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Daedalus Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$215k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
71%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$13,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$32,500
Organizations funded a year
14 to 34
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Daedalus Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationInternationalCivil RightsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$215k8%
FY202314$186k71%
FY202216$218k56%
FY202124$281k58%
FY202034$269k74%
FY201919$256k47%
FY201825$297k64%
FY201715$191kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$397kHuman Services$330kInternational$309kCivil Rights$247kEnvironment$123kCrime & Legal$106kHealth$95kPublic Benefit$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Daedalus Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Association to Benefit Children$90,00020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$85,00070%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$80,00080%
Bennington College Corporation$70,00060%
Democracy Prep Public Schools$65,00010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$50,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$48,50030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$46,50030%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$35,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$35,00030%
All Our Kin Inc$33,00010%
Prep for Prep$33,00010%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$33,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$32,50010%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$32,50010%
Anti-Defamation League$32,50010%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$30,00011%
Save The Children Federation Inc$30,00050%
Nontraditional Employment for Women$28,00011%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$25,00010%
No One Left Behind$24,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$21,00030%
The Children's Aid Society$21,00030%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$20,00020%
American Nurses Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$20,00010%
Dallas Hope Charities$20,00032%
California Fire Foundation$20,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$19,00020%
Midwest Access Coalition$17,50011%
Access Reproductive Care - Southeast$17,50010%
Part of the Solution$14,00020%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$14,00010%
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc$14,00020%
Achievement First Inc$13,00020%
Hope for Haiti Inc$10,00010%
Neighbors Together Corporation$10,00011%
International Medical Corps$10,00010%
Alight$10,00010%
People's Theatre Project Inc$10,00011%
Joyj Initiative$10,00011%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$9,00020%
Women for Women International$9,00010%
Al Otro Lado$9,00020%
Mama Baby International$9,00021%
American Indian College Fund$9,00020%
Brac USA Inc$6,00010%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$5,00010%
Red Hook Initiative$5,00010%
Catalyst California$5,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$5,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$5,00010%
Evidence Action$5,00010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$5,00010%
Path$5,00010%
Urban Justice Center$5,00010%
Grassroots International Inc$4,00010%
Agrarian Land Trust$4,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$4,00010%
Borealis Philanthropy$4,00010%
Circle of Health International$4,00012%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$4,00010%
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc$4,0001n/a
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc$2,50010%
Black Family Land Trust Inc$2,0001n/a
Truly Living Well Ctr for Natural Urban$2,00010%
Farms to Grow Inc$2,00011%
Federation of Southern Cooperatives$2,00010%
Freedom for Immigrants$1,00010%
Northern Manhattan Coalition For Immigrant Rights$1,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($500k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Daedalus Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssociation to Benefit Children: $90,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $85,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBennington College Corporation: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Prep Public Schools: $65,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $48,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $46,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFocusing Philanthropy Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAll Our Kin Inc: $33,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPrep for Prep: $33,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $33,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnrwa USA National Committee Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $32,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNontraditional Employment for Women: $28,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Allergy Research & Education Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Nurses Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBvm Capacity Building Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Hope Charities: $20,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCalifornia Fire Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Refugee Commission Inc: $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMidwest Access Coalition: $17,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAccess Reproductive Care - Southeast: $17,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPart of the Solution: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBiscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAchievement First Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Haiti Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors Together Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlight: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople's Theatre Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJoyj Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen for Women International: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAl Otro Lado: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMama Baby International: $9,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrac USA Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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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.

Robin Hood FoundationNY23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robin Hood Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Impactassetsinc · Charity Bridge Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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How do I get to Daedalus Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Daedalus Foundation 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.

About Daedalus Foundation Inc

How much does Daedalus Foundation Inc give?
Daedalus Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Daedalus Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Human Services (17%), International (16%).
Who are Daedalus Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Association to Benefit Children ($90k), Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc ($85k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($80k).
Does Daedalus Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Daedalus Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Daedalus Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robin Hood Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation.
Where is Daedalus Foundation Inc based?
Daedalus Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 100 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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