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Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc

We bring people and resources together to build a more equitable tompkins county by inspiring diverse philanthropy, catalyzing collaborations and championing inclusion and justice.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
115
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$145k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$2.8MHuman Services$2.2MHealth$1.8MArts & Culture$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.7MEnvironment$1.4MInternational$1.1MReligion$938kOther$0
02FY2025 · 115 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 115 grants below total $2,101,698, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,283,058 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,181,360 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k46 grants · $336k
  • $10k–50k62 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $639k
$11,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASCADILLA BOAT CLUB$145,272
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF ITHACA$120,250
GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC)$104,767
FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$94,710
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK$66,788
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER$57,320
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF DURANGO DBA SUMMIT CHURCH$50,000
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY$47,000
THREEFOLD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION-DBA EURYTHMY SPRING VALLEY$39,500
US-RILM OFFICE$36,557
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION$35,450
VILLAGE AT ITHACA$33,000
THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN TOMPKINS COUNTY$32,979
UNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY$32,790
HOSPICARE & PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES OF TC$32,750
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, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS - SOUTHERN TIER CHAPTER: $137k → 20%RUDOLF STEINER FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION (DBA FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY): $10k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $131k → 20%CAROLINE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM: $10k → 16%CAROLINE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM INC: $10k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC): $194k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC): $178k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC): $133k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC): $109k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER (GIAC): $105k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $99k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $71k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $45k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $42k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $40k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $35k → 16%VILLIAGE OF ITHACA: $35k → 16%ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $35k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $34k → 16%VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $33k → 16%VILLIAGE OF ITHACA: $30k → 16%DOWNTOWN ITHACA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $26k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $24k → 16%LOVE LIVING AT HOME: $23k → 16%VILLIAGE OF ITHACA: $22k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $20k → 16%DOWNTOWN ITHACA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $19k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $19k → 16%DOWNTOWN ITHACA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $19k → 16%ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $18k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $17k → 16%CODDINGTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15k → 16%KENDAL AT ITHACA: $15k → 16%KENDAL AT ITHACA: $15k → 16%KENDAL AT ITHACA: $15k → 16%BLACK MOMBA FISCAL SPONSOR VILLAGE AT ITHACA: $12k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $12k → 16%TRADITIONAL CENTER FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALING A PROJECT OF THE V: $11k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $11k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $11k → 16%ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $10k → 16%CODDINGTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 16%DOWNTOWN ITHACA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%LONGVIEW: $10k → 16%TRADITIONAL CENTER FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALING FISCAL SPONSOR VI: $10k → 16%KENDAL AT ITHACA: $10k → 16%DOULA ACCESS INITIATIVE: $9k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
MS
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 136 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

136 repeat relationships: 95 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

136
100

Total granted

$15M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

88%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • GI
    GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $930k · revenue +142%
  • GO
    GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $538k · revenue +26% · 60% of their budget
  • CF
    CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $521k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $135k · revenue 0%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $132k · revenue +8%
  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $132k · revenue 0%
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
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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2
Catskill Public Library

A public library with locations in catskill and palenville, new york providing reference materials and various on-line services.

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3
New City Free Library

To provide free public library services

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4
Gardiner Library Board of Trustees

The Gardiner Library Board of Trustees operates the public library that serves the Town of Gardiner and the surrounding areas of New York State.

Education
5
Lyons Public Library

Provide library materials and services to residents of lyons, ny and the surrounding area.

Education
6
Utica Public Library

With over a century of service to the greater utica area, the library remains dedicated to providing information and learning experiences throughout our diverse community.

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7
New Hartford Public Library

To provide educational and recreational medium to residents of the Town of New Hartford and the Mid-York Library region.

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8
Four County Library System

Cooperative library system

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9
Central Ny Library Resource Council

To empower its members by providing support, programs, and advocacy, resulting in stronger libraries and communities within the region.

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10
Rochester Public Library

To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.

