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J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
85
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.0MHuman Services$712kEducation$653kYouth Development$535kPhilanthropy$396kCrime & Legal$380kHealth$318kHousing & Shelter$290kOther$0
02FY2024 · 85 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $943k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARTER OAK AMATEUR BOXING ACADEMY$25,000
UNDERGROUND NE THE$25,000
MCEVIR INC DBA MAKERSPACECT$25,000
SECOND CHANCE RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM$25,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER HARTFORD THE$20,000
CONNECTICUT PUERTO RICAN FORUM INC$20,000
BUSHNELL PARK FOUNDATION$20,000
REAL ART WAYS$20,000
URISE VENTURES$20,000
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTER$20,000
SPECTRUM IN MOTION DANCE THEATER ENSEMBLE INC$20,000
RE- CENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION$20,000
THEATERWORKS$20,000
GREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ$20,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ACTION$20,000
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 (FY20–24, $530k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $10k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $10k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $10k → 20%UNDERGROUND NE THE: $25k → 11%QUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC: $10k → 11%QUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC: $8k → 11%QUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC: $7k → 11%HARTFORD CITY MISSION INC: $25k → 11%HARTFORD CITY MISSION INC: $20k → 11%HARTFORD CITY MISSION INC: $20k → 11%URBAN ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 11%LIGHT SOURCE CENTER INC THE: $20k → 11%LIGHT SOURCE CENTER INC THE: $5k → 11%NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE OF NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $10k → 11%NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE OF NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $10k → 11%NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE OF NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $10k → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $5k → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $5k → 11%OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $20k → 11%OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $20k → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN INC: $20k → 11%THE CONNECTICUT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COALITION INC: $20k → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN INC: $20k → 11%VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN INC: $20k → 11%THE CONNECTICUT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COALITION INC: $15k → 11%HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER: $10k → 11%HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC: $10k → 11%HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC: $10k → 11%HARC INC: $10k → 11%HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC: $10k → 11%FRESH START PALLET PRODUCTS: $5k → 11%HARC INC: $5k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $20k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $20k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $20k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $15k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $10k → 11%SOCIAL ENTERPRISES TRUST: $10k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $8k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $8k → 11%COVANENT TO CARE: $5k → 11%COVENANT TO CARE INC: $5k → 11%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.2M · 102 repeat orgs$837k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

102 repeat relationships — 62 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

102
35

Total granted

$4.2M
$592k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+7%

Still filing today

88%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • CO
    CHARTER OAK AMATEUR BOXING ACADEMY AND YOUTH DEV PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +271% · 29% of their budget
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +101%
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ACTION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $78k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY INC (CONNECTICUT UNITED WAY COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND)
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • HK
    HARTFORD KNIGHTS CORP (MASKS MATTER COLLABORATIVE PROJECT)
    one grant, 2020 · $53k
  • HI
    HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +145%

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
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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2
The Hartford Chamber of Commerce Incorporated

To compete aggressively and successfully for jobs, talent and capital.

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3
Hartford Neighborhood Centers

To be an educational, cultural, social and recreational "safe have" of opportunity for the diverse ethnic populations of Greater Hartford

Human Services
4
The Hartford Guides Inc

To promote and enhance the city of hartford by providing uniformed guides who provide information and assistance to the public in the downtown and other areas of hartford.

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5
Hartford Preservation Alliance Inc

Hartford Preservation Alliance's primary mission is to preserve and revitalize Hartford's unique architectural heritage and neighborhood character.

Arts & Culture
6
Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc

Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.

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7
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Inc

We encourage Connecticut residents to participate in government and their communities and we conduct public interest lobbying to advocate for consumer and environmental concerns.

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8
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
9
New Haven Works Inc

To grow the local economy and improve economic stability in all communities by providing employers with a trained and qualified workforce and connecting residents to jobs.

