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Jeniam Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$1.8MEnvironment$1.8MArts & Culture$1.0MEducation$637kRecreation & Sports$369kPhilanthropy$292kCommunity Improvement$196kHuman Services$185kOther$0
02FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $521k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $835k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST LONG ISLAND$150,000
WAVENY LIFECARE NETWORK INC$100,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$100,000
WAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC$100,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CT & NY$85,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CT & NY$75,000
EVERWONDER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$75,000
WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC$50,000
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY$50,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$50,000
DANBURY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC$41,000
HORIZONS NATIONAL$40,000
NEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE$40,000
EARTHPLACE THE NATURE DISCOVERY CENTER INC$40,000
NEWTOWN-SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$35,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $8k → 9%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN: $5k → 9%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN: $3k → 9%STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $1k → 9%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

VT
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
HI
LA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 58 repeat orgs$892k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
46

Total granted

$5.7M
$454k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+11%

Still filing today

69%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $438k 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
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $535k · revenue +39%
  • WP
    WAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $354k · revenue +101% · 43% of their budget
  • OL
    ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $350k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY OF CT & NY
    one grant, 2023 · $170k
  • HN
    HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue -67%
  • PM
    PURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +38%
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
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
2
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
3
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
4
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
5
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
6
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation

Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.

Environment
7
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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8
Northern Neck Land Conservancy

Northern neck land conservancy's mission is to preserve the rural heritage of the northern neck and essex county by conserving their lands, water, economies and culture for future generations. the land conservancy assists landowners who…

Environment
9
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
10
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
11
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc

The connecticut river conservancy (crc) restores and advocates for clean water, healthy habitats, and resilient communicities to support a diverse and thriving watershed. through collaborative partnerships in new hampshire, vermont, and…

Environment
12
Nassau County Spca Inc

The nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3) organized to protect animals from abuse and neglect.(see schedule o)the nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3)…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Armys Legacy Animal Rescue and Sanctuary 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 86 of the 126 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/86
Grantees still filing
51/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $545,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONAUDUBON CONNECTICUT: $282,500 · OtherAUDUBON CONNECTICUTNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY OF CT & NY: $170,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY OF CT & NYNEWTOWN-SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $167,000 · OtherNEWTOWN-SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I…HORIZONS NATIONAL: $166,500 · OtherHORIZONS NATIONALNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CT & NY: $165,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CT & NYNEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST LONG ISLAND: $150,000 · OtherNEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST LONG ISLANDNTS FOUNDATION USA: $121,500 · OtherGLOBAL FOREST GENERATION: $105,025 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW CANAAN: $92,500 · Other+48 more: $557,526 · Other+48 moreBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $535,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIE…WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $321,000 · AnimalsWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER …American Bird Conservancy: $272,500 · AnimalsAmerican Bird ConservancyANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO INC: $201,000 · AnimalsANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION…FURRY FRIENDS FOSTER AND RESCUE INC: $56,000 · Animals+17 more: $171,000 · Animals+17 moreWAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $353,500 · EnvironmentWAVENY PARK CONSERVANC…SAVE THE SOUND: $237,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUNDNEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $207,500 · EnvironmentNEW MEXICO WILDERNESS …EARTHPLACE INC: $204,500 · EnvironmentEARTHPLACE INCENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE …NEWTOWN FOREST ASSOCIATION INC: $62,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · Environment+12 more: $162,700 · Environment+12 moreORCHESTRA LUMOS INC: $350,000 · Arts & CultureORCHESTRA LUMOS…NEWTOWN CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC: $282,500 · Arts & CultureNEWTOWN CHILDRE…SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $72,500 · Arts & CultureSUMMER THEATRE …Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $65,000 · Arts & CultureKids Empowered …NEW CANAAN CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNEW CANAAN CHAM…THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $53,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARITIME AQ…+5 more: $47,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $150,000 · EducationJustWorld International Inc: $20,000 · EducationTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $16,000 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $8,500 · EducationWAVENY LIFECARE NETWORK INC: $142,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $7,500 · HealthNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $103,000 · PhilanthropyFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $11,000 · PhilanthropyCATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$2,522,551Animals$1,556,500Environment$1,377,700Arts & Culture$930,500Education$204,500Health$160,000Philanthropy$151,500

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 budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $535,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $353,500 over 5y, 43% of budgetORCHESTRA LUMOS INC: $350,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $321,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetNEWTOWN CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC: $282,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $272,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $237,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $207,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetEARTHPLACE INC: $204,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO INC: $201,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNEWTOWN-SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $167,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $103,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC: $72,500 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetKids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetNEWTOWN FOREST ASSOCIATION INC: $62,500 over 2y, 62% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $61,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEW CANAAN CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $60,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $53,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC: $52,500 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetNEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $50,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDANBURY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $48,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $38,700 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Forest Generation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew Canaan Public Access Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC: $24,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNEW CANAAN SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJustWorld International Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSTEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKENT LAND TRUST INC: $18,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSTAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC: $17,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARMYS LEGACY ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFlanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetREAL FOOD CT: $12,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetMASSARO COMMUNITY FARM INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWILDLIFE IN CRISIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WAVENY PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWTOWN CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds EARTHPLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWTOWN-SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN INC ↗
  • Who funds Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEWTOWN FOREST ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CANAAN CHAMBER MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FURRY FRIENDS FOSTER AND RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DANBURY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds Global Forest Generation ↗

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.

New Canaan Community Foundation IncCT44.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · The Seelert Foundation Inc · MLE Foundation Inc · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · The Bauer Family Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · Corbet Family Foundation · The Queenan Fdn Acct

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 330%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Massaro Community Farm Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Real Food Ct: 17% of income from government
  • Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Orchestra Lumos Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
33get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 126 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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