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Caplin 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.

$403k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
212
Grants FY2025
183
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
157 to 245
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Caplin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving192$398k20%
FY2024183$400k18%
FY2023231$503k22%
FY2022245$691k31%
FY2021219$480k24%
FY2020232$400k39%
FY2019164$233k26%
FY2018157$242kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.3MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$744kCommunity Improvement$195kHealth$191kEnvironment$171kReligion$141kRecreation & Sports$86kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Caplin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Florida International University Foundation Inc$245,00050%
Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc$125,00052%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$115,00070%
Friends of Downtown$107,850414%
University of Virginia Law School Foundation$97,00080%
The George Washington University$90,00060%
Southern Environmental Law Center$84,50080%
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society$60,65085%
Center for Nonprofit Excellence$59,75081%
Tandem Friends School of Charlottesville$57,50060%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$57,2507n/a
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc$42,50010%
Crystal Cathedral Church of Christ$42,0057n/a
Duke University$39,30060%
Sidwell Friends School$35,7508n/a
Live Arts Inc$30,45061%
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc$30,00060%
Colonnade Club of the University Of$30,00015%
New Victory Theatre$29,50087%
Strong Quality Basketball Association$26,7004n/a
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre$25,00083%
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc$25,00040%
The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc$23,00082%
IX Art Park Foundation$22,50051%
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Inc$21,75061%
Preservation Piedmont$21,400811%
Tom Tom Foundation$20,50042%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$19,50040%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$19,00080%
Grackle Art Gallery Inc$18,9007n/a
Fountain Theatre$18,50070%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$17,00060%
United Way of Greater Charlottesville$16,35050%
LymeLight Foundation$16,00080%
Broadway Oc Inc$16,00041%
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$15,80080%
Deaf West Theatre Company Inc$15,50081%
Playwrights Arena$14,80082%
A Noise Within$14,50060%
The New York Center for Children$14,50051%
New Musicals Inc$14,50072%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$14,50080%
The Chance Theater$14,30080%
Interact Theater Company$14,100810%
Rocky Foundation$14,0004n/a
International City Theatre$14,00080%
Conservation Nation$13,75050%
East-West Players Inc$13,75070%
Foothills Children's Advocacy Center$13,55081%
Charlottesville Opera$13,15080%
The Theatre at Boston Court$12,80070%
Musical Theatre West$12,50080%
Urbanite Theatre Inc$12,40080%
Congregation Beth Israel$12,1005n/a
The Antaeus Company$12,00071%
Dance Resource Center of Greater LA$12,00082%
Jabberwocky Theatre Company$11,70081%
North Coast Repertory Theatre$11,50080%
24th Street Theatre Company$11,30080%
The Laguna Playhouse$11,00080%
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Foundation$11,00030%
Richmond Fencing Club$11,00064%
GreenWood$10,50063%
San Diego Musical Theatre$10,50080%
Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards$10,3007n/a
Oglala Lakota College$10,20080%
Etc Etc Etc$10,0002n/a
Sarasota Opera Association Inc$10,00050%
Sierra Madre Playhouse$9,50061%
The Actors' Studio Inc$9,50071%
Skylight Theatre Company$9,50070%
Four County Players$9,50081%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$9,35070%
Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$9,05080%
Foundation for Diversity in the Art$9,00042%
Cabrillo Music Theatre Inc$9,00060%
Burnon Inc dba Rubicon Theatre Company$9,00070%
Theatre Forty$9,00041%
Side by Side Va Inc$9,00060%
EARTH University Foundation Inc$8,50070%
Piedmont Casa Inc$8,45080%
Volunteers in Psychotherapy Inc$8,45072%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$8,37570%
The Blank Theatre Company$8,25086%
The Edgar and Eleanor Shannon Fdn for Excellence in Public Education$8,1008n/a
Opera on the James$8,00031%
Dance Kids Inc$8,00041%
Celebration Productions Corporation$8,00062%
Virginia Discovery Museum Inc$7,75021%
The Wildlife Center of Virginia$7,60080%
Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation Inc$7,50051%
New York Live Arts Inc$7,50050%
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc$7,50030%
Share Our Strength$7,50040%
City of Promise Inc$7,30050%
Women Like US Foundation Inc$7,000314%
Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse$7,00032%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$7,00050%
International Rescue Committee INC$6,80040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia$6,80080%
The Haven at First and Market Inc$6,50030%
Belmont Arts Collaborative$6,50066%
