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Western Union Foundation

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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Employment$9.2MInternational$6.5MYouth Development$2.1MSocial Science$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$964kHealth$618kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k16 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.9M
$125,006
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPEN INSTITUTE$500,000
IIE WU GLOBAL SCHOLARS$400,450
WATSON$400,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT WORLDWIDE$315,737
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERIC$300,000
BRIDGE FOR BILLIONS-POSSIBILITY LAB$200,000
HY-VEE VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY$200,000
THE ENTREPRENUERIAL REFUGEE NETWORK$200,000
GLOBAL ALLIANCE AFRICA$200,000
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF D$150,000
HIAS$125,006
Individual grant recipient$115,000
CAPABLE$100,000
EVER FREE$100,000
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL$100,000
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: 86% of grant dollars ($21M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 14% that went abroad ($3.4M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GLEN DOHERTY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IN: $3k → 10%UNBOUND: $740 → 16%WOMENSPACE INC: $1k → 15%NORTH AMERICAN TELUGU ASSOCIATION I: $35k → 11%SHARE A SMILE: $1k → 14%VONS VISION INC: $1k → 7%WOMENSPACE INC: $1k → 15%DR Y S RAJASEKHARA REDDY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%NORTH AMERICAN TELUGU ASSOCIATION INC: $20k → 11%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $100k → 12%NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUND: $2k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $963 → 6%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 12%FAMILY TREE INC: $25k → 7%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $251k → 14%VILLAGE EXCHANGE CENTER INC: $20k → 8%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COU: $1k → 7%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $750 → 8%SECOND CHANCE CENTER INC: $1k → 10%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%START SMALL THINK BIG: $1k → 17%FOUNDATION 1023: $505 → 7%LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 17%BRIDGE OF HOPE GREATER DENVER: $14k → 7%BRIDGE OF HOPE GREATER DENVER: $9k → 7%BRIDGE OF HOPE GREATER DENVER: $3k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $5k → 12%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $140k → 14%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $104k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $199k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $113k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $12k → 14%DOLLS FOR DAUGHTERS AND KENZIS KIDZ: $1k → 8%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $1k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $654 → 14%IRCS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $50k → 17%EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $2k → 17%EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 17%EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 17%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $7k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $576 → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $600 → 12%SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES: $675 → 12%WARREN VILLAGE INC: $650 → 12%SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES: $625 → 12%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
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 14% of all-years giving ($3.4M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$875k · 11 grants
Germany$405k · 3 grants
France$331k · 3 grants
India$306k · 3 grants
Canada$250k · 1 grant
Brazil$240k · 2 grants
Netherlands$200k · 1 grant
Austria$178k · 3 grants
Australia$170k · 3 grants
Turkey$126k · 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 11% of Western Union Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Western Union Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 385 repeat orgs$7.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

385 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 378 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

385
582

Total granted

$14M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+20%

Still filing today

83%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +193%
  • WI
    Watson Institute
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +332%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $661k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • IW
    IIE WU GLOBAL SCHOLARS 23-24
    one grant, 2023 · $505k
  • PI
    PLAN INTERNATIONAL - PHILIPPINES
    one grant, 2023 · $310k
  • B2
    BACK 2 SCHOOL AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue -1% · 44% of their budget
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
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
3
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
4
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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5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; 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.
05the grantee network

792 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. 792 of the 1,013 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
133
Early backer (in before they grew)
773/792
Grantees still filing
562/792
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IIE WU GLOBAL SCHOLARS 23-24: $505,102 · OtherVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $500,000 · OtherIIE WU GLOBAL SCHOLARS: $400,450 · OtherLABOR MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS INC: $612,850 · OtherLABOR MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS INCUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $465,305 · Other+106 more: $7,610,989 · Other+106 moreINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,686,485 · InternationalINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUC…International Rescue Committee INC: $660,806 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee …INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $638,145 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPSEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $552,485 · InternationalEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENTGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR AFRICA: $520,000 · InternationalGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR AFRICAWHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $511,305 · InternationalWHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT …Save The Children Federation Inc: $321,744 · InternationalPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $295,020 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $250,803 · InternationalMercy Corps: $250,111 · International+20 more: $993,141 · International+20 moreWatson Institute: $1,263,665 · Youth DevelopmentWatson In…Re Coded Co: $525,000 · Youth DevelopmentRe Coded …BACK 2 SCHOOL AMERICA: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentBACK 2 SC…+2 more: $40,986 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,525,000 · Social ScienceJA WORLDWIDE INC: $618,737 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $253,000 · EducationPURSUIT TRANSFORMATION COMPANY INC: $175,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $100,250 · Education+25 more: $240,544 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $324,903 · Human ServicesNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $250,892 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $244,082 · Human ServicesMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $102,655 · Human ServicesWillow International Everfree: $100,000 · Human ServicesNORTH AMERICAN TELUGU ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesIRCS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $50,000 · Human Services+8 more: $122,283 · Human ServicesHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $226,800 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $165,275 · PhilanthropyGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $72,130 · Philanthropy
Other$10,094,696International$6,680,045Youth Development$2,129,651Social Science$1,525,000Education$1,387,531Human Services$1,249,815Philanthropy$1,219,205

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,686,485 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,525,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWatson Institute: $1,263,665 over 5y, 13% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $660,806 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $638,145 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJA WORLDWIDE INC: $618,737 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLABOR MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS INC: $612,850 over 2y, 17% of budgetEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $552,485 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetRe Coded Co: $525,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR AFRICA: $520,000 over 4y, 71% of budgetWHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $511,305 over 2y, 11% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $500,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $465,305 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $324,903 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $321,744 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBACK 2 SCHOOL AMERICA: $300,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $295,020 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $253,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $250,892 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $250,803 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $250,111 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $244,082 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $226,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHIAS INC: $205,084 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPURSUIT TRANSFORMATION COMPANY INC: $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $165,275 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INC: $147,736 over 1y, 14% of budgetMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $102,655 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $100,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAPABLE: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWillow International Everfree: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFoundation for Black Entrepreneurship: $85,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC: $67,850 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FOR THE FATHERLESS: $56,287 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN TELUGU ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $50,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIRCS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $36,053 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $36,009 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOFF THE STREET CLUB: $35,000 over 4y, 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 INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Watson Institute ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds LABOR MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT ↗
  • Who funds Re Coded Co ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR AFRICA ↗
  • Who funds WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BACK 2 SCHOOL AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds PLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS 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.

The Janus Henderson F…Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Schlessman Foundation…The Anschutz Foundati…Anschutz Family Found…Gary PhilanthropyBoettcher FoundationXcel Energy FoundationEl Pomar Foundation
The Janus Henderson FoundationCO98.4× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Janus Henderson Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Boettcher Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · El Pomar Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Womenspace: 62% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 Western Union Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Western Union 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 1013 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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