· Private foundation
Joseph and Constance Franklin Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cindy's Fund | $3,378 |
| West Point Association of Graduatio | $1,000 |
| Vassar College | $1,000 |
| Army Retirement Residence Foundatio | $1,000 |
| Winchester Thurston School | $750 |
| McDonough School Fund | $750 |
| Young Concert Artists | $500 |
| National Museum of Women in the Art | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +72%- VCVASSAR COLLEGE5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +43%
- WTWINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- MSMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATEDone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +19%
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.
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.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…
Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…
Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 9 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds CINDY'S FUND INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARMY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE FOUNDATION - POTOMAC ↗
- Who funds MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph and Constance Franklin Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Constance Franklin Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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