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Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$479k
Granted FY2019
12
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Health$593kPhilanthropy$408kReligion$175kEducation$115kHuman Services$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kHousing & Shelter$25kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$200,000
ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (GRATWICK SOCIETY)$200,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$20,000
ROME WESLEYAN CHURCH - BREAD OF LIFE COMMUNITY CENTER$15,000
CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS$12,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - CNY CHAPTER$5,000
ROME RESCUE MISSION$5,000
JERVIS PUBLIC LIBRARY$5,000
ROME VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND$2,500
MOHAWK VALLEY HEALTH STSTEM FOUNDATION$2,500
CURE SANFILIPPO FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–19, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS: $13k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS: $10k → 11%SENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL OF ROME NY INC: $3k → 16%SENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL OF ROME NY INC: $2k → 16%HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $5k → 16%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 20 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2019, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$267k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
-15%

Still filing today

50%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • RM
    ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +351% · 52% of their budget
  • RR
    ROME RESCUE MISSION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +160%
  • CP
    CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $23k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PAUL'S CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • TV
    THE VARFLEX EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION II
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -98% · 95% of their budget
  • SP
    SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
2
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
3
Mercy Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
4
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
5
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
6
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
7
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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8
St Francis Hospital

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Mercy Medical Center Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

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10
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
11
St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility

St. camillus is a residential healthcare facility dedicated to caring for life through a broad range of healthcare services. the organization operates a 284 bed skilled nursing facility which includes a 20 bed unit dedicated to traumatic…

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12
Good Shepherd Hospice

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Flight Central Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Varflex Educational Foundation Ii. 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

15 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. 15 of the 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · OtherROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (GRATWICK SOCIETY): $405,000 · OtherROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (GRATWICK SOCIETY)ST PAUL'S CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherST PAUL'S CHURCH+19 more: $246,500 · Other+19 moreTHE VARFLEX EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION II: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF ROME NY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $5,000 · Human ServicesUPSTATE CARING PARTNERS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthMOHAWK VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $8,500 · HealthCure Sanfilippo Foundation: $7,000 · HealthCENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthROME RESCUE MISSION INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,251,500Philanthropy$50,000Human Services$48,500Health$37,500Housing & Shelter$25,000Community Improvement$2,000

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 budgetROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetTHE VARFLEX EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION II: $50,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetROME RESCUE MISSION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTATE CARING PARTNERS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOHAWK VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCure Sanfilippo Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONEIDA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF ROME NY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 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 ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VARFLEX EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION II ↗
  • Who funds ROME RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE CARING PARTNERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOHAWK VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cure Sanfilippo Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds ONEIDA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF ROME NY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD ↗
  • Who funds MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL 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.

The Shirley W & Willi…The Community Foundat…Hazen B Hinman Sr Fou…Utica National Group …Indium Corporation an…Bank of Utica Foundat…Sears Family Foundati…The Griffin Charitabl…Rome Community Founda…Joseph and Inez E Car…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…
The Shirley W & William L Griffin Charitable FoundationNY22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shirley W & William L Griffin Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Hazen B Hinman Sr Foundation Inc · Utica National Group Foundation Inc · Indium Corporation and Macartney Family Foundation Inc · Bank of Utica Foundation Inc · Sears Family Foundation of Rome Ny · The Griffin Charitable Foundation Inc · Rome Community Foundation · Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dorothy G Griffin Charitable Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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