Open Fist Theatre Company$6,25061%
The Safe Children Foundation$6,25070%
Charlottesville Tomorrow$6,25070%
Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries$6,00021%
Gonzales Youth Ballet$6,000315%
The National World War II Museum Inc$6,00030%
Coeurage Theatre Company$6,000616%
Appalachian Voices$6,00080%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charlottesville Inc$6,00030%
In Other Peoples Shoes Productions$6,0004n/a
Charlottesville Babe Ruth League$6,00042%
Yes I Can Inc$6,0001n/a
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$5,95070%
Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation Inc$5,80062%
The Other Side of the Hill Productions Inc$5,50041%
Group Repertory Theatre$5,50061%
Ohio Shakespeare Festival$5,50041%
Big Waters Land Trust Inc$5,50060%
National Public Radio Inc$5,25060%
Dream a World Education Inc$5,25061%
Musical Theatre Guild$5,00072%
Santa Monica Group Theatre$5,00051%
Some Inc$5,00080%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$5,00040%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$4,75070%
Williams College$4,75040%
Emergency Food Network$4,50040%
Friends of Esmont Inc$4,5004n/a
Cancer Patients Alliance$4,50080%
Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue$4,5001n/a
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$4,35050%
Historical Society of Sarasota County$4,30053%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$4,25060%
Public Education Foundation of Charlottesville-Albemarle$4,25042%
International Neighbors Inc$4,20030%
Readykids Inc$4,20040%
Preservers of the Daughters of Zion Cemetery$4,1008n/a
The Minnesota Opera$4,00030%
Inner-City Arts$4,00020%
Hospice of the Piedmont Inc$4,00060%
Theatre Palisades Inc$4,00021%
Charlottesville Police Department Foundation$4,00041%
Communities in Schools of Nova Inc$4,00020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,95070%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,90070%
Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia Inc$3,87051%
Pro Publica Inc$3,75080%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$3,75060%
Virginia Organizing Inc$3,75030%
Pilgrim Baptist Church$3,6008n/a
American Shakespeare Center$3,50050%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$3,50070%
Shelter for Help in Emergency Inc$3,50040%
Early Music Minnesota$3,50033%
South Orange County Community Theatre$3,50031%
Orange Springs Community Church Incorporated$3,5001n/a
Friends of Torrance Theatre Company$3,50023%
Padi Aware Foundation$3,40070%
Curesearch for Children's Cancer$3,40080%
The Front Porch Cville$3,35040%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation$3,25020%
Zephyrus$3,2008n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$3,10040%
The Highwood Theatre Inc$3,00020%
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida Inc$3,00030%
The Performance Zone Inc$3,00020%
Brain Injury Association of America Inc$3,00070%
Virginia Outdoors Foundation$3,0006n/a
Seraphim Theater Company Inc$3,00012%
Building Goodness Foundation$3,00010%
Big Cat Habitat Education and Conservation Center Inc$3,00080%
Miami Beach K9 Knights Inc$3,00032%
House Rabbit Society$3,00030%
Fractured Atlas Inc$3,00010%
Gonzales Crystal Theater Inc$3,00022%
Friends of Dunbar$3,0001n/a
Academy of Music for the Blind$3,00030%
Free Union Country School$2,80050%
Planned Parenthood Global Inc$2,80020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,75040%
Media Matters for America$2,75080%
Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble$2,75041%
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$2,70060%
Virginia Institute of Autism Inc$2,70050%
Ocean Conservancy$2,65060%
Releaf Cville$2,50011%
Breaking the Chains Foundation$2,5001n/a
Charlottesville Community Bikes$2,50011%
Center on Halsted$2,50030%
McCoy Rigby Arts Inc$2,50020%
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Inc$2,50010%
Community Investment Collaborative$2,50040%
Pga Tour Charities Inc$2,50010%
Blue Ridge Irish Music School$2,5001n/a
Montanova Stables Foundation$2,50020%
New Art City Theatre$2,50011%
El Teatro Campesino$2,50011%
Angelica Village$2,50010%
100 Black Men of Central Virginia$2,5001n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$2,45020%
Rivanna Conservation Alliance$2,30070%
Alliance for Interfaith Ministries$2,3003n/a
Documentary Film Fund$2,25021%
New City Arts Initiative$2,25030%
Friends of the Osa$2,25060%
Hias Inc$2,05050%
Oceana Inc$2,05040%
World as One$2,0002n/a
DC Abortion Fund$2,00030%
Cape Ivy$2,00022%
Central Asia Institute$2,00040%
William & Mary Foundation$2,00020%
James Madison University$2,0002n/a
Assitejusa Dba Theatre for Young Audiences Usainc$2,00020%
Partner for Mental Health$2,00011%
Hospitality House Youth Development$2,00020%
Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center$2,00040%
Zion Union Baptist Church$2,0003n/a
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$2,00030%
Moving Forward Contemporary Asian American Dance Company$2,00030%
Blue Ridge Fencing Center$2,00021%
Hope's Legacy Equine Rescue Inc$2,00010%
Sabeswings$2,00010%
Dogwood Vietnam Memorial Foundation$2,00020%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$2,00020%
