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Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 at a glance

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Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$189k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$418kArts & Culture$334kEnvironment$210kCommunity Improvement$130kYouth Development$87kScience & Tech$87kHuman Services$52kFood & Nutrition$49kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $141k
$8,200
Median grant
16
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG$25,000
MUSIC WORKSHOP$20,000
CLIMATE GENERATION$16,000
GIRAFFE LAUGH$15,000
NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE$15,000
PRINCETON AREA LIBRARY SUPPORTERS$15,000
ARKANSAS LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS$15,000
PRISM DESIGN LAB$10,000
RAISING HANDS LITERACY PROJECT$10,000
POSITIVE ENERGY ARTS$8,200
LENOIR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$5,938
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HUEY'S HIDEAWAY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC$5,000
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE$5,000
GENESEE COUNTRY VILLIAGE & MUSEUM$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIRAFFE LAUGH: $15k → 8%FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS: $25k → 10%CHILDREN'S FRIENDS AND SERVICE: $7k → 14%ACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS: $3k → 4%CHILDREN'S FRIENDS AND SERVICE: $7k → 14%ACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS: $3k → 4%GENESIS CENTER: $19k → 14%ACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS: $3k → 4%FRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM: $9k → 7%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $7k → 10%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$634k · 24 repeat orgs$879k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
76

Total granted

$634k
$694k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+30%

Still filing today

79%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $184k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NN
    NGAGE NEW MEXICO
    2× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +4%
  • PB
    PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +37%
  • CM
    Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -1%
  • SM
    Stamford Museum & Nature Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +56%
  • FT
    FT THOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #7
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Providence Children's Museum

The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on…

Arts & Culture
2
Children's Discovery Museum

The purpose of the children's discovery museum is to provide an array of exhibits and activities that promote developmental skills including social, cognitive, problem solving and peer interaction. our environment creates an interactive…

Arts & Culture
3
The Flint Children's Museum

To inspire a love for learning in science, technology, engineering, math, and art, and awaken imagination through hands-on play.

Arts & Culture
4
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
5
Bronx Children's Museum

Bronx children's museum's mission is to foster curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of learning for children and families regardless of background. we provide a gateway for more than 100,000 children annually to arts, culture, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

At the children's museum & theatre of maine, we set the stage for every child to imagine and learn through play.

Arts & Culture
7
Museum School

The museum school celebrates, nurtures and enhances the ability of all participants through experimental, project-based learning. infusing the arts and utilizing resources available at local museums.

Education
8
National Children Museum

To inspire children to care about and change the world. National Children's Museum (NCM) is a next generation institution that sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under 12 by fostering critical competencies in S.T.E.A.M.…

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9
The Children's Museum Inc

The childrens museum groups mission is to inspire lifelong learning among children and their caregivers by providing experiential learning opportunities covering steam, health nature and the environment. with a focus on at need communities…

Arts & Culture
10
Children's Museum of Idaho Inc

Inspire and nurture future explorers, innovators, and critical thinkers through interactive play in a safe, engaging environment with hands-on exhibits and programs designed specifically for children ages two to eight years old.

Arts & Culture
11
Nurture and Nature Children's Center Inc

In partnership with families, we as an educational community, foster learning in a nurturing, supportive, child-centered environment immersed in nature. we teach, respect and celebrate diversity, individuality, and the whole child.

Human Services
12
Sharewell

Activate the power of play to enrich the lives of children and their families, build stronger communities, and create a better world.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pitchblack Immersive Experiences 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

