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William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation Trust at a glance

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William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation Trust

The Foundation manages funds contributed by donors and makes direct grants to qualifying organizations exempt under 26 USC 501 (C)(3) as described in the Trust agreement and determined appropriate by the Foundation Trust Committee

$281k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$707kEducation$67kArts & Culture$50kReligion$10kCivil Rights$5k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $239,347, the rows itemized in this filing. The $281,047 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $41,700 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Opportunity Arkansas$58,500
The Heritage Foundation$44,939
Young Americans Foundation$33,704
The Leadership Institute$33,704
Forge Leadership Network$20,000
Concerned Women for America$13,500
Student Free Press Associatio$11,500
First Methodist Church - PB$10,000
Network for Enlightened Women$7,000
Clare Booth Luce$6,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Intercollegiate Studies Inst: $6k → 10%Opportunity Arkansas: $59k → 17%First Methodist Church - PB: $10k → 22%Concerned Women for America: $17k → 14%Moms for LIberty: $6k → 10%Forge Leadership Network: $20k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $34k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $34k → 7%Douglas Leadership Institute: $6k → 8%Opportunity Arkansas: $33k → 17%Concerned Women for America: $14k → 14%Moms for LIberty Foundation: $5k → 10%Forge Leadership Network: $20k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $29k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $29k → 7%Opportunity Arkansas: $23k → 17%Concerned Women for America: $14k → 14%Forge Leadership Network: $20k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $25k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $25k → 7%Concerned Women for America: $14k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $18k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $18k → 7%Concerned Women for America: $14k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $15k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $15k → 7%Network for Enlightened Women: $13k → 14%Young Americans Foundation: $15k → 6%The Leadership Institute: $15k → 7%Network for Enlightened Women: $9k → 14%Clare Booth Luce: $7k → 6%Concerned Women for America: $8k → 14%Clare Booth Luce: $7k → 6%Network for Enlightened Women: $8k → 14%Clare Booth Luce: $7k → 6%Network for Enlightened Women: $7k → 14%Clare Booth Luce: $7k → 6%Network for Enlightened Women: $7k → 14%Clare Booth Luce: $6k → 6%The Heritage Foundation: $45k → 14%Clare Booth Luce Policy Inst: $6k → 6%The Heritage Foundation: $39k → 14%The Heritage Foundation: $34k → 14%The Heritage Foundation: $24k → 14%The Heritage Foundation: $20k → 14%American Federation for Child: $5k → 14%The Heritage Foundation: $20k → 14%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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$665k · 7 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -39% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$665k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-39%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
EducationPublic BenefitArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
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 HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $318k · revenue +12%
  • CW
    CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $79k · revenue +40%
  • NO
    NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $43k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • DL
    Douglass Leadership Institute Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -56%
  • IS
    INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue -39%
  • AF
    American Federation for Child
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
2
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
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
Forum of Executive Women

Our core mission is to bring together, and leverage the influence of, professional women to expand the impact and power of women in the workplace and beyond.our vision is that women will achieve (continued on schedule o)equitable…

—
5
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
6
Litigators for Liberty Network

Support public interest litigators by leveraging resources and creating opportunities for collaboration to advance freedom under the rule of law.

Crime & Legal
7
Independent Women's Forum

Engage more individuals in the civic process, educate them about the impact of public policies on their lives and our economy, and build support for policies that empower individuals.

Civil Rights
8
League of Our Own Washington

A league of our own is dedicated to finding talented women to run for office and provide them the tools, resources, training, and mentorship to be successful candidates and effective leaders.

—
9
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
10
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
11
American Press Institute Inc

American press institute acts as a scout on the frontier of technology and audience behavior to identify where change is occurring and helps news organizations learn how to implement and scale that change successfully so they have a…

Arts & Culture
12
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Student Free Press Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $317,701 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATIONLeadership Institute: $136,160 · Public BenefitLeadership InstituteCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $78,980 · Public BenefitCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICAOPPORTUNITY ARKANSAS FOUNDATION: $114,500 · PhilanthropyOPPORTUNITY ARK…NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $43,360 · EducationSTUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION: $11,500 · EducationDouglass Leadership Institute Inc: $6,000 · EducationINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $5,680 · EducationFORGE LEADERSHIP NETWORK: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $38,500 · Arts & CultureFirst Methodist Church - PB: $10,000 · OtherAmerican Federation for Child: $5,400 · OtherMoms for Liberty Foundation Inc: $11,550 · Civil Rights
Public Benefit$532,841Philanthropy$114,500Education$66,540Youth Development$60,000Arts & Culture$38,500Other$15,400Civil Rights$11,550

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 budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $317,701 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $136,160 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ARKANSAS FOUNDATION: $114,500 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $78,980 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFORGE LEADERSHIP NETWORK: $60,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $43,360 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $38,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMoms for Liberty Foundation Inc: $11,550 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSTUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION: $11,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $5,680 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.

Donors Trust IncAP Kirby Jr Foundatio…Bradley Impact Fund I…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donors Trust IncVA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · AP Kirby Jr Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation Trust 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 13 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 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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