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Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust

THE VISION OF THE DENNIS FAMILY IS TO CONTINUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED IN RELATION WITH THE SITE THAT FURTHERS THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$112kArts & Culture$22kReligion$21kCivil Rights$13kHealth$10kPhilanthropy$8kCommunity Improvement$6kMembership Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,000
HOP BOTTOM HOSE COMPANY$50
02The need
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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.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $21k → 11%SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABINGTON: $11k → 7%SWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $10k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 11%ENDLESS MTS HERITAGE REGION: $3k → 12%KEYSTONE COLLEGE: $10k → 13%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $6k → 14%THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 22%NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND: $5k → 17%DELTA RESEARCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 13%NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN: $3k → 13%NFL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $450 → 7%ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1k → 11%SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: $355 → 8%MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABINGTON: $5k → 7%HOP BOTTOM HOSE COMPANY: $50 → 11%KEYSTONE COLLEGE: $8k → 13%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%MOTHER BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH OF PHILA: $5k → 22%WADE CATTS NTHP GRANT MGR: $5k → 14%KAPPA ALPHA PSI PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI CHAPTER: $5k → 22%KAPPA ALPHA PSI PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI CHAPTER: $150 → 22%LONNIE MOORE IV: $13k → 22%LONNIE MOORE IV: $7k → 22%1926 FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 22%ZIYAH WARE: $1k → 22%TYMIR BENNET: $1k → 22%THE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION: $10k → 22%MUSIUM OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $7k → 22%AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIUM IN PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 22%MUSEUM OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $4k → 22%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$99k · 6 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +76% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
25

Total granted

$99k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+39%

Still filing today

33%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • DS
    DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2021 · $31k · revenue +76%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2021–2022 · $19k
  • KC
    KEYSTONE COLLEGE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $18k · revenue -24%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -11%
  • TC
    THE CHEYNEY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +173%
  • MS
    MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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Lincoln University

Lincoln university is a public, historically black university (hbcu) that provides a liberal arts based, undergraduate education on its main residential campus in chester county, pennsylvania; and professional programs on its urban campus…

Education
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
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Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
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Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

10
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Morehouse College

Morehouse college is a historically black college whose mission is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delta Research & Educational Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hop Bottom Hose Company. 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

19 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 33 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.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $19,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKEYSTONE COLLEGE — $17,500 · OtherKEYSTONE COLLEGESALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABINGTON — $15,500 · OtherSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABINGTONBLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY — $11,000 · OtherBLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITYMORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · OtherMORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYMUSIUM OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $6,902 · OtherMUSIUM OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONCHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADEPHIA — $5,250 · OtherKAPPA ALPHA PSI PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI CHAPTER — $5,150 · OtherNATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC PA CHAPTER — $5,091 · OtherWADE CATTS NTHP GRANT MGR — $5,000 · OtherMOTHER BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH OF PHILA — $5,000 · Other+10 more — $13,475 · Other+10 moreDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY — $31,144 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYTHE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationTHE CHEYNEY FOUNDATIONSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $10,000 · EducationSWARTHMORE COLLEGETHE 1926 FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · EducationTHE 1926 FOUNDATION INC+1 more — $450 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $3,657 · Arts & CultureSusquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra — $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 · HealthDELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Public BenefitNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $5,000 · Civil RightsTHE MALCOLM JENKINS FOUNDATION — $1,922 · Youth Development
Other$118,868Education$56,594Arts & Culture$11,157Health$10,000Public Benefit$5,000Civil Rights$5,000Youth Development$1,922

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY — $31,144 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE — $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADEPHIA — $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC PA CHAPTER — $5,091 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE 1926 FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetDELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $3,657 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC — $2,570 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSusquehanna County Historical Society & Free Libra — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MALCOLM JENKINS FOUNDATION — $1,922 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAfrican-American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ALUMNI INC — $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY — $355 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOP BOTTOM HOSE COMPANY — $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Blackbaud Giving FundSC12.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 18%
  • Delaware State University18% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust?

Find your warmest path to Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust 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.

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 33 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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