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De French Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$260k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$356kPhilanthropy$150kArts & Culture$97kFood & Nutrition$84kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kHuman Services$72kRecreation & Sports$50kHealth$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $112k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $148k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY$30,000
CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$30,000
LE MOYNE COLLEGE$20,000
SCHWEINFURTH MUSEUM ART CENTER$15,000
STS PETER & JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH$13,000
THE AUBURN YMCA - WEIU$10,000
CALVARY FOOD PANTRY CNY$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
UNION SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT$10,000
AUBURN SPORTS BOOSTERS$7,500
MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL$6,000
AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$6,000
AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER$5,850
UNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY$5,000
FAATZ - CROFUT HOME FOR THE ELDERLY$5,000
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 (FY22–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 14%MOZAIC: $3k → 4%CAYUGA-SYRACUSE PRESBYTERY HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $10k → 13%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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$916k · 36 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
20

Total granted

$916k
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+15%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LM
    Le Moyne College
    4× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +4%
  • KF
    King Ferry Food Pantry Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +58%
  • MF
    MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $21k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • SM
    SCHWEINFORTH MUSEUM ART CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • UH
    UNITY HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca

Cayuga medical center will remain the region's leading hospital, healthcare provider, and most trusted driver of integrated health services, together with valued partners. we empower our people and employ our capabilities to equitably…

Health
2
Cayuga Medical Associates Pc

Cayuga Medical Associates, as a member of Cayuga Health System, will remain the region's leading healthcare system, and most trusted driver of integrated health services, together with valued partners. We empower our people and employ our…

Health
3
Canandaigua Cemetery Association

Woodlawn cemetery serves the community as an eternal resting place; commemorating the lives of those interred; conserving, restoring and sustaining the physical attributes, horticultural aspects, buildings and infrastructure of the…

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4
Oswego Health Inc

The mission of Oswego Health, Inc. is to provide accessible quality care and improve the health of residents in our community.

Health
5
Seymour Public Library District

Connect. engage. inspire. seymour library inspires a love of reading, learning, and discovery through individual growth and community connections in an engaging and welcoming environment.

Education
6
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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7
Cayuga County Homsite Development Corporation

To help the underpriviledged by providing counseling, job training, rental assistance and housing rehabilitation services to qualified residents

Housing & Shelter
8
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
9
Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership

To transform cuyahoga county into a model of health and wellness by connecting individuals to access to care

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10
Discover Cayuga Lake Inc

Engage students, community members, and visitors in learning about the ecology and history of Cayuga Lake and its watershed and to inspire people to maintain these healthy environments for future generations.

Environment
11
Craftsbury Community Care Center

Residential care home for elderly and handicapped.

Human Services
12
Mid-York Senior Homes Inc

Mid-york senior homes is a 72 unit housing complex that provides affordable housing to senior citizens.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cayuga County Community Health Network Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mozaic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 23. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%2%<5yr11%0%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr19%37%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr22%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%0%<5yr11%0%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr19%28%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr22%39%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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%0/44
the rest of the field
8%
237/2,956

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.

04the grantee network

40 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
19/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CAYUGA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $110,000 · OtherTHE CAYUGA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN RED CROSS — $40,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSTHE AUBURN YMCA - WEIU — $30,000 · OtherSEYMOUR LIBRARY — $30,000 · OtherSCHWEINFURTH MUSEUM ART CENTER — $30,000 · OtherCAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $25,000 · OtherSTS PETER & JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $23,000 · OtherUNION SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT — $20,000 · Other+33 more — $271,816 · Other+33 moreLe Moyne College — $80,000 · EducationLe Moyne CollegeAUBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · EducationAUBURN EDUCATION FOU…MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED — $23,000 · EducationMERCYWORKSINCORPORAT…BEREA COLLEGE — $17,500 · EducationBEREA COLLEGEPEACHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — $12,000 · EducationPEACHTOWN ELEMENTARY…LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CAYUGA CO INC — $9,500 · EducationTYBURN ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE INC — $9,325 · EducationAUBURN SPORTS BOOSTERS INC — $7,700 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC — $120,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF C…ABC CAYUGA INC — $30,000 · PhilanthropyABC CAYUGA INCCALVARY FOOD PANTRY CNY — $42,000 · Food & NutritionKing Ferry Food Pantry Inc — $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $1,300 · Food & NutritionAUBURN PUBLIC THEATER INC — $20,850 · Arts & CultureCAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureSeward House Museum — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,500 · Arts & CultureMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC — $21,000 · Community ImprovementUNION SPRINGS SOCCER CLUB INC — $13,500 · Recreation & SportsAUBURN HOCKEY CLUB INC — $4,000 · Recreation & SportsPORT BYRON LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $2,800 · Recreation & Sports
Other$579,816Education$194,025Philanthropy$150,000Food & Nutrition$68,300Arts & Culture$47,350Community Improvement$21,000Recreation & Sports$20,300

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC — $120,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetTHE CAYUGA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $110,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLe Moyne College — $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY FOOD PANTRY CNY — $42,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSEYMOUR LIBRARY — $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetABC CAYUGA INC — $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAUBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetKing Ferry Food Pantry Inc — $25,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED — $23,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC — $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN PUBLIC THEATER INC — $20,850 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART INC — $20,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NYPENN PATHWAYS INC — $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFORT HILL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INC — $17,500 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCAYUGA COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $17,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE — $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNION SPRINGS SOCCER CLUB INC — $13,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetPEACHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — $12,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFAATZ-CROFUT HOME FOR THE ELDERLY INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRANSPORTATION PROJECT FOR CAYUGA COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCAYUGA-SYRACUSE PRESBYTERY HOME FOR THE ELDERLY INC DBA WESTMINSTER MANOR — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOURTOWN FIRST AID SQUAD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CAYUGA CO INC — $9,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTYBURN ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE INC — $9,325 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARISE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN SPORTS BOOSTERS INC — $7,700 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetOWASCO WATERSHED LAKE ASSOC INC — $7,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetUNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAYUGA COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMATTHEW HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAUBURN HOCKEY CLUB INC — $4,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOZAIC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPORT BYRON LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $2,800 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORAVIA HOPE PANTRY INC — $1,300 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSKANEATELES EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 Stanley W Metcalf…Fred L Emerson Founda…Central New York Comm…Columbian Foundation …Allyn Family Foundati…JM McDonald Foundatio…The Cayuga Foundation…The Dr Joseph F Karpi…United Way of Cayuga …Jim and Juli Boeheim …The Schwartz Family F…Kinney Drugs Foundati…
The Stanley W Metcalf Foundation IncNY83.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stanley W Metcalf Foundation Inc · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Columbian Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Cayuga Foundation Pfdn · The Dr Joseph F Karpinski Sr Foundation · United Way of Cayuga County Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · The Schwartz Family Foundation Inc · Kinney Drugs 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 De French Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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

    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.

    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 63 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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