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To raise awareness about the lack of funding for pediatric cancer research.

$210k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.1M
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $205,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $209,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$418k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Seattle Children's Hospital$100,000
State University of Iowa Foundation (UI Center for Advancement)$50,000
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation$25,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$20,000
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children: $40k → 8%Rady Children's Hospital Foundation: $25k → 11%UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $63k → 13%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA: $165k → 14%WEIL CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $78k → 17%Texas Children's Hospital: $20k → 16%Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: $40k → 8%Emory University Dept of Pediatrics: $12k → 14%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $715k → 9%Lurie Children's Hospital: $10k → 14%John Hopkins University: $25k → 19%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children: $30k → 8%UC Santa Cruz Foundation: $20k → 13%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA: $28k → 14%WEIL CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $78k → 17%Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: $14k → 8%Seattle Children's Hospital: $645k → 9%Lurie Children's Hospital: $10k → 14%John Hopkins University: $20k → 19%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children: $20k → 8%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA: $28k → 14%WEIL CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: $14k → 8%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $275k → 9%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children: $20k → 8%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA: $10k → 14%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $50k → 17%THE CRANE LAB: $88k → 9%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children: $10k → 8%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $50k → 17%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $100k → 9%MONJE LABS STANFORD MEDICAL: $270k → 8%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $29k → 17%THE CRANE LAB: $88k → 9%MONJE LABS STANFORD MEDICAL: $65k → 8%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $20k → 17%FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $100k → 9%MONJE LABS STANFORD MEDICAL: $65k → 8%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $20k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $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
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
MD
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 12 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$3.6M
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+39%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SC
    Seattle Children's Foundation
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +190%
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +27%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    8× · 2017–2024 · $231k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • US
    UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $63k
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +30%
  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA PINK POLKA DOTS JOG)
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
3
Dana-Farber Children's Hospital Cancer Care Inc

To oversee, coordinate and support the Pediatric Oncology Programs at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Health
4
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
5
Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle children's hospital (seattle children's) will be an innovative leader in pediatric health and wellness through our unsurpassed quality, clinical care, relentless spirit of inquiry, and compassion for all children and their…

Health
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
8
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
9
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
10
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Seattle Children's Foundation: $1,205,000 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $1,190,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERWeill Medical College of Cornell Univers: $205,000 · OtherWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversTREEHOUSE PROJECT: $96,000 · Other+3 more: $146,000 · OtherChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $231,437 · HealthChildren's Hospital L…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $169,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTER…UNRAVEL: $130,000 · HealthUNRAVELLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $120,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDA…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (DBA PINK POLKA DOTS JOG): $30,000 · Health+3 more: $60,000 · Health+3 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $270,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVER…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKIN…UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $21,563 · EducationRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,842,000Health$780,437Education$456,563Philanthropy$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $1,205,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $1,190,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $270,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $231,437 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $169,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNRAVEL: $130,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: $68,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $11,563 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 over 5y, 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Unravel funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Unravel. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute: 44% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Unravel?

Find your warmest path to Unravel 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 23 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 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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