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Fox Family Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Fox Family Charitable 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.

$95k
Granted FY2023
34
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Health$239kEducation$75kHousing & Shelter$49kHuman Services$35kInternational$32kCrime & Legal$28kRecreation & Sports$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2023 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k30 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $54k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE YELLOW TULIP PROJECT$15,000
DANBURY HOSPITAL & NEW MILFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$15,000
PREBLE STREET$14,000
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$10,000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$5,000
MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES$3,130
MERCY LEARNING CENTER$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT$3,000
THE HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$2,250
WAVENY CARE CENTER INC$2,000
PIETA$2,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$2,000
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%PREBLE STREET: $14k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%PREBLE STREET: $14k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $8k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $8k → 7%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%FURNITURE FRIENDS: $2k → 7%FURNITURE FRIENDS: $2k → 7%FURNITURE FRIENDS: $1k → 7%FURNITURE FRIENDS: $1k → 7%FURNITURE FRIENDS: $1k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $500 → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $250 → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $250 → 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

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CO
DC
OK
LA
AL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 40 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
24

Total granted

$502k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+34%

Still filing today

78%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • NH
    Norwalk Hospital Foundation
    4× · 2018–2021 · $60k · revenue +6%
  • TY
    The Yellow Tulip Project
    5× · 2018–2023 · $55k · revenue +281%
  • PS
    PREBLE STREET
    4× · 2018–2023 · $44k · revenue +174%

Funded once

  • BL
    BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -37%
  • TE
    THE EXPLORERS CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +137%
  • WA
    WATERAID AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +46%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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3
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.

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4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
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
6
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
7
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
8
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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9
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bronx Letters 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

54 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. 54 of the 75 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
44/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,200 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $60,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital FoundationThe Yellow Tulip Project: $55,000 · HealthThe Yellow Tulip ProjectDanbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc: $30,000 · HealthDanbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation IncWESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $15,198 · HealthWESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,500 · Health+9 more: $20,250 · Health+9 moreTrustees of Tufts College: $30,000 · EducationTrustees of Tuft…ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $28,500 · EducationACHIEVEMENT FIRS…MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $10,500 · EducationMERCY LEARNING C…THE SUSAN FUND INC: $2,750 · EducationBRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $2,575 · Education+2 more: $700 · EducationPREBLE STREET: $44,000 · Human ServicesPREBLE STRE…FURNITURE FRIENDS: $6,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE F…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES: $12,800 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS…CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $6,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT F…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CONNECTICUT: $3,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONA…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY COSTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $3,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $6,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CA…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATI…UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 · OtherUNITED SERVIC…THE EXPLORERS CLUB: $2,440 · Other+28 more: $17,771 · Other+28 moreIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $28,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $7,000 · Crime & LegalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $12,000 · InternationalHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,500 · InternationalWATERAID AMERICA INC: $2,000 · International+3 more: $1,500 · InternationalHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $18,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $100 · Recreation & Sports
Health$253,148Education$75,025Human Services$54,500Other$62,511Crime & Legal$35,000International$31,500Recreation & Sports$18,100

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 budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Yellow Tulip Project: $55,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDanbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $28,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $28,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $15,198 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE FRIENDS: $6,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $6,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUSAN FUND INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION: $2,575 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE EXPLORERS CLUB: $2,440 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAVENY CARE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MACULA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Island Trail Association: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITE THE WORLD WITH AFRICA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Fairfield County's Co…Smilow FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Ayco Charitable F…The James & Mary Elle…Newman's Own Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Ibm International Fou…FjcMorgan Stanley Global…Maine Community Found…The Jane T Muhlethale…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Smilow Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Fjc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Jane T Muhlethaler 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 Fox Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fox Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Crisis Center: 10% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 75 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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