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Tillin Foundation at a glance

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Tillin 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.

$427k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$362k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$402kRecreation & Sports$52kHealth$46kReligion$42kArts & Culture$19kEducation$13kHuman Services$13kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $59k
  • $250k+1 grant · $362k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE - DAFGIVING360$361,517
SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC$33,700
ALS NETWORK$25,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,000
USO$1,000
DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS$1,000
AIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE$1,000
AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY$500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$250
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$200
TOYS FOR TOTS$200
SHRINERS$200
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$200
MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDATION$200
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$200
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 (FY17–17, $75) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $75 → 9%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

NH
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
KS
SC
DC
OK
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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$182k · 31 repeat orgs$438k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
21

Total granted

$182k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+63%

Still filing today

61%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $387k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $52k · revenue +46%
  • AS
    AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +60%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $6k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • FL
    FALCONS LANDING BENEVOLENT FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • TU
    THE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TT
    THE TOBIN CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
2
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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3
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
4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
Association of the United States Army

The association of the united states army (ausa) supports soldiers, their families and army civilians, provides a voice for the army, and honors those who have served. as the army's premier nonprofit, educational and professional…

Public Benefit
6
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc

To support a full range of issues affecting vietnam veterans, as well as, all veterans. vva is the only congressionaly chartered organization exclusively dedicated to vietnam-era veterans and their families.

Public Benefit
7
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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8
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
The National World War Ii Museum Inc

The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…

Arts & Culture
11
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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12
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 56 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE - DAFGIVING360: $361,517 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE - DAFGIVING360ST DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $41,055 · OtherST DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHFALCONS LANDING BENEVOLENT FUND: $40,113 · OtherFALCONS LANDING BENEVOLENT FUND+37 more: $51,880 · Other+37 moreSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $52,400 · Recreation & SportsSAN ANTON…ALS Network: $25,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,150 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500 · Health+2 more: $1,100 · HealthDAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: $14,800 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $3,400 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $400 · Arts & CultureAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $6,950 · EducationThe Falcon Foundation: $4,200 · Education+1 more: $157 · EducationWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,900 · Human Services+1 more: $75 · Human ServicesAIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC: $5,100 · Housing & Shelter
Other$494,565Recreation & Sports$52,400Health$31,750Arts & Culture$18,600Education$11,307Human Services$5,975Housing & Shelter$5,100

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 budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $52,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALS Network: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: $14,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $6,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC: $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Falcon Foundation: $4,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $3,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPolice Association of Virginia: $157 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCode of Support Foundation: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $75 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.

  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALS Network ↗
  • Who funds DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Falcon Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Tillin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tillin 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 56 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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