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Cape Branch Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$360kArts & Culture$270kHuman Services$40kFood & Nutrition$35kReligion$34kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$25kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $135k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP$25,000
HAMPTON'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH$20,000
ST ANN'S SCHOOL$20,000
LIFECAMP$15,000
CHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL$15,000
LONGHOUSE RESERVE$10,000
TOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND$10,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE$10,000
ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK$10,000
ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$7,200
LOAVES AND FISHES$5,000
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$5,000
ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$3,000
HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
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 (FY20–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, 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%LIFECAMP: $15k → 4%LIFECAMP: $15k → 4%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $15k → 7%LIFECAMP: $10k → 4%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.
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$402k · 9 repeat orgs$334k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$402k
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+30%

Still filing today

67%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $186k · revenue +2%
  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $60k · revenue +263%
  • LC
    LIFE CAMP INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WILLOW SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +112%
  • TF
    THE FIELD FUND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -71%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +74%
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
Longneck Manor Conservation Foundation

To create memorable guest experiences which promote actions to help save species, habitats, and the communities who share those same landscapes

Animals
2
Montauk Historical Society

The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…

Arts & Culture
3
Cold Spring School Inc

Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.

Education
4
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
5
The Chestnut Hill School

At the chestnut hill school, our mission to educate children is deeply rooted in a commitment to academic excellence, diversity, and community. we engage, challenge and support children as they develop the skills and confidence to achieve…

Education
6
The Waldorf School Inc

The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.

Education
7
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment
8
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
9
The Harbor School Corporation

The harbor school embraces the uniqueness of each young child and teaches students to celebrate this in themselves and in each other. our holistic approach nurtures confident, kind, and capable learners.

Education
10
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
11
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
12
High Meadow School Inc

See schedule oto operate as a nonpublic school for grades pre-kindergarten through eighth. its' mission is to nurture each child's love of learning by engaging their intrinsic curiosity in nature, one another, play, and creative…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc; the most unlike its peers is New Jersey Conservation Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $120,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANI…THE WILLOW SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE WILLOW SCHOOL INCINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $60,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRA…PROCTOR ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $12,500 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $186,000 · Arts & CultureMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INCHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH …ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $40,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOU…ST ANN'S SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherST ANN'S SCHOOLINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP: $25,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S LEA…CHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL: $15,000 · OtherCHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPELIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…ST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $13,200 · OtherST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCHTOWN OF JUPITER ISLAND: $10,000 · Other+10 more: $33,500 · Other+10 moreLIFE CAMP INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesEAST HAMPTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionSPRINGS FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FIELD FUND INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $25,000 · Youth Development
Education$312,500Arts & Culture$216,000Other$191,700Human Services$55,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Youth Development$25,000

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 budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $186,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLOW SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $60,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLIFE CAMP INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FIELD FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST HAMPTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSPRINGS FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

George L Ohrstrom Fou…The New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
George L Ohrstrom FoundationFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George L Ohrstrom Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Cape Branch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cape Branch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Life Camp Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–20%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cape Branch Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cape Branch 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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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