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Allyn Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
179
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$13MPhilanthropy$12MEducation$6.0MHuman Services$2.4MHealth$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.9MArts & Culture$1.6MEnvironment$873kOther$0
02FY2025 · 179 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k87 grants · $284k
  • $10k–50k57 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.5M
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$166M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY$500,000
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL$400,000
ABC CAYUGA INC$300,000
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$267,056
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$200,000
CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$200,000
SKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC$200,000
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$150,000
SKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC$100,000
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$100,000
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$100,000
NORTHWOOD SCHOOL$100,000
COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL$100,000
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$100,000
SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SALT CITY HARVEST FARM: $12k → 11%SALT CITY HARVEST FARM: $6k → 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10k → 8%WHOLE ME INC: $10k → 14%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%BRIDGE HOUSE: $100k → 12%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%BRIDGE HOUSE: $20k → 12%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%SARAH'S GUEST HOUSE: $15k → 14%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $10k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $10k → 16%CAYUGA CENTERS: $75k → 13%WORKERS CENTER OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $15k → 14%WORKERS CENTER OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $10k → 14%HOUSE OF PSALMS 23: $8k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $100k → 14%PEACE INC: $50k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $40k → 14%PEACE INC: $25k → 14%PEACE INC: $25k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE NY: $20k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $16k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE NY: $15k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER SYRACUSE: $10k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER SYRACUSE: $10k → 14%LAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $75k → 14%LAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $15k → 14%CENTRAL NEW YORK DIAPER BANK INC: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $150k → 14%HUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $81k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $49k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $40k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $35k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $25k → 14%HUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $16k → 14%HUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $6k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $55k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $30k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $9k → 14%CENTRAL NEW YORK DIAPER BANK INC: $10k → 14%CENTRAL NEW YORK DIAPER BANK INC: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MT
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MD
NC
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35M · 180 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

180 repeat relationships: 103 still active in FY2025, 77 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

180
127

Total granted

$35M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

76%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $401k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SU
    SYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6.3M · revenue +172% · 67% of their budget
  • B1
    BLUEPRINT 15 INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +108% · 95% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CN
    CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2017 · $11M
  • K
    KISHMISH
    one grant, 2020 · $123k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA
    one grant, 2017 · $118k
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
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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2
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Inc

Our mission is to promote and protect affordable homeownership in new york so that middle- and working-class families are able to build strong, thriving communities.

Housing & Shelter
3
United Way of New York State

To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.

Philanthropy
4
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
5
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc

The center for independence of the disabled, new york's goal is to ensure full integration, independence and equal opportunity for all people with disabilities by removing barriers to the social, economic, cultural and civic life of the…

Human Services
6
New York Focus Inc

New york focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the empire state.(continued on scheduleo)launched in october of 2020, new york focus aims to help make government more transparent by publishing…

Education
7
Families Together in New York State Inc

Establish a unified voice for children and youth with emotional, behavioral, and social challenges. the organizational mission is to ensure that every family has access to needed information, support, and services.

Human Services
8
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
9
Children's Center of New Paltz Inc

Operate and maintain a day care center for children of students, faculty, and staff of the state university of new york at new paltz, and for children of the greater new paltz community.

Human Services
10
Suny Cortland Child Care Center Inc

The suny cortland child care center is dedicated to providing affordable child care for the children of the college's employees and students, which meets the highest nationally recognized standards. qualified staff provide an educational…

Human Services
11
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
12
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. 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

