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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
TYBURN ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE$5,000
FAATZ - CROFUT HOME FOR THE ELDERLY$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 (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 its 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
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
  • AA
    AUBURN ALLIANCE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
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…

—
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.

—
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

—
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cayuga County Community Health Network Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 63 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetAUBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetABC CAYUGA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% 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
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.

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.

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

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 De French Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from De French Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's 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
    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 63 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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