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Townebank Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
178
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$313k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$12MArts & Culture$7.3MHealth$5.7MHuman Services$2.9MYouth Development$2.5MEnvironment$2.2MHousing & Shelter$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 178 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k47 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k81 grants · $6.7M
  • $250k+1 grant · $313k
$40,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$312,500
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY$200,000
EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOU$200,000
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUC$200,000
EQUI-KIDS THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRA$150,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S D$125,000
RICHMOND BALLET$125,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL CAROL$114,286
EGGLESTON$100,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTH HAMPT$100,000
ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRIANGLE$100,000
CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATI$100,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHESTERFI$100,000
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $11k → 20%FREEKIND: $25k → 14%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $10k → 20%COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $10k → 9%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $10k → 20%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $10k → 20%HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $50k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $50k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $50k → 10%THRIVE PENINSULA INC: $50k → 17%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $50k → 9%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $20k → 20%PITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 20%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $20k → 9%MERCY CHEFS INC: $18k → 20%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $17k → 20%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $17k → 20%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $17k → 20%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $15k → 20%IDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $15k → 20%NEXTUP RVA: $15k → 9%WHEELS4HOPE: $25k → 8%NEXTUP RVA: $15k → 9%STEPUP MINISTRY: $25k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN VIRGI: $50k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN VIRGINIA: $30k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $100k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $100k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $100k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $100k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $100k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $30k → 22%SPORTABLE: $20k → 22%SPORTABLE: $20k → 22%THE UP CENTER: $85k → 19%THE UP CENTER: $70k → 19%THE UP CENTER: $70k → 19%THE UP CENTER: $70k → 19%BETH SHOLOM HOME OF EASTERN VIRGINI: $40k → 10%BETH SHOLOM HOME OF EASTERN VIRGINI: $30k → 10%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $40k → 19%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $40k → 19%THE UP CENTER: $20k → 19%THE UP CENTER: $20k → 19%EGGLESTON: $100k → 19%EGGLESTON: $100k → 19%EGGLESTON: $100k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN VIRGI: $40k → 19%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
NY
IA
IN
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37M · 233 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

233 repeat relationships: 127 still active in FY2024, 106 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

233
137

Total granted

$37M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+13%

Still filing today

61%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • NS
    NANSEMOND SUFFOLK ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +76%
  • VW
    VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $940k · revenue +68%
  • FI
    FORKIDS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $750k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • PD
    PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -57% · 50% of their budget
  • EV
    EASTERN VA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $225k
  • IV
    IVOR VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $209k · revenue -37% · 62% of their budget
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
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
2
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
3
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
4
New Schools for Virginia

New schools for virginia works with parents, students, educators and the community to improve educational outcomes by designing new schools and by supporting existing schools to improve outcomes.

Education
5
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
6
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
7
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
8
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
9
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges

To secure financial support that enables college-bound students to access and graduate from outstanding virginia independent higher education institutions.

Education
12
Virginia Association of Museums

The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Battle of the Bulge Association Inc. 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

263 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 263 of the 419 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
260/263
Grantees still filing
176/263
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $940,000 · OtherEASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOU: $800,000 · Other+117 more: $21,237,805 · Other+117 moreVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY: $660,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA STA…THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIRGINIA…VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $500,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA SYM…Historic St Lukes Restoration: $350,000 · Arts & CultureHistoric St …Sullenberger Aviation Museum: $300,000 · Arts & CultureSullenberger…VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $268,750 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HIS…THE RICHMOND BALLET: $224,000 · Arts & CultureFORT MONROE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HURRAH PLAYERS INC: $180,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $1,241,103 · Arts & Culture+13 moreNANSEMOND SUFFOLK ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,025,000 · EducationNANSEMOND SU…CHESAPEAKE BAY ACADEMY: $590,000 · EducationCHESAPEAKE B…HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY: $450,000 · EducationHAMPTON ROAD…ELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION INC: $400,000 · EducationELEVATE EARL…HAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · EducationHAMPTON UNIV…STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL: $340,000 · EducationSTONEBRIDGE …NCINNOVATION INC: $200,000 · Education+13 more: $916,000 · Education+13 moreMercy Medical Angels: $300,000 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthThe Outer Banks Hospital Inc: $300,000 · HealthEDMARC INC: $250,000 · HealthEqui-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program: $240,000 · HealthVIRGINIA GENTLEMEN FOUNDATION INC: $235,399 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC: $200,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $200,000 · HealthACES FOR AUTISM: $160,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $150,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $135,000 · HealthWESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC INC: $115,000 · Health+6 more: $430,000 · HealthYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769): $530,000 · Human ServicesCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER: $350,000 · Human ServicesLOUISE W EGGLESTON CENTER INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $150,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN VIRGINIA: $120,000 · Human ServicesBeth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia: $110,000 · Human ServicesIDA BARBOUR EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 · Human Services+4 more: $183,600 · Human ServicesFORKIDS INC: $750,000 · Housing & ShelterJUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC: $300,000 · Housing & ShelterSamaritan House Inc: $290,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Greenville Community Shelters: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentThe Elizabeth River Project: $500,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 · EnvironmentNANSEMOND RIVER PRESERVATION ALLIANCE: $145,000 · Environment
Other$22,977,805Arts & Culture$4,423,853Education$4,321,000Health$3,015,399Human Services$1,993,600Housing & Shelter$1,430,000Environment$1,425,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNANSEMOND SUFFOLK ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,025,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetVIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $940,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFORKIDS INC: $750,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY: $660,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetTHE WILLIAMS SCHOOL: $610,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetTRIANGLE GOLF FOUNDATION INC DBA THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRIANGLE: $600,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY ACADEMY: $590,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769): $530,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $500,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $500,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetNAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $465,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY: $450,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION INC: $400,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric St Lukes Restoration: $350,000 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia: $350,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $350,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER: $350,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSTONEBRIDGE SCHOOL: $340,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $313,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $300,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $300,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Outer Banks Hospital Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC: $300,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLOUISE W EGGLESTON CENTER INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSullenberger Aviation Museum: $300,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetNORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD: $300,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $300,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSamaritan House Inc: $290,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $268,750 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetVirginia Capitol Foundation: $250,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetEDMARC INC: $250,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $250,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetEqui-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program: $240,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetVIRGINIA GENTLEMEN FOUNDATION INC: $235,399 over 3y, 11% of budgetD'ART CENTER: $225,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $224,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $221,300 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA INC: $210,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetIVOR VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $209,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetNORFOLK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $200,000 over 3y, 2.6% 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 NANSEMOND SUFFOLK ACADEMY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FORKIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE GOLF FOUNDATION INC DBA THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRIANGLE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of South Hampton Roads ↗
  • Who funds The Elizabeth River Project ↗
  • Who funds THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds NAUTICUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMPTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Historic St Lukes Restoration ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Medical Angels ↗
  • Who funds ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds The Outer Banks Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC ↗

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.

Hampton Roads Communi…The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…The Mary Morton Parso…Townebank Richmond Fo…United Way of South H…Sentara HealthRobins FoundationHerndon FoundationWilliams Mullen Found…The Blocker FoundationBeazley Foundation In…
Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA126.5× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Townebank Richmond Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Sentara Health · Robins Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Williams Mullen Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Beazley Foundation Incorporated

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
79report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Townebank Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Townebank 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 419 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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