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Viner Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k14 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| AMERICA CARES | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $20,000 |
| ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC | $3,000 |
| PUPPIES BEHIND BARS | $2,000 |
| PROPUBLICA | $2,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $2,000 |
| WILLOW WIND THERAPEUTIC CENTER | $2,000 |
| 6TH & I SYNAGOGUE | $2,000 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALIST | $1,000 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| INTERNATION MEDICAL CORPS | $446 |
| CHARITY NAVIGATOR | $250 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
Which US states your grants reach
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…
Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…
To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…
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…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
The international committee of the red cross (switzerland)(icrc) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and of violence…
Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.
Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.
Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ↗
- Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
- Who funds The Writers Center ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Viner Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
- The Writers Center — 6% of income from government
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.