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Henrikson 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.

$129k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$151kArts & Culture$79kEnvironment$68kHealth$47kAnimals$43kInternational$35kHuman Services$16kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
$18,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Paul's School$29,000
The Center For Contemporary Printmaking$23,250
Strays and Others$23,250
The Ocean Cleanup$18,000
Hackley School$15,000
Robert Louis Stevenson School$15,000
The Petey Greene Program Inc$5,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Digdeep Water: $10k → 14%Hackley School: $15k → 9%Robert Louis Stevenson School: $15k → 17%Strays and Others: $23k → 9%The Petey Greene Program Inc: $6k → 11%St Paul's School: $29k → 7%Hackley School: $10k → 9%Robert Louis Stevenson School: $10k → 17%Strays and Others: $20k → 9%St Paul's School: $20k → 7%The Ocean Cleanup: $18k → 17%The Center For Contemporary Printmaking: $23k → 9%The Center For Contemporary Printmaking: $20k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$351k · 19 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
25

Total granted

$351k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+20%

Still filing today

95%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING
    3× · 2023–2025 · $64k · revenue +4%
  • SP
    ST PAUL'S SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +4%
  • SO
    STRAYS & OTHERS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $43k · revenue +152% · 42% of their budget

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue +1%
  • TD
    THE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -11%
  • BRONXWORKS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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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3
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
4
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
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

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

Health
8
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
10
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
11
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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12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteady#11#8#9#3#14#12#15#13
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%43%35–55yr16%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%42%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,526

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
31/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST PAUL'S SCHOOL — $59,500 · EducationST PAUL'S SCHOOLROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL — $25,000 · EducationROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SC…University of Miami — $8,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiBOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS INC — $6,000 · EducationBOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS IN…ABC INC OF NEW CANAAN — $5,500 · Education+1 more — $1,500 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $36,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEA…Bay Colony Dollars For Scholars — $10,000 · OtherBay Colony Dollars For Schol…Individual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientStamford Hospital Foundation — $10,000 · OtherStamford Hospital FoundationTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — $6,000 · OtherIndian Springs School District 109 Foundation — $5,000 · OtherBRONXWORKS INC — $10,500 · OtherBRONXWORKS INCThe Petey Greene Program Inc — $5,500 · Other+17 more — $23,200 · Other+17 moreCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING — $64,250 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR CONTEMP…ARTIS-NAPLES INC — $7,000 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INCTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC — $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,500 · Arts & CultureHACKLEY SCHOOL — $29,500 · HealthHACKLEY SCHOOLNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC — $20,000 · HealthNCH HEALTHCARE …The Stamford Hospital — $10,000 · HealthThe Stamford Ho…BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC — $2,500 · Health+2 more — $2,500 · HealthSTRAYS & OTHERS INC — $43,250 · AnimalsSTRAYS & O…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 · InternationalTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION — $14,000 · EnvironmentTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT — $10,500 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $1,500 · Environment
Education$105,500Other$116,200Arts & Culture$75,750Health$64,500Animals$43,250International$35,000Environment$26,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING — $64,250 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL — $59,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAYS & OTHERS INC — $43,250 over 2y, 42% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHACKLEY SCHOOL — $29,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION — $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT — $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC — $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS INC — $6,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABC INC OF NEW CANAAN — $5,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC — $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES OF SEPTEMBER 11 INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOREVER INC DBA FOSTERING SUCCESS INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe League Club Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN EMS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF NAPLES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW CANAAN FIRE COMPANY NO 1 — $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

New Canaan Community …The Ayco Charitable F…Hilltop Foundation IncJim and Dede Bartlett…Syd & Jan M Silverman…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Collier Community Fou…Fairfield County's Co…Community Foundation …The Bessemer Giving F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Ibm International Fou…
New Canaan Community Foundation IncCT15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Hilltop Foundation Inc · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Henrikson Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc — 29% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Henrikson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Henrikson 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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