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Eaton Family Fund Inc at a glance

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Eaton Family Fund 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.

$11k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Religion$90kEnvironment$57kArts & Culture$54kHuman Services$53kHealth$42kEducation$38kFood & Nutrition$31kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $850
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$107k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JAMES CHURCH$10,000
DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY$500
FIRST DESCENTS$350
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 (FY18–22, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMONWEAL: $5k → 8%WOMEN IN NEED: $2k → 17%HEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: $1k → 17%MONADNACK FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 9%HEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: $1k → 17%MONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 9%MONADNACK FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%MONADNACK FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%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
NY
CT
CA
CO
VA
AR
TN
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$347k · 20 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
28

Total granted

$347k
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+51%

Still filing today

60%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TM
    The Monadnock Conservancy
    5× · 2017–2022 · $33k · revenue +230%
  • MF
    MONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES
    4× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +60%
  • NY
    NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $21k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • FI
    FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -57%
  • HI
    HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • WN
    WNYC NY PUBLIC RADIO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
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
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
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
7
New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

Environment
8
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
9
Riverkeeper Inc

Protects and restores the hudson river from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies.

Environment
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
12
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Doe Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dublin Community Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 50 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
25/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES CHURCH: $71,000 · OtherST JAMES CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $19,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHANNEL 13 ASSOCIATES: $18,000 · OtherCHANNEL 13 ASSOCIATESCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $16,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INCDUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherDUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCHDUBLIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,500 · OtherDUBLIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCIVITAS: $14,000 · OtherCIVITASDUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11,500 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · OtherWNYC NY PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 · OtherHANDS ACROSS THE NILE: $9,000 · Other+18 more: $51,150 · Other+18 moreThe Monadnock Conservancy: $33,000 · EnvironmentThe Monadnock…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERV…Sierra Streams Institute: $3,000 · EnvironmentSierra Stream…+3 more: $3,000 · Environment+3 moreNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $28,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBL…DUBLIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $21,000 · Arts & CultureDUBLIN COMMUN…The Society of the Four Arts Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society o…+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureMONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEAL: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $21,000 · Food & NutritionFREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $3,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 · HealthSHARE SELF-HELP FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER INC: $500 · HealthBARNARD COLLEGE: $11,000 · Education
Other$259,650Environment$54,000Arts & Culture$53,500Human Services$34,000Food & Nutrition$21,000Health$15,000Education$11,000

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 budgetThe Monadnock Conservancy: $33,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDUBLIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $21,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMILL REEF FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Streams Institute: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARATOGA PLAN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE SELF-HELP FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HARRISVILLE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $350 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 The Monadnock Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds MONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds DUBLIN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds DUBLIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILL REEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEAL ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Sierra Streams Institute ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN NEED INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Greater NY 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.

Sands Family Foundati…New Hampshire Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Sands Family FoundationFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sands Family Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Eaton Family Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eaton Family Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%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
    1get no government money at all
    11report 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.

    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 50 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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