Education
11
Adirondack North Country Association Inc

Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties

Food & Nutrition
12
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
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 Ladies' Unio N Benevolent Society. 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

213 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. 213 of the 251 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/213
Grantees still filing
127/213
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY: $660,836 · OtherFIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETYTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $546,073 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN …CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $520,874 · OtherCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONSouthside Community Center Inc: $456,551 · OtherSouthside Community Center IncITHACA YOUTH BUREAU: $282,033 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER: $281,858 · OtherHOSPICARE & PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $278,401 · OtherNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $269,689 · OtherITHACA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $379,256 · Other+79 more: $4,280,279 · Other+79 moreCORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $617,425 · EducationCORNELL UNIVERSITY …GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC: $538,130 · EducationGOLDEN OPPORTUNITY …TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $317,171 · EducationTOMPKINS COUNTY PUB…GROTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $140,496 · EducationTHREEFOLD EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SCHOOL: $112,500 · Education+29 more: $1,490,324 · Education+29 moreGREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $929,718 · Human ServicesGREATER ITHAC…THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $308,806 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE A…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $307,616 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $111,829 · Human ServicesTHE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $101,769 · Human Services+12 more: $445,019 · Human Services+12 moreREPERTOIRE INTERNATIONAL DE LITTERATURE MUSICALE INC: $295,830 · Arts & CultureSTATE THEATRE OF ITHACA INC: $238,919 · Arts & CultureSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $134,305 · Arts & CultureRUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE COMPANY LTD: $131,183 · Arts & CultureKitchen Theatre Company Inc: $75,925 · Arts & CultureCommunity Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Inc: $74,850 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $446,676 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135,093 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $131,593 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $131,593 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: $131,383 · InternationalENGENDERHEALTH INC: $131,383 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $131,383 · InternationalHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL: $131,383 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $129,554 · International+9 more: $293,460 · InternationalThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $361,136 · EnvironmentFINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $226,165 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $131,383 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $131,383 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $129,554 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY SCIENCE INSTITUTE INC: $84,772 · Environment+5 more: $168,891 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $229,337 · HealthFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC: $197,877 · HealthITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $164,655 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100,000 · HealthCAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $82,550 · HealthCancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: $73,760 · HealthDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $38,320 · Health+5 more: $84,429 · Health
Other$7,955,850Education$3,216,046Human Services$2,204,757Arts & Culture$1,397,688International$1,346,825Environment$1,233,284Health$970,928

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $929,718 over 8y, 22% of budgetCORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $617,425 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetGOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC: $538,130 over 8y, 60% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $520,874 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetSouthside Community Center Inc: $456,551 over 8y, 20% of budgetITHACA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $379,256 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $361,136 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetTOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $317,171 over 8y, 14% of budgetTHE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $308,806 over 8y, 25% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $307,616 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREPERTOIRE INTERNATIONAL DE LITTERATURE MUSICALE INC: $295,830 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHOSPICARE & PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $278,401 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $269,689 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $241,643 over 3y, 12% of budgetSTATE THEATRE OF ITHACA INC: $238,919 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $229,337 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFINGER LAKES REUSE INC: $226,165 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $205,389 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC: $197,877 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $174,990 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $164,655 over 8y, 10% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $145,541 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCascadilla Boat Club Ltd: $145,272 over 1y, 44% of budgetGROTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $140,496 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135,093 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $134,305 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $131,593 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $131,593 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $131,383 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $131,383 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: $131,383 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $131,383 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetENGENDERHEALTH INC: $131,383 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $131,383 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL: $131,383 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRUNNING TO PLACES THEATRE COMPANY LTD: $131,183 over 7y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $129,554 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $129,554 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLENGE INDUSTRIES INC: $120,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES ALTERNATIVES AND RESOURCES OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $116,838 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTHREEFOLD EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SCHOOL: $112,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $111,829 over 7y, 10% of budgetFAMILY READING PARTNERSHIP: $106,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetSENECA FALLS LIBRARY: $104,647 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetSEYMOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT: $103,948 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $101,769 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $100,650 over 5y, 2.4% 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 GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Southside Community Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds REPERTOIRE INTERNATIONAL DE LITTERATURE MUSICALE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICARE & PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds STATE THEATRE OF ITHACA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FINGER LAKES REUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC ↗
  • Who funds Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds Cascadilla Boat Club Ltd ↗
  • Who funds GROTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds ENGENDERHEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL ↗

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.

Legacy Foundation of …Park Foundation IncUnited Way of Tompkin…Tompkins Charitable G…Triad Foundation IncJM McDonald Foundatio…City Federation of Wo…Norathco FoundationSocial Service League…Finger Lakes Library …Foundation for Jewish…Brooks Family Foundat…
Legacy Foundation of Tompkins CountyNY161.8× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
74report 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 251 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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home