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Digel Family Foundation

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.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$86k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$777kHousing & Shelter$15kYouth Development$15kArts & Culture$14kHealth$14kPhilanthropy$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $5k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $86k
$527
Median grant
2
States reached
$173k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC$86,000
CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER$1,000
GRACE ACADEMY INC$1,000
CAPITAL SQUASH$527
TRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC$512
TEAM UP INC$500
JUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC$500
TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE$500
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 (FY19–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%CAPITAL CARING HOSPICE: $1k → 6%THE VILL FOR FAMILY AND CHILDREN: $500 → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILY & CHILDREN: $207 → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILY & CHILDREN: $134 → 11%FOOTWEAR WITH CARE: $100 → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $100 → 11%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

VT
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$826k · 18 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
37

Total granted

$826k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+25%

Still filing today

44%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CP
    COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $748k · revenue +4%
  • CS
    Capitol Squash Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +92%
  • CO
    CHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • JA
    JOHN AMESSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • NC
    NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
3
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
5
Achieve Hartford Inc

Achieve hartford is an independent nonprofit organization of business and community leaders that focuses on closing the opportunity and achievement gap in hartford and building a viable talent pipeline for our region and state.

Education
6
Hampshire College Trustees

The mission of hampshire college is to foster a lifelong passion for learning, inquiry, and ethical citizenship that inspires students to contribute to knowledge, justice, and positive change in the world and, by doing so, to transform…

Education
7
The Hospital of Central Connecticut

The Hospital of Central Connecticut is dedicated to fostering, sustaining and improving the health status of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
8
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists Pllc

The Mission of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists, PLLC is to put the patients first, provide coordinated quality care and value, exceed the expectations of patients, providers, staff and the community that it serves.

Health
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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11
Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Inc

The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…

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12
Manhattanville University

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

25 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. 25 of the 58 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $747,654 · EducationCOVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC+5 more: $12,212 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR…JDPP: $11,485 · OtherJDPPJOHN AMESSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $8,239 · OtherJOHN AMESSE…Individual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual …NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $7,150 · OtherNORTHWEST C…NW CATH FUND: $7,000 · OtherNW CATH FUN…Individual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherIndividual …JUDY DWORIN PERFORMANCE PROJECT: $4,000 · Other+32 more: $20,664 · Other+32 moreCapitol Squash Inc: $15,027 · Recreation & SportsCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $9,500 · Arts & CultureJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCapital Hospice: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $841 · Human ServicesFOOTWEAR WITH CARE INC: $100 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $100 · Human ServicesHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $1,500 · PhilanthropyJOHNNY'S JOG FOR CHARITY INC: $290 · Philanthropy
Education$759,866Other$88,038Recreation & Sports$15,027Arts & Culture$10,000Health$3,100Human Services$2,041Philanthropy$1,790

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 budgetCOVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $747,654 over 8y, 16% of budgetCapitol Squash Inc: $15,027 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $9,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE ACADEMY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC: $3,012 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Hospice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $841 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM UP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJOHNNY'S JOG FOR CHARITY INC: $290 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI OF CONNECTICUT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD PROMISE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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 COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Capitol Squash Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GRACE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ↗
  • Who funds Capital Hospice ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM UP INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNNY'S JOG FOR CHARITY INC ↗

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.

Hartford Foundation f…The William and Alice…J Walton Bissell Foun…Rockville Bank Commun…Liberty Bank Foundati…Aetna Foundation IncThe Betty Knox Founda…Farmington Bank Commu…United Way Inc United…The Fund for Greater …The Maximilian E and …The Ayco Charitable F…
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Rockville Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Digel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Digel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Village for Families and Children: 50% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Justice Dance Performance Project Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 58 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home