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Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
99
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$162k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.5MHealth$858kEducation$638kArts & Culture$530kHuman Services$288kPublic Safety & Disaster$249kAnimals$246kInternational$224kOther$0
02FY2024 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k64 grants · $261k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $467k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $462k
$5,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY$162,000
REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY$150,000
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
ARTSQUEST$50,000
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC$50,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC$35,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK$35,000
NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION$35,000
THE NEW YORK AND PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL$35,000
EQUINE VOICES RESCUE & SANCTUARY$35,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$25,000
LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK$20,000
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$15,000
ST MATTHEW'S HOUSE INC$15,000
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC$15,000
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 (FY20–24, $242k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%SALESMANSHIP CLUB CHARITABLE GOLD OF DALLAS INC: $7k → 14%ART FEEDS: $5k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $35k → 14%UNITED WAY OF EASTERN UTAH: $5k → 14%NORTH GWINNETT CO-OP: $1k → 9%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $8k → 4%EASTERSEALS NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2k → 7%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $19k → 11%FLUOR CARES: $12k → 14%ART FEEDS: $5k → 14%EASTERSEALS NEW HAMPSHIRE: $1k → 7%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $19k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS & ITS CONSTITUENT CHAPTERS AND BRANCHES: $10k → 14%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $900 → 16%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $19k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $19k → 11%EQUI-LIBRIUM INC: $5k → 11%EQUI-LIBRIUM: $1k → 11%EQUI-LIBRIUM: $1k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 17%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $1k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $1k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $1k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $15k → 11%CHILDREN-AT-PROMISE EARLY LEARNING: $5k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $5k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 11%VIA OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $5k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON: $3k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON: $3k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON: $3k → 11%FAMILY CONNECTION OF EASTON: $1k → 11%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

NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 137 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

137 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 95 since wound down; 51 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

137
142

Total granted

$3.8M
$764k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+24%

Still filing today

59%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $763k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TN
    The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
    5× · 2020–2024 · $175k · revenue +59%
  • MO
    Museum of Modern Art
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +38%
  • VY
    VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $91k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • RF
    REACHINGU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • SA
    SAVING AMERICA'S MUSTANGS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -45% · 38% of their budget
  • WW
    WOUNDED WARRIOR
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
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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5
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
8
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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9
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
10
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission for Educating Children With Autism; the most unlike its peers is Two Rivers Health & Wellness 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

183 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. 183 of the 335 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)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
176/183
Grantees still filing
118/183
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $1,140,100 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER LEHIGH VALLEYREACHINGU FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Other+123 more: $1,821,567 · Other+123 moreSAVING AMERICA'S MUSTANGS: $100,000 · EducationSAVING AMER…NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationNORTHEASTER…LAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $53,081 · EducationLAFAYETTE C…LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIV…NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationNORTHAMPTON…CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationCEDAR CREST…GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC: $26,000 · EducationDESALES UNIVERSITY: $22,075 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $20,000 · Education+7 more: $43,906 · Education+7 moreThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $175,000 · HealthThe New Y…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $50,750 · HealthTHE MICHA…ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · HealthALZHEIMER…MAYO CLINIC: $50,000 · HealthMAYO CLIN…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthNATIONAL …MARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 · HealthST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $15,000 · Health+6 more: $35,900 · Health+6 moreMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 · Arts & CultureALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $65,000 · Arts & CultureARTSQUEST: $50,000 · Arts & CultureVENETIAN HERITAGE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSTATE THEATRE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $23,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $162,000 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $45,100 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc: $32,500 · PhilanthropyPOWER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $14,600 · Philanthropy+8 more: $39,200 · PhilanthropyREACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY: $150,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $40,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $17,902 · InternationalAmerican Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc: $11,914 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · International+1 more: $4,550 · InternationalVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $91,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $35,050 · Human ServicesTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $25,000 · Human ServicesFLUOR CARES: $12,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesART FEEDS: $10,000 · Human Services+8 more: $50,500 · Human Services
Other$3,111,667Education$515,062Health$426,650Arts & Culture$363,500Philanthropy$308,400International$244,366Human Services$233,550

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 budgetThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $162,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING AMERICA'S MUSTANGS: $100,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $91,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $65,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INC: $64,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $53,081 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $50,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARTSQUEST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $45,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVENETIAN HERITAGE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $35,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEquine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary: $35,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHISTORIC BETHLEHEM INCORPORATED: $34,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetUnited Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE THEATRE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY: $22,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $20,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $20,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $17,902 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY OF FORKS TWP: $16,630 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetPOWER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $15,000 over 3y, 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 New York and Presbyterian Hospital ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds SAVING AMERICA'S MUSTANGS ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INC ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTSQUEST ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VENETIAN HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR CREST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC BETHLEHEM INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds United Way of the Cape Fear Area 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.

United Way of the Gre…Air Products Foundati…Lehigh Valley Communi…Ppl FoundationJohn a and Margaret P…Martin Guitar Charita…William H and Patti a…Lutron FoundationRoss J Born and Wendy…The Donald B and Doro…The Century Fund TrustHarry C Trexler Estate
United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA67.6× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Air Products Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Ppl Foundation · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · William H and Patti a Lehr Foundation · Lutron Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate

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 Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • United Way of Greater Plymouth County in: 56% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • Center for Ecotechnology Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Central Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford 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 335 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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