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William E Cross Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

William E Cross Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$405k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$77k
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.

Philanthropy$7.5MReligion$836kHealth$574kHuman Services$555kArts & Culture$337kFood & Nutrition$234kHousing & Shelter$198kEducation$185kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $187k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $77k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY$77,000
FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPITAL INC$28,000
FRED COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
BRETHREN DISASTER MINISTRIES$25,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC$20,500
MISSION OF MERCY$15,000
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC DBA HERITAGE FREDERICK$11,600
SALVATION ARMY- FREDERICK CO$11,000
FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC$11,000
BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK$10,000
NEELSVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP$10,000
HEARTLY HOUSE INC$10,000
FRIENDS OF MEALS ON WHEELS OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC$7,000
BIG BLUE FOUNDATION$7,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $540k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $5k → 11%ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY- NAPLES: $15k → 10%INTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE: $15k → 11%ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY- NAPLES: $15k → 10%INTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE: $15k → 11%INTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE: $15k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER AT JFCS INC: $20k → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER AT JFCS INC: $10k → 10%THE RANCH INC: $13k → 6%THE RANCH INC: $10k → 6%THE RANCH INC: $10k → 6%THE RANCH INC: $10k → 6%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $5k → 8%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $7k → 6%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 6%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 6%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 6%THURMONT SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $16k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $15k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $15k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $15k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $15k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $15k → 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE INC: $5k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE INC: $5k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE INC: $5k → 6%DAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $5k → 6%DAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $5k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $15k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $12k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $12k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%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

MN
NY
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 116 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

116 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 71 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
16

Total granted

$11M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+45%

Still filing today

70%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $384k · revenue +25%
  • FH
    Frederick Health Hospital Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $172k · revenue +21%
  • MO
    MISSION OF MERCY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $91k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK COgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +45%
  • GO
    GULFSHORE OPERA LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $16k · revenue -2%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY OF NAPLES
    one grant, 2021 · $11k
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
Frederick Health Inc

To positively impact the well-being of every individual in our community.

Health
2
Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc

See schedule o medstar franklin square medical center, a member of medstar health, provides the highest quality healthcare and education to our communities.

Health
3
Frederick Health Medical Group Llc

To positively impact the well-being of every individual in our community.

Health
4
Fred Lind Manor

Fred lind manor provides housing and assisted living services to persons 55 and older.

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5
Broadmead Inc

To foster independence, growth and opportunities in elderhood by supporting a dynamic community, providing exceptional health services, developing collaborative relationships and upholding quaker values.

Human Services
6
The Frederick County Humane Society Inc

The organization is dedicated to providing affordable services, resources and programs to help responsible pet owners keep their pets healthy, happy and in life-long homes.

Animals
7
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

—
8
Roland Park Place Inc

Our mission is to be a leader in providing services for older adults and their families while fostering a strong sense of community where everyone is known by name and every voice is heard and valued.

Human Services
9
Saint Francis Home Inc

To provide high quality residential and assisted care and services for adults aged 65 and older of limited financial means in a home like environment where independence, dignity and self-worth are nurtured.

—
10
Fuel Fund of Maryland Inc

The fuel fund of maryland (ffm) has been supporting bge residential customers since 1981. while we originated from bge, we operate independently to provide financial assistance grants specifically for bge residential customers at risk of…

Housing & Shelter
11
Lutheran Village At Miller's Grant

The lutheran village at miller's grant is organized to receive and administer funds for, to establish, maintain, supervise, coordinate, assist and perform planning and other functions for the benefit of, or to carry out the charitable,…

Housing & Shelter
12
Frederick Mennonite Community

Inspired by the life of jesus, we create vibrant community for purposeful living.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Supporting Older Adults Through Resources Inc; the most unlike its peers is William F Moran Jr Museum and Foundation. 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

99 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. 99 of the 138 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/99
Grantees still filing
74/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WE CROSS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $6,990,224 · PhilanthropyWE CROSS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $384,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $153,500 · PhilanthropyFANNIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $550,000 · OtherFANNIN CHRISTIAN CENT…BRETHREN DISASTER MINISTRIES: $151,000 · OtherBRETHREN DISASTER MIN…FRED COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $113,000 · OtherFRED COMMUNITY COLLEG…BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $91,880 · Other+74 more: $1,211,200 · Other+74 moreMISSION OF MERCY INC: $90,620 · Human ServicesHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $69,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE RANCH INC: $43,000 · Human ServicesThurmont Senior Center Inc: $33,500 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LIVING INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesDAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES: $30,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFrederick Health Hospice Inc: $20,000 · Human Services+12 more: $88,900 · Human ServicesFrederick Health Hospital Inc: $172,000 · HealthBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $58,700 · HealthHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $35,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $30,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 · HealthL'Arche Frederick Maryland Inc: $13,000 · Health+2 more: $9,000 · HealthFLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCELEBRATE FREDERICK INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $23,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureOPUS COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $19,100 · Arts & CultureThe National Christian Choir Inc: $16,500 · Arts & CultureGULFSHORE OPERA LLC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $21,000 · Arts & CultureFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $82,000 · Housing & ShelterHabitat for Humanity for Lee and Hendry Counties Inc: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEADFAST STANDING FIRM AGAINST YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionGaithersburg Community Soup Kitchen: $38,200 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$7,527,724Other$2,117,080Human Services$595,020Health$334,700Arts & Culture$271,100Housing & Shelter$151,000Food & Nutrition$133,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWE CROSS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $6,990,224 over 2y, 98% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $384,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetFrederick Health Hospital Inc: $172,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $146,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $91,880 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $90,620 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $82,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $69,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $63,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $58,700 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MONOCACY VALLEY INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetINTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE RANCH INC: $43,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGaithersburg Community Soup Kitchen: $38,200 over 3y, 17% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThurmont Senior Center Inc: $33,500 over 6y, 14% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCELEBRATE FREDERICK INC: $30,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC: $29,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity for Lee and Hendry Counties Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGLADE VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $22,500 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFrederick Health Hospice Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS: $20,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetOPUS COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetTHE FREDERICK CHORALE INC: $20,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $19,100 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Christian Choir Inc: $16,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGULFSHORE OPERA LLC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF CARROLL CREEK URBAN PARK INC: $16,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $15,000 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds WE CROSS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Frederick Health Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF MONOCACY VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH CHARITIES OF SOUTH LEE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Gaithersburg Community Soup Kitchen ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Thurmont Senior Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds DAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES ↗
  • Who funds CELEBRATE FREDERICK 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 Community Foundat…Ausherman Family Foun…Delaplaine Foundation…Ausherman Family TrustUnited Way of Frederi…We Cross Charitable F…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…Nora Roberts Foundati…Joseph D Baker Fund I…Dr Henry P & M Page D…The George L Shields …America's Charities
The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland IncMD74.1× affinity34 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · Ausherman Family Foundation · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · United Way of Frederick County Inc · We Cross Charitable Foundation Inc · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · Nora Roberts Foundation · Joseph D Baker Fund Inc · Dr Henry P & M Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Inc · The George L Shields Foundation Inc · America's Charities

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 350%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Friends for Neighborhood Progress: 55% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Heartly House Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Camp Rehoboth Inc: 33% of income from government
  • San Mar Children's Home Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Frederick Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Rehoboth Beach Main Street Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Arts for the Aging Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Frederick Health Hospital Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Ranch Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
35get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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

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How do I get to William E Cross Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to William E Cross Foundation Inc 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 138 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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