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Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$122kEnvironment$73kAnimals$67kHuman Services$54kHealth$35kHousing & Shelter$21kFood & Nutrition$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$866k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE$1,500
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$1,500
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$1,500
OXFAM AMERICA$1,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,500
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$1,500
FEEDING AMERICA$1,500
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$1,500
AMERICARES$1,500
PROJECT HOPE$1,500
SAVE THE CHILDREN$1,500
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,500
FOOD FOR THE POOR INC$1,500
OPERATION HOMEFRONT$1,500
AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $300 → 20%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 16%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $750 → 26%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $600 → 26%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $750 → 17%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%LEARNING ALLY: $500 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $1k → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $500 → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $500 → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $500 → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $400 → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $250 → 16%THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $250 → 16%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$412k · 101 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

101 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

101
27

Total granted

$412k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+18%

Still filing today

74%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10k · revenue +90%
  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • YC
    YAHNUNDASIS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • WR
    WILDLIFE RESCUE REHABILITATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
9
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
10
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
11
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
12
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is Good News Foundation of Central New York Inc. 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

98 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. 98 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/98
Grantees still filing
75/98
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $9,250 · OtherTHE RESCUE MISSION OF UTICA INC: $9,000 · OtherSAVE THE CHILDREN: $8,800 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,680 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $8,500 · OtherHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: $8,000 · OtherTOP STONE CHURCH: $8,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $7,750 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $7,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB: $7,000 · Other+57 more: $115,989 · Other+57 moreAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION …Mercy Ships International: $9,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Internatio…CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $7,750 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSI…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,950 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $6,800 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INCMercy Corps: $6,750 · InternationalMercy CorpsInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue C…FEED THE CHILDREN INC: $4,250 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $4,000 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $3,750 · InternationalMAP International Inc: $3,500 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INC: $3,400 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $3,250 · International+11 more: $16,050 · International+11 moreOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $9,500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVA…FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $9,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE…EARTHJUSTICE: $8,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE…NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,750 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,250 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL …AMERICAN RIVERS INC: $2,000 · Environment+3 more: $3,150 · Environment+3 moreNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $9,500 · AnimalsNATIONAL WIL…ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $6,500 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL…Keepers of the Wild: $5,000 · AnimalsKeepers of t…AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $4,750 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILD…Defenders of Wildlife: $4,250 · AnimalsDefenders of…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN…INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $2,500 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,300 · AnimalsANITA'S STEVENS SWAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,250 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals International: $2,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $2,000 · AnimalsLast Chance for Animals: $2,000 · Animals+4 more: $3,200 · Animals+4 moreGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $4,500 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $3,400 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $3,250 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $1,350 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $800 · Human ServicesAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $5,000 · HealthPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $4,300 · HealthCENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,250 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,300 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $1,500 · Health+2 more: $1,000 · HealthFeeding America: $5,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $2,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$197,969International$89,950Environment$55,650Animals$49,250Human Services$22,800Health$19,350Food & Nutrition$9,500

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 budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $9,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF UTICA INC: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $7,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $6,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $6,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKeepers of the Wild: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $4,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetABRAHAM HOUSE: $3,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMAP International Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $3,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $3,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEWS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $3,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOORAE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT: $2,780 over 7y, 0.2% 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 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION OF UTICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Keepers of the Wild ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Learning Ally 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.

Joseph and Inez E Carbone FoundationNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation · Bank of Utica Foundation Inc · Utica National Group Foundation Inc · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · The James H Wurz Jr and Edward T Wurz Sr Foundation · The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report 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.

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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