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Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
106
Grants FY2025still arriving
24
States reached
$160k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MEducation$1.1MAnimals$482kHealth$473kReligion$469kHuman Services$335kRecreation & Sports$301kEnvironment$253kOther$0
02FY2025 · 106 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k75 grants · $319k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $445k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $405k
$5,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$160,000
ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$76,000
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM$66,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE$53,000
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING$50,000
FOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC$40,000
LAYTON ART COLLECTION$40,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$30,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND INC$30,000
PABST MANSION INC$25,000
MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC$25,000
COMMNUITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC$20,000
MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION$20,000
LAKE PARK FRIENDS$19,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$16,000
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 (FY20–25, $225k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $10k → 12%FASD COMMUNITIES: $3k → 9%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $9k → 10%FISH FOR CHANGE: $5k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $10k → 12%FASD COMMUNITIES: $3k → 9%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $9k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5k → 12%FASD COMMUNITIES: $3k → 9%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $3k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5k → 12%FASD COMMUNITIES: $3k → 9%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5k → 12%FASD COMMUNITIES: $2k → 9%FASD COMMUNITIES: $2k → 9%VIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%VIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%VIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%SHARP LITERACY INC: $6k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $6k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $6k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $4k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $4k → 17%SHARP LITERACY INC: $4k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $5k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $4k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $2k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $3k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $10k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $7k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $7k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $5k → 17%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

NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 107 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

107 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
13

Total granted

$5.1M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

80%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $450k · revenue +45%
  • MA
    MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $376k · revenue +27%
  • LA
    LAYTON ART COLLECTION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $223k · revenue +131% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +59%
  • WF
    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • HD
    HF DUPONT WINTERTHUR MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
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
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Inc

The wisconsin maritime museum connects all people with wisconsin's waterways, by engaging and educating the public about wisconsin's maritime history, wisconsin's world war ii submarines, uss cobia, and the great lakes. the wisconsin…

Arts & Culture
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc

The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc

The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…

Arts & Culture
5
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

—
6
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
7
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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9
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
10
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
11
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
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 The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. 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

109 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. 109 of the 131 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/109
Grantees still filing
76/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $433,000 · OtherST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCHLAYTON ART COLLECTION: $223,000 · OtherLAYTON ART COLLECTIONZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE: $193,000 · OtherZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEEDARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $165,000 · OtherDARTMOUTH COLLEGEST ANDREWS SCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherLAKE PARK FRIENDS LTD: $111,000 · OtherGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $81,000 · Other+55 more: $1,099,250 · Other+55 moreWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $450,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERS…THE FLEISCHER FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationTHE FLEISCHER FOUND…MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $115,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF…MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $61,000 · EducationMCC SCHOLARS FOUNDA…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNN…+7 more: $78,500 · Education+7 moreMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $376,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSE…HISTORIC DEERFIELD INC: $92,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC DEERFIELD…MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $71,500 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COUNTY H…PABST MANSION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL INCORPORATED: $36,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+17 more: $186,500 · Arts & Culture+17 moreThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $130,000 · HealthFISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC: $59,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $47,000 · HealthTHE COMMON GOOD INSTITUTE INC: $13,000 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $19,700 · HealthWildlife Conservation Society: $165,000 · AnimalsPURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC: $35,000 · AnimalsBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $32,500 · AnimalsOld Friends Inc: $24,000 · AnimalsFor the Love of Cats Inc: $22,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsNAPLES TAKE A SOLDIER FISHING INC: $39,500 · Human ServicesGATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $38,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesSHARP LITERACY INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $21,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesFASD Communities: $16,000 · Human ServicesVIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $133,000 · EnvironmentMILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentGarden Club of Greater Milwaukee: $30,500 · EnvironmentURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER INC: $9,500 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · Environment
Other$2,385,250Education$880,000Arts & Culture$862,000Health$289,200Animals$279,500Human Services$264,500Environment$260,000

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 budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $450,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $376,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLAYTON ART COLLECTION: $223,000 over 6y, 40% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $133,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FLEISCHER FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $115,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE PARK FRIENDS LTD: $111,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetHISTORIC DEERFIELD INC: $92,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $81,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $71,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $67,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $61,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC: $59,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $47,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC: $41,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPABST MANSION INC: $40,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNAPLES TAKE A SOLDIER FISHING INC: $39,500 over 6y, 23% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $38,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $38,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL INCORPORATED: $36,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC: $35,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGarden Club of Greater Milwaukee: $30,500 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetWAUWATOSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $30,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSHARP LITERACY INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOMAN'S CLUB OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Nu Alumni Scholarship Fund: $25,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOld Friends Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVILLA TERRACE MUSEUM AND GARDENS LTD: $24,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetBLUE COATS FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetFor the Love of Cats Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds LAYTON ART COLLECTION ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds FOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FLEISCHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
  • Who funds LAKE PARK FRIENDS LTD ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC DEERFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PABST MANSION INC ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES TAKE A SOLDIER FISHING INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds PURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Green Bay Packers Fou…Rite-Hite Foundation …Evan & Marion Helfaer…Baird Foundation IncRichard and Ethel Her…Brewers Community Fou…Youth Foundation IncDorothy Inbusch Found…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI49.4× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Rite-Hite Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Inc

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 Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Historic Deerfield Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
22report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc 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 131 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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