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Griffith-Laserson Family Foundation at a glance

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Griffith-Laserson Family Foundation

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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$85kEducation$27kReligion$18kPhilanthropy$9kArts & Culture$8kCommunity Improvement$8kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$375
Median grant
4
States reached
$538k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENT PLACE SCHOOL$15,020
FOUNTAIN HOUSE$5,000
INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,500
IMPACT 100 INDIAN RIVER$1,050
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$1,000
THE DEBUTANTE COTILLION AND CHRISTMAS BALL INC$750
QUOGUE LIBRARY$500
INDIAN RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$500
CITY GARDEN CLUB$375
CARIDAD CENTER$200
BETHESDA BY THE SEA$200
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$200
QUOGUE FIRE DEPARTMENT$150
CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY$100
WHOLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$100
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 (FY22–25, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DELAWARE HOSPICE: $100 → 10%CARIDAD CENTER: $200 → 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

ME
VT
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
VA
DE
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 25 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
27

Total granted

$145k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+32%

Still filing today

56%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationCommunity 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

  • FH
    FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $81k · revenue +42%
  • KP
    KENT PLACE SCHOOL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $19k · revenue +63%
  • RT
    RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $5k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • QL
    QUOGUE LIBRARY CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • PT
    PUBLIC THEATER NEW YORK
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • NC
    NEW CANAAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $500
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
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
2
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
3
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
4
The Economic Club of New York

The economic club of new york is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. for more than a century, the club has served as the…

Social Science
5
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
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
8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
10
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
11
Manhattanville University

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

Education
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Havens Relief Fund Society. 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

32 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. 32 of the 60 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $80,600 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC+4 more: $2,650 · HealthTHE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $17,815 · OtherTHE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHU…QUOGUE LIBRARY CAMPAIGN: $5,000 · OtherQUOGUE LIBRARY CAMPAIGNNew York City Parents In Action Inc: $2,800 · OtherNew York City Parents In A…DEBUTANTE COTILLION X-MAS: $1,500 · OtherQUOGUE LIBRARY: $1,500 · Other+34 more: $9,465 · Other+34 moreKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $19,020 · EducationKENT PLACE SCH…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $775 · EducationINDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · PhilanthropyRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $5,050 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $450 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $400 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $350 · Arts & CultureIMPACT 100 OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $4,350 · Human ServicesCaridad Center Inc: $200 · Human Services+2 more: $200 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FORUM OF NEW YORK INC: $3,600 · Community Improvement
Health$83,250Other$38,080Education$20,795Philanthropy$8,500Arts & Culture$6,250Human Services$4,750Community Improvement$3,600

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 budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $80,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $19,020 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $5,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $4,350 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S FORUM OF NEW YORK INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew York City Parents In Action Inc: $2,800 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE DEBUTANTE COTILLION AND CHRISTMAS BALL INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOORINGS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $525 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetQUOGUE FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $385 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN RESEARCH & CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Connections Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVENS RELIEF FUND SOCIETY: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE HOSPICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CLASSICAL THEATRE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL I: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $15 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.

Indian River Communit…The Berghorst Foundat…Archie S Wingfield Jr…Olivia Delacruz Found…The William W & Pamel…The Carwill FoundationThe Toffey Family Cha…Sad Foundation IncThe Bessemer Giving F…The Graymer FoundationThe Ned and Emily She…Welsh Family Foundati…
Indian River Community Foundation IncFL19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · Olivia Delacruz Foundation Inc · The William W & Pamela C Lane Foundation · The Carwill Foundation · The Toffey Family Charitable Trust · Sad Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Graymer Foundation · The Ned and Emily Sherwood Family Foundation · Welsh Family 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 Griffith-Laserson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Griffith-Laserson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Delaware Hospice Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Whole Family Health Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 60 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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