· Private foundation
Ad Henderson Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $303k
- $50k–250k16 grants · $1.4M
- $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LET'S GROW KIDS | $833,333 |
| MENTOR VERMONT | $350,000 |
| FAMILY CENTRAL INC | $130,165 |
| EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD CO | $127,450 |
| NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC | $113,175 |
| HEALTHY MOTHERS-HEALTHY BABIES | $104,000 |
| CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION | $100,000 |
| REACH OUT AND READ INC | $100,000 |
| MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC | $100,000 |
| VERMONT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN | $100,000 |
| FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | $95,125 |
| FLAMINGO GARDENS | $85,000 |
| ALL FLORIDA YOUTH ORCHESTRA | $85,000 |
| BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES | $70,000 |
| EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD CO | $70,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
44 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $233k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MVMENTOR Vermont Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +61% · 32% of their budget
- MOMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $670k · revenue +215%
- FCFAMILY CENTRAL INC5× · 2020–2025 · $537k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- TPTHE PERMANENT FUNDone grant, 2020 · $833k
- EAEXPERIENCE AVIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +204% · 35% of their budget
- APART PREVAILS PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +71% · 28% 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.
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.
Through flexible, diverse and responsive programs, vermont achievement center, inc. (vac) provides a foundation of life skills to prepare individuals to reach their full potential as contributing members of society. all people are capable…
The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…
Our mission is to advance and advocate for a high quality, comprehensive, accountable system of care and education for children 0-5, which builds a foundation leading to a productive and successful life. our goal is to prepare our children…
Our mission is to strengthen families and communities by improving human relationships. We do this through the training of expert family therapists, advisors, leaders, and family members in Bowen Family Systems Theory.
Provide families and children experiencing housing instability with a safe, nurturing educational environment to ensure children enter kindergarten ready to learn and parents become self-sufficient.
To be a learning community where children, from infants to school age, come together with experienced and responsive teachers to learn about themselves, each other, and the world.
Vfn's mission is to empower and support all vermont families of children with special needs.
The Northshire Day School is a 5 STAR, licensed non-profit early childhood education program which serves regional families with children zero to five.
To create and cultivate learning opportunities that empower children and families to thrive.
Brighton provides family & community education and development services to children with disabilities or delays empowering them to achieve their individual potential making them successful in every community.
To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
How this is measured
70 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. 70 of the 85 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds MENTOR Vermont Inc ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
- Who funds JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC ↗
- Who funds BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALL FLORIDA YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds FLAMINGO GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds Boys Town South Florida Inc ↗
- Who funds INCLUSIVE ARTS VERMONT INC ↗
- Who funds Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc ↗
- Who funds ARC BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION ↗
- Who funds Healthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc ↗
- Who funds LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC ↗
- Who funds VOLTA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD HEALTHY START COALITION ↗
- Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗
- Who funds RUSSELL LIFE SKILLS AND READING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EXPERIENCE AVIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ART PREVAILS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SPRINGFIELD AREA PARENT CHILD CENTER ↗
- Who funds PICCOLO PICASSO INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BASED CONNECTIONS ↗
- Who funds THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Turrell Fund · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation · Let's Grow Kids Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ad Henderson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ad Henderson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Parent Child Center Network: 100% of income from government
- South Florida Institute On Aging Inc: 69% of income from government
- Vermont Humanities Council: 67% of income from government
- Dad Guild Inc: 63% of income from government
- Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
- Springfield Area Parent Child Center: 53% of income from government
- Janet Munt Family Room: 44% of income from government
- King Street Center Inc: 43% of income from government
- The Family Place Inc: 38% of income from government
- Lamoille Family Center Inc: 36% of income from government
- Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
- Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc: 33% of income from government
- Montessori School of Central Vt Inc: 31% of income from government
- United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
- Retreat Farm Ltd: 25% of income from government
- Brattleboro Housing Opportunities Inc: 22% of income from government
- Vermont Council On the Arts Inc: 20% of income from government
- Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
- Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium: 7% of income from government
- Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
- Broward Healthy Start Coalition: 4% of income from government
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
- Museum of Discovery and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
- Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
- Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: 0% of income from government
- Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
- Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc: 0% of income from government
- Stern Center for Language and Learning: 0% of income from government
- Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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