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Charitable Grantmaking to Specific Causes

Every indexed organization working in the activity groups below — who they are, where they operate, and the approaches they share.

01 Charitable Grantmaking to Specific Causes · 2,778 activities edit slice
2,293
orgs
2,778
activities
253
strategies
NY
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 2,293 organizations and 2,778 activities — THE PFIZER FOUNDATION, THE BAPTIST WOMEN OF METRO NY, MIZZY JONAS FAMILY FOUNDATION, CITI FOUNDATION and others. Activity concentrates in New York (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Grantmaking Intermediary", run by 32 orgs.
who to look at first

Shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

Gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

Geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
New York 100% · 2,293 orgs
who's here

Organizations in this field · 2,293

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

Funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS 8
Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies 5
Foundation
Doctors Without Borders 5
Foundation
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN 5
Foundation
World Central Kitchen 4
Foundation
American Red Cross 3
Foundation
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY 3
Foundation
Citymeals on Wheels 3
Foundation
FIDELITY CHARITABLE 3
Foundation
Feeding America 3
Foundation
Google 3
Corporate
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION 3
Foundation
Barnard College 2
Foundation
Best Friends Animal Society 2
Foundation
how the field thinks

Strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

Strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Grantmaking Intermediary
Community-Led Systems Change
3
Faith-Based Grantmaking
Unrestricted Grantmaking
Place-Based Empowerment
1
Targeted Grantmaking
Integrated Community Development
100% Direct Funding Model
1
who works with whom

Named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS Partner
shared by 57 orgs
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN Partner
shared by 32 orgs
AMERICAN RED CROSS Partner
shared by 28 orgs
PLANNED PARENTHOOD Partner
shared by 25 orgs
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE Partner
shared by 24 orgs
SAVE THE CHILDREN Partner
shared by 23 orgs
Doctors Without Borders Partner
shared by 21 orgs
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Partner
shared by 19 orgs
FEEDING AMERICA Partner
shared by 19 orgs
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK Partner
shared by 19 orgs
CITY HARVEST Partner
shared by 18 orgs
American Red Cross Partner
shared by 17 orgs
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Partner
shared by 15 orgs
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Partner
shared by 14 orgs
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL Partner
shared by 14 orgs
UNICEF Partner
shared by 14 orgs