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Charter Oak Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Youth Development$141kHuman Services$123kHealth$89kEducation$79kFood & Nutrition$52kHousing & Shelter$48kCommunity Improvement$28kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT INC GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY$10,000
YOUTH OUTLOOK$10,000
SG UNITED FOUNDATION$10,000
QUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE$10,000
READ TO ACHIEVE$5,000
TRINITY ACADEMY OF HARTFORD$5,000
VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER$5,000
YOUR MOVE MKE$5,000
ABC HOUSE INC$5,000
WINNING WAYS INC$5,000
ERINS ANGELS OF CNY INC$5,000
COMPASS FOR KIDS INC$5,000
MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM INC$5,000
FAMILY MATTERS INC$5,000
HEAVENWARD FARM HORSEMANSHIP INC$5,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $133k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IRREDUCIBLE GRACE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%WITH HOPE: $5k → 14%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 10%ABC HOUSE INC: $5k → 13%MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE: $6k → 14%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 10%YOUR MOVE MKE: $5k → 17%SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 10%YOUR MOVE MKE: $5k → 17%HEART WOMEN & GIRLS: $5k → 14%HELPING OTHERS PREPARE FOR ETERNITY: $5k → 10%THE SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $5k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $5k → 14%HANDS FOR HOPE: $5k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $7k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 14%THE NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 11%THE NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 11%THE NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 11%THE NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 11%THE NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 11%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.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CT
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
TX
FL

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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$435k · 28 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
37

Total granted

$435k
$178k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+13%

Still filing today

82%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIVES REDEEMED
    4× · 2018–2021 · $27k · revenue +836%
  • IF
    Innovators for Purpose Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +756%
  • HM
    HEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LUCY PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +256%
  • MI
    MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +186%
  • LU
    LOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +10%

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
Association House of Chicago

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…

Human Services
2
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
3
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
4
Homeless Childrens Network

To provide direct mental health services, psychotherapy, and counseling to homeless families in San Francisco, CA and in particular to children of such families, to provide referral services for such families and their children to other…

Human Services
5
Teen Hype

Teen H.Y.P.E. (Helping Youth by Providing Education), empowers urban youth to thrive while strengthening their communities.

Youth Development
6
Hope for Youth Inc

HYPE empowers historically underrepresented and underserved middle and high school students with technology skills and audience-centered programming to prepare them to become future leaders in tech careers. As a result, we are establishing…

Youth Development
7
The Young Women's Project

Ywp builds the leadership and power of young people so that they can transform dc institutions to expand rights and opportunities for dc youth. ywp programs engage youth on three levels - as peer educators, advocates, and employees - and…

Education
8
Los Angeles Youth Network

Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…

Human Services
9
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
10
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
11
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
12
Kids in Crisis Intervention Team

Providing a network of support and empowerment for youth ages 16-25 to break the cycle of homelessness and promote independence.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Place for Youth Inc and the most unlike its peers is A Promise to Jordan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLgbtq+ Community SupportYouth Mentoring ProgramsIndependent K-12 SchoolsDomestic Violence ServicesAddiction Recovery ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Social ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Food PantriesLocal History MuseumsYouth Development Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%31%10–20yr16%31%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%21%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%3%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 1% 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%0/66
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,499

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

62 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. 62 of the 74 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/62
Grantees still filing
39/62
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesNETWORK AGAINST DOMEST…VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOO…SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC — $17,000 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH I…SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE — $16,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WEL…YOUR MOVE MKE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUR MOVE MKE INCINTERVAL HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesINTERVAL HOUSEHEART Women & Girls — $5,000 · Human ServicesIRREDUCIBLE GRACE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesABC HOUSE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesWith Hope — $5,000 · Human ServicesHELPING OTHERS PREPARE FOR ETERNITY — $5,000 · Human ServicesMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO — $5,000 · Human ServicesHANDS FOR HOPE — $4,500 · Human ServicesLaurel House Inc dba Hope Harbor — $15,000 · OtherLaurel House Inc dba Hope HarborEAU CLAIRE AREA HMONG MUTUAL ASSISTANCE — $10,100 · OtherSENECA — $10,000 · OtherPATHWAYS TO HOPE INC — $10,000 · OtherLAUREL HOUSE INC — $10,000 · OtherTHE LUCY PROJECT INC — $7,500 · OtherFAMILY MATTERS INC — $20,000 · OtherFAMILY MATTERS INCQUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE — $10,000 · OtherKITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT INC GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY — $10,000 · OtherMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY — $7,000 · Other+22 more — $99,100 · Other+22 moreInnovators for Purpose Inc — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentInnovators for Purpos…YOUTH OUTLOOK — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH OUTLOOKSG UNITED FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentSG UNITED FOUNDATIONRANCHO CIELO INC — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentRANCHO CIELO INCALL 4 KIDZ INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentALL 4 KIDZ INCCompass for Kids Inc — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCompass for Kids IncLOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN COMPASS — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEAN Girls Empowerment — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLOBAL GIRLS INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC — $25,000 · EducationTRINITY ACAD…826CHI INC — $15,000 · Education826CHI INCLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC — $10,000 · EducationLITERACY VOL…Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for — $5,000 · EducationChicago Heig…COMMUNITY CALL — $5,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY CA…COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES — $5,000 · EducationCOLLEGE BOUN…READ TO ACHIEVE — $5,000 · EducationREAD TO ACHI…SCIENCE DELIVERED — $3,000 · Education+1 more — $2,000 · EducationYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED — $27,000 · HealthRECLAIM — $10,000 · HealthA Promise to Jordan — $10,000 · HealthHEAVENWARD FARM & HORSEMANSHIP INC — $5,000 · HealthHEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION — $25,000 · Food & NutritionALMA BACKYARD FARM — $10,000 · Food & NutritionERINS ANGELS OF CNY INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE — $15,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICA ON TRACK — $10,000 · Crime & LegalADVOT — $6,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$132,500Other$208,700Youth Development$126,000Education$75,000Health$52,000Food & Nutrition$40,000Crime & Legal$31,000

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 budgetYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED — $27,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetInnovators for Purpose Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetHEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION — $25,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH OUTLOOK — $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC — $25,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetNETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY MATTERS INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSG UNITED FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSOCIAL & EMOTIONAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE — $16,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetRANCHO CIELO INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLaurel House Inc dba Hope Harbor — $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budget826CHI INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE — $15,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetQUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICA ON TRACK — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALMA BACKYARD FARM — $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetA Promise to Jordan — $10,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetKITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT INC GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALL 4 KIDZ INC — $10,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetYOUR MOVE MKE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCompass for Kids Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LUCY PROJECT INC — $7,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY — $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE — $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOT — $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAPNA GHAR INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART Women & Girls — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNehemiah Group dba Chicago Eco House — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN COMPASS — $5,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetGREATER HARTFORD CONSORTIUM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIRREDUCIBLE GRACE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWINNING WAYS — $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHEAVENWARD FARM & HORSEMANSHIP INC — $5,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetABC HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL GIRLS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHICAGO ABORTION FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING OTHERS PREPARE FOR ETERNITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHartford Catholic Worker Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHANDS FOR HOPE — $4,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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.

Chicago Foundation for WomenIL17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chicago Foundation for Women · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Orange County Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · O L Halsell Foundation · In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Tides Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc

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 Charter Oak Foundation 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 · 80%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 25%
  • Laurel House Inc68% of income from government
  • Abc House Inc25% of income from government
  • Healing Meals Foundation Corporation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Charter Oak Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Charter Oak 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 74 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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