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Douglas C James Charitable Trust at a glance

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Douglas C James Charitable Trust

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.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$122k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$184kEducation$4kReligion$3kEnvironment$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$900Animals$625Food & Nutrition$500Philanthropy$75Other$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $122k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CPW CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK$122,000
Individual grant recipient$10,850
WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY$3,500
FRACTURED ATLAS INC$2,500
WOODSTOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,500
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM$1,000
IMMANUAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$500
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$500
LAKE FOREST ACADEMY$500
Individual grant recipient$300
NATIONAL ARBOR DAY SOCIETY$50
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%CALVERT VAUX PERSERVATION ALLIANCE: $500 → 9%CPW CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK: $122k → 16%FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $3k → 17%SHAPESHIFTER PLUS INC: $250 → 20%IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 28%SIGUARD OLSEN ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE: $700 → 14%IMMANUAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 17%LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $500 → 8%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 28%LOON WATCH: $500 → 14%LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $250 → 8%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%THE WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $22k → 16%IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 28%NORTHLAND COLLEGE: $350 → 14%LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $250 → 8%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $11k → 16%IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 28%SIGURD OLSON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE-NORTHLAND COLLEGE: $250 → 14%LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $250 → 8%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%THE WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $6k → 16%IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 28%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $5k → 16%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OF ART MUSEUM: $500 → 11%WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $5k → 16%WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $5k → 16%WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $4k → 16%THE WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $4k → 16%WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $4k → 16%WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $3k → 16%THE WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD: $3k → 16%WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $3k → 16%WOODSTOCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 16%WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM: $1k → 16%WOODSTOCK ARTIST ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM: $1k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 16%HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK: $500 → 16%WAAM: $500 → 16%HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK: $500 → 16%CREATIVE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%WOODSTOCK EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD: $350 → 16%WOODSTOCK RESCUE SQUAD: $300 → 16%HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK: $300 → 16%WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION MUSEUM: $300 → 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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 13 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$87k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+26%

Still filing today

54%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsMembership BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WM
    WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $14k · revenue +56%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +51%
  • WA
    WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • WA
    WOODSTOCK ARTIST ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • SO
    SIGUARD OLSEN ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $700
  • CV
    CALVERT VAUX PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue -82%
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
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
2
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
3
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
4
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
5
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
6
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
7
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
International Academy of Fine Art

The florence acadamy of art was founed in 1991 by daniel graves (see schedule o for details).

International
10
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
11
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States

Impart knowledge and appreciation of humanity's relationship with wildlife through art.

Arts & Culture
12
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Photography At Woodstock; the most unlike its peers is Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance. 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

20 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. 20 of the 39 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK: $122,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK+6 more: $6,403 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $59,340 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $2,500 · Other+23 more: $10,280 · Other+23 moreWOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $14,250 · Membership BenefitThe Trustees of Princeton University: $2,500 · EducationLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationNORTHLAND COLLEGE: $350 · EducationCALVERT VAUX PRESERVATION ALLIANCE: $500 · Housing & ShelterGRAND STREET COMMUNITY ARTS INC: $350 · Recreation & SportsWoodstock Fire Company No 1 Inc: $250 · Public Safety & Disaster
Arts & Culture$128,403Other$72,120Membership Benefit$14,250Education$4,350Housing & Shelter$500Recreation & Sports$350Public Safety & Disaster$250

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 budgetCENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK: $122,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetWOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY: $14,250 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,103 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK: $1,950 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART INC: $900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Music Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND STREET COMMUNITY ARTS INC: $350 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHLAND COLLEGE: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShapeshifter Plus Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodstock Fire Company No 1 Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAVERICK CONCERTS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $25 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 CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WOODSTOCK ↗
  • Who funds LAKE FOREST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVERT VAUX PRESERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Creative Music Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GRAND STREET COMMUNITY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLAND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Shapeshifter Plus Inc ↗
  • Who funds Woodstock Fire Company No 1 Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAVERICK CONCERTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK VOLUNTEERS DAY COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals 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.

Kvistad FoundationWood Dock FoundationIbm International Fou…Villchur FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Kvistad FoundationNY22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kvistad Foundation · Wood Dock Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Villchur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Douglas C James Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas C James Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Douglas C James Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Douglas C James Charitable 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 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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