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Carpenter Foundation Inc at a glance

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Carpenter Foundation Inc

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.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$489kEducation$367kYouth Development$98kAnimals$38kHuman Services$11kEnvironment$10kRecreation & Sports$8kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIANA CARE FOUNDATION$48,455
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$30,000
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC$30,000
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 (FY18–24, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Canine Partners for Life: $5k → 6%Canine Partners for Life: $2k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $2k → 6%Canine Partners for Life: $2k → 6%DFRC Inc: $12k → 10%DFRC INC: $12k → 10%DFRC: $12k → 10%DFRC: $12k → 10%DFRC INC: $12k → 10%DFRC: $10k → 10%DFRC: $10k → 10%DELAWARE HOSPICE: $5k → 10%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$965k · 11 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$965k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+36%

Still filing today

73%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $267k · revenue +29%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $90k · revenue +54%
  • DI
    DFRC INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $80k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • S
    STRIVE
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • DH
    DELAWARE HOSPICE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -13%
  • KN
    KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +39%
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
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
2
Delaware Nature Society Inc

Delaware nature society connects people with the natural world to improve our environment through education, advocacy, and conservation.

Environment
3
Delaware Prosperity Partnership Inc

To lead the state of delaware's economic development efforts.

Community Improvement
4
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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5
Delaware Advancement Corporation

To aggressively promote investment in muncie-delaware county which will result in the creation and retention of quality job opportunities and enhance the quality of life in our community.

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6
Delaware Agricultural Museum Association

The organization's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and technology of delaware and the delmarva peninsula's farm life/culture and to offer public education programs and services related to aspects of the…

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7
Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Delaware spca is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty and the encouragement of humane treatment of all animals.

Animals
8
Delaware Public Media Corporation

To make a substantial contribution to delaware's journalism community and to the citizens of delaware by delivering original, in-depth, delaware-specific news and commentary from all three counties.

Arts & Culture
9
Medical Society of Delaware

To guide, serve and support delaware physicians, promoting the practice and profession of medicine to enhance the health of our communities.

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10
Delaware Bioscience Association Inc

To promote and strengthen the bioscience industry in the state of delaware.

Community Improvement
11
Leadership Delaware Inc

Leadership delaware, inc. (ldi) recruits outstanding delawareans and prepares them with the knowledge, vision, integrity and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities, and to excel at community, non-profit,…

Public Benefit
12
Delaware Soccer Club Inc

Amateur youth soccer training and development.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc; the most unlike its peers is Augies Quest to Cure Als Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Christiana Care Foundation: $396,910 · OtherChristiana Care FoundationUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $266,988 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC: $90,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INCTHE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Other+9 more: $65,300 · Other+9 moreDFRC INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesDFRC INCCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10,500 · Human ServicesCANINE PAR…DELAWARE HOSPICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE TATNALL SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE INC: $5,000 · InternationalAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $5,000 · HealthCAMP BARNES INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsDELAWARE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentHUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS: $1,500 · Animals
Other$849,198Human Services$95,500Education$70,000International$5,000Health$5,000Recreation & Sports$2,500Youth Development$2,500Animals$1,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $266,988 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDFRC INC: $80,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetTHE TATNALL SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PILOT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE WILD LANDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDELAWARE HOSPICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP BARNES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS: $1,500 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.

Delaware Community Fo…Nor' Easter Foundatio…Longwood Foundation I…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ederic Foundation IncMarmot FoundationRencourt Foundation I…Crestlea Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncEllice & Rosa McDonal…The Carl M Freeman Fo…The Scooter-Boxie Fou…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ederic Foundation Inc · Marmot Foundation · Rencourt Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Ellice & Rosa McDonald Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Scooter-Boxie Foundation Inc

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 Carpenter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carpenter Foundation Inc. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc: 33% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Humane Animal Partners: 14% of income from government
  • Kalmar Nyckel Foundation: 14% of income from government
  • Camp Barnes Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Dfrc Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Hospice Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Pilot School Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • The Tatnall School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 Carpenter Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Carpenter Foundation Inc 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 23 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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