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Association Foundation

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.

$145k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$342kArts & Culture$217kYouth Development$63kEnvironment$60kPublic Benefit$50kHousing & Shelter$40kSocial Science$40kEducation$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$50,000
CITIZENS BUDGET COMMISSION$20,000
THE AVENUE CONCEPT$20,000
STUDENT SPONSOR PARTNERS$10,000
THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND$5,000
THE LORDS PLACE$5,000
THE CONFERENCE BOARD$5,000
BAY CHAMBER CONCERTS$5,000
POINTS NORTH INSTITUTE$2,500
HURU INTERNATIONAL$2,000
COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE$2,000
FRIENDS OF ROCKPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,500
WESTHAMPTON BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
FINDING OUR VOICES$1,000
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, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $3k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $3k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $2k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $2k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $2k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $1k → 11%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $10k → 11%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

ME
VT
NY
MA
RI
CA
VA
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$775k · 25 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$775k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
0%

Still filing today

84%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +147%
  • TA
    THE AVENUE CONCEPT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $107k · revenue +57%
  • SP
    STUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • RN
    RICHARD NIXON LIBRARY AND BIRTHPLACE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • H
    Homeworthygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…

Environment
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
Save the Bay Inc

Save the bay protects, restores, and improves the ecological health of the narragansett bay region, including its watershed and adjacent coastal waters, through an ecosystem-based approach to environmental action; defends the right of the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York League of Conservation Voters; the most unlike its peers is Coastal Family Hospice. 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $30,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New Englan…THE AVENUE CONCEPT INC: $107,250 · Arts & CultureTHE AVENUE CONCEPT IN…BAY CHAMBER CONCERTS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBAY CHAMBER CONCERTS …Points North Institute: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePoints North Institut…THE GREATER WESTHAMPTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreNEW YORK LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS: $32,500 · OtherNEW YORK LEAGUE OF CONSERVA…Hudson Institute Inc: $30,000 · OtherHudson Institute IncRICHARD NIXON LIBRARY AND BIRTHPLACE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherRICHARD NIXON LIBRARY AND B…NATIONAL PARKS OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARKS OF NEW YORKIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherNYLCV EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · OtherWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherBATH AND TENNIS CLUB HISTORIC FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherThe Conference Board Inc: $15,000 · OtherThe Conference Board IncTHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · Other+10 more: $37,500 · Other+10 moreSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $60,000 · EducationSTUDENTSP…THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 · EducationTHE CHAPI…CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND: $5,000 · EducationCAMDEN PU…+2 more: $3,000 · EducationCITIZENS BUDGET COMMISSION INC: $40,000 · Public BenefitEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCOASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $12,000 · Human ServicesHomeworthy: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,750 · Human Services
Health$330,000Arts & Culture$167,250Other$214,000Education$78,000Public Benefit$50,000Housing & Shelter$30,000Human Services$25,750

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AVENUE CONCEPT INC: $107,250 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS BUDGET COMMISSION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS: $32,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBAY CHAMBER CONCERTS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPoints North Institute: $15,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Conference Board Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $12,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetHomeworthy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GREATER WESTHAMPTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $6,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED MIDCOAST CHARITIES INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN DITCHLEY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CLERMONT INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFinding Our Voices: $4,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStewardship Education Alliance: $3,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHADY HILL SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Maine Community Found…The Bertuzzi Family F…Messler Family Founda…Tr Ua the Camden Foun…Donald & Alice Noble …Fisher Charitable Fou…Bangor Savings Bank F…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Maine Community Foundation IncME14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Bertuzzi Family Foundation · Messler Family Foundation · Tr Ua the Camden Foundation · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Association Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Association Foundation 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 39 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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