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Laura B Vogler 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.

$178k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$178k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$33kHuman Services$30kHealth$26kYouth Development$23kEducation$15kRecreation & Sports$15kHousing & Shelter$13kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$178,462
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS - SCHEDULES ATTACHED$178,462
02The need
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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 (FY18–18, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC: $4k → 9%SAMUEL FIELD YM & YWHA: $4k → 13%BRONXWORKS: $4k → 28%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $3k → 20%UNCLOCKING FUTURES INC: $2k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $3k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $3k → 17%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 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.

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New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
2
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
3
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
4
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
5
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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6
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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7
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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8
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
9
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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10
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc

To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.

Human Services
11
City Growers Inc

Through our original curriculum design that uses innovative growing spaces on rooftop farms, in school gardens, and public parks - city growers fosters a love of nature and encourages nyc youth to consider their place, agency, and future…

Food & Nutrition
12
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Port Washington Parent Resource Ctr. 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 backsteadyArtist Support OrganizationsProfessional Associations &…Youth Sports LeaguesPerforming Arts Organizatio…Urban Youth Education & CareAffordable Housing Developm…Private Charitable Foundati…
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 41 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%17%10–20yr22%21%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr9%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr21%16%10–20yr22%20%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr9%36%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/42
the rest of the field
12%
5,650/48,652

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

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 53 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
34/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS - SCHEDULES ATTACHED — $1,499,192 · OtherVARIOUS - SCHEDULES ATTACHED+27 more — $100,500 · Other+27 moreCOMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesBRONXWORKS INC — $3,500 · Human ServicesCOMMONPOINT NY INC — $3,500 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $3,000 · Human ServicesUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAM — $2,500 · Human ServicesUNLOCKING FUTURES INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — $3,500 · Arts & CultureKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART — $3,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureKing Manor Assoc of Long Island Inc — $2,500 · Arts & CultureJACK ARTS INC — $2,000 · Arts & CulturePLAY GROUNDNYC INC — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsMORRY'S CAMP INC — $3,500 · Recreation & SportsCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsBEAT THE STREETS WRESTLING INC — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsCALVARY HOSPITAL INC — $5,000 · HealthTHE FLOATING HOSPITAL INC — $5,000 · HealthFARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOCCER STARS FOUNDATION — $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentBENT ON LEARNING INC — $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentHARVEST HOME FARMER'S MARKET INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionPART OF THE SOLUTION — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,599,692Human Services$21,500Arts & Culture$19,000Recreation & Sports$14,500Health$10,000Youth Development$9,500Food & Nutrition$8,000

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 budgetST MARYS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL OUTREACH INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLOATING HOSPITAL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST HOME FARMER'S MARKET INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANDID — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON PARENT RESOURCE CTR — $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONPOINT NY INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAT THE STREETS WRESTLING INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCCER STARS FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUREENS HAVEN INC — $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE WRITING REVOLUTION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKing Manor Assoc of Long Island Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPEX FOR YOUTH INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACK ARTS INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNLOCKING FUTURES INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBENT ON LEARNING INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…The Ford FoundationPinkerton FoundationBooth Ferris Foundati…Robin Hood FoundationMorgan Stanley Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Mother Cabrini Health…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ28.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Robin Hood Foundation · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Laura B Vogler 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Laura B Vogler Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Laura B Vogler 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 53 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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