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Voice 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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$8kEnvironment$8kHuman Services$6kFood & Nutrition$4kReligion$4kYouth Development$3kHealth$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$125k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Tarver Braddock Foundation$1,500
Temple Baptist Church$1,000
United Way of NE Louisiana$1,000
Clark Fork Coalition$1,000
Food to Power$1,000
States Newsroom$500
Montana Free Press$500
San Antonia Area Foundation$500
Pro Publica$500
Friends of the Children Western Montana$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 24%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Wellspring Alliance for Familie: $500 → 24%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

MT
MN
NY
MA
CA
CO
DC
HI
LA
TX
FL
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.
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 7% of Voice Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Voice Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.3% 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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29k · 13 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$29k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+26%

Still filing today

85%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +5%
  • YH
    YOUTH HOMES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +25%
  • PC
    POVERELLO CENTER INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • FB
    First Baptist Church of W Palm Beac
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -17%
  • FV
    FIVE VALLEYS LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -39%
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
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
2
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
3
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Clean Grid Alliance (Fna Wind On the Wires)

Our mission is to advance renewable energy in the midwest by applying technical expertise and building support to expand markets. we focus on educating key decision makers through technical, communications and media work, and public…

Environment
6
Zero Foodprint

Zero foodprint is mobilizing the food world around agricultural climate solutions. our work aims to create a circular economy that incentivizes practices that actively draw down carbon dioxide and offer our best hope of addressing the…

Food & Nutrition
7
Montana Food Bank Network Inc

Our mission: to end hunger in montana through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. we are the only statewide hunger organization, providing emergency food and increasing food access among needy children, seniors and…

Food & Nutrition
8
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
9
Montana Public Interest Research Foundation

The montpirg leadership fund is dedicated to educating and mentoring the next generation of civic leaders. through research and education, we empower citizens to be a strong voice for a clean and healthful environment, open and accountable…

Public Benefit
10
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
11
The Recycling Partnership Inc

Our mission is to build a better recycling system, one that delivers the economic and environmental benefits our communities and the hundreds of thousands of people who work throughout the recycling industry deserve.

Environment
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tarver Braddock Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 35 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United Way of NE Louisiana: $7,000 · OtherUnited Way of NE LouisianaTEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherTEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCHFirst Baptist Church of W Palm Beac: $1,000 · OtherBVV Dallas Defeat Alzheimers: $1,000 · OtherBaptist Collegiate Ministry at Loui: $1,000 · OtherHAWAII PACIFIC BAPTIST CONVENTION: $1,000 · OtherPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $1,500 · OtherPOVERELLO CENTER INCUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA INC: $1,000 · Other+12 more: $5,750 · Other+12 moreCLARK FORK COALITION: $3,000 · EnvironmentCLARK FORK COALITI…CLIMATE SMART MISSOULA INC: $1,250 · EnvironmentCLIMATE SMART MISS…FIVE VALLEYS LAND TRUST: $1,000 · EnvironmentFIVE VALLEYS LAND …HOME RESOURCE INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentHOME RESOURCE INCSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $500 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRON…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $500 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FOR…TARVER BRADDOCK FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Human ServicesTARVER BRADDOC…YOUTH HOMES: $1,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMESTHE WELLSPRING ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES INC: $500 · Human ServicesTHE WELLSPRING…MISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,500 · Food & NutritionMISSOULA F…GARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionGARDEN CIT…FOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE): $1,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD TO PO…PARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthLOLAS LUCKY DAY INC: $2,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA: $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$21,250Environment$7,250Human Services$5,500Food & Nutrition$4,000Health$2,000Animals$2,000Youth Development$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTARVER BRADDOCK FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCLARK FORK COALITION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOLAS LUCKY DAY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH HOMES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE SMART MISSOULA INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIVE VALLEYS LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME RESOURCE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOULA INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA MEDICAL AID: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WELLSPRING ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $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.

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.

The Llewellyn Foundat…Sample Foundation IncFirst Interstate Banc…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…James G and Marcia H …Wagon Mountain Founda…The William H & Marga…Missoula Community Fo…Max and Betty Swanson…Louis L Borick Founda…The High Stakes Found…Cross Charitable Foun…
The Llewellyn FoundationOH22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Llewellyn Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · James G and Marcia H Valeo Charitable Fd · Wagon Mountain Foundation Inc · The William H & Margaret M Wallace Foundation · Missoula Community Foundation · Max and Betty Swanson Foundation · Louis L Borick Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark

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 Voice Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Voice 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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 Voice Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Voice 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 35 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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