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Visa Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39M
Granted FY2025still arriving
81
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$6.6M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

International$72MCommunity Improvement$30MPhilanthropy$23MPublic Safety & Disaster$11MFood & Nutrition$3.4MHealth$3.0MHuman Services$2.8MEducation$2.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $202k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+45 grants · $36M
$250,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$403M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$6,600,733
AFRICAN GUARANTEE FUND - FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE$2,000,000
LA CLIPPERS FOUNDATION$2,000,000
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPM$2,000,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,500,000
KIVA MICROFUNDS$1,450,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$1,250,000
WOMENS WORLD BANKING INC$1,200,000
UN WOMEN AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED$1,000,000
PRO MUJER INC$1,000,000
BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$1,000,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$1,000,000
2X GLOBAL LIMITED$1,000,000
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION$657,533
PRO MUJER INC$600,000
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.

US giving: 85% of grant dollars ($134M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 15% that went abroad ($24M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $14.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $5k → 10%COLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 12%REALIZE IMPACT: $500k → 10%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $165k → 11%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $500k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $500k → 10%NATIONAL BANKERS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $3.9M → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 10%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $125k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $15k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $500k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $500k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $150k → 10%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $300k → 17%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $200k → 17%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $150k → 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
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 15% of all-years giving ($24M)

19 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$7.6M · 25 grants
Italy$3.5M · 4 grants
Switzerland$3.0M · 5 grants
France$2.1M · 5 grants
Ethiopia$1.5M · 1 grant
Brazil$920k · 3 grants
South Africa$750k · 3 grants
Australia$543k · 3 grants
Indonesia$500k · 2 grants
Ukraine$500k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Visa Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Visa Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$124M · 67 repeat orgs$33M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

67 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
55

Total granted

$124M
$24M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

63%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WW
    WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $21M · revenue +50% · 45% of their budget
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10M · revenue +39%
  • TI
    TECHNOSERVE INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $5.7M · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • GA
    GAVI ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $4.5M · revenue -84%
  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +6%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO - UC REGE
    one grant, 2019 · $1.5M
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
3
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
4
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
5
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc

Philanthropic collaborative focused on improving lives through just & inclusive systems change.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
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
8
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Local Initiatives Support Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Akhuwat Usa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

102 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. 102 of the 152 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/102
Grantees still filing
52/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC: $21,127,682 · InternationalWOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INCTECHNOSERVE INC: $5,650,000 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INCPRO MUJER INC: $5,000,000 · InternationalPRO MUJER INCGAVI ALLIANCE: $4,500,000 · InternationalGAVI ALLIANCEKIVA MICROFUNDS: $3,671,028 · InternationalKIVA MICROFUNDSUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,500,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $3,300,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/…ROOT CAPITAL INC: $2,500,000 · International+15 more: $7,725,000 · International+15 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $23,381,316 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATI…TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $17,250,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITYBLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyBLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDAT…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $4,784,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERIC…+8 more: $3,575,000 · Philanthropy+8 more2X GLOBAL LIMITED: $4,100,000 · Other2X GLOBAL LIMITEDVILCAP INC: $3,967,000 · OtherVILCAP INCINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: $3,500,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTU…THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION: $2,862,401 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPM: $2,000,000 · OtherSWISS ASSOCIATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING: $2,000,000 · OtherAFRICAN GUARANTEE FUND - FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE: $2,000,000 · OtherLA CLIPPERS FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · Other+71 more: $32,370,127 · Other+71 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,325,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…TIDES CENTER: $2,300,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENT…COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $1,150,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS FA…FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLAC…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…+7 more: $1,735,000 · Human Services+7 morePOLICYLINK: $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,500,000 · Community ImprovementSECONDMUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementFinancial Alliance for Women Inc: $500,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUND INC: $500,000 · Community ImprovementBlack Innovation Alliance: $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $600,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSTUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $1,000,000 · EducationNew York University: $691,615 · EducationCivic Nation: $500,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationCODEORG: $100,000 · Education+9 more: $90,000 · Education
International$56,973,710Philanthropy$53,990,316Other$56,899,528Human Services$17,510,000Community Improvement$5,500,000Arts & Culture$2,852,500Education$2,681,615

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 budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $23,381,316 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC: $21,127,682 over 7y, 45% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $17,250,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,325,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $5,650,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetPRO MUJER INC: $5,000,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $4,784,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGAVI ALLIANCE: $4,500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILCAP INC: $3,967,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $3,671,028 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,500,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $3,300,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetROOT CAPITAL INC: $2,500,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $2,300,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGLOBAL IMPACT INVESTING NETWORK INC: $1,750,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetFeeding America: $1,700,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINCO Community Inc FKACALSO Community Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBlack Innovation Alliance: $1,250,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $1,150,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ASIA FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSECONDMUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetSTUDENT FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBlack Ambition Opportunity Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $885,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $750,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetINCLUSIV INC: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $691,615 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $600,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinancial Alliance for Women Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCivic Nation: $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBRAC USA INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: $500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUND INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.7% 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 AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds TECHNOSERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO MUJER INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GAVI ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds VILCAP INC ↗
  • Who funds KIVA MICROFUNDS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
  • Who funds ROOT CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LA CLIPPERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL IMPACT INVESTING NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds INCO Community Inc FKACALSO Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Black Innovation Alliance ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE ASIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MILKEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOPE 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Rockefeller Found…The Ford FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationTides FoundationThe Kresge FoundationGates FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Conrad N Hilton Found…Mastercard Impact Fund
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA29.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Rockefeller Foundation · The Ford Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Gates Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Mastercard Impact Fund

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 Visa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Visa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Vehicles for Change Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Root Capital Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
18report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Visa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Visa Foundation 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 152 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home