Sarasota Audubon Society Inc$2,00020%
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$2,00030%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$1,85050%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$1,75050%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia$1,75030%
Rampart Theatre Project$1,75021%
Little League Baseball Inc$1,75031%
Seattle Children's Theatre Association$1,75020%
Botanical Garden of the Piedmont$1,70060%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Holy Trinity Conference$1,7002n/a
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada$1,70030%
Victory Hall Opera$1,70040%
Union Rescue Mission$1,55030%
Legal Aid Justice Center$1,50010%
Casa Marianella Inc$1,5001n/a
The Historical Society of Riverton$1,5001n/a
International Justice Mission$1,50020%
Native American Heritage Association$1,50030%
White Stork - United States Ltd$1,50020%
Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,50020%
Kind Inc$1,50040%
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$1,50020%
Rancho Cucamonga Community & Arts Foundation$1,50020%
Innisfree Incorporated$1,50020%
Friends of the Arts at Narbonne High$1,5001n/a
Bethel Baptist Church$1,5004n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,50030%
The Seed Foundation$1,50020%
Robert Louis Stevenson School$1,50040%
Arcadia Project$1,50021%
Milton Academy$1,50020%
H3 Baseball$1,5001n/a
Ivy Creek Foundation Inc$1,50030%
All Souls Charlottesville$1,5001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,50020%
Island Press$1,50030%
Latino Theater Company$1,50010%
Oneworld Rowing$1,500118%
Hamner Theater$1,5001n/a
The Municipal Band of Charlottesville Inc$1,40030%
Peter Westbrook Foundation Inc$1,40030%
Citta Inc$1,37520%
Sarasota Bay Watch Inc$1,30020%
Friends of the James River Park$1,30010%
Common Ground Healing Arts$1,30021%
Service Dogs of Virginia Inc$1,30020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,25020%
House of Ruth$1,25040%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$1,25030%
Pacific Repertory Theatre$1,25030%
1st Stage Inc$1,25020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,25020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,15030%
The Virginia Consort$1,10020%
The Carter Center Inc$1,10020%
The Potomac School$1,00030%
Reprise 20 Inc$1,00010%
Pendragon Inc$1,00010%
Appalshop Inc$1,00010%
Redhouse Arts Center Inc$1,00010%
Virginia Repertory Theatre$1,00010%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$1,0001n/a
Fluvanna County Arts Council$1,0001n/a
Twice Is Nice Inc$1,0001n/a
Piedmont Discovery Center$1,00011%
Mirror Lake Watershed Accociation$1,0001n/a
Waterworks Players Inc$1,0001n/a
Caring For Creatures Foundation$1,00010%
Georgetown University$1,00010%
The Night Ministry$1,00010%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$1,00010%
The Broadway League Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Burley High School Varsity Club Charity$1,00016%
Americares Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$1,00010%
People Places Inc$1,00010%
Piedmont Master Gardeners$1,00012%
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville Albemarle$1,00030%
Pasadena Humane$1,0001n/a
I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles$1,00010%
Crowley Museum and Nature Center Inc$1,00011%
Iama Theatre Company$1,00010%
Virginia Theatre Association$1,00010%
Black Women Build - Baltimore Inc$1,00010%
Banks Collage$1,0001n/a
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild Inc$1,0002n/a
University of Chicago$1,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,00020%
Mpt Foundation Inc$1,00030%
The Women's Initiative$1,00010%
Venice Theatre Inc$1,00010%
Wesleyan University$1,00010%
Authoracare Collective$1,00010%
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$1,00010%
Endstation Theatre Company$1,00010%
Ruskin Group Theatre Company$1,0001n/a
Austin Pets Alive Inc$1,0001n/a
Greensboro Opera Company$1,00020%
Better Future Foundation$1,00016%
Worldwide Orphans Foundation$1,00010%
Shoals Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%
Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic$1,00010%
Direct Relief$1,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Catholic Relief Services$1,0001n/a
Protect Our Parks$1,00020%
Friends of the Sarasota Cnty History Ctr$1,000135%
University of Virginia Health Foundation$1,00010%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$1,00010%
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity$1,00010%
Protect Democracy Project$1,00020%
Smithsonian Institution$1,00010%
Oak Grove Theater Inc$1,00011%
Preservation Bath$1,0001n/a
Montessori Education Trust Inc$1,00020%
Greater Good Charities$1,00010%
Bennett's Village Inc$1,00010%
Music Ancestry$1,0002n/a
Onward Christian Academy$1,00010%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$1,00010%
Asolo Theatre Inc$1,00010%
Waynesboro Players Inc$1,0001n/a
Wartime Fitness Warriors$1,00020%
Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage Inc$1,00010%
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I$90010%
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad$90020%
Black Lives Matter Foundation$80020%
Reef Environmental Education Foundation$80020%
Riverstone Church$8002n/a
