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Vozelo Society

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$500
Granted FY2023
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Grants FY2023
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States reached
$500
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Education$22kInternational$15kCrime & Legal$10kHousing & Shelter$9kHuman Services$9kArts & Culture$6kHealth$5kCivil Rights$4kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$551k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOR THE LOVE OF ALEX INC$500
02The need
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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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–18, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $500 → 10%NEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $2k → 6%FIRN INC: $2k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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

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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.

03Your field

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.

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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
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The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
4
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.

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Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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Community Law Center Inc

Community law center is maryland's only legal services organization dedicated solely to strengthening neighborhoods and the nonprofit sector. for over 30 years, community law center's attorneys have been providing learning opportunities…

Crime & Legal
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Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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Electronic Privacy Information Center

Epic's mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation.

Civil Rights
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Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
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Center for Internet Security Inc

The mission of the center for internet security is to enhance the security readiness and response of public and private sector entities, with a commitment to excellence through collaboration.

Public Benefit

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr11%33%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr11%34%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%
1/24
the rest of the field
14%
5,903/41,825

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CNTR FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SVC — $8,500 · OtherREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CNTR FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SVCHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $6,500 · OtherHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INCCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC — $6,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INCCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC — $2,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INCCONEXIONES INC — $2,500 · OtherCONEXIONES INCINNTERIM HOUSING CORPORATION — $2,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF THE HOWARD COUNTY LIBRARY INC — $2,000 · OtherCASA INC — $2,000 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY CONCERT ORCHESTRA — $2,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DRS WO BORDERS — $1,500 · Other+5 more — $3,268 · Other+5 moreUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND C…Friends of the Benjamin Franklin International School Foundation — $5,000 · EducationFriends of the Benjamin …Howard Co Public Schools Education Fndn — $2,000 · EducationHoward Co Public Schools…+1 more — $500 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,500 · InternationalInternational Res…AMAANAH REFUGEE SERVICE — $3,500 · InternationalAMAANAH REFUGEE S…GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC — $5,000 · HealthNEIGHBOR RIDE INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesLUMINUS NETWORK INC — $1,500 · Human ServicesInternet Archive — $500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $600 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $500 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$39,268Education$17,500International$12,000Health$5,000Human Services$4,000Civil Rights$1,100Crime & Legal$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC — $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMAANAH REFUGEE SERVICE — $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINNTERIM HOUSING CORPORATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBOR RIDE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCASA INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Co Public Schools Education Fndn — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLUMINUS NETWORK INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR THE LOVE OF ALEX INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Horizon Foundatio…The United Way of Cen…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Howard County IncMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc · The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Vozelo Society 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc — 44% of income from government
  • Casa Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report 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

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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines