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Elephant Rock 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.

$6.6M
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$3.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$6.7MArts & Culture$279kHealth$190kAnimals$186kEducation$119kReligion$56kRecreation & Sports$34kHuman Services$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $206k
  • $250k+2 grants · $6.4M
$119,586
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LENAT FOUNDATION$3,190,755
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$3,183,969
LENAT FOUNDATION$119,586
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$86,189
ANIMAL HAVEN$25,000
02The need
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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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ROOM TO GROW: $3k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES: $2k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES: $1k → 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

ME
VT
NY
MA
NJ
VA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 56% of Elephant Rock Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 49% of the giving stays in RI; by stated purpose, 43%.

Elephant Rock Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$837k · 21 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
12

Total granted

$837k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+43%

Still filing today

95%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • AH
    ANIMAL HAVEN INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $149k · revenue +95%
  • NR
    NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $140k · revenue +11%
  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $115k · revenue +261%

Funded once

  • VI
    Volunteers in Medicine
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • TG
    THE GREENWOOD SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +6%
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
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
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
8
Barnard College

Barnard college aims to provide the highest quality liberal arts education to promising and high-achieving young women, offering the unparalleled advantages of an outstanding residential college in partnership with a major research…

Education
9
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
10
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
11
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

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12
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Lenat Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LENAT FOUNDATION INC: $3,310,341 · PhilanthropyTHE LENAT FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $65,000 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $3,270,158 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $64,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $16,500 · Arts & CultureLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $72,500 · OtherSt Hilda's & St Hugh's: $56,000 · OtherVolunteers in Medicine: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE GREENWOOD SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · OtherHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $22,000 · OtherMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $27,580 · OtherANIMAL HAVEN INC: $149,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $22,500 · AnimalsMr Bones & Company Inc: $12,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · AnimalsVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $115,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 · HealthCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK TRACK CLUB CORPORATION: $12,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$3,375,341Community Improvement$3,270,158Arts & Culture$275,500Other$308,080Animals$185,500Health$160,000Recreation & Sports$34,000

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 budgetTHE LENAT FOUNDATION INC: $3,310,341 over 1y, 92% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $3,270,158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $149,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $140,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $115,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $72,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $64,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GREENWOOD SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK TRACK CLUB CORPORATION: $12,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMr Bones & Company Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetINWOOD ART WORKS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetSEVEN STORIES INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWOMEN'S PRISON ASSOCIATION AND HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDYCKMAN FARMHOUSE MUSEUM ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUPTOWN STORIES INC: $1,080 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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 Trustees of Colum…Dr Robert C & Tina So…The Feigenbaum Founda…Berkshire Bank Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Berkshire Taconic Com…The Hyde and Watson F…Open Society InstituteMutual of America Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Open Society Institute · Mutual of America Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace 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 Elephant Rock Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elephant Rock Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Elephant Rock Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Elephant Rock 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 37 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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