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Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel at a glance

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Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel

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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
279
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$750k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$7.7MScience & Tech$1.8MHealth$1.6MEducation$1.1MPhilanthropy$836kHousing & Shelter$778kRecreation & Sports$692kEnvironment$441kOther$0
02FY2025 · 279 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k160 grants · $749k
  • $10k–50k108 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $715k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$7,500
Median grant
21
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$750,000
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$115,000
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL$100,000
PHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS$75,000
THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM$75,000
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK$75,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$60,000
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC$59,750
THE JEWISH MUSEUM$55,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY$50,000
RANDALL'S ISLAND PARK ALLIANCE$39,700
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL$34,000
LEO BAECK INSTITUTE$33,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$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 (FY21–25, $357k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PRODUCER HUB: $5k → 11%ADULT CARE SERVICES: $5k → 14%NEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $20k → 16%ADULT CARE SERVICES: $5k → 14%ADULT CARE SERVICES: $5k → 14%ADULT CARE SERVICES: $5k → 14%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $5k → 11%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $20k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $20k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 17%SMALL FRIENDS ON NANTUCKET: $4k → 6%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $10k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $5k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $5k → 17%SMALL FRIENDS OF NANTUCKET: $8k → 6%SMALL FRIENDS OF NANTUCKET: $5k → 6%SMALL FRIENDS OF NANTUCKET: $4k → 6%SMALL FRIENDS ON NANTUCKET: $3k → 6%PUERTO RICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE: $1k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $5k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $5k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $4k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $3k → 17%SPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $10k → 17%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 17%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 17%SPENCE CHAPIN: $10k → 17%SPENCE CHAPIN: $10k → 17%SPENCE CHAPIN: $10k → 17%SPENCE CHAPIN: $10k → 17%DOROT: $10k → 17%DOROT: $8k → 17%DOROT: $8k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%DOROT: $8k → 17%DOROT: $5k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $8k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $8k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $5k → 17%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

AK
ME
VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 311 repeat orgs$812k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

311 repeat relationships: 243 still active in FY2025, 68 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

311
101

Total granted

$15M
$497k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & 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

  • TP
    The Pierpont Morgan Library
    6× · 2020–2025 · $695k · revenue +79%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $415k · revenue +19%
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $330k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -14%
  • GE
    George Eastman Museum (was George Eastman House)
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • F
    FOCUS
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
2
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
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
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
9
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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10
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
11
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of Manhattan; the most unlike its peers is The Neue Galerie New York. 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

298 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. 298 of the 449 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
292/298
Grantees still filing
208/298
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVARD UNIVERSITY (FRIENDS OF THE JUDAICA COLLECTION): $1,404,500 · OtherHARVARD UNIVERSITY (FRIENDS OF THE JUDAICA COLL…PHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $329,000 · Other+94 more: $4,875,850 · Other+94 moreMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $655,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW Y…THE JEWISH MUSEUM: $305,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $275,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTMuseum of Modern Art: $185,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $135,000 · Arts & Culture+50 more: $2,216,260 · Arts & Culture+50 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,625,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows o…The Pierpont Morgan Library: $695,000 · EducationThe Pierpont Morgan Lib…SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $330,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY+14 more: $628,000 · Education+14 moreThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $280,600 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $151,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $57,500 · HealthTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $56,000 · HealthAMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 · HealthBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $40,000 · HealthTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · HealthSAIL TO PREVAIL: $30,000 · HealthPROJECT RENEWAL INC: $30,000 · Health+4 more: $102,500 · HealthUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $415,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $47,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyRAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $26,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $100,000 · Human ServicesSPENCE-CHAPIN SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $50,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesNEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesSMALL FRIENDS ON NANTUCKET INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $139,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $58,500 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson Inc: $47,500 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC: $35,500 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $22,000 · Environment
Other$6,609,350Arts & Culture$3,771,760Education$3,278,000Health$838,100Philanthropy$529,000Human Services$387,500Environment$377,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,625,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $695,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $655,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $415,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $330,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $329,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $305,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $280,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $185,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRANDALL'S ISLAND PARK ALLIANCE INC: $164,700 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $158,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $151,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC: $139,750 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $139,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $100,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $87,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $82,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $79,660 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $78,950 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET ATHENEUM INC: $71,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $67,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $67,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE & ART: $66,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $62,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $58,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC: $58,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $56,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RANDALL'S ISLAND PARK ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC ART FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STORM KING ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗

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.

Charina Endowment Fun…The New York Communit…The Hyde and Watson F…Lily Auchincloss Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Pinkerton FoundationJewish Communal FundAltman FoundationCommunity Foundation …May and Samuel Rudin …The Jm Kaplan Fund IncThe Ford Foundation
Charina Endowment Fund IncNY61.3× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charina Endowment Fund Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Pinkerton Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Altman Foundation · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · The Ford 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 Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • A Safe Place Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Museum of African American History Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • New England Life Flight Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Community Music Center: 1% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
  • Artists Association of Nantucket Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
72report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel?

Find your warmest path to Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel 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 449 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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