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Esl Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Esl Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22M
Granted FY2024still arriving
197
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2.3M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$23MHousing & Shelter$20MHuman Services$17MEducation$15MHealth$6.2MYouth Development$6.1MCommunity Improvement$5.3MEmployment$5.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 197 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k102 grants · $2.3M
  • $50k–250k55 grants · $5.9M
  • $250k+23 grants · $13M
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$107M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES$2,264,007
WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC$1,399,997
MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$966,000
THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES$912,000
Individual grant recipient$750,000
FLOWER CITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$688,800
WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC$675,000
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$625,000
ROCHESTERWORKS INC$530,900
CONNECTED COMMUNITIES$515,000
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$500,000
THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE$450,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$400,000
ROCHESTER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION$400,000
FSG INC$298,544
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 (FY17–24, $19.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $1.6M → 11%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $125k → 14%WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $1.4M → 11%WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $675k → 11%WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $416k → 11%WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $375k → 11%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $256k → 14%ROCHESTER REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SERVICES INC: $179k → 14%ROCHESTER REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SERVICES INC: $109k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $100k → 14%FREEDOM SCHOLARS LEARNING CENTER: $120k → 14%AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE INC: $120k → 14%THE CHILDRENS AGENDA: $255k → 14%THE CHILDRENS AGENDA: $255k → 14%THE CHILDRENS AGENDA: $125k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $912k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $903k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $175k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $175k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $150k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $135k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $90k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $856k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $367k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $283k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $255k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $150k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $100k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $420k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $279k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE COLLABORATIVE: $125k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $760k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $370k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $291k → 14%HUB585 INC: $271k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $220k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $219k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $200k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $193k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $188k → 14%HUB585 INC: $155k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $143k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $115k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $111k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $108k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $108k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $100k → 14%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$86M · 223 repeat orgs$9.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

223 repeat relationships: 127 still active in FY2024, 96 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

223
191

Total granted

$86M
$8.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+6%

Still filing today

81%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WC
    WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +85%
  • The Center for Youth Services Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +160%
  • IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • RA
    Reentry Association of WNY Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · 46% of their budget
  • RT
    ROC THE FUTURE (FIDUCIARY THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE))
    one grant, 2021 · $475k
  • HA
    HOUSING ADVANTAGE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $400k · 38% of their budget
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
Compeer Rochester Inc

Through supportive friendships, enhance the wellness of those with social and emotional barriers.

Health
2
One Roc Inc

The company's mission is to create new jobs, increase regional wealth, raise regional gdp and enhance opportunity; to invest in a world-class economic development ecosystem where incumbent businesses are thriving, new firms are locating,…

Community Improvement
3
RochesterMonroe County Homeless Continuum of Care Inc

The Rochester/Monroe County Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaborative partnership which provides leadership, linkages, education, and guidance to eliminate homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
4
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
5
Rochester Public Radio

Offer informational and educationally based programming designed to enhance the lives of its audience by expanding cultural perspectives, foster knowledge, and assist in strengthening their communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Rochester Civic Theatre

The mission of rochester civic theatre is to engage community organizations through collaboration and shared resources, enrich lives through education and outreach, and elevate human connection through theatre arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Rochester Hope Inc

Rochester hope, inc. (the organization) is a not-for-profit that was born in october 2022 to bring caring hands to the heart of rochester, new york. the organization operates a free pantry with food, personal care items, diapers, baby food…

Community Improvement
8
Rochester Public Library

To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.

Education
9
The Rochester General Hospital

To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…

Health
10
Rochester Regional Health

The organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…

Health
11
Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc

Gre promotes regional assets and expertise to attract new business investments and foster business growth and retention in the region. as a trusted advisor, gre connects business executives with the right people and the right resources to…

Community Improvement
12
United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marie C and Joseph C Wilson 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.
04the grantee network

313 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 313 of the 455 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.

