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Couchman Family Fund at a glance

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Couchman Family Fund

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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$19kEducation$13kInternational$8kHealth$4kAnimals$3kFood & Nutrition$2kEnvironment$1kCrime & Legal$955Other$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$106k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$10,000
Bank Street College of Education$2,500
Page 73$1,000
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons$500
Young Peoples Chorus$500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$360
ASPCA$300
Riverside Park Conservancy$250
Pasadena Humane$250
Covenant House$250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%Covenant House: $250 → 17%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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13k · 4 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
11

Total granted

$13k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

100%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationInternationalEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • RAZOM INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue -65%
  • AG
    AMERICA GIVES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue -25%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    2× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • VH
    VHC Health Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • BB
    Brighter Bites
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -73%
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
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
5
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
6
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
9
Nassau County Spca Inc

The nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3) organized to protect animals from abuse and neglect.(see schedule o)the nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3)…

Animals
10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
12
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Venture Fund; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
5/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW VENTURE FUND: $16,716 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDAmazon Watch Inc: $1,273 · EnvironmentAmazon Watch Inc+1 more: $450 · EnvironmentETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON …BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $2,500 · EducationBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDU…RAZOM INC: $7,881 · InternationalRAZOM INCH2O FOR LIFE: $300 · InternationalVHC Health Foundation: $2,000 · OtherVHC Health Found…Brighter Bites: $1,592 · OtherBrighter BitesPage 73: $1,000 · OtherPage 73American Civil Liberties Union: $637 · OtherAmerican Civil L…Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $360 · OtherIN OUR HANDS RESCUE INC: $318 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $955 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE IN…THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $500 · OtherTHE YOUNG PEOPLE…+2 more: $500 · Other+2 moreAMERICA GIVES INC: $2,740 · PhilanthropyTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,733 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $500 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $250 · AnimalsXERCES SOCIETY INC: $200 · AnimalsVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - SAN FRANCISCO: $1,591 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $246 · Health
Environment$18,439Education$12,500International$8,181Other$7,862Philanthropy$2,740Animals$2,683Health$1,837

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $16,716 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $7,881 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $2,740 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,733 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - SAN FRANCISCO: $1,591 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $1,273 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $955 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $246 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Couchman Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Couchman Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 24 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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