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Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$423k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$889kEducation$671kHuman Services$336kArts & Culture$218kHousing & Shelter$209kYouth Development$167kFood & Nutrition$149kPhilanthropy$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $175k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $248k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$40,000
RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC$20,000
ST ANDREWS SCHOOL$15,000
IN-SIGHT (RI)$15,000
RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$15,000
CLARKE SCHOOLS OR HEARING AND SPEECH$13,000
LUCY'S HEARTH$10,000
PROJECT INSULIN$10,000
SOJOURNER HOUSE$10,000
CONNECTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC$10,000
RI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION - HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
BRADLEY HOSPITAL$10,000
SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH$10,000
HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF PROVIDENCE$10,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $326k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES: $3k → 7%HORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES: $3k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8k → 14%IN-SIGHT (RI): $15k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8k → 14%IN-SIGHT (RI): $15k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $8k → 14%IN-SIGHT: $10k → 7%IN-SIGHT: $10k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $8k → 14%IN-SIGHT: $10k → 7%IN-SIGHT: $5k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE OF RI: $10k → 7%IN-SIGHT: $5k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE OF RI: $10k → 7%IN-SIGHT: $5k → 7%FAMILY SERVICE OF RI: $8k → 7%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION: $7k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS' ASSOC: $6k → 14%NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 14%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%JEANNE JUGAN RESIDENCE OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $3k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $10k → 14%HOPE HEALTH: $8k → 14%AGING WELL INC: $5k → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $4k → 14%TOCKWOTTON HOME: $10k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER PROVIDENCE: $8k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%HAMILTON HOUSE: $4k → 14%HAMILTON HOUSE: $4k → 14%HAMILTON HOUSE: $4k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $8k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $8k → 14%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $5k → 14%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $5k → 14%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $5k → 14%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $5k → 14%BEAUTIFUL DAY: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND: $3k → 14%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.5M · 87 repeat orgs$438k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

87 repeat relationships — 44 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
70

Total granted

$2.5M
$360k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+12%

Still filing today

68%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • PS
    PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
    7× · 2018–2024 · $280k · revenue +27%
  • THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +90%
  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $109k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • RM
    RISD MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +20%
  • C
    CROSSROADS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k

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
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
2
Hospital Association of Rhode Island

To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…

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3
Rhode Island Health Care Assoc

The mission of rhode island health care association is to enhance its members' ability to provide sustainable quality health care and quality of life to the residents of rhode island's skilled nursing facilities.as a state affiliate of the…

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4
Roger Williams Medical Center Fka Roger Williams Hospital

Roger williams medical center's mission is to provide healthcare services in providence, rhode island and surrounding communities.

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5
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
6
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
7
Rhode Island Bankers Association Inc

The rhode island bankers association will serve as the sole rhode island based organization serving the banking industry and will advocate for its member institutions and participate alongside other new england banking industry…

Public Benefit
8
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
9
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island

The parent support network of ri is a group of parents, family members, transition age youth, and adults with behavioral health lived experience who are committed to supporting and assisting peers and working with statewide and national…

Human Services
10
Pace Organization of Rhode Island

To respect all older adults by hearing their voice, healing their hearts, building community, and delivering exceptional and equitable healthcare.

Health
11
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
12
Newport Hospital Foundation

NHF supports, encourages and coordinates the development of comprehensive, integrated health care-related services for the advancement and well-being of the community, in furtherance of the purposes of Newport Hospital (see Schedule O)

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels of Ri Inc and the most unlike its peers is Project Insulin. 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 backsteadyBehavioral Health ServicesFaith-Based Community Minis…Brown University Affiliated…Regional Land ConservationEducational Scholarships & …Comprehensive Social Servic…Healthcare System Infrastru…Healthcare Providers & Hosp…Senior Care & HousingLabor Union OrganizationsIndustry Trade AssociationsRhode Island Environmental …Classical Music Performance…Regional History MuseumsAffordable Housing ProvidersProvidence Community Develo…Healthcare & Supportive Hou…
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 47 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%3%<5yr13%3%5–10yr18%15%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr18%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%5%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr18%47%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1.0%1/104
the rest of the field
11%
532/5,038

