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Ticket to Dream Foundation

TICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION provides in-kind and monetary contributions to non-profit organizations located throughout the united states.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
165
Grants FY2025still arriving
49
States reached
$23k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$16MCivil Rights$723kCrime & Legal$557kPhilanthropy$428kYouth Development$397kHealth$255kRecreation & Sports$120kEducation$119kOther$0
02FY2025 · 165 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 165 grants below total $1,098,213, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,686,243 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,588,030 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k131 grants · $639k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $459k
$5,500
Median grant
49
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY ALTERNATIVES$22,500
PARTNERSHIP FOR STRONG FAMILIES$19,500
KIDS MATTER INC$19,000
ONE MORE CHILD$18,500
ARROW CHILD & FAMILY MINISTRIES$18,400
FOSTERING HOPE$17,000
OLIVE CREST - LOS ANGELES$16,500
KVC NEBRASKA$16,500
EMBRELLA$16,000
THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA$16,000
DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$15,000
FOSTER FORWARD$15,000
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA$14,500
YOUTH VILLAGES - MIDDLE TENNESSEE$13,500
CHILD ADVOCATES DENVER CASA$13,500
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 (FY17–25, $8.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $34k → 12%IFOSTER: $347k → 11%CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $37k → 14%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $50k → 17%ANGEL REACH: $43k → 9%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%CASA FOR CHILDREN OF DC: $31k → 14%SAMARITAS: $45k → 21%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION TOTAL: $48k → 11%KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS TOTAL: $50k → 5%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $38k → 15%KIDS MATTER INC: $35k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES TENNESSEE: $76k → 17%FOSTER FORWARD: $40k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $78k → 16%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $35k → 18%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF MS (MCH): $29k → 23%CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $31k → 12%IFOSTER: $202k → 11%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $34k → 17%ANGEL REACH: $32k → 9%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $36k → 16%SAMARITAS: $30k → 21%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $35k → 11%KVC KANSAS: $40k → 5%KIDS MATTER INC: $33k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES TENNESSEE: $56k → 17%FOSTER FORWARD: $35k → 14%FIREFLY CHILDREN & FAMILY ALLIANCE: $29k → 16%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $34k → 18%FAMILY ALTERNATIVES: $40k → 11%IFOSTER: $47k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA TOTAL: $69k → 13%ENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $48k → 16%YOUTH VILLAGES TENNESSEE: $43k → 17%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $33k → 18%ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $37k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $34k → 13%EMBRACE WASHINGTON: $35k → 12%YOUTH HOMES: $28k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA TOTAL: $28k → 13%FOSTERADOPT CONNECT: $30k → 15%ARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION: $30k → 11%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $33k → 15%AUNT MARTHA'S CHIDREN'S RECEPTION CENTER: $75k → 14%ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $34k → 10%ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $31k → 10%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 233 repeat orgs$950k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

233 repeat relationships: 157 still active in FY2025, 76 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

233
21

Total granted

$18M
$933k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+26%

Still filing today

88%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • II
    iFoster Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $597k · revenue +314%
  • TS
    THE SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $483k · revenue +27%
  • T
    TREEHOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $353k · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +32%
  • AM
    AUNT MARTHA'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +5%
  • DC
    Destiny Community Servicesgraduated
    2× · 2020–2022 · $68k · revenue +247%
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
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
2
Ark Homes Foster Family Agency

Ark Homes Foster Family Agency is committed to creating a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment for children by matching each child's needs with an appropriate family-based placement and services that promote stability, healing, and…

Human Services
3
Abrazo Foster Family Agency

Our Mission is to take the lead in protecting children entrusted to our care or protection from further abuse and neglect by carefully selecting the most qualified and dedicated foster parents available to operate foster homes for the…

Human Services
4
Casey Family Programs
Philanthropy
5
California Alliance of Caregivers

California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…

Health
6
Foster Kinship

Foster Kinship supports all kinship families throughout Nevada. We assist grandparents, relatives, and fictive kin who are raising children through five core programs: 1- Enhanced Kinship Navigator Program - Provides intensive support to…

Human Services
7
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
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8
A Family for Every Child

A family for every child (affec) is dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive families for waiting foster children. to accomplish our mission, we focus on finding loving and permanent families for children who the foster care…

Human Services
9
Chaves County Casa Program

To provide needed services for abused, neglected, and vulnerable children and their families.

