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Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$83k
Granted FY2022
31
Grants FY2022
31
Organizations funded FY2022
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80% of Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $83k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

17
’22
8
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$18,000
States reached, FY2022
10
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.

Philanthropy$205kEducation$41kReligion$28kHealth$25kArts & Culture$15kEnvironment$14kEmployment$5kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
SD
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Reformed Church$25,0002n/a
Cornell University$16,00020%
Point O'Woods Foundation Inc$15,00012%
Riverdale Country School Inc$8,00010%
Midnight Run Inc$5,00012%
The Center for Public Integrity$2,40020%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,10020%
Pelham Community Rowing Association Inc$2,00020%
Vanderbilt University$1,00020%
Gramatan Village Inc$55020%
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All grantees of Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Reformed Church$25,0002n/a
Cornell University$16,00020%
Point O'Woods Foundation Inc$15,00012%
Riverdale Country School Inc$8,00010%
Midnight Run Inc$5,00012%
The Center for Public Integrity$2,40020%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,10020%
Pelham Community Rowing Association Inc$2,00020%
Vanderbilt University$1,00020%
Gramatan Village Inc$55020%
Skowhegan Federated Church$5001n/a
The Nightingale-Bamford School$50010%
Academy of Mount Saint Ursula$5001n/a
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$35020%
The Somo Project$30010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10010%
St Josephs Indian School$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPoint O'Woods Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRiverdale Country School Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidnight Run Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Center for Public Integrity: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPelham Community Rowing Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGramatan Village Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Nightingale-Bamford School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Somo Project: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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.

Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC8.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc

How much does Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc give?
Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $83,150 in its FY2022 IRS filing.
What does Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Education (12%), Religion (8%).
Who are Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: The Reformed Church ($25k), Cornell University ($16k), Point O'Woods Foundation Inc ($15k).
Does Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc based?
Douglas W & Virginia W Sesler Private Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 33 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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