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Viner Foundation at a glance

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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.

$88k
Granted FY2017
17
Grants FY2017
10
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k14 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$20,000
AMERICA CARES$20,000
ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC$3,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,000
WILLOW WIND THERAPEUTIC CENTER$2,000
PUPPIES BEHIND BARS$2,000
PROPUBLICA$2,000
6TH & I SYNAGOGUE$2,000
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALIST$1,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$1,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
INTERNATION MEDICAL CORPS$446
THE WRITER'S CENTER$250
02The need
02

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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $250 → 7%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
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
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 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
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

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.

International
2
Pew Research Center

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…

Social Science
3
International Crisis Group

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…

International
4
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
5
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
6
International Bridges to Justice

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,…

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
Actionaid Usa

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…

Social Science
9
International Committee of the Red Cross

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…

International
10
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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11
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
12
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Maine Community Foundation Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundation IncAMERICA CARES: $20,000 · OtherAMERICA CARESARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $3,000 · OtherARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INCWILLOW WIND THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $2,000 · OtherWILLOW WIND THERAPEUTIC CENTER6TH & I SYNAGOGUE: $2,000 · Other6TH & I SYNAGOGUE+3 more: $850 · OtherInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Commit…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 · International+1 more: $446 · InternationalPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $250 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & LegalPRO PUBLICA INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$30,000Other$27,850International$21,446Human Services$2,250Crime & Legal$2,000Arts & Culture$2,000Education$1,000Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $446 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Writers Center: $250 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Viner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Viner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Writers Center: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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.

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 17 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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