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Henry Uihlein II and Mildred a Uihlein Foundation at a glance

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Henry Uihlein II and Mildred a Uihlein 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.

$295k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$573kArts & Culture$305kPublic Safety & Disaster$135kEducation$135kEnvironment$133kHousing & Shelter$100kYouth Development$76kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOMESTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$100,000
NY SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$20,000
LAKE PLACID CENTER FOR THE ARTS$20,000
USA LUGE ASSOCIATION$18,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$17,587
LAKE PLACID NORTH ELBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$15,000
THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC$15,000
LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION$14,000
LAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC$10,000
ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION$10,000
LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC$9,000
ESSEX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$7,500
RESEARCH FOUNDATION STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$6,633
SONGS AT MIRROR LAKE INC$6,000
TRI-LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $30k → 10%US INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS: $50k → 13%TRUDEAU INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 16%ADIRONDACK RAIL TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $20k → 16%SARANAC LAKE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $10k → 16%NY SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%NY SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%NEW YORK SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 13%NEW YORK SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 13%HOMESTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100k → 13%LAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $60k → 13%TOWN OF NORTH ELBA: $60k → 13%TOWN OF NORTH ELBA: $50k → 13%ADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY SPORTS COUNCIL: $50k → 13%TOWN OF NORTH ELBA: $50k → 13%ADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY SPORTS COUNCIL: $50k → 13%LAKE PLACID CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $40k → 13%LAKE PLACID CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $30k → 13%ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%NORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $25k → 13%NORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $25k → 13%BARKEATER TRAILS ALLIANCE - BETA: $25k → 13%LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND: $25k → 13%UNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 13%LAKE PLACID CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20k → 13%LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA & ART INC: $20k → 13%LAKE PLACID CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20k → 13%USA LUGE ASSOCIATION: $18k → 13%UNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $16k → 13%LAKE PLACID NORTH ELBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15k → 13%THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC: $15k → 13%THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC: $15k → 13%THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC: $15k → 13%THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC: $15k → 13%THOMAS SHIPMAN SR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER INC: $15k → 13%LAKE PLACID NY ROTARY FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID NORTH ELBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID NORTH ELBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $14k → 13%LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION: $14k → 13%UNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $13k → 13%BARKEATER TRAILS ALLIANCE - BETA: $13k → 13%LAKE PLACID NORTH ELBA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 13%ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 22 repeat orgs$355k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
17

Total granted

$1.2M
$224k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+3%

Still filing today

77%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k 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
Recreation & SportsArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther
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

  • TL
    THE LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +687%
  • LP
    LAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +43%
  • TS
    THOMAS SHIPMAN MEMORIAL YOUTH CTR I
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • UI
    US INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +2%
  • AM
    ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +3%
  • TI
    TRUDEAU INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +57%
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
Adirondack Ski Touring Council Inc

To maintain over 100 miles of cross country ski and mountain bike trails in the vicinity of lake placid, new york.

Youth Development
2
Nyack Park Conservancy Inc

The nyack park conservancy inc is dedicated to supporting the preservation and enahcements of nyack's public spaces and parks, particularlu its hudson waterfront, as a vital natural and recreational resource for the village of nyack and…

Community Improvement
3
The Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History

To provide historical education and information of the town of ticonderoga and the lower adirondack region of new york state.

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4
Adirondack Explorer Inc

The organization publishes the adirondack explorer, a bimonthly news magazine, and associated websites devoted to the protection and the enjoyment of the adirondack park in northeastern new york state.

Arts & Culture
5
Lake Placid Forum for the Arts & Humanities Inc

Promotion of the arts and humanities for purposes of cultural and economic advancement.

Human Services
6
Adirondack Film Society Inc

To advance the art and appreciation of film and filmmaking in the Adirondack Region of New York State.

Arts & Culture
7
Chautauqua Lake Triathlon Coalition Inc
Recreation & Sports
8
Little Lakes Community Association Inc

The Little Lakes Community Association Inc. was established in 2018 for the charitable purpose of providing benefits to the residents and visitors of the Little Lakes Region of New York State. Our goal is to create an inviting and…

Arts & Culture
9
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts

To promote education in the arts.

Arts & Culture
10
Lake Placid Olympic Museum

The organization operates the lake placid olympic museum in lake placid, new york with support from the olympic regional development authority which is a quasi new york state agency.

Arts & Culture
11
Greater Adirondack Resource Conservation & Development Council

To promote resources of the adirondack mountains in upstate new york

Environment
12
Protect the Adirondacks Inc

Protect is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the adirondack park and the new york state forest preserve for current and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tri Lakes Humane Society Inc. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 32 of the 43 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWN OF NORTH ELBA: $159,950 · OtherTOWN OF NORTH ELBAADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY SPORTS COUNCIL: $100,000 · OtherADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY SPORTS COUNCILUNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $72,096 · OtherUNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATIONNORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $54,774 · OtherNORTHWOOD SCHOOLUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS: $50,000 · OtherUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPORTSBARKEATER TRAILS ALLIANCE - BETA: $41,500 · OtherNY SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherTHE LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC: $39,000 · OtherESSEX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,500 · OtherNEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $30,111 · Other+14 more: $203,960 · Other+14 moreTHE LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC: $130,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LAKE PLACID …Lake PlacidNorth Elba Historical Society Inc: $63,000 · Arts & CultureLake PlacidNorth…Songs at Mirror Lake Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSongs at Mirror …+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATIO ASSOCIATION INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentLAKE PLAC…ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentADIRONDAC…THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $27,500 · EnvironmentTHE ADIRO…LAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSARANAC LAKE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHomestead Development Corporation: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterTHOMAS SHIPMAN MEMORIAL YOUTH CTR I: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsAdirondack Research Consortium: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsLAKE PLACID OUTING CLUB INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsLAKE PLACID SKI CLUB INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Philanthropy
Other$858,891Arts & Culture$228,000Environment$127,500Public Safety & Disaster$110,000Housing & Shelter$100,000Recreation & Sports$96,000Philanthropy$75,000

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 LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC: $130,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetHomestead Development Corporation: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetLAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $100,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetTHOMAS SHIPMAN MEMORIAL YOUTH CTR I: $75,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $72,096 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLAKE PLACID COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATIO ASSOCIATION INC: $70,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetLake PlacidNorth Elba Historical Society Inc: $63,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetNORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $54,774 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC: $39,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetESSEX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $30,111 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK SKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSongs at Mirror Lake Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTRUDEAU INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLAKE PLACID VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SER: $25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTRI LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetLake Placid Public Library: $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSARANAC LAKE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAdirondack Research Consortium: $6,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetLITTLE PEAKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetESSEX COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetLAKE PLACID SKI CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetADIRONDACK HAMLETS TO HUTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHAZY YOUTH HOCKEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST ARMAND YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 8.6% 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.

Adirondack FoundationCloudsplitter Foundat…JM McDonald Foundatio…Lake Placid Education…Price Chopper's Golub…Staritch Foundation I…Glenn and Carol Pears…Kingsley Foundation 0…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Adirondack FoundationNY44.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adirondack Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Lake Placid Education Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Staritch Foundation Inc · Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foun · Kingsley Foundation 009009-009 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Henry Uihlein II and Mildred a Uihlein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry Uihlein II and Mildred a Uihlein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 43 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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