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

100 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. 100 of the 171 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/100
Grantees still filing
74/100
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL — $109,356 · OtherST ANDREW'S SCHOOLAMOS HOUSE — $72,500 · OtherSOUTH COUNTY HEALTH — $72,500 · OtherSOJOURNER HOUSE INC — $60,000 · OtherHASBRO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — $55,000 · OtherLUCY'S HEARTH — $50,000 · OtherTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $65,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE — $47,500 · Other+88 more — $852,720 · Other+88 morePERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $280,000 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR…PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $62,500 · EducationPROVIDENCE PUBLIC …COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $39,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY PREPARAT…REACH OUT AND READ RHODE ISLAND — $31,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ…RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $20,000 · Education+9 more — $55,500 · Education+9 moreTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC — $135,000 · HealthTHE RHODE ISLAND …HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION — $52,500 · HealthHEARING HEALTH FO…Bradley Hospital Foundation — $37,500 · HealthBradley Hospital …The Miriam Hospital — $35,000 · HealthThe Miriam Hospit…Meeting Street — $27,500 · HealthMeeting StreetALDERSBRIDGE COMMUNITIES (F/K/A UNITED METHODIST ELDER CARE) — $27,500 · HealthALDERSBRIDGE COMM…THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC — $23,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $22,500 · Health+14 more — $103,405 · Health+14 moreIN-SIGHT — $75,000 · Human ServicesIN-SIGHTWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC — $50,800 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON P…CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — $47,500 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS R…FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $27,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVI…BEAUTIFUL DAY — $23,000 · Human ServicesBEAUTIFUL DA…HOPEHEALTH — $17,500 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN — $13,000 · Human ServicesHAMILTON HOUSE — $12,000 · Human Services+12 more — $62,500 · Human Services+12 moreFIRSTWORKS — $23,500 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Company — $22,500 · Arts & CultureNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION — $20,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS — $14,500 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $12,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC — $7,500 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY — $7,500 · Arts & CultureWARWICK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $7,500 · Arts & CulturePRESERVE RHODE ISLAND — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $8,500 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $80,000 · Food & NutritionFARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC — $7,000 · Food & NutritionEAST BAY FOOD PANTRY — $6,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionCONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $55,000 · Community ImprovementThe Haven of Grace Ministries Inc — $30,400 · Community Improvement
Other$1,384,576Education$488,000Health$463,905Human Services$328,800Arts & Culture$129,500Food & Nutrition$98,000Community Improvement$85,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $280,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC — $135,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetST ANDREW'S SCHOOL — $109,356 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIN-SIGHT — $75,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetAMOS HOUSE — $72,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $62,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION — $52,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC — $50,800 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLUCY'S HEARTH — $50,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE — $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND — $47,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $39,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER — $38,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBradley Hospital Foundation — $37,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS — $32,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ RHODE ISLAND — $31,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetThe Haven of Grace Ministries Inc — $30,400 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetMeeting Street — $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALDERSBRIDGE COMMUNITIES (F/K/A UNITED METHODIST ELDER CARE) — $27,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFIRSTWORKS — $23,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCAMP RUGGLES INC — $23,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC — $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUTIFUL DAY — $23,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company — $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION — $20,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVisiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties Inc — $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEHEALTH — $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS — $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmenity Aid — $14,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN — $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBUTLER HOSPITAL — $12,905 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMCAULEY MINISTRIES — $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAMILTON HOUSE — $12,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE — $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERMENT FACTORY — $10,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTOCKWOTTON HOME — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT INSULIN — $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% 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.

  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds IN-SIGHT ↗
  • Who funds AMOS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUCY'S HEARTH ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Bradley Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Miriam Hospital ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds The Haven of Grace Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Meeting Street ↗
  • Who funds ALDERSBRIDGE COMMUNITIES (F/K/A UNITED METHODIST ELDER CARE) ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRSTWORKS ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RUGGLES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds BEAUTIFUL DAY ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Repertory Company ↗
  • Who funds NEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties Inc ↗

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.

The Champlin Foundati…The Rhode Island Comm…June Rockwell Levy Fo…United Way of Rhode I…Amica Companies Found…Washington Trust Co C…The Beacon FoundationCitizens Charitable F…Billy Andrade-Brad Fa…Centreville Savings B…Bristol County Saving…The Nordson Corporati…
The Champlin FoundationPA121.6× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Beacon Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Nordson Corporation 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 Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc — 3% of income from government
  • The Clarke School for the Deaf Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech — 1% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust?

Find your warmest path to Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust 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 171 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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