Education
10
Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc

The mission of the connecticut association for community action is to strengthen the capacities of its members to empower people in need and improve the communities in which they live.

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11
The Connecticut Project Inc

The connecticut project, a 501c3 organization, brings together people, ideas, and resources to build opportunity.

Community Improvement
12
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc

We exist to be a catalyst for the arts and promote an equitable arts ecosystem in Greater Hartford.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hartford Performs Inc and the most unlike its peers is Music and Poetry Synchronized 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 backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Community Advocacy and Supp…Senior Affordable HousingSenior Care and Health Serv…Early Childhood EducationProfessional Trade Associat…Family Philanthropic Founda…Disability Services Organiz…Youth Sports & Recreation P…Hartford Community Developm…
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 33 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr11%9%5–10yr17%18%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr21%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%2%<5yr11%7%5–10yr17%21%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr21%26%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%1/137
the rest of the field
10%
500/5,112

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

132 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 132 of the 161 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
129/132
Grantees still filing
92/132
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY INC (CONNECTICUT UNITED WAY COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND) — $150,000 · OtherUNITED WAY INC (CONNECTICUT UNITED WAY COVID-19 R…COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ACTION INC — $78,000 · Other+83 more — $2,060,725 · Other+83 moreTHE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTISTS COLLE…CHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER — $70,000 · Arts & CultureCHARTER OAK TEMPL…GREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ INC — $65,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER HARTFORD …NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL BRAILLE …REAL ART WAYS INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureREAL ART WAYS INCCONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC — $55,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT NEWS …KENEY PARK SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT — $55,000 · Arts & CultureKENEY PARK SUSTAI…Playhouse Theatre Group Inc — $45,000 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Theatre…HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC — $37,500 · Arts & CultureSpectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble Inc — $32,500 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT RADIO INFORMATION SYSTEM INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureHartbeat Ensemble Inc — $30,000 · Arts & CultureJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $140,000 · Arts & Culture+9 moreRECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC — $110,000 · EducationRECENTER RACE …SECOND CHANCE RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM — $75,000 · EducationSECOND CHANCE …The Riseup Group Inc — $65,000 · EducationThe Riseup Gro…GRACE ACADEMY — $65,000 · EducationGRACE ACADEMYHARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY — $60,000 · EducationHARTFORD PUBLI…HARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationHARTFORD PAREN…HARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS INC — $45,000 · EducationHARTFORD YOUTH…HARTFORD PROMISE INC — $45,000 · EducationHARTFORD PROMI…HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE — $30,000 · EducationTRINITY ACADEMY HARTFORD INC — $25,000 · Education+9 more — $115,500 · Education+9 morePRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesPRUDENCE CRA…HANDS ON HARTFORD INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HAR…HARTFORD CITY MISSION INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesHARTFORD CIT…THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN — $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE …OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesOUR PIECE OF…HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesHARTFORD ART…CONNECTICUT IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE COALITION — $35,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT …NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesMake The Road States Inc — $30,000 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND NE — $25,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT SOURCE CENTER INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesQUEEN ANN NZINGA CENTER INC — $24,500 · Human Services+7 more — $70,000 · Human Services+7 moreCHARTER OAK AMATEUR BOXING ACADEMY AND YOUTH DEV PROGRAM INC — $95,000 · Recreation & SportsKNOX INC — $75,000 · Recreation & SportsBUSHNELL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $70,000 · Recreation & SportsEbony Horsewomen Inc — $57,000 · Recreation & SportsCapitol Squash Inc — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING — $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT — $75,000 · PhilanthropyLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN AMERICA INC — $30,000 · PhilanthropyGREYSTONE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $6,325 · PhilanthropyBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC — $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE — $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentHARTFORD PERFORMS INC — $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentHARTFORD KNIGHTS CORP — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentHARTFORDS PROUD DRILL DRUM & DANCE CORP — $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,288,725Arts & Culture$785,000Education$685,500Human Services$574,500Recreation & Sports$322,000Philanthropy$276,325Youth Development$260,000

