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· Private foundation

Britten Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$160k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Animals$126kEnvironment$71kReligion$67kHealth$21kArts & Culture$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kEducation$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $158k
$27,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL SAINTS CHURCH$32,265
BOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE$32,000
ALL 4 PAWS$30,000
WORLD WILD LIFE FUND$27,000
ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER$21,000
THE SEEING EYE$16,000
HOUSTON ZOO$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST END HOSPICE: $600 → 7%THE SEEING EYE: $16k → 4%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $2k → 6%EAST END HOSPICE: $600 → 7%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $2k → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE: $500 → 6%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%LITCHFIELD BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$272k · 17 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$272k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+20%

Still filing today

59%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +28%
  • Houston Zoo Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +16%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • SP
    SAINT PAULS CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

Environment
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
New Jersey Audubon Society

The new jersey audubon society is a privately supported, not-for-profit, statewide membership organization. (see schedule o for details).

Environment
7
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
8
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
9
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
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
12
Riverkeeper Inc

Protects and restores the hudson river from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc and the most unlike its peers is Belle W Baruch Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%14%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%45%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,544

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE — $55,765 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER — $37,250 · OtherST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTERALL 4 PAWS — $32,000 · OtherALL 4 PAWSDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK — $20,250 · OtherDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORKST PHILIPS CHURCH — $6,000 · Other+13 more — $25,750 · Other+13 moreBOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC — $34,000 · AnimalsBOYKIN SPANIEL RESC…Houston Zoo Inc — $16,000 · AnimalsHouston Zoo Inc+2 more — $1,750 · AnimalsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $35,750 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FU…NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,000 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL …+2 more — $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE SEEING EYE INC — $16,000 · Human ServicesALL 4 PAWS RESCUE — $5,000 · Human ServicesLitchfield Beautification Foundation — $1,500 · Human ServicesEast End Hospice Inc — $1,200 · Human ServicesQUAKERTOWN FIRE CO INC — $4,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHunterdon Art Museum — $2,250 · Arts & CultureTHE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER — $1,250 · Arts & CultureCenter for Educational Innovation Inc — $1,000 · Education
Other$177,015Animals$51,750Environment$46,750Human Services$23,700Public Safety & Disaster$4,500Arts & Culture$3,500Education$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $35,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC — $34,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK — $20,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc — $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC — $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALL 4 PAWS RESCUE — $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHunterdon Art Museum — $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLitchfield Beautification Foundation — $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER — $1,250 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc — $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUSTAINABLE JERSEY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA KEYS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERATIONS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQUAKERTOWN VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC(BANKRUPT)C/O DES ESQ TTEE — $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLE W BARUCH FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
  • Who funds BOYKIN SPANIEL RESCUE INC
  • Who funds DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc
  • Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
  • Who funds ALL 4 PAWS RESCUE
  • Who funds QUAKERTOWN FIRE CO INC
  • Who funds Hunterdon Art Museum
  • Who funds Litchfield Beautification Foundation
  • Who funds THE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN MUSEUM AND THEATRE EDUCATION CENTER
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  • Who funds East End Hospice Inc
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE JERSEY
  • Who funds FLORIDA KEYS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds GREEN AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERATIONS
  • Who funds QUAKERTOWN VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC(BANKRUPT)C/O DES ESQ TTEE
  • Who funds Center for Educational Innovation Inc
  • Who funds BELLE W BARUCH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BIDEAWEE INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Britten Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 9%
  • Quakertown Fire Co Inc97% of income from government
  • Hunterdon Art Museum9% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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