213 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. 213 of the 336 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
208/213
Grantees still filing
137/213
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY: $10,504,096 · OtherCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITYABC CAYUGAINC: $1,251,000 · OtherABC CAYUGAINC+125 more: $7,954,297 · Other+125 moreSYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $6,264,576 · PhilanthropySYRACUSE URBAN PAR…ABC CAYUGA INC: $746,000 · PhilanthropyABC CAYUGA INCUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $660,261 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENT…+3 more: $239,500 · PhilanthropySEED SYRACUSE INC: $7,675,000 · Community ImprovementSEED SYRACUSE INC+4 more: $176,200 · Community ImprovementBLUEPRINT 15 INC: $2,214,077 · EducationBLUEPRINT 15 IN…THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $1,367,493 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE S…KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY: $1,075,000 · EducationKIMBALL UNION A…ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $316,080 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $240,000 · Education+18 more: $1,195,678 · Education+18 morePiikani Lodge Health Institute: $1,371,300 · Arts & CultureNICKS RIDE 4 FRIENDS INC: $484,700 · Arts & CultureAUBURN PUBLIC THEATER INC: $275,250 · Arts & CultureMERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $160,000 · Arts & CultureSYRACUSE AREA LANDMARK THEATRE: $150,000 · Arts & CultureThunderheart Media Inc: $119,435 · Arts & CultureMusical Associates of Central New York: $117,500 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $380,375 · Arts & CultureCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY: $321,621 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $217,928 · Human ServicesDUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $146,056 · Human ServicesBridge House: $120,000 · Human ServicesHUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $107,759 · Human ServicesP E A C E INC: $100,500 · Human ServicesLAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $90,750 · Human ServicesCAYUGA HOME FOR CHILDREN: $80,000 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $60,000 · Human Services+10 more: $220,075 · Human ServicesHOME HEADQUARTERS INC: $1,150,900 · Housing & ShelterJUBILEE HOMES OF SYRACUSE INC: $110,780 · Housing & ShelterSYRACUSE MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD CORPORATION: $104,233 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $16,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$19,709,393Philanthropy$7,910,337Community Improvement$7,851,200Education$6,408,328Arts & Culture$3,058,560Human Services$1,464,689Housing & Shelter$1,381,913

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSEED SYRACUSE INC: $7,675,000 over 4y, 76% of budgetSYRACUSE URBAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $6,264,576 over 6y, 67% of budgetBLUEPRINT 15 INC: $2,214,077 over 5y, 95% of budgetPiikani Lodge Health Institute: $1,371,300 over 2y, 37% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $1,367,493 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHOME HEADQUARTERS INC: $1,150,900 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetKIMBALL UNION ACADEMY: $1,075,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetABC CAYUGA INC: $746,000 over 2y, 79% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $660,261 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $553,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNICKS RIDE 4 FRIENDS INC: $484,700 over 4y, 38% of budgetSKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $432,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $405,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $339,876 over 5y, 35% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY: $321,621 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $316,080 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetSCHWEINFURTH MEMORIAL ART CENTER: $300,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetAUBURN PUBLIC THEATER INC: $275,250 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $240,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $217,928 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $210,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $209,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC CAYUGA CO: $195,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER OF AUBURN NY INC: $192,848 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLe Moyne College: $186,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREDHOUSE ARTS CENTER INC: $175,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetMERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $160,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSYRACUSE AREA LANDMARK THEATRE: $150,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetDUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $146,056 over 7y, 21% of budgetGOOD LIFE PHILANTHROPIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $128,936 over 3y, 33% of budgetBridge House: $120,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetThunderheart Media Inc: $119,435 over 3y, 21% of budgetMusical Associates of Central New York: $117,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSPOONFULS: $115,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE ONONDAGA INC: $115,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetJUBILEE HOMES OF SYRACUSE INC: $110,780 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetMATTHEW HOUSE INC: $108,300 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetHUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $107,759 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBROOKLINE FOOD PANTRY INC: $105,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPS TO SUCCESS INC: $105,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetSYRACUSE MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD CORPORATION: $104,233 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetWESTCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $104,200 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetP E A C E INC: $100,500 over 3y, 53% of budgetWEST LAKE ART CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetSKANEATELES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 2y, 5.7% 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.

Central New York Comm…The Rosamond Gifford …The John Ben Snow Fou…The Dorothy and Marsh…Jim and Juli Boeheim …Fred L Emerson Founda…United Way of Central…JM McDonald Foundatio…Collier Community Fou…Health Foundation for…John Ben Snow Memoria…Mother Cabrini Health…
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY196.6× affinity118 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · United Way of Central New York Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Health Foundation for Western & Central New York · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Steps to Success Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Compass Working Capital Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
71report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Allyn Family 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 336 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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