78 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. 78 of the 118 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/78
Grantees still filing
50/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FARADAY FOUNDATION INC: $160,500 · OtherFARADAY FOUNDATION INCHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THE: $38,950 · OtherHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THEBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG: $25,000 · OtherFT THOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #7: $25,000 · Other+52 more: $411,096 · Other+52 moreChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $40,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Museum of t…STORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE: $38,750 · Arts & CultureSTORY PRESERVATION INI…Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureStamford Museum & Natu…Music Workshop: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMusic WorkshopWILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF ART: $18,958 · Arts & CultureWILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF…JOURNEYS IN EDUCATION INC: $15,200 · Arts & CultureArkansas Learning Through the Arts: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAMAZEMENT SQUARE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN INC: $14,750 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $11,800 · Arts & CultureHULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFairbanks Childrens Museum: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $54,590 · Arts & Culture+10 morePHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $44,586 · EducationPHILLIPS BROOKS H…SMITH COUNTY CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $27,146 · EducationSMITH COUNTY CHAM…THE SCHOOL MINDFULNESS PROJECT: $22,970 · EducationTHE SCHOOL MINDFU…American International College: $20,000 · EducationAmerican Internat…FALLS CHURCH-MCLEAN CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $17,770 · EducationFALLS CHURCH-MCLE…BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $16,200 · EducationBRIGHTLANE LEARNI…CLIMATE GENERATION: $16,000 · EducationCLIMATE GENERATIO…LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $15,000 · EducationLEE PESKY LEARNIN…PRISM DESIGN LAB INC: $10,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE HYBRID ACADEMY: $9,825 · EducationLEXINGTON FRIENDS PRESCHOOL: $8,784 · Education+5 more: $25,800 · Education+5 moreAppalachian Mountain Club: $22,000 · EnvironmentEARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentBLUEGRASS GREENSOURCE INC: $17,000 · EnvironmentCHARLES RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $15,100 · EnvironmentRIVER RELIEF INC D/B/A MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF: $10,073 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $9,790 · EnvironmentALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $8,642 · EnvironmentASHOKAN CENTER INC: $6,235 · Environment+1 more: $2,512 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC: $25,461 · Human ServicesTHE GENESIS CENTER: $18,524 · Human ServicesGIRAFFE LAUGH INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $13,290 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC: $8,875 · Human ServicesACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesNGAGE NEW MEXICO: $50,000 · Community ImprovementRETREAT FARM LTD: $10,000 · Community ImprovementFOOD ROOTS: $3,202 · Community ImprovementBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC: $23,540 · Youth DevelopmentAvalon Village Inc: $14,958 · Youth DevelopmentUTEC Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRILLIANT DETROIT: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$660,546Arts & Culture$299,048Education$234,081Environment$111,352Human Services$95,650Community Improvement$63,202Youth Development$48,498

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 budgetNGAGE NEW MEXICO: $50,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $44,586 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSTORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE: $38,750 over 4y, 25% of budgetSMITH COUNTY CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $27,146 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC: $25,461 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC: $23,540 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHOOL MINDFULNESS PROJECT: $22,970 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican International College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetMusic Workshop: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHSIDE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $19,190 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWILLIAM KING MUSEUM OF ART: $18,958 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE GENESIS CENTER: $18,524 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFALLS CHURCH-MCLEAN CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $17,770 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRESHKILLSPARK ALLIANCE INC: $17,400 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBLUEGRASS GREENSOURCE INC: $17,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $16,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJOURNEYS IN EDUCATION INC: $15,200 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCHARLES RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $15,100 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWONDERMORE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArkansas Learning Through the Arts: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetAMAZEMENT SQUARE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAvalon Village Inc: $14,958 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSTEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN INC: $14,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $13,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILL CITY GROWS INC: $12,021 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $11,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRIVER RELIEF INC D/B/A MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF: $10,073 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHEART OF INDIANA UNITED WAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPRISM DESIGN LAB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetForest Park Zoological Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetC-FIT COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFairbanks Childrens Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDRUID CITY GARDEN PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRETREAT FARM LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HYBRID ACADEMY: $9,825 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $9,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC: $8,875 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEXINGTON FRIENDS PRESCHOOL: $8,784 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $8,642 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Dakota Discovery Center: $8,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHUEYS HIDEAWAY CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC: $8,000 over 2y, 1.6% 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.

Dollar General Litera…Association of Childr…Association of Scienc…Td Charitable Foundat…The Labcorp Charitabl…Community Foundation …Nora Roberts Foundati…Eastern Bank Foundati…PatagoniaorgBoston Foundation IncFidelity FoundationChubb Charitable Foun…
Dollar General Literacy FoundationTN13.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Association of Children's Museums Inc · Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Labcorp Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Nora Roberts Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Boston Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Chubb Charitable 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 Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • North Suffolk Community Services Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Retreat Farm Ltd: 25% of income from government
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Forest Park Zoological Society Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Music Workshop: 10% of income from government
  • Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Enchanted Circle Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mill City Grows Inc: 7% of income from government
  • American International College: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Amherst Cinema Arts Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food Roots: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 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 118 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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