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Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman Foundation at a glance

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Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman 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.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$119kScience & Tech$79kArts & Culture$45kEducation$30kCrime & Legal$28kEmployment$17kPhilanthropy$3kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEYOND PLASTICS AT BENNINGTON COLLEGE$8,000
BIKES NOT BOMBS$5,000
MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE PREPARATION PARTNERSHIP$5,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$5,000
GRIST MAGAZINE INC$4,000
DEKALB PRO BONO$4,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$3,000
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC$2,000
AFYA FOUNDATION$1,000
ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST$1,000
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AFYA FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%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

VT
WA
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
WV
DC
HI
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$260k · 12 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$260k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+37%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalInternationalReligionOther
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

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $63k · revenue +41%
  • THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +12%
  • PS
    POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    4× · 2017–2021 · $27k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • EARTHJUSTICEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +82%
  • HC
    HIRAM COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -6%
  • CR
    Critical Resistance
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -11%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
3
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
4
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
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
7
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
8
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
9
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
12
Climate Central Inc

Climate central, inc. (the organization") is an independent not-for-profit organization of leading scientists, technology experts and communication professionals that are dedicated to researching and reporting on climate change and its…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dekalb Pro Bono. 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

24 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. 24 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $62,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCGrist Magazine Inc: $19,000 · EnvironmentGrist Magazine IncGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $10,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUNDEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICECATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INC: $7,030 · EnvironmentCATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INCThe Ocean Foundation: $5,000 · Environment+4 more: $6,624 · Environment+4 moreBEYOND PLASTICS AT BENNINGTON COLLEGE: $18,000 · OtherBEYOND PLASTICS AT BENNIN…BIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $17,000 · OtherBIKES NOT BOMBS INCMARTIN LUTHER KING JR SCHOLARSHIP: $12,000 · OtherMARTIN LUTHER KING JR SCH…MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE PREPARATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $11,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS PAROLE PREP…NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $7,500 · OtherNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENT…OHIO VALLEY EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE: $2,500 · Other+4 more: $4,060 · Other+4 moreTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $60,996 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNE…POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $27,400 · Arts & CulturePOETRY SOCIETY …COPPER CANYON PRESS: $14,727 · Arts & CultureCOPPER CANYON P…POETS HOUSE INC: $1,786 · Arts & CultureHIRAM COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 · EducationVERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS INC: $1,000 · EducationCritical Resistance: $5,000 · Crime & LegalDEKALB PRO BONO: $4,000 · Crime & LegalTIDES FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$120,154Other$72,060International$60,996Arts & Culture$43,913Education$16,000Crime & Legal$9,000Philanthropy$3,000

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 budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $62,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $60,996 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPOETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $27,400 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOPPER CANYON PRESS: $14,727 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIRAM COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INC: $7,030 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCritical Resistance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEKALB PRO BONO: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST: $3,071 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $2,053 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOETS HOUSE INC: $1,786 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERWIN CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAL RIVER MOUNTAIN WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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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How do I get to Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman 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 30 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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