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The Three T's Foundation at a glance

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The Three T's Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$548kEnvironment$250kFood & Nutrition$231kEducation$81kCivil Rights$46kHousing & Shelter$31kCommunity Improvement$25kAnimals$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$6,400
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$14,500
HOMES WITH HOPE INC$6,400
DIVERSIFY DIETETICS$6,400
TOGETHER RISING$6,400
FRIENDS OF THE WESTPORT LIBRARY INC$6,400
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 (FY21–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $20k → 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
MT
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$725k · 8 repeat orgs$602k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
21

Total granted

$725k
$575k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    5× · 2017–2021 · $55k · revenue +74%
  • Washington and Lee University
    4× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +15%
  • DD
    DIVERSIFY DIETETICS INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $26k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN RIVERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $85k · revenue +177%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +291%
  • RE
    REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -5%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
5
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
6
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
7
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
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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10
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
11
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ric OBarrys Dolphin Project. 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

25 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. 25 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INC: $547,950 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INCWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $54,700 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKTOGETHER RISING: $26,400 · OtherTOGETHER RISINGCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $25,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCCANAL COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $25,000 · OtherCANAL COMMUNITY ALLIANCEUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHO…ST VINVENT DEPAUL OF MARIN: $25,000 · OtherST VINVENT DEPAUL OF MARINAMERICAS SECOND HARVEST OF SOUTHEAST GA: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAS SECOND HARVEST OF …THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INCRic OBarrys Dolphin Project: $20,000 · OtherRic OBarrys Dolphin ProjectTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 · Other+5 more: $42,800 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $85,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVE…ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $25,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR…OCEANA INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsSURFEARNEGRA: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $50,000 · Food & NutritionLA COCINA VA: $20,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionWashington and Lee University: $29,700 · EducationDIVERSIFY DIETETICS INC: $26,400 · EducationFREDERICA ACADEMY INC: $15,200 · EducationDICKINSON COLLEGE: $4,500 · EducationHomeward Bound of Marin: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$567,950Other$318,400Environment$155,000Recreation & Sports$95,000Food & Nutrition$90,000Education$75,800Housing & Shelter$25,000

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 budgetTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INC: $547,950 over 3y, 48% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $85,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $54,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $29,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $26,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDIVERSIFY DIETETICS INC: $26,400 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLA COCINA VA: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSURFEARNEGRA: $20,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetRic OBarrys Dolphin Project: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetOCEANA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFREDERICA ACADEMY INC: $15,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManna House of Brunswick Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE: $6,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $4,500 over 3y, 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA12.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Three T's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Three T's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home