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The William Hg Fitzgerald Family Foundation at a glance

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The William Hg Fitzgerald Family 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.1MEnvironment$165kHealth$113kEducation$46kScience & Tech$21kHuman Services$8kCrime & Legal$7kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,127,744
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SLICHTER FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,127,744
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 (FY17–22, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $1.4M → 9%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%EFAA: $3k → 12%HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $64k → 9%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%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
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 20 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
14

Total granted

$2.1M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+64%

Still filing today

95%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
InternationalHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • A
    ASHOKA
    6× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +129%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    4× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +202%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $53k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • NR
    NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCIL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • N
    NRDC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
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
4
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Slichter Family Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $1,668,730 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE SLICHTER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,127,744 · PhilanthropyTHE SLICHTER FAMILY FOUNDATION+3 more: $42,500 · PhilanthropyENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $70,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EnvironmentASHOKA: $90,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $7,000 · International+3 more: $5,000 · InternationalPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $52,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $17,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,199 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCIL: $10,000 · OtherFANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherNRDC: $10,000 · OtherCOLORADO COVID RELIEF FUNDMILE HIGH UNITED WAY: $5,000 · OtherEPIPHANY SCHOOL: $3,000 · OtherWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $7,500 · OtherNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS: $3,500 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $6,510 · Other+4 more: $6,510 · OtherUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $17,650 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $13,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 · Education
Human Services$1,676,230Philanthropy$1,170,244Environment$145,000International$117,000Health$93,500Other$89,719Education$43,150

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 budgetHOPE FOR POOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $1,668,730 over 5y, 97% of budgetASHOKA: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $17,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $6,510 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBRAC USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPAIGN COUNTY HEALTH CARE CONSUMERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,000 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 William Hg Fitzgerald Family 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 37 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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