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Turnbull Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$703k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Health$6.8MScience & Tech$1.2MEducation$555kCivil Rights$140kEnvironment$11kHuman Services$10kReligion$10kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $396k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$119,728
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
B More Inc$300,000
NYU Lagone Health$200,000
Usona Institute$119,728
College of the Atlantic$76,500
Freedom to Operate$5,500
Healing Breakthrough$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%The Hope Project: $10k → 15%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

ME
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
MD
NM
DC
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 16 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
18

Total granted

$8.5M
$177k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-14%
+28%

Still filing today

69%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationInternationalEnvironmentCivil RightsScience & TechOther
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

  • UI
    USONA INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $4.1M · revenue +26%
  • BI
    BMORE INCORPORATED
    3× · 2019–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +45% · 99% of their budget
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2022 · $295k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CI
    California Institute of Integral Studies
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HOSPITALSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +89%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +95%
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
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
2
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
6
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
7
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
8
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
9
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
10
Nonduality Institute Inc

The mission of the Nonduality Institute is to advance scientific understanding of nonduality through conducting research into neural signatures of nondual awareness and its effects on cognitive, affective and perceptual…

Health
11
Van Andel Research Institute

Medical research organization van andel research institute is an independent biomedical research organization committed to improving the health and enhancing the lives of current and future generations.

Health
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heffter Research Institute; the most unlike its peers is Actt Naturally 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

29 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. 29 of the 36 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USONA INSTITUTE INC: $4,061,387 · HealthUSONA INSTITUTE INCBMORE INCORPORATED: $1,261,740 · HealthBMORE INCORPORATEDMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $200,000 · Health+8 more: $77,400 · HealthFreedom to Operate Inc: $907,500 · OtherFreedom to Operate IncNYU Lagone Health: $800,000 · OtherNYU Lagone HealthCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $196,216 · OtherCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTICSwiss Neuromatrix Foundation: $142,653 · OtherSwiss Neuromatrix FoundationHeffter Research Institute Inc: $141,650 · OtherHeffter Research Institute IncBrigham & Women's Hospital (Mass General Brigham): $100,000 · Other+8 more: $67,600 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $295,000 · EducationYale University: $42,000 · Education+4 more: $31,650 · EducationHEFFTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $231,626 · Science & TechNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $140,000 · Civil RightsTHRESHOLD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $2,100 · InternationalTHE HOPE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Health$5,600,527Other$2,355,619Education$368,650Science & Tech$231,626Civil Rights$140,000International$12,100Human Services$10,000

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 budgetUSONA INSTITUTE INC: $4,061,387 over 5y, 16% of budgetBMORE INCORPORATED: $1,261,740 over 3y, 99% of budgetFreedom to Operate Inc: $907,500 over 4y, 97% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $295,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEFFTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $231,626 over 2y, 26% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $196,216 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHeffter Research Institute Inc: $141,650 over 2y, 19% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYale University: $42,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC: $11,350 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetApollo Pact Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHRESHOLD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTT NATURALLY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHEALING BREAKTHROUGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEROWID CENTER: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $100 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.

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.

Riverstyx FoundationThe Joe & Sandy Sambe…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Riverstyx FoundationCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Riverstyx Foundation · The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Turnbull Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Turnbull Family Foundation Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Turnbull Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Turnbull Family 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 36 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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