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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.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$10k
Largest
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.

Religion$107kHuman Services$52kPublic Benefit$48kHealth$25kInternational$22kHousing & Shelter$21kEducation$16kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN CARE MINISTRY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$6,500
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$4,000
USO$4,000
AMAZING FAITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP$3,000
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$3,000
GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL$3,000
VOICE OF THE MARTYRS$2,000
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY$2,000
TAX FOUNDATION$2,000
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL$2,000
JOSH MCDOWELL MINISTRIES$2,000
THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL$1,190
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%CONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDRE: $3k → 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 9%CONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDRE: $1k → 12%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
MT
MN
MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290k · 46 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
18

Total granted

$290k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+98%

Still filing today

48%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
InternationalPublic BenefitCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • RM
    REVELATION MEDIA INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +123%
  • TR
    THREE RIVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +52%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue ×103
  • DF
    DONATIONS FOR ANTOINETTE
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • MI
    MEDISHARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
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.

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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
5
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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6
Business Executives for National Security

Bens applies industry experience and best business practices to help address our nation's pressing national security challenges.

International
7
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
8
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
9
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
10
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
11
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
12
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ngandus Angels. 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

31 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. 31 of the 73 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMAZING FAITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $27,000 · OtherAMAZING FAITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPJOSH MCDOWELL MINISTRIES: $18,800 · OtherJOSH MCDOWELL MINISTRIESIndividual grant recipient: $17,798 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOVENANT HOUSE - HOLLYWOOD: $13,000 · OtherDONATIONS FOR ANTOINETTE: $11,714 · OtherGOSPEL FOR ASIA INC: $10,920 · OtherCHRISTIAN CARE MINISTRY INC: $10,000 · Other+50 more: $182,629 · Other+50 moreLeadership Institute: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Public BenefitTAX FOUNDATION: $5,900 · Public BenefitMACKINAC CENTER: $2,500 · Public BenefitPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $2,000 · Public BenefitMercy Ships International: $7,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $660 · InternationalREVELATION MEDIA INC: $12,085 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $2,000 · ReligionWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,700 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyTHREE RIVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$291,861Public Benefit$29,900International$18,160Religion$14,085Human Services$12,700Philanthropy$12,000Arts & Culture$12,000

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 budgetREVELATION MEDIA INC: $12,085 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHREE RIVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetLeadership Institute: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNGANDUS ANGELS: $7,200 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVISALIA RESCUE MISSION: $6,103 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTAX FOUNDATION: $5,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE: $5,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARIS HEALTH CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL: $1,190 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KILHAM BEAR CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $660 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 2y, 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 REVELATION MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THREE RIVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NGANDUS ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds VISALIA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds TAX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · 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 Trinity Treasure Team funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trinity Treasure Team. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Connecticut Partnership for Children Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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

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How do I get to Trinity Treasure Team?

Find your warmest path to Trinity Treasure Team 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 73 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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