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The Tyler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$708k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.8MAnimals$749kHuman Services$606kEducation$561kEnvironment$451kHousing & Shelter$303kFood & Nutrition$270kYouth Development$158kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $111k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $597k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$46,394
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$46,394
MYLESTONE EQUINE RESCUE A NEW JE$25,000
LAST CHANCE RANCH$25,000
RAPTOR TRUST$25,000
AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC$20,000
CROSSROADS 4 HOPE (CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL)$20,000
KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL$20,000
GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED ASSOCIATIO$20,000
HOME FOR GOOD DOG RESCUE$20,000
MANE STREAM INC$18,000
PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC$15,000
NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COALITION$15,000
SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL$15,000
COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION$15,000
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 (FY17–24, $633k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $13k → 14%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $15k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $15k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $15k → 4%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $15k → 4%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $11k → 4%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $10k → 4%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%NEW JERSEY SHARES INC: $8k → 11%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $10k → 4%VISIONS & PATHWAYS: $15k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $8k → 4%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $10k → 5%ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COU: $8k → 5%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $20k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $20k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $15k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $15k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $10k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $10k → 4%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $8k → 4%MOMS HELPING MOMS: $10k → 5%MOMS HELPING MOMS: $8k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY: $10k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY: $10k → 10%CROSSROADS 4 HOPE (CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL): $20k → 5%CROSSROADS 4 HOPE (CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL): $20k → 5%CROSSROADS 4 HOPE (CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL): $20k → 5%CROSSROADS 4 HOPE (CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL): $20k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $10k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $10k → 5%THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATION: $10k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $10k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $10k → 5%THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATION: $10k → 5%THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATION: $10k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $10k → 5%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.
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.
$4.8M · 61 repeat orgs$352k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
21

Total granted

$4.8M
$285k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+19%

Still filing today

69%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentHealthEducationHousing & 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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $538k · revenue +33%
  • TR
    THE RAPTOR TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +35%
  • ME
    MYLESTONE EQUINE RESCUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $163k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • MS
    M S KETTERING CANCER CNTR
    one grant, 2017 · $133k
  • PC
    PLAINFIELD CITY UNION OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +19%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue -4%
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
Home Care Options Inc

To serve the expanding and evolving in-home needs of residents of northern nj by delivering a continuum of care for clients and families through the services of a highly trained caring and compassionate workforce.

Human Services
2
Advocates for Children of New Jersey

To identify children's needs through research, policy and legal analysis, to raise awareness of those needs through strategic communications, and to work with elected officials and other decision-makers to enact effective responses.

Human Services
3
New Jersey Association for Mental Health

The mission of the mental health association in new jersey is to provide support and education advocacy on behalf of persons with mental illness and educate the public regarding mental health and illness in new jersey.

—
4
Homesharing Inc

Homesharing's mission is to create affordable housing solutions by matching those seeking housing with those who need additional income or services to maintain their homes, while fostering independence and dignity.

Housing & Shelter
5
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

—
6
Center for Humanistic Change of Nj Inc

To assist with the integration of individuals with developmental disabilities into society. to educate the public regarding every individual's right and need for community integration. to promote, establish, and operate community based…

—
7
Helping Hand Pregnancy Center of Sussex County Inc

The helping hand pregnancy center of sussex county, inc. helps pregnant women who are in crisis to understand and work through the alternatives, enabling them to make an informed decision concerning the outcome of the pregnancy.

—
8
Avidd Community Services of New Jersey Inc

The organization's primary mission is to enable developmentally disabled individuals to develop fully within the structure of family life which encourages responsibility, growth, and independence.

Health
9
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Inc

The Organization's mission is to improve the safety, quality, and affordability of healthcare for everyone.

—
10
Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc

The mission of hackensack riverkeeper is to protect, preserve, and restore the hackensack river watershed and its living resources. hackensack riverkeeper fights for clean water, open space preservation, and public access to the river for…

Environment
11
Home Care & Hospice Association of Nj

To promote the interest of its members and other home health care and hospice providers in the state of new jersey. the promotion of these interests is primarily accomplished by maintaining an awareness of governmental activities,…

—
12
Caring Partners of Morris and Sussex Inc

To partner with children, families, and communities to help children in need to overcome significant social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Visions and Pathways a Nj Nonprofit Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Happy Paws Rescue Inc. 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