46
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
78
Early backer (in before they grew)
304/313
Grantees still filing
191/313
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $16,587,497 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTERMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,040,844 · OtherMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $2,097,925 · Other+116 more: $27,862,366 · Other+116 moreWAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $4,632,777 · Human ServicesWAYNE COUNTY ACTION …The Center for Youth Services Inc: $2,926,000 · Human ServicesThe Center for Youth…IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $2,069,183 · Human ServicesIBERO-AMERICAN ACTIO…YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,696,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER ROCH…ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC: $1,176,767 · Human ServicesACTION FOR A BETTER …Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester Inc: $1,144,537 · Human ServicesConsumer Credit Coun…The Children's Agenda Inc: $876,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $802,608 · Human Services+18 more: $4,111,434 · Human Services+18 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $11,322,007 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …PathStone Foundation: $591,857 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $500,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $1,433,701 · Philanthropy+6 moreEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC: $910,000 · EducationENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC: $860,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $775,400 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT FOUNDATION INC: $738,000 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $675,000 · EducationGreater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc: $641,000 · EducationUniversity Preparatory Charter School for Young Men: $302,842 · EducationROCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $260,141 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $252,256 · Education+12 more: $1,458,230 · EducationCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $2,223,089 · HealthROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,767,000 · HealthFINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC: $750,000 · Health+6 more: $584,976 · HealthFLOWER CITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,453,376 · Housing & ShelterROCHESTER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION: $1,269,500 · Housing & ShelterGREATER ROCHESTER HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $544,000 · Housing & ShelterPERSON CENTERED HOUSING OPTIONS INC: $400,000 · Housing & ShelterProvidence Housing Development Corporation: $331,256 · Housing & ShelterThe Housing Council at PathStone Inc: $300,352 · Housing & ShelterPathStone Development Corporation: $300,000 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $274,250 · Housing & ShelterYOUNG ADULTS MANUFACTURER TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INC: $1,365,000 · EmploymentROCHESTERWORKS INC: $1,091,180 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $423,900 · EmploymentDRESS FOR SUCCESS ROCHESTER INC: $192,720 · EmploymentROCHESTER CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION INC: $125,000 · Employment+1 more: $100,000 · Employment
Other$51,588,632Human Services$19,435,806Philanthropy$13,847,565Education$6,873,369Health$5,325,065Housing & Shelter$4,872,734Employment$3,297,800

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $11,322,007 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,040,844 over 8y, 41% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $4,632,777 over 4y, 13% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $2,926,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $2,223,089 over 8y, 11% of budgetIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $2,069,183 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,767,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,696,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFLOWER CITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,453,376 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetCONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $1,420,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetYOUNG ADULTS MANUFACTURER TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INC: $1,365,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetROCHESTER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION: $1,269,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC: $1,176,767 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester Inc: $1,144,537 over 7y, 13% of budgetROCHESTERWORKS INC: $1,091,180 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetEMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER: $1,060,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC: $910,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetBishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc: $890,686 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc: $876,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetChild Care Council Inc: $872,736 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC: $860,500 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $802,608 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $775,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC: $750,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC: $741,872 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT FOUNDATION INC: $738,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $675,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHope585 Inc: $641,375 over 4y, 32% of budgetGreater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc: $641,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetBADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC: $622,900 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCOORDINATED CARE SERVICES INC: $597,830 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPathStone Foundation: $591,857 over 3y, 31% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $588,350 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetCausewave Community Partners Inc: $545,247 over 6y, 13% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $544,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $540,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION INC: $532,900 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetReentry Association of WNY Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetCity Roots Community Land Trust Inc: $465,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $449,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $423,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Refugee Resettlement Services Inc: $417,445 over 5y, 13% of budgetPERSON CENTERED HOUSING OPTIONS INC: $400,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMulti-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetHOUSING ADVANTAGE INC: $400,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetGRANTMAKERS FORUM OF NEW YORK INC DBA NY FUNDERS ALLIANCE INITIATIVES FUND: $398,445 over 5y, 25% of budgetRochester Childfirst Network: $342,900 over 4y, 2.8% 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Youth Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) ↗
  • Who funds FLOWER CITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG ADULTS MANUFACTURER TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTERWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Agenda Inc ↗
  • Who funds Child Care Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds ENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds FINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Hope585 Inc ↗
  • Who funds Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds BADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COORDINATED CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PathStone Foundation ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC ↗
  • Who funds Causewave Community Partners 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.

Max and Marian Farash…United Way of Greater…Greater Rochester Hea…Rochester Area Commun…William & Sheila Kona…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Paychex Charitable Fo…Rochester Area Commun…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…Charles J & Burton S …Rochester Area Commun…The Florence M Muller…
Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationNY246× affinity141 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc · The Florence M Muller 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 Esl Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Esl Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    0get no government money at all
    79report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Esl Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Esl Charitable Foundation 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 455 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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