Human Services
10
Casa of Tipton County

Child Advocacy Services

Crime & Legal
11
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
12
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Camden County Inc

Advocate in the judicial system for the best interest of victims of abuse and neglect in foster care, giving the child a voice in court and moving the child to a safe and permanent home.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fosteradopt Connect Inc; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

254 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. 254 of the 257 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
66
Early backer (in before they grew)
243/254
Grantees still filing
189/254
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

iFoster Inc: $596,690 · Human ServicesiFoster Inc+97 more: $8,051,670 · Human Services+97 morePROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $239,861 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATIONSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $202,246 · OtherTHE SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION INC: $482,772 · OtherTHE SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATIO…+50 more: $3,507,573 · Other+50 moreTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500,000 · HealthTHE TRANS…OLIVE CREST: $298,532 · HealthOLIVE CRE…FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER: $99,634 · HealthFRED FINC…KINSHIP HOUSE: $88,101 · HealthKINSHIP H…ALASKA CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $87,250 · HealthALASKA CH…MORRISON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $80,515 · HealthKVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE NEBRASKA INC: $79,750 · HealthUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN): $74,617 · HealthMAKE GOOD INC: $55,750 · Health+5 more: $201,509 · Health+5 moreCASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $123,007 · Civil RightsCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $105,033 · Civil RightsCASA OF JEFFERSON AND GILPIN COUNTIES: $103,147 · Civil RightsCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $99,937 · Civil RightsCASA-VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $97,895 · Civil RightsCASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $80,794 · Civil RightsCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $74,854 · Civil RightsADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $64,925 · Civil RightsCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF DENTON COUNTY INC: $64,227 · Civil RightsCOWLITZ COUNTY CHILD ADVOCATES: $64,152 · Civil RightsVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $57,920 · Civil RightsCASA of Solano County: $43,834 · Civil RightsFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASA PROGRAM INC: $42,999 · Civil RightsCASA of Kent County Inc: $41,657 · Civil RightsYOLO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $40,500 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF CASA - HAWAII: $127,044 · Crime & LegalEVERY CHILD INC: $119,088 · Crime & LegalCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $96,123 · Crime & LegalEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC: $83,129 · Crime & LegalCASA OF BROWN COUNTY INC: $61,604 · Crime & LegalCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Stanislaus County: $59,641 · Crime & LegalCASA EL DORADO: $57,500 · Crime & LegalSERVICE HEART: $53,050 · Crime & LegalCourt Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Merced County: $50,768 · Crime & LegalValley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation: $38,745 · Crime & LegalCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $36,831 · Crime & LegalTREEHOUSE: $352,602 · Youth DevelopmentMARYHURST INC: $85,417 · Youth DevelopmentCASA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $83,623 · Youth DevelopmentFOSTER ARIZONA: $69,666 · Youth DevelopmentJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $62,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE JAMES PROJECT INC: $47,672 · Youth DevelopmentTOGETHER WE RISE: $296,790 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TO BELONG: $120,000 · Recreation & SportsFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $119,607 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$8,648,360Other$4,432,452Health$1,565,658Civil Rights$1,104,881Crime & Legal$783,523Youth Development$700,980Recreation & Sports$536,397

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetiFoster Inc: $596,690 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION INC: $482,772 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $352,602 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $298,532 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $296,790 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $246,203 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $239,861 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $230,632 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $216,110 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $202,246 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $184,398 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetKVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC: $183,940 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER FORWARD: $169,751 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $157,985 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL REACH: $151,598 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $148,566 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $135,579 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEmbrellaInc: $129,081 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $128,722 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA - HAWAII: $127,044 over 9y, 48% of budgetKIDS MATTER INC: $126,319 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION: $126,027 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $124,021 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetPRESSLEY RIDGE: $123,786 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $123,007 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $121,004 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $120,352 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY ALTERNATIVES: $120,325 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUND INC: $120,080 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCAMP TO BELONG: $120,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE: $119,815 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $119,607 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetEVERY CHILD INC: $119,088 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $117,978 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $114,483 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC: $113,305 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAS: $109,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $109,320 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER CARE SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $109,308 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $105,033 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS: $104,760 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCASA OF JEFFERSON AND GILPIN COUNTIES: $103,147 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $102,223 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCASA for Children of the District of Columbia: $102,077 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $99,937 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER: $99,634 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS CROSSING: $99,251 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S HOMESTEAD: $98,302 over 9y, 0.3% 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 iFoster Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE RISE ↗
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds KVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK FOUNDLING ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL REACH ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds EmbrellaInc ↗
  • Who funds ENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CASA - HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds KIDS MATTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESSLEY RIDGE ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONES OF CARE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ALTERNATIVES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TO BELONG ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds The Villages of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAS ↗

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.

In-N-Out Burgers Foun…National Court Appoin…Sacramento Region Com…Dave Thomas Foundatio…California Foundation…Tickets for Kids Foun…Teichert FoundationDutch Bros FoundationCalifornia Court Appo…The Gap FoundationPlacer Community Foun…United Way California…
In-N-Out Burgers FoundationCA57.1× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Tickets for Kids Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Dutch Bros Foundation · California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association · The Gap Foundation · Placer Community Foundation · United Way California Capital Region

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

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no gov · 60%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Connecticut Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Children and Families First: 87% of income from government
  • Christian Community Placement Center: 52% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Children's Services of Roxbury Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Casa-Voices for Children: 20% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Casa of Jackson County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
84report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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

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How do I get to Ticket to Dream Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ticket to Dream 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 257 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 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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