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Cherry Family 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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$219kEducation$139kHealth$76kRecreation & Sports$57kPhilanthropy$47kHuman Services$29kFood & Nutrition$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$777k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter$35,000
Neighborhood Connections Inc$11,500
Individual grant recipient$7,000
Weston Playhouse Theatre Co$4,400
Vermont Foodbank$3,000
Aurora Womens & Girls Foundation$2,500
Thin Line Peer Support Team Inc$1,000
Brittany Rescue In Texas Inc$1,000
Hundred Club of Connecticut Inc$1,000
Reeno Foundation Company$1,000
Manchester Community Library$750
South Londonderry Library Association Inc$500
The Collaborative$500
Windham Community Organization$500
West River Community Project Company$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Tutwiler Community Education Center: $2k → 31%Ray of Light Farm: $1k → 7%Ray of Light Farm Inc: $1k → 7%The Collaborative: $500 → 11%The Collaborative: $250 → 11%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

VT
NH
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
KY
MD
DC
MS
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$580k · 28 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
26

Total granted

$580k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+3%

Still filing today

54%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NC
    NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $63k · revenue +95%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +242%
  • BR
    BRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $24k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +137%
  • SL
    SIMPLY LIVE AND LOVE FULLY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • DS
    DCAS Special Funds Medical Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
2
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
3
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
4
Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Inc

The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…

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5
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
6
Vermont Humanities Council

Using the humanities, we connect with people across vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities, and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.

—
7
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
8
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
9
Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc

Connecticut Land Conservation Council, Inc.s mission is to elevate and strengthen land conservation in Connecticut.

Environment
10
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Inc

We encourage Connecticut residents to participate in government and their communities and we conduct public interest lobbying to advocate for consumer and environmental concerns.

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11
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
12
Kent Land Trust Inc

To promote, for the benefit of the general public, the conservation of land and water natural resources principally in, but not limited to, the town of kent, connecticut.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; the most unlike its peers is Thin Line Peer Support Team 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 62 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dan Crosgrove Animal Shelter: $90,000 · OtherDan Crosgrove Animal ShelterWestern CT University Foundation: $75,000 · OtherWestern CT University FoundationTOWN OF BRANFORD: $45,000 · OtherTOWN OF BRANFORDSail CT Access Program Inc: $37,000 · OtherSail CT Access Program IncHartford Promise (Hartford Foundation Public Giving): $35,000 · OtherHartford Promise (Hartford Foundation Public Giving)FOR THE TALENTED SPORTS COMPANY: $17,000 · OtherFARM RIVER WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION: $15,000 · OtherSIMPLY LIVE AND LOVE FULLY INC: $15,000 · Other+34 more: $118,910 · Other+34 moreNEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS INC: $62,665 · HealthNEIGHBORHOO…+4 more: $2,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $35,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF…WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationWESTERN CO…KENT SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationKENT SCHOO…+4 more: $2,500 · EducationBRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC: $23,500 · AnimalsDESMONDS ARMY ANIMAL LAW ADVOCATES: $20,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsVERMONT FOODBANK: $22,500 · Food & NutritionTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF CONNECTICUTINC: $13,500 · Public Safety & DisasterAURORA WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,750 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$447,910Health$65,165Education$62,500Animals$48,000Food & Nutrition$22,500Public Safety & Disaster$13,500Public Benefit$11,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS INC: $62,665 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC: $23,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $22,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDESMONDS ARMY ANIMAL LAW ADVOCATES: $20,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetWESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF CONNECTICUTINC: $13,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetAURORA WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,750 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $4,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRISTOL ADULT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTutwiler Community Education Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRAY OF LIGHT FARM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHT HALL SCHOOL AND CHILDCARE CENTERINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT NURSES' ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLEC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $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.

  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds DESMONDS ARMY ANIMAL LAW ADVOCATES ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUNDRED CLUB OF CONNECTICUTINC ↗
  • Who funds AURORA WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VERMONT HEALTH AND RECREATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON LAND CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRISTOL ADULT RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Tutwiler Community Education Center ↗
  • Who funds ENERGIZE VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds RAY OF LIGHT FARM INC ↗

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.

Aetna Foundation IncFarmington Bank Commu…Liberty Bank Foundati…Fairfield County's Co…Hartford Foundation f…The Vermont Community…The Pfizer Foundation…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…
Aetna Foundation IncCT16.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Cherry Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cherry Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Bristol Adult Resource Center Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Madison Land Conservation Trust: 68% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Connections Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Weston Playhouse Theater: 0% of income from government
  • Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 62 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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