61 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. 61 of the 94 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/61
Grantees still filing
41/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $404,364 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL: $150,000 · OtherTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOLM S KETTERING CANCER CNTR: $133,230 · OtherM S KETTERING CANCER CNTRSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL: $115,000 · OtherSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOLMane Stream Inc: $108,000 · OtherLITERACY NEW JERSEY INC: $88,000 · OtherYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $80,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL: $72,980 · OtherTHE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $69,000 · Other+41 more: $814,140 · Other+41 moreVISIONS AND PATHWAYS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $105,000 · Human ServicesVISIONS AND PATH…Americas Grow-A-Row: $102,500 · Human ServicesAmericas Grow-A-…Community Hope Inc: $98,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Hope I…BONNIE BRAE: $90,000 · Human ServicesBONNIE BRAETHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR G…CROSSROADS4HOPE: $80,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS4HOPEAdult Day Center of Somerset County Inc: $77,500 · Human ServicesAdult Day Center…MOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · Human Services+7 more: $62,000 · Human Services+7 moreTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $200,000 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUS…LAST CHANCE RANCH INC: $185,000 · AnimalsLAST CHANCE RAN…MYLESTONE EQUINE RESCUE: $163,000 · AnimalsMYLESTONE EQUIN…Home For Good Dog Rescue Inc: $86,500 · AnimalsHome For Good D…MT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $37,000 · AnimalsMT PLEASANT ANI…+3 more: $20,000 · AnimalsAmerican Heart Association Inc: $537,594 · HealthAmerican Heart …JOHN F KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · HealthJOHN F KENNEDY …NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $50,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HE…+3 more: $20,000 · HealthGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $155,000 · EnvironmentGreat Swam…NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COALITION: $105,000 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY…RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION: $77,500 · EnvironmentRARITAN HE…HUNTERDON LAND TRUST: $58,740 · EnvironmentHUNTERDON …NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY…New Jersey Audubon Society: $37,500 · EnvironmentNew Jersey…+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $120,000 · EducationSAGE ELDERCARE: $70,000 · EducationPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC: $66,500 · EducationTHE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC: $45,000 · EducationMIDLAND FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCOOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION: $135,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTRAL JERSEY HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER: $40,075 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,034,714Human Services$722,500Animals$691,500Health$677,594Environment$488,740Education$326,500Housing & Shelter$175,075

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $537,594 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $200,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetLAST CHANCE RANCH INC: $185,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetMYLESTONE EQUINE RESCUE: $163,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $155,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCOOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION: $135,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL: $115,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMane Stream Inc: $108,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetVISIONS AND PATHWAYS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $105,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COALITION: $105,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAmericas Grow-A-Row: $102,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $98,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBONNIE BRAE: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY NEW JERSEY INC: $88,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHome For Good Dog Rescue Inc: $86,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS4HOPE: $80,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAdult Day Center of Somerset County Inc: $77,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION: $77,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $69,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC: $66,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMIDLAND SCHOOL INC: $66,160 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENTION EDUCATION INC: $60,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHUNTERDON LAND TRUST: $58,740 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $45,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCONTACT WE CARE INC: $42,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRAL JERSEY HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER: $40,075 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNew Jersey Audubon Society: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNOURISHNJ INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFamily Promise of Hunterdon County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPLAINFIELD CITY UNION OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMIDLAND FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $19,280 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER HOPE NETWORK: $19,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE HILL FOUNDATION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF ALCOHOLICS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOODFORD CEDAR RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST HUBERT'S GIRALDA D/B/A ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY SHARES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN ON THE GREEN INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPTOR TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LAST CHANCE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MYLESTONE EQUINE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Great Swamp Watershed Association ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Mane Stream Inc ↗
  • Who funds VISIONS AND PATHWAYS A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Americas Grow-A-Row ↗
  • Who funds Community Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds BONNIE BRAE ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Home For Good Dog Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS4HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Adult Day Center of Somerset County Inc ↗
  • Who funds RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAGE ELDERCARE ↗
  • Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PREVENTION EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNTERDON LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MATHENY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONTACT WE CARE 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.

Community Foundation …Investors Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…Ej Grassmann TrustBristol-Myers Squibb …Columbia Bank Foundat…The Provident Bank Fo…Pseg Foundation IncChubb Charitable Foun…Citizens Philanthropi…Union FoundationLillian P Schenck Tw …
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ64.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Union Foundation · Lillian P Schenck Tw Lps Fund

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 Tyler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tyler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Raritan Headwaters Association: 94% of income from government
  • Empower Somerset Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Hunterdon Land Trust: 48% of income from government
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Prevention Education Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Health Services Corporation: 32% of income from government
  • Literacy New Jersey Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Nourishnj Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Visions and Pathways a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Ywca of Eastern Union County Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Opportunity Project Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Bonnie Brae: 3% of income from government
  • Children On the Green Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
  • CROSSROADS4HOPE: 1% of income from government
  • Our House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mane Stream Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Tyler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Tyler 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 94 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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