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John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund

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.

$143k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
50
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 50
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving40$143k15%
FY202450$159k10%
FY202349$160k18%
FY202245$213k42%
FY20216$28k17%
FY202043$133k12%
FY201945$137kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$254kHealth$159kArts & Culture$90kAnimals$76kHousing & Shelter$60kHuman Services$56kFood & Nutrition$49kEmployment$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 50 grantees
All grantees of John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Norwalk Seaport Association Inc$35,00062%
Building Homes for Heroes Inc$30,00060%
City Harvest Inc$27,00060%
Saint Francis University$26,00030%
Manhattan University$26,00060%
Town Country K-9 Resq Ltd$25,000615%
Pet Res Q Too Inc$25,00068%
Center for Hope and Safety Inc$18,00060%
Hoboken Historical Museum Inc$18,00061%
New York Blood Center Inc$18,00040%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$17,50040%
Rallye for Pancreatic Cancer$16,5006n/a
Ruth Keeler Memorial Library$16,50061%
Harlem Academy$16,00060%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc$15,00030%
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc$13,00060%
School of the Holy Child$12,0005n/a
The Open Door Shelter Inc$11,00050%
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service$11,00030%
Rozalia Project$10,50061%
County Mayo Foundation Inc$10,0002n/a
The Hewitt School$10,00020%
Careers Support Solutions Inc$10,00020%
St John's University New York$10,00030%
The Justin a Solak Foundation$10,0003n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00030%
Covenant House$9,00030%
Center for Food Action in New Jersey$9,00030%
Norwalk Community Benefit Fund Inc$9,000627%
Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra Inc$9,00031%
Little Sisters of the Poor$8,500229%
Reggies Pet Project Inc$8,0006n/a
American Sailboat Racing Foundation Inc$8,00021%
Friends of the Children- New York$8,00040%
Mac Angels Foundation Inc$8,00032%
Seafarers & International House Inc$7,5003n/a
The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music$7,50030%
Fordham Preparatory School$5,0002n/a
Beyond Bedtime Inc$5,00020%
Constellation Theatre Company$5,00020%
Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home$5,00012%
National Scleroderma Foundation Inc$4,50030%
American Folk Art Museum$3,50010%
Fordham University$3,00010%
St Dominic High School$3,0001n/a
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$3,00010%
A Fair Shake for Youth Inc$2,50011%
Camba Inc$2,00010%
Dorset Theatre Festival Inc$2,00010%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$2,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($388k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorwalk Seaport Association Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetBuilding Homes for Heroes Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis University: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan University: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTown Country K-9 Resq Ltd: $25,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetPet Res Q Too Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetCenter for Hope and Safety Inc: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHoboken Historical Museum Inc: $18,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNew York Blood Center Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRuth Keeler Memorial Library: $16,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHarlem Academy: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Open Door Shelter Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBrooklyn Bureau of Community Service: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRozalia Project: $10,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetThe Hewitt School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCareers Support Solutions Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSt John's University New York: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Food Action in New Jersey: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorwalk Community Benefit Fund Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetWestern Connecticut Youth Orchestra Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor: $8,500 over 2y, 29% of budgetAmerican Sailboat Racing Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the Children- New York: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMac Angels Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Bedtime Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetConstellation Theatre Company: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNational Scleroderma Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Folk Art Museum: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFordham University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Fair Shake for Youth Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCamba Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDorset Theatre Festival Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

American Express FoundationNY14.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Fjc · The Ford Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Ibm International Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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About John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund

How much does John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund give?
John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund reported 40 grants totaling $143,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 50 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Health (16%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Norwalk Seaport Association Inc ($35k), Building Homes for Heroes Inc ($30k), City Harvest Inc ($27k).
Does John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Express Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Pinkerton Foundation.
Where is John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund based?
John R & Dorothy D Caples Fund is based in NY.

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 90 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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