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Grant Family 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.

$53k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$35k
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.

Arts & Culture$179kPhilanthropy$85kRecreation & Sports$54kEnvironment$26kEducation$24kCommunity Improvement$12kHealth$11kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING$35,000
BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST$7,500
STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION$3,000
YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF IRC$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$2,500
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION$2,500
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 (FY19–19, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OSSINING CHILDREN'S 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

MN
MI
NY
OH
CT
RI
CO
VA
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$296k · 13 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$296k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+37%

Still filing today

85%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +79%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $13k · revenue +41%
  • PM
    PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $10k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIDELITY CHAR GIV AC 1239004 LAURA GRANT ZIMMERMAN AND FRANKLIN HARRIS
    one grant, 2022 · $85k
  • BM
    Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -67%
  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +99%
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
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
9
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc

To guarantee all americans quality places to hunt and fish.

Animals
10
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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11
The North Shore Land Alliance Inc

To conserve and steward long island's natural and historic lands, waters and environmental resources. through education, outreach and volunteerism, we connect people to nature and inspire a community conservation ethic.

Environment
12
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wnet; the most unlike its peers is Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association. 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 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING: $162,000 · OtherAMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHINGFIDELITY CHAR GIV AC 1239004 LAURA GRANT ZIMMERMAN AND FRANKLIN HARRIS: $85,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHAR GIV AC 1239004 LAURA GRANT ZIMMERMAN AND FRANKLIN HARRISYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF IRC: $31,000 · OtherYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF IRC+6 more: $25,300 · Other+6 moreTHE STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $8,200 · Arts & CultureWNET: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · EnvironmentNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY: $4,400 · Community ImprovementPHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,180 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 · Health
Other$303,300Recreation & Sports$22,500Education$20,500Arts & Culture$17,200Environment$16,000Community Improvement$12,900Health$11,430

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $8,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $4,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $3,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA ACHIEVES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEQUOT YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOSSINING CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $250 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.

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.

The Bessemer Giving F…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bessemer Giving FundNJ16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Grant Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grant Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Grant Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Grant Family 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 24 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home