7.3M · revenue +221%

Funded once

  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC
    one grant, 2018 · $3.4M
  • TJ
    THE JED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +22%
  • TL
    THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +13%
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
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
2
Reach Prep Inc

Provide transformative educational experiences that empower underserved students

Education
3
New Heights Youth Inc

To educate and empower promising underserved youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing the skills necessary for success in high school, college and life.

Youth Development
4
The Teak Fellowship Inc

To help academically talented new york city students from low-income families earn admission into the most selective secondary schools and colleges.

Human Services
5
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
6
Harlem Academy

Harlem academy drives equity of opportunity for promising children, guiding them to thrive at the highest academic levels and one day make a mark on the world.

Education
7
The Gateway School of New York

The gateway school is a k-8, independent day school that transforms the lives of bright students with language-based learning disabilities and attention deficits. at gateway, our students become skilled, strategic learners and confident…

Education
8
Partnership With Children Inc

Partnership with children's mission is to strengthen the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of children in new york city so they can succeed in school, society, and life.

—
9
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
10
Brooklyn Youth Sports Club Inc

The purpose of the organization is to build an enriching educational setting for under-served brooklyn youth, using athletics as a vehicle to inspire them to fulfill their academic, physical, and personal potential. bkysc is driven by an…

Recreation & Sports
11
Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School

The mission of bronx academy of promise charter school is to educate each student to high learning standards using a curriculum that emphasizes information about the various career choices available to them. the school will prepare…

Education
12
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harlem Rbi Inc; the most unlike its peers is Manhasset Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse. 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

67 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. 67 of the 90 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/67
Grantees still filing
44/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $27,964,900 · EducationTHE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $7,735,000 · EducationAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $3,190,000 · EducationSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INCADVENTURES IN LEARNING INC: $2,766,500 · EducationADVENTURES IN LEARNING INCSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $1,775,400 · EducationROCKING THE BOAT INC: $1,700,000 · Education+10 more: $2,403,000 · EducationNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,950,000 · OtherNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INCA PLACE CALLED HOME: $6,126,910 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEMAYO CLINIC: $3,350,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICAUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,142,000 · OtherAUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FO…RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $2,600,000 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOLPASADENA WALDORF SCHOOL: $2,050,000 · OtherWOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY: $1,950,000 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH: $1,650,000 · Other+32 more: $12,278,017 · Other+32 moreSPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $5,588,541 · Human ServicesSPENCE-CHAPIN SE…UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $3,200,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FRIENDS O…CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $2,141,568 · Human ServicesCHILDCARE RESOUR…YAMBA MALAWI INC: $1,650,000 · Human ServicesYAMBA MALAWI INCHOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $1,504,911 · Human ServicesHOMELESS CHILDRE…Proyecto Pastoral: $1,500,000 · Human ServicesProyecto Pastora…Young Eisner Scholars: $1,300,000 · Human ServicesYoung Eisner Sch…THE ARTHUR PROJECT: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $871,500 · Human Services+4 more: $637,660 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $2,838,640 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INC: $2,500,000 · PhilanthropyFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $2,250,000 · PhilanthropyFoundations in Education Inc: $1,200,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $882,050 · PhilanthropyMary's Meals USA Inc: $7,350,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000,000 · International+1 more: $200,000 · InternationalCROSSOVER MISSION INC: $3,384,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $700,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentROW NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsFIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $850,000 · Recreation & SportsSTREETSQUASH INC: $570,000 · Recreation & SportsHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $400,000 · Recreation & SportsYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER: $250,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$47,534,800Other$41,096,927Human Services$19,394,180Philanthropy$9,670,690International$8,550,000Youth Development$4,244,000Recreation & Sports$3,070,000

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 budgetTHE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $27,964,900 over 8y, 17% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,950,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $7,735,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetMary's Meals USA Inc: $7,350,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $6,126,910 over 5y, 24% of budgetSPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $5,588,541 over 6y, 21% of budgetCROSSOVER MISSION INC: $3,384,000 over 6y, 43% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $3,200,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $3,190,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $2,838,640 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetADVENTURES IN LEARNING INC: $2,766,500 over 8y, 67% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $2,500,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $2,250,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetCHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $2,141,568 over 6y, 26% of budgetPASADENA WALDORF SCHOOL: $2,050,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY: $1,950,000 over 7y, 71% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $1,775,400 over 6y, 24% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $1,700,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $1,650,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetYAMBA MALAWI INC: $1,650,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $1,504,911 over 6y, 34% of budgetProyecto Pastoral: $1,500,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $1,320,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $1,300,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetFoundations in Education Inc: $1,200,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetTHE ARTHUR PROJECT: $1,000,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROW NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $871,500 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetFIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $850,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $700,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $655,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $570,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH NEW YORK INC: $500,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetJAMES B LEE JR SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF JOSEPH A MCBRIDE: $500,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $400,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE CHARACTER CONNECTION INITIATIVE: $368,000 over 2y, 90% of budgetTHE MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART D/B/A THE AFRICA CENTER: $340,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $300,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC: $300,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetKEEP A CHILD ALIVE INC: $300,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER: $250,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $250,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $250,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mary's Meals USA Inc ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CROSSOVER MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTURES IN LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM RBI INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends Of Raising The Village Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA WALDORF SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKING THE BOAT INC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds YAMBA MALAWI INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Proyecto Pastoral ↗
  • Who funds SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Young Eisner Scholars ↗
  • Who funds Foundations in Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTHUR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds ROW NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC ↗
  • Who funds The Bridge Golf Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY 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.

FjcThe New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Schooner Foundati…Robertson FoundationSyde Hurdus Foundatio…Impact 100 of Indian …Jewish Communal FundIndian River Communit…National Philanthropi…David & Robin Ryan Fa…Quail Valley Charitie…
FjcNY21.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fjc · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Schooner Foundation · Robertson Foundation · Syde Hurdus Foundation Inc · Impact 100 of Indian River County · Jewish Communal Fund · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · David & Robin Ryan Family Foundation · Quail Valley Charities Inc

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 Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
26report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Theodore J Forstmann Charitable Tr 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 90 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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