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Fondation Femme Debut

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.

$165k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$881kEducation$431kAnimals$248kArts & Culture$36kReligion$9kEnvironment$6kPhilanthropy$6kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $152k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING HOSPIAL$46,225
NYU LANGONE$31,925
NY PRESBYTERIAN WEILL CORNELL HOSPITAL$31,925
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$31,925
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NYC$3,000
GIVE A DOG A HOME GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE$2,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$2,000
PATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES$2,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND$1,000
92ND STREET Y$1,000
EVELYN ALEXANDER WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER$1,000
PECONIC LAND TRUST$1,000
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 (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 7%SAFE HORIZON: $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

ME
WA
IL
NY
OR
CT
CA
VA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 26 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
4

Total granted

$1.4M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+83%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $154k · revenue +80%
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    3× · 2018–2020 · $80k · revenue +70%
  • GP
    GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $31k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • MF
    MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SH
    SAFE HORIZON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • TM
    THE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +83%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
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
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
The Animal Medical Center

Dedicated to providing compassionate and collaborative care to animals and to leading the advancement of veterinary medicine through innovative clinical research and education.

Animals
6
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
7
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
10
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
11
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
12
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Horizon Inc; the most unlike its peers is Backline Care 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYU LANGONE: $207,125 · OtherNYU LANGONEHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $205,125 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING HOSPIAL: $201,725 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING HOSPIALNY PRESBYTERIAN WEILL CORNELL HOSPITAL: $147,125 · OtherNY PRESBYTERIAN WEILL CORNELL HOSPITALNY PRESBYTERIAN WEIL CORNELL HOSPITAL: $110,000 · OtherNY PRESBYTERIAN WEIL CORNELL HOSPITALCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS - WRITING PROGRAM: $78,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS - WRITING PROGRAM+11 more: $112,100 · Other+11 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $212,927 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF…+2 more: $13,000 · Education+2 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $154,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN …THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SO…GIVE A DOG A HOME RESCUE: $10,000 · Animals+2 more: $8,000 · AnimalsMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $80,000 · HealthBACKLINE CARE INC: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · HealthGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $31,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION: $15,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HORIZON INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$1,061,200Education$225,927Animals$192,000Health$94,000Arts & Culture$31,000Crime & Legal$15,000Human Services$13,000

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 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $212,927 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $154,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $31,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION: $15,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCoachella Valley Mounted Rangers: $14,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetGIVE A DOG A HOME RESCUE: $10,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBACKLINE CARE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS WRITE NOW INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $2,000 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 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers ↗
  • Who funds GIVE A DOG A HOME RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds BACKLINE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WRITE NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HORIZON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SURPRISE LAKE CAMP ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES 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.

Jewish Communal FundNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Fondation Femme Debut funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fondation Femme Debut. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fondation Femme Debut?

    Find your warmest path to Fondation Femme Debut 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 32 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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