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 budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING — $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC — $110,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCHARTER OAK AMATEUR BOXING ACADEMY AND YOUTH DEV PROGRAM INC — $95,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC — $80,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ACTION INC — $78,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE146 INC — $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND CHANCE RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE PROGRAM — $75,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetKNOX INC — $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMPASS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE — $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC — $75,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT — $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFORGE CITY WORKS INC — $75,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBUSHNELL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $70,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER — $70,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCENTER FOR LATINO PROGRESS CONNECTICUT PUERTO RICAN FORUM INC — $70,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Riseup Group Inc — $65,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetCAMP COURANT INC — $65,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetiQuilt Partnership Inc — $65,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGRACE ACADEMY — $65,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHARTFORD CITY MISSION INC — $65,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetGREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ INC — $65,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetHARTFORD PERFORMS INC — $60,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY — $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMALTA HOUSE OF CARE FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetREAL ART WAYS INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHartford Health Inititative Inc — $60,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetEbony Horsewomen Inc — $57,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCONNECTIKIDS INC — $55,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetIMMACARE INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetKENEY PARK SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT — $55,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetShe Leads Justice Inc — $52,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetHARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetHARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS INC — $45,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPlayhouse Theatre Group Inc — $45,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHARTFORD PROMISE INC — $45,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC — $42,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMY SISTERS' PLACE INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER INC — $40,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetMusic and Poetry Synchronized Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetTHE OPEN HEARTH ASSOCIATION — $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% 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.

Hartford Foundation f…Farmington Bank Commu…The Betty Knox Founda…The William and Alice…Liberty Bank Foundati…United Way Inc United…William Caspar Graust…Sbm Charitable Founda…The Maximilian E and …The Fund for Greater …American Savings Foun…Aetna Foundation Inc
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT180.8× affinity107 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · The Fund for Greater Hartford Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc

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 J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc 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 · 360%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • IQuilt Partnership Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Chrysalis Center Inc — 93% of income from government
  • Harc Inc — 92% of income from government
  • Community Partners in Action Inc — 90% of income from government
  • Friendship Service Center Inc — 85% of income from government
  • Jewish Association for Community Living Inc — 84% of income from government
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation — 77% of income from government
  • Blue Hills Civic Association — 72% of income from government
  • Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc — 70% of income from government
  • Hartford Knights Corp — 68% of income from government
  • Organized Parents Make a Difference Inc — 66% of income from government
  • Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut — 62% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc — 61% of income from government
  • The Open Hearth Association — 59% of income from government
  • Immacare Inc — 52% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated — 51% of income from government
  • The Village for Families and Children — 50% of income from government
  • The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc — 49% of income from government
  • LOVE146 Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Real Art Ways Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Keney Park Sustainability Project — 37% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services — 37% of income from government
  • The Artists Collective Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Covenant to Care for Children Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Prudence Crandall Center Inc — 30% of income from government
  • South Park Inn Inc — 29% of income from government
  • My Sisters' Place Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy — 24% of income from government
  • Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program — 23% of income from government
  • She Leads Justice Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Our Piece of the Pie Inc — 21% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford — 20% of income from government
  • Hockanum Valley Community Council — 20% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Children America Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Ebony Horsewomen Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Connecticut — 14% of income from government
  • Compass Youth Collaborative — 13% of income from government
  • Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Community First School Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Night Fall Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Theaterworks Inc — 3% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Layavinyasa Company — 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Performs Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Health Inititative Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Justice Dance Performance Project Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Knox Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Cuatro Puntos Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Connecticut Ballet Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Forge City Works Inc — 1% of income from government
  • First Night Hartford Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Riseup Group Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Immigrant & Refugee Coalition — 0% of income from government
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
36get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
16rely 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.

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Find your warmest path to J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc 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 161 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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