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Jean and Scott Bridge Foundation at a glance

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Jean and Scott Bridge 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.

$32k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$44kArts & Culture$38kHousing & Shelter$32kEducation$27kHealth$12kPhilanthropy$5kYouth Development$5kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$519k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC$16,000
INDIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER$6,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,750
RIVERSIDE THEATER$2,500
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$1,500
VNA & HOSPICE FOUNDATION$1,200
NEW CANAAN YMCA$1,000
CULTURAL COUNCIL INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$1,000
PILGRIM SCHOOL$500
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $16k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%WHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 12%WHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 12%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

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 16 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
15

Total granted

$139k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+36%

Still filing today

69%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • IR
    Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc
    5× · 2017–2023 · $29k · revenue +112%
  • TN
    THE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +26%
  • TR
    The Rumson Country Day School
    4× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • R
    RCMA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • WC
    WAVENY CARE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +82%
  • C1
    CHANNEL 13
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
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
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.

—
3
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
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
6
Buckley Country Day School

The school's mission is grounded in the belief expressed by b. lord buckley that opening the eyes and awakening the mind is the essence of education. guided by that mission for almost a century, buckley has purposely focused on developing…

Education
7
Uvmc Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at upper valley medical center by raising community support for programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Philanthropy
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultural Council of Indian River County; the most unlike its peers is Horizon Charitable Foundation Inc Dba Horizon Foundation of New Jersey. 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

22 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. 22 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $29,000 · OtherIndian River County Habitat for Humanity IncTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $21,015 · OtherTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INCThe Rumson Country Day School: $11,500 · OtherThe Rumson Country Day SchoolSHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $9,500 · OtherSHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLRCMA: $5,000 · OtherVNA & HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3,800 · Other+16 more: $25,200 · Other+16 moreRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $19,029 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE THEATRE …SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureSUMMER THEATRE OF …VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureVERO BEACH MUSEUM …CULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $350 · Arts & CultureWHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $19,290 · Human ServicesWHEELS & KEEL…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthWAVENY CARE CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthHorizon Charitable Foundation Inc DBA Horizon Foundation of New Jersey: $3,000 · PhilanthropyQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PINGREE SCHOOL INC: $2,500 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,000 · EducationKENT SCHOOL: $834 · EducationMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,500 · Environment
Other$105,015Arts & Culture$28,379Human Services$21,290Health$9,000Philanthropy$6,000Education$5,334Environment$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $29,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $21,015 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $19,290 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $19,029 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rumson Country Day School: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHorizon Charitable Foundation Inc DBA Horizon Foundation of New Jersey: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAVENY CARE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PINGREE SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $834 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSO OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC: $100 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.

Indian River Communit…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Indian River Community Foundation IncFL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Jean and Scott Bridge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jean and Scott Bridge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Jean and Scott Bridge Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 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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