Libraries Without Borders$75020%
Evidence Action$75020%
The H E Through the Arts Inc$75010%
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc$75020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$75010%
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collec$70020%
Samaritans$70031%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$65010%
Little League Baseball Inc Dba$65011%
Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team$65010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$60020%
Pencils of Promise Incorporated$60030%
People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry$50010%
Oakland Promise$50010%
The Marine Mammal Center$50010%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$50010%
Historic Staunton Foundation Inc$50010%
Louisa Humane Society$50010%
Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc$50010%
Community Health Project Inc$50010%
Cat Depot$50010%
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities$50010%
The Hope School Foundation$50010%
Rabbit Rescue of Mn$50010%
North Fork Baptist Church Inc$5001n/a
Openlands$5001n/a
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Myakka Elephant Ranch Inc$50010%
Her Sports$50010%
Saveabunny$50010%
Oratorio Society of Richmond$5001n/a
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital Inc$50010%
Animal Orphans Animal Rescue & Pet Sanctuary Inc$5001n/a
Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation$50020%
Minneapolis Police Activities League$5001n/a
Calvary Temple Church of God of the Mountain Assembly Inc$5001n/a
Albemarle Garden Club Inc$50021%
Baby2baby$5001n/a
Jubilee Jobs Inc$5001n/a
The McShin Foundation$50010%
First Baptist Church$5001n/a
South Florida Wildlands Association Inc$5001n/a
Source Song Festival$50011%
Appleby Foundation Inc$50011%
Friends of Liberty State Park Inc$50011%
Build Inc$50010%
Asian Health Coalition$50010%
Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50010%
Bdpa - Twin Cities Foundation$5001n/a
Faith Hope & Love International Healing & Deliverance Center Inc$5001n/a
Horizons for Homeless Children$50020%
Wolfbane Productions$50010%
Faith Community Baptist Church$5001n/a
Library Foundation for Sarasota County Inc$50010%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge Inc$50010%
Pines of Sarasota Foundation Inc$50010%
Magnolia House Foundation Inc$50010%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$5001n/a
Project Success$50020%
Preservation Alliance of West Virginia Inc$5001n/a
All Roads Theatre Company$5001n/a
Friends of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site$5001n/a
Lemur Conservation Foundation Inc$50010%
Nova Ukraine$5001n/a
Consortium Carissimi$5001n/a
Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Inc$40010%
New Beginnings Christian Community$4001n/a
Amazon Conservation Association$40020%
North Star Boys Choir of Minnesota$40010%
The Epicenter of Monterey$40020%
Dogs Deserve Better Inc$3001n/a
Siamese Cat Rescue Center$30010%
The Voter Participation Center$3001n/a
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance$30010%
First Baptist Church West Main Street$3001n/a
Alliance Defending Freedom$30010%
The Art Institute of Chicago$30010%
Bethel Baptist Ministries$3001n/a
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation$30010%
CJ's Thumbs Up Foundation$30010%
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society$30010%
American Frontier Culture Foundation$30010%
Wednesday Music Club$30011%
Indian Village Assembly of God$3001n/a
Hillsborough County Pet Resources Foundation Inc$30010%
Adventures in Preservation$3001n/a
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$30010%
Maui United Way$30010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30010%
Town of Gordonsville$3001n/a
The West Virginia Land Trust Inc$30010%
The Rutherford Institute$30010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$30010%
Listen4life Foundation$3001n/a
Fork Union Baptist Church$3001n/a
Citra First Baptist Church$3001n/a
Equality Virginia Inc$30010%
There Is No Hero in Heroin Foundation$30010%
Covenant Presbyterian Church$3001n/a
One Tree Planted Inc$30010%
Child Health Partnership Inc$25010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$25010%
Patchogue Village Center for the Performing Arts$25010%
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$25010%
Shelter from the Storm$25010%
Aspca Veterinary Services of North Carolina PC$25010%
Camel Kids Foundation$2501n/a
Golden Rainbow of Nevada Inc$25010%
Bright Star Foundation Corp$25010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$25010%
Project Prosper$25010%
Access Support Network$25010%
Wilson County Adoption and Rescue Services$25010%
Animal Rescue Food Bank Arf Inc$25010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation - Worldwide Inc$25010%
Build Our Center Inc Aka Northern Nevada Pride Aka Our Center$25010%
Animal Welfare Foster Program$2501n/a
I Dream of Home Rescue$25010%
The Pet Food Bank$25011%
Appetite for Change Inc$2001n/a
Mybirdclub$2001n/a
Basswood Elementary School PTO$20010%
Wild Virginia Incorporated$2001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20010%
Choral Society of Durham Inc$20010%
