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Ledyardharlow Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ledyardharlow 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.

$90k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$55kEducation$39kEnvironment$36kInternational$24kPhilanthropy$22kHealth$21kArts & Culture$20kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k36 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRDS OF PREY AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER$15,000
BOLLES SCHOOL - HELEN SMITH FOUNDATION$8,000
RAGS OF HONOR$6,000
SATCHEL'S LAST RESORT$5,000
THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION$4,000
NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE$3,850
TAZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
CHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
PIPING ROCK SCHOLARSHIP FUND$2,500
PBS$2,000
US GIRL SCOUTS OVERSEAS$2,000
NPR$2,000
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY$2,000
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 (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TAZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND: $4k → 8%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%TAZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND: $3k → 8%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%TAZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND: $1k → 8%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 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

NH
MT
IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CO
NE
VA
AZ
SC
DC
GA
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.
$240k · 37 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
9

Total granted

$240k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+22%

Still filing today

65%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • GD
    GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $16k · revenue +40%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +20%
  • SL
    SATCHELS LAST RESORT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +159%

Funded once

  • FS
    FRESH START
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • SS
    SUFFIELD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • SJ
    ST JOHNS OF COLD SPRING HARBOR
    one grant, 2022 · $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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
5
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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6
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
7
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
8
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

33 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. 33 of the 54 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAGS OF HONOR: $22,000 · OtherRAGS OF HONORBIRDS OF PREY AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER: $21,000 · OtherBIRDS OF PREY AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTERBOLLES SCHOOL - HELEN SMITH FOUNDATION: $18,000 · OtherBOLLES SCHOOL - HELEN SMITH FOUNDATIONGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $16,000 · OtherGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INCFRESH START: $8,000 · OtherPBS: $7,500 · OtherCHURCH OF THE NATIVITY: $7,500 · OtherLEAD SRQ: $7,500 · OtherUS GIRL SCOUTS OVERSEAS: $7,000 · OtherNPR: $7,000 · Other+17 more: $37,500 · Other+17 moreSATCHELS LAST RESORT: $9,500 · AnimalsSATCHELS LAST…THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,500 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOS…PETSMART CHARITIES INC: $4,500 · AnimalsPETSMART CHAR…Wildlife Conservation Society: $4,000 · AnimalsWildlife Cons…Humane World for Animals Inc: $3,500 · AnimalsHumane World …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN …Animal Rescue Coalition Inc: $3,000 · AnimalsAnimal Rescue…+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $4,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSE…RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST …THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERN…THE NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE INC: $3,850 · EnvironmentTHE NORTH S…NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL EN…OCEANA INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCTHE WEEKAPAUG FOUNDATION FOR CONSERVATION: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE WEEKAPA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUST: $2,000 · InternationalTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesSHIELD MINISTRIES: $7,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,000 · Human ServicesEAST WOODS SCHOOL INC: $9,500 · EducationPIPING ROCK SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $2,500 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,000 · EducationCHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$159,000Animals$34,000Environment$27,350International$18,000Human Services$18,000Education$15,500Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSATCHELS LAST RESORT: $9,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEAST WOODS SCHOOL INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHIELD MINISTRIES: $7,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON: $5,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETSMART CHARITIES INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE INC: $3,850 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $3,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue Coalition Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPIPING ROCK SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEEKAPAUG FOUNDATION FOR CONSERVATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $500 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Ledyardharlow Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ledyardharlow Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Animal Rescue Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report 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
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 54 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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