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Guild Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Guild Family Foundation Inc

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.

$8k
Granted FY2020
2
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$150kEnvironment$38kHealth$26kEducation$16kInternational$4kPhilanthropy$1kHuman Services$1kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$17k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS$5,250
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$3,000
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 (FY17–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $2k → 16%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%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

NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$157k · 10 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
27

Total granted

$157k
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+71%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PB
    PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $85k · revenue +92%
  • SO
    School of the Arts Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +118%
  • BF
    BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    2× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TS
    The Sakonnet Preservation Association Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $36k · revenue -18%
  • TP
    THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue -16%
  • PB
    PALM BEACH OPERA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +69%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
3
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
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
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.

—
7
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
8
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
9
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
12
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
23/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $84,800 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INCTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIAPALM BEACH OPERA INC: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH OPERA INCBallet Palm Beach Inc: $10,500 · Arts & CultureBallet Palm Beach Inc+3 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe Sakonnet Preservation Association Inc: $36,007 · OtherThe Sakonnet Preservation Association IncSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $20,000 · OtherSchool of the Arts Foundation IncBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $15,000 · OtherBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICADREYFOOS SCHOOL: $8,000 · OtherDREYFOOS SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+16 more: $13,689 · Other+16 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $6,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $500 · HealthHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of the Pacific: $5,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $1,380 · EducationWESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC: $1,700 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION FOR GEAUGA PARKS: $200 · EnvironmentA BETTER CHANCE OF WESTPORT INC: $500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$123,800Other$97,696Health$6,500Human Services$6,500Education$6,380Environment$1,900Youth Development$500

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 budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $84,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBallet Palm Beach Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $1,380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Compton Historical Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAROLINE HOUSE INC: $850 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA BETTER CHANCE OF WESTPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GEAUGA PARKS: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $102 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Guild Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Guild Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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How do I get to Guild Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Guild Family Foundation Inc 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 37 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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