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City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc at a glance

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City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc

The mission of the city federation of women's organizations is to support women and girls and to act as a catalyst for the improvement of the lives of women and girls in tompkins county, thus making a contribution to the community as a whole.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$95kEducation$77kCivil Rights$42kHealth$36kYouth Development$33kEnvironment$30kEmployment$27kScience & Tech$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOAVES & FISHES OF TOMPKINS COUNTY$15,000
ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE$10,000
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER$7,500
FREE SCIENCE WORKSHOP$6,500
ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES$6,000
WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTER$6,000
FAMILY READING PARTNERSHIP$5,000
THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION$5,000
CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$4,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
WEST VILLAGENO MAS LAGRIMAS$1,000
VARNA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$1,000
TOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS CENTER$1,000
VILLAGE AT ITHACA$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $16k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $10k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $6k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $5k → 16%ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $5k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $5k → 16%FINGER LAKES TOY LIBRARY: $5k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $5k → 16%FINGER LAKES TOY LIBRARY: $5k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $5k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $5k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $5k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $4k → 16%FINGER LAKES TOY LIBRARY: $4k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $3k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $1k → 16%VILLAGE OF ITHACA: $1k → 16%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$380k · 23 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
17

Total granted

$380k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 ServicesEducationEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +58%
  • IH
    ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +39%
  • TV
    THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +236%

Funded once

  • TC
    TOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -34%
  • RT
    RUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE
    one grant, 2024 · $9k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
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.

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Tompkins Community Action Inc

Tompkins community action, inc. (tcaction) "believes an active community can produce powerful change". located in upstate new york's finger lakes region, tcaction has served the community for over 55 years, implementing programs that…

Education
2
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc

The History Center in Tompkins County, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to…

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3
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster sustainable economic growth through service to our members, strategic advocacy, workforce development, destination marketing, and quality of life investments. Our vision is an inclusive…

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4
Tompkins County Spca

The mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. We are a no-kill shelter dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. We promote responsible pet stewardship by providing education, counseling and…

Animals
5
Go Ithaca

Provide transportation benefits, discounts and resources to developers, employers and individuals communting to and from Tompkins County to support people in commuting and getting around town in a reliable, sustainable and healthly way.

Community Improvement
6
Workers' Center of Central New York Inc

Grassroots Organization focused on workplace and economic justice. Through policy advocacy, leadership development, organizing, and popular education, they support and empower low-wage workers from all backgrounds to combat workplace…

Human Services
7
Ithaka Land Inc

Our mission is to help people escape the cycle of poverty and homelessness, secure stable long-term housing, and achieve a self-directed vision for their lives. We achieve this mission by providing affordable, transitional housing combined…

Environment
8
Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Inc

To strengthen the arts in Tompkins County by supporting artists and arts groups, ensuring equitable access to the arts, and cultivating a creative culture that reflects our communitys diversity.

Arts & Culture
9
Historic Ithaca Inc

To promote the value and enhancement of our historic buildings and neighborhoods in the city of ithaca and tompkins county through education, advocacy and action.

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10
Cortland County Child Development - Day Care Program Inc

To provide daycare and child development services to residents of Cortland County

Human Services
11
Suny Cortland Child Care Center Inc

The suny cortland child care center is dedicated to providing affordable child care for the children of the college's employees and students, which meets the highest nationally recognized standards. qualified staff provide an educational…

Human Services
12
Ithaca Community Recovery

Provide daily meeting space for 12 step recovery programs and related groups. we estimate between 350 and 400 people use the facility daily in their pursuit of recovery from addiction to alcohol and other dangerous drug

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ithaca Welcomes Refugees 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $39,000 · OtherCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONSouthside Community Center Inc: $17,500 · OtherSouthside Community Center IncIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOFFENDER AID AND RESTORATION: $10,000 · OtherRUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE: $9,000 · OtherTOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $8,050 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherTHE LEARNING WEB INC: $10,500 · OtherLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $15,000 · OtherLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County IncTOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherTOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION…SECOND WIND COTTAGES INC: $8,000 · Other+15 more: $51,130 · Other+15 moreTHE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE AT ITHACA…ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $30,120 · Human ServicesITHACA WELCOMES REFUG…FINGER LAKES TOY LIBRARY INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesFINGER LAKES TOY LIBR…GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREATER ITHACA ACTIVI…ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesITHACA COMMUNITY CHIL…THE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $29,000 · EducationTHE CHILD DEVELOPM…FREE SCIENCE INC: $26,500 · EducationFREE SCIENCE INCTOMPKINS LEARNING PARTNERS INC: $16,110 · EducationTOMPKINS LEARNING …FAMILY READING PARTNERSHIP: $7,000 · EducationFAMILY READING PAR…ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthIthaca Childrens Garden Inc: $15,328 · EnvironmentFINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $14,840 · EnvironmentDISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC: $25,870 · EmploymentSOCIAL VENTURES INC CO JEFF FURMAN: $2,525 · EmploymentTOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS CENTER INC: $1,000 · EmploymentUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $10,729 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$201,680Human Services$93,120Education$78,610Health$36,000Environment$30,168Employment$29,395Philanthropy$20,729

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $39,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTHE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $31,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $30,120 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTHE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $29,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFREE SCIENCE INC: $26,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetDISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC: $25,870 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSouthside Community Center Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTOMPKINS LEARNING PARTNERS INC: $16,110 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetIthaca Childrens Garden Inc: $15,328 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $14,840 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFINGER LAKES TOY LIBRARY INC: $13,500 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $10,729 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LEARNING WEB INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND WIND COTTAGES INC: $8,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFAMILY READING PARTNERSHIP: $7,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetKHUBA INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetITHACA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE COMPANY LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURES INC CO JEFF FURMAN: $2,525 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVARNA COMMUNITY ASSOC: $1,880 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOMPKINS COUNTY WORKERS CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Community Foundation …Legacy Foundation of …Park Foundation IncUnited Way of Tompkin…Social Service League…Tompkins Charitable G…Triad Foundation IncJM McDonald Foundatio…Foundation for Jewish…Norathco FoundationThe Tsb Foundation IncBen & Jerry's Foundat…
Community Foundation of Tompkins County IncNY57.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Park Foundation Inc · United Way of Tompkins County Inc · Social Service League of Ithaca Inc · Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc · Triad Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Norathco Foundation · The Tsb Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's 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 City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report 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.

    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 45 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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