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Im the Molder Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$5,000
FIREARMS CHARITY SANDY HOOK PROMISE$5,000
THE TAFT SCHOOL$5,000
02The need
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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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Its 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. Its 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
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

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
GA
TX
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 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amnesty International of the Usa Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
13/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 & CultureSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION 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 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $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 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 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 budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,944 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $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 budgetRodale Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

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

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 Im the Molder Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Im the Molder Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 90%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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