Green Dogs Unleashed Inc$20010%
Carleton-Willard Homes Inc$20010%
Prevent Child Abuse America$12510%
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Inc$12510%
Girls Write Now Inc$12510%
The Audre Lorde Project Inc$12510%
Paws of War Inc$10010%
Monterey Peninsula Pride$1001n/a
Trinity Presbyterian Church$1001n/a
Jefferson Area Motor Squad$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Caplin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFlorida International University Foundation Inc: $245,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAdrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Downtown: $107,850 over 4y, 14% of budgetUniversity of Virginia Law School Foundation: $97,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $84,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAlbemarle Charlottesville Historical Society: $60,650 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetCenter for Nonprofit Excellence: $59,750 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTandem Friends School of Charlottesville: $57,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $39,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLive Arts Inc: $30,450 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetColonnade Club of the University Of: $30,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNew Victory Theatre: $29,500 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetInland Valley Repertory Theatre: $25,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetThe Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc: $23,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetIX Art Park Foundation: $22,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetJefferson School African American Heritage Center Inc: $21,750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPreservation Piedmont: $21,400 over 8y, 11% of budgetTom Tom Foundation: $20,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetVirginia Student Aid Foundation Inc: $19,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFountain Theatre: $18,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Charlottesville: $16,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $16,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBroadway Oc Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFlorida Studio Theatre Inc: $15,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDeaf West Theatre Company Inc: $15,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPlaywrights Arena: $14,800 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetA Noise Within: $14,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe New York Center for Children: $14,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNew Musicals Inc: $14,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetCharlottesville Free Clinic: $14,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chance Theater: $14,300 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetInteract Theater Company: $14,100 over 8y, 10% of budgetInternational City Theatre: $14,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetConservation Nation: $13,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEast-West Players Inc: $13,750 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFoothills Children's Advocacy Center: $13,550 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCharlottesville Opera: $13,150 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Theatre at Boston Court: $12,800 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMusical Theatre West: $12,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUrbanite Theatre Inc: $12,400 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Antaeus Company: $12,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA121.4× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · The Oak Hill Fund · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation · Whitney and Anne Stone Foundation · The Better Living 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.

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Find your warmest path to Caplin 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.

About Caplin Foundation

How much does Caplin Foundation give?
Caplin Foundation reported 212 grants totaling $403,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 157 and 245 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Caplin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Arts & Culture (25%), Education (13%).
Who are Caplin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Florida International University Foundation Inc ($245k), Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc ($125k), Interlochen Center for the Arts ($115k).
Does Caplin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Caplin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Caplin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Manning Family Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc.
Where is Caplin Foundation based?
Caplin Foundation is based in DE.

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 552 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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