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Towanda 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.

$515k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$296kEnvironment$190kArts & Culture$100kCivil Rights$70kInternational$25kHuman Services$10k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $350k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC$249,750
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC$100,000
GROUNDSWELL FUND$25,000
NA AH ILLAHEE FUND$25,000
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB$25,000
SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC$20,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC$20,000
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$10,000
GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP$10,000
CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC$10,000
THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE$10,000
BILLION OYSTER PROJECT$10,000
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 (FY22–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10k → 17%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 7 repeat orgs$471k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against -59% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
4

Total granted

$220k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
-59%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $405k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • GF
    Groundswell Fund
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +19%
  • Earth Island Institute Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +19%
  • GO
    GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • BH
    BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS AREA SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $26k
  • TR
    TOGETHER RISING
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -62%
  • HONOR THE EARTH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -59%
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
Ocean Alliance Project

Protecting and promoting the marine biodiversity of Hawai'i through coral restoration, ecological monitoring, regenerative tourism, and cultural integration

Science & Tech
2
Turtle Island Restoration Network

To mobilize people in local communities around the world to protect marine wildlife and the oceans and inland watersheds that sustain them.

Environment
3
Only One Inc

Harness the power of collective action to rebuild ocean life in this generation, for people and the planet.

Environment
4
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
5
Oceans Initiative

Oceans Initiative is a team of scientists on a mission to protect marine life and the ecosystems on which they depend, and to share our innovative science to guide conservation action.

Science & Tech
6
Ocean Alliance Inc

Scientific Research on marine mammals and education

Environment
7
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
8
OneReef Worldwide Stewardship

OneReefs mission is to ensure healthy ocean ecosystems and thriving coastal communities across the Pacific.

Animals
9
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
10
Global Coralition Inc

To scale coral reef restoration through a holistic model of art, science and community. we design marine regeneration hubs that consist of sculptural coral gardens and land-based coral farms. we aim to target local impacts on reefs while…

Environment
11
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sustainable Ocean Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Na'ah Illahee Fund. 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

15 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. 15 of the 16 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
6/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC: $249,750 · EducationOMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INCGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $20,000 · EducationGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORPBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $20,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INCAppalachian Mountain Club: $50,000 · EnvironmentAppalachian Mountain ClubEarth Island Institute Inc: $40,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute IncTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCESUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE …THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INCHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 · EnvironmentHONOR THE EARTHTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABO…Groundswell Fund: $50,000 · PhilanthropyBRANDYWINE HEIGHTS AREA SCHOOL: $26,000 · OtherTOGETHER RISING: $20,200 · OtherNa'ah Illahee Fund: $25,000 · InternationalWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Education$289,750Environment$170,000Arts & Culture$100,000Philanthropy$50,000Other$46,200International$25,000Human Services$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC: $249,750 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGroundswell Fund: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $20,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Marin Community Found…ImpactassetsincNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Towanda Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Towanda Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Towanda Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Towanda 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 16 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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