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Tracy Forrest Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$234kPublic Benefit$158kAnimals$52kArts & Culture$27kInternational$24kEducation$23kHealth$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,100
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$1,700
ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION$1,546
ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER$1,100
HEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION$1,063
CORE FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY19–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 13%SHARE THE CARE: $1k → 13%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
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$428k · 15 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
23

Total granted

$428k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+22%

Still filing today

40%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
AnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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

  • TK
    THE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $35k · revenue +28%
  • NC
    NBAA CHARITIES
    2× · 2017–2018 · $24k · revenue +6%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • DS
    DREAMS SOAR INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -100%
  • EA
    EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $17k · revenue +15%
  • BH
    BOB HOOVER LEGACY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -35%
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
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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2
Aviation Foundation of America

Promote and preserve general aviation and aviation history.

Arts & Culture
3
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
4
Aircraft Electronics Association

To encourage and advance the science of aircraft electronics.

—
5
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences

See schedule oair's mission is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world.air's vision is to be a premier research, evaluation, and technical assistance organization, guided by principles of…

Social Science
6
Aeroangel Inc

Since 2010, aeroangel has provided free private jet flights primarily for seriously ill children needing travel to and from distant, life-saving medical care. aeroangel is a unique, national aviation charity that uses only private jets…

Health
7
Angel Flight West Inc

Founded in 1983, angel flight west (afw) arranges free air transportation in response to health care and other compelling human needs. afw links volunteer pilots in private aircraft with people in need whose health care and other…

Health
8
Aaap Foundation Inc

To aid students and veterinarians in the study of avian medicine.

—
9
Puppy Rescue Flights-Fl Inc

coordinate & transport puppies for rescue organizations

Animals
10
Aerospace Medical Association Foundation

Advancement of knowledge concerning aerospace medicine and the promotion of research, training, and educational programs and activities.

Philanthropy
11
American College of Radiology Foundation

The mission of the acr foundation is to advance the profession and practice of radiology to benefit patients with a specific emphasis on health policy research.

Philanthropy
12
Flight Safety Foundation Inc

1. promote and facilitate the global application of leading aviation safety assessments, standards and practices.2. develop global solutions to key aviation safety challenges.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cure Ahc 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

22 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. 22 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAA FOUNDATION: $166,043 · OtherEAA FOUNDATIONNBAA CHARITIES: $23,500 · OtherNBAA CHARITIESBOB HOOVER LEGACY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherBOB HOOVER LEGACY FOUNDATIONST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $10,000 · Other+26 more: $47,824 · Other+26 moreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $150,000 · Social ScienceAmericans for Prosperity Found…THE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $35,150 · Youth DevelopmentTHE KIDDIE …DREAMS SOAR INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentDREAMS SOAR…BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $15,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG RA…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIEN…PILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsPILOTS TO …PET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $10,000 · AnimalsPET ALLIAN…Suncoast Basset Rescue Inc: $5,190 · AnimalsSuncoast B…EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWreaths Across America: $4,904 · Public Benefit
Other$262,367Social Science$150,000Youth Development$55,150Animals$50,190Arts & Culture$21,500Public Safety & Disaster$15,000Public Benefit$4,904

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 budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $35,150 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetNBAA CHARITIES: $23,500 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetDREAMS SOAR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOB HOOVER LEGACY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSuncoast Basset Rescue Inc: $5,190 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $4,904 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $1,546 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCURE AHC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSHARE THE CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASSELBERRY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Tracy Forrest Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tracy Forrest Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%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%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report 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.
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How do I get to Tracy Forrest Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tracy Forrest Foundation Inc 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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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