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Cares of Ny Inc

To collaborate with and support our communities towards the creation of systems that end and prevent homelessness.

$4.3M
Granted FY2019
18
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What you fund
0162% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172019.

Housing & Shelter$1.2MHealth$796kHuman Services$651kCrime & Legal$64kOther$1.7M
02FY2019 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $4,034,882 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,314,646 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $279,764 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $44k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
$146,984
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITY$1,195,227
HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC$507,869
EQUINOX INC$400,217
INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS$322,299
ALBANY HOUSING COALITION$257,445
UNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC$172,327
AIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC$158,248
ST PETER'S ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER$152,635
HOPE HOUSE INC$146,984
SUPPORT MINISTRIES INC$139,890
MOHAWK OPPORTUNITIES INC$114,274
SUPPORT MINISTRIES INC$113,091
THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC$91,401
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC$63,885
CAPITAL AREA PEER SERVICES$52,207
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 (FY19–19, $651k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $91k → 14%HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $508k → 14%CAPITAL AREA PEER SERVICES: $52k → 14%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.

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.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 42% of Cares of Ny Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in NY; read by stated purpose it is 13% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Cares of Ny Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 77% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your 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
Transitional Services of New York Inc

The agency operates community residences and supported housing programs and provides other outpatient, vocational rehabilitation & clinical services to individuals with mental illness.

Human Services
2
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services

To provide short term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital…

Human Services
3
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
4
Housing Options Made Easy

We support people with mental health concerns to improve wellness and live independently with dignity, in the community of their choice, through peer-driven services.

Health
5
Bethany Place

To provide counseling and services for persons with hiv/aids

Human Services
6
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources Inc

To assist societys most disenfranchised; the elderly, seriously mentally ill adults, the homeless, people living with AIDS and the physically challenged by promoting, fostering and providing the highest quality of housing and services in a…

Health
7
Apropos Housing Opportunities and Mgmt Enterprises Inc

A-home is a not-for-profit organization that strengthens northern westchester neighborhoods by providing residents a safe and affordable place to live.

Housing & Shelter
8
Mental Health Association in Essex County Inc

The mental health association in essex county advocates and assists adults with emotional or psychiatric challenges on their road to recovery, dignity and independence-encourage, empower & overcome.

9
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

10
Hospitality House Tc Inc

To provide person-centered recovery programs and compassionate care in a home-like environment.

11
Seneca County Council On Homelessness Inc

Homeless shelter

Human Services
12
Acmh Inc

Acmh is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable new yorkers.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aids Council of Northeastern New York and the most unlike its peers is Mental Health Association in New York State Inc (Mhanys). 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 backsteadyLabor Union LocalsPerforming Arts CentersEarly Childhood Care and Fa…Disability & Mental Health …Educational Institutions
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 43 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr19%17%20–35yr13%52%35–55yr19%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr19%16%20–35yr13%51%35–55yr19%33%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
8%
695/8,240

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.

05the grantee network

30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITY — $1,195,227 · OtherALBANY HOUSING AUTHORITYUNITY HOUSE OF TROY — $118,336 · OtherUNITY HOUSE OF TROYIndividual grant recipient — $105,867 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSUPPORT MINISTRIES — $101,591 · OtherSUPPORT MINISTRIESAIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK — $99,641 · OtherAIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK+2 more — $95,765 · Other+2 moreEQUINOX INC — $400,217 · Housing & ShelterEQUINOX INCINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $322,299 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE …ALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC — $257,445 · Housing & ShelterALBANY HOUSING COALITION INCSUPPORT MINISTRIES INC — $252,981 · Housing & ShelterSUPPORT MINISTRIES INCUNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC — $172,327 · HealthUNITY HOUSE OF TROY …AIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK — $158,248 · HealthAIDS COUNCIL OF NORT…ST PETER'S HOSPITAL — $152,635 · HealthST PETER'S HOSPITALHOPE HOUSE INC — $146,984 · HealthHOPE HOUSE INCMOHAWK OPPORTUNITIES INC — $114,274 · HealthMOHAWK OPPORTUNITIES…REHABILITATION SUPPORT SERVICES INC — $51,118 · HealthREHABILITATION SUPPO…HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC — $507,869 · Human ServicesHOMELESS AND TRA…THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC — $91,401 · Human ServicesTHE ALBANY DAMIE…CAPITAL AREA PEER SERVICES INC — $52,207 · Human ServicesCAPITAL AREA PEE…THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $63,885 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,716,427Housing & Shelter$1,232,942Health$795,586Human Services$651,477Crime & Legal$63,885

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC — $507,869 over 7y, 18% of budgetEQUINOX INC — $400,217 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $322,299 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC — $257,445 over 7y, 15% of budgetSUPPORT MINISTRIES INC — $252,981 over 7y, 28% of budgetUNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC — $172,327 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK — $158,248 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetST PETER'S HOSPITAL — $152,635 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC — $146,984 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetMOHAWK OPPORTUNITIES INC — $114,274 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC — $91,401 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $63,885 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCAPITAL AREA PEER SERVICES INC — $52,207 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $52,096 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetREHABILITATION SUPPORT SERVICES INC — $51,118 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS ACTION COMMITTEE — $43,669 over 7y, 13% 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.

  • Who funds HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC
  • Who funds EQUINOX INC
  • Who funds INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC
  • Who funds ALBANY HOUSING COALITION INC
  • Who funds SUPPORT MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds UNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC
  • Who funds AIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  • Who funds ST PETER'S HOSPITAL
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE INC
  • Who funds MOHAWK OPPORTUNITIES INC
  • Who funds THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC
  • Who funds THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA PEER SERVICES INC
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds REHABILITATION SUPPORT SERVICES INC
  • Who funds HOMELESS ACTION COMMITTEE

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.

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY41.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Gideon Lodge #140 B'Nai B'Rith Housing Foundation Inc · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Review Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Frederick McDonald Tr Ua · The Broadview Cares 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 Cares of Ny Inc 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Cares of Ny Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cares of Ny Inc 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 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $12M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2019, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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