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Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc at a glance

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Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc

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.

$331k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$175k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$261kHealth$215kHuman Services$168kFood & Nutrition$121kArts & Culture$99kEnvironment$95kAnimals$79kCivil Rights$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Child Development Resources$175,000
VPM$25,000
SPECTRUM INSTITUTE FOR LOW VISION$12,500
DEGOOD FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MCV FOUNDATION DISCOVERY PROGRAM$10,000
WILLIAM & MARY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
SALVATION ARMY WILLIAMSBURG$7,500
VIRGINIA PENNISULA FOOD BANK$7,500
FISH INC$7,500
WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY$7,500
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$6,500
Literacy for Life$5,000
HERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Pioneer Center for Human Services: $4k → 6%FISH INC: $8k → 7%Pioneer Center for Human Services: $2k → 6%WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $8k → 7%Pioneer Center for Human Services: $2k → 6%Williamsburg House of Mercy: $5k → 7%Fish Inc: $5k → 7%Idaho Youth Ranch: $5k → 8%Idaho Youth Ranch: $5k → 8%Senior Connection: $13k → 7%Idaho Youth Ranch: $5k → 8%Senior Connection: $8k → 7%Senior Connection: $8k → 7%Senior Connection: $8k → 7%Idaho Youth Ranch: $5k → 8%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

ID
IL
NY
IN
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 37 repeat orgs$422k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
26

Total granted

$1.1M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+35%

Still filing today

68%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • WR
    WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +164%
  • AS
    ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +13%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • L
    LEAP
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
3
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
4
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
5
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
6
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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7
Feeding Southwest Virginia

To provide food and other related products primarily to member agencies for distribution to those in need, and also for direct distribution.

Food & Nutrition
8
Healthpoint

Healthpoint strengthens communities and improves people's health by delivering quality services, breaking down barriers and providing access to all.

Health
9
Rainier Valley Food Bank

Our mission is to nourish with good food, empower with knowledge, and serve with compassion.

Unclassified
10
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
11
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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12
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wood River Land Trust Co. 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

35 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. 35 of the 73 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Advocates: $110,000 · OtherThe AdvocatesHospice of the Wood River Valley: $70,000 · OtherHospice of the Wood River ValleyIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherVPM: $40,000 · OtherBOISE RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 · OtherSPECTRIOS INSTITUTE FOR LOW VISION: $37,500 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $35,000 · Other+45 more: $425,150 · Other+45 moreChild Development Resources: $175,000 · EducationChild Development …THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $47,500 · EducationTHE CHILDRENS SCHO…MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $10,000 · EducationIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $42,500 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $12,500 · Food & NutritionCRYSTAL LAKE FOOD PANTRY INC: $8,000 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $35,000 · Human ServicesIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFISH INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesWILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $12,500 · Human ServicesPioneer Center for Human Services: $8,000 · Human ServicesWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $85,000 · EnvironmentANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $65,000 · AnimalsHERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DEGOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$862,650Education$242,500Food & Nutrition$93,000Human Services$88,000Environment$85,000Animals$76,000Youth Development$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChild Development Resources: $175,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $85,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $65,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $55,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $47,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRIOS INSTITUTE FOR LOW VISION: $37,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CRISIS HOTLINE INC: $16,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFISH INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRYSTAL LAKE FOOD PANTRY INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPioneer Center for Human Services: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAUE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFARWISE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRITA WELSH ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOOD RIVER WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOMES FUR HOUNDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 Child Development Resources ↗
  • Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRIOS INSTITUTE FOR LOW VISION ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CRISIS HOTLINE INC ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FISH INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DEGOOD FOUNDATION ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Greater Williamsburg …Peninsula Community F…Idaho Community Found…Dominion Energy Chari…The Ronald West Famil…Maneval Reister Conar…The Robert McEldowney…Boswell Family Founda…Spur Community Founda…Helios FoundationLangley for Families …St Luke's Health Syst…
Greater Williamsburg Community TrustVA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Williamsburg Community Trust · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Ronald West Family Foundation · Maneval Reister Conard Family Foundation · The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation · Boswell Family Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Helios Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · St Luke's Health System Ltd

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 Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc. 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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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 73 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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