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The Victor 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.

$224k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
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$481kPhilanthropy$278kEducation$240kInternational$125kReligion$94kRecreation & Sports$30kYouth Development$15kArts & Culture$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES$50,000
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (FKA ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION)$25,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL$12,000
MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$10,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES$10,000
ERIKSON INSTITUTE$10,000
CAMP NEBAGAMON (FKA CN FOUNDATION)$10,000
JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL$10,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL$7,000
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (FKA ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION)$7,000
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL$5,000
START EARLY (FKA OUNCE OF PREVENTION FUND)$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$973k · 22 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$973k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+25%

Still filing today

68%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $320k · revenue +34%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +4%
  • EI
    Erikson Institute
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • CN
    CAMP NEBAGAMON
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • MJ
    MINNESOTA JCC (FKA SABES JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER)
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · 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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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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4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
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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7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cayo. 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

35 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. 35 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
29/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL: $92,742 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAELABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $91,000 · OtherABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (FKA ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION): $64,000 · OtherALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (FKA ABBOTT NOR…JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL: $53,000 · OtherJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAELJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $47,500 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MI…COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOLSTART EARLY: $25,000 · OtherSTART EARLYCAMP NEBAGAMON (FKA CN FOUNDATION): $20,000 · Other+11 more: $36,865 · Other+11 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $320,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CEN…+4 more: $6,710 · HealthMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $230,000 · PhilanthropyMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH F…+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyErikson Institute: $50,000 · EducationErikson Institu…Yale University: $26,200 · EducationYale UniversityBARNARD COLLEGE: $26,000 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGETHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF…WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVER…THE BLAKE SCHOOL: $16,500 · EducationTHE BLAKE SCHOO…+4 more: $10,300 · Education+4 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $70,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER: $1,250 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $1,250 · Arts & CultureCAYO: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & CultureCAMP NEBAGAMON: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $255 · Recreation & Sports
Other$455,107Health$326,710Philanthropy$230,250Education$179,000International$71,000Arts & Culture$11,050Recreation & Sports$10,255

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $320,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $230,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $91,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $47,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYale University: $26,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTART EARLY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHOLOM FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORWOOD SCHOOL INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLauder Institute Alumni Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAYO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER'S CARE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOSE UP FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 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.

Baird Foundation IncThe Minneapolis Found…The Rum FundStanley M & Luella G …National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…United Way WorldwideVanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …
Baird Foundation IncWI16× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Rum Fund · Stanley M & Luella G Goldberg Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · United Way Worldwide · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving 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 Victor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Victor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Victor Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Victor 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 45 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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