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Im the Molder 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.

$321k
Granted FY2025still arriving
50
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Education$168kHealth$49kEnvironment$31kArts & Culture$15kFood & Nutrition$14kAnimals$12kHuman Services$7kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k45 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTOVER SCHOOL$125,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE & RELATED$47,000
INTL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE$12,181
OBERLIN COLLEGE$12,000
WORCESTER ACADEMY$10,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY$7,000
YALE CHILD STUDY CENTER$7,000
LAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC$7,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$6,500
WATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$6,000
SALVATION ARMY$6,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$6,000
MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$5,000
FIREARMS CHARITY SANDY HOOK PROMISE$5,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $2k → 7%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.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
GA
TX

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 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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
5
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
6
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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7
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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8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amnesty International of the Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Seven Angels Theatre Inc. 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 backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Independent K-8 SchoolsFood Pantries & AssistanceLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…United Way FederationsCancer Support OrganizationsLand Conservation Organizat…Developmental Disabilities …Classical Music EnsemblesCommunity Arts OrganizationsCommunity Health Centers
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 37 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%36%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%62%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%0/41
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,524

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

40 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. 40 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
17/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WESTOVER SCHOOL INC — $125,000 · EducationWESTOVER SCHOOL INCOberlin College — $12,000 · EducationOberlin CollegeWORCESTER ACADEMY — $10,000 · EducationWORCESTER ACADEMYYale University — $7,000 · Education+5 more — $11,000 · Education+5 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $47,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEA…+2 more — $1,500 · HealthTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC — $7,000 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY O…THE SALVATION ARMY — $6,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION AR…FIREARMS CHARITY SANDY HOOK PROMISE — $5,000 · OtherFIREARMS CHARITY…GR PITTSBURGH COMM FOOD BANK — $4,000 · OtherGR PITTSBURGH CO…NATURAL RESOURCES DEF COUNCIL — $2,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — $2,000 · Other412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $3,000 · Other412 FOOD RESCUE …Feeding America — $2,944 · OtherFeeding AmericaSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC — $2,000 · OtherNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $2,000 · Other+10 more — $9,500 · Other+10 moreLAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC — $7,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $6,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $6,000 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR WINTERS — $1,000 · EnvironmentPROJECT INNERSPACE INC — $1,000 · Environment+1 more — $500 · EnvironmentWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $6,000 · Arts & CultureMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 · Arts & CultureGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · Arts & CultureSeven Angels Theatre Inc — $2,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $2,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $1,500 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $1,309 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,200 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR — $1,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $1,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC — $12,181 · Animals
Education$165,000Health$48,500Other$45,444Environment$22,000Arts & Culture$15,000International$13,009Animals$12,181

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 budgetWESTOVER SCHOOL INC — $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $47,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC — $12,181 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOberlin College — $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYale University — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE QUASSAPAUG ASSOCIATION INC — $7,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERBURY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America — $2,944 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeven Angels Theatre Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALISBURY SCHOOL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUMSEY HALL SCHOOL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA 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.

The Connecticut Commu…Ion Bank Foundation I…Ibm International Fou…Tw Marian W Ottley-Wa…American Savings Foun…National Philanthropi…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…
The Connecticut Community FoundationCT17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley-Watertown · American Savings Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment 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 Im the Molder 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.

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no gov · 90%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Project Innerspace Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Yale University — 12% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute — 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get 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
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.

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 50 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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By state
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