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Liddy Family Foundation

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.

$123k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2025
55
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$16,300
Organizations funded a year
44 to 56
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Liddy Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesCrime & 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 arriving53$119k11%
FY202455$105k11%
FY202344$88k9%
FY202245$103k16%
FY202156$106k21%
FY202052$77k38%
FY201954$75k20%
FY201851$87k18%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$214kHealth$176kArts & Culture$175kPhilanthropy$65kHuman Services$37kPublic Benefit$36kReligion$19kEnvironment$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The American College$91,60090%
Iowa State University Foundation$79,80090%
Opera Naples Inc$65,05091%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$24,80080%
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$19,50080%
Judicial Watch Inc$18,20090%
Cato Institute$14,50090%
The Fund for American Studies$12,50090%
Naples United Church of Christ$11,5004n/a
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$9,25070%
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All grantees of Liddy Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The American College$91,60090%
Iowa State University Foundation$79,80090%
Opera Naples Inc$65,05091%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$24,80080%
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$19,50080%
Judicial Watch Inc$18,20090%
Cato Institute$14,50090%
The Fund for American Studies$12,50090%
Naples United Church of Christ$11,5004n/a
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$9,25070%
Salvation Army$8,8009n/a
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$7,50060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,50080%
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis$5,30070%
Rerun Inc$5,00011%
Lightkeepers International Inc$5,0001n/a
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$5,00080%
Trinity Forum Inc$3,40090%
United Way of Collier and the Keys Inc$3,20080%
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$3,00040%
Missouri Historical Society$2,90090%
Washington University$2,70090%
American Heart Association Inc$2,50090%
Community Foundation Inc$2,3505n/a
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$2,35060%
Webster University$2,00070%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$2,00090%
Learning Ally Inc$2,00090%
Smithsonian Institution$1,90470%
The Naples Players Inc$1,85030%
National Legal and Policy Center$1,65050%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$1,55040%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,51060%
Indian River County Historical Society Inc$1,5001n/a
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$1,20020%
Urological Research Foundation$1,05060%
Renbrook School Inc$1,00010%
Freedomworks Inc$1,00030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc$1,00010%
Lincoln Presidential Foundation$90030%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$85040%
New York Botanical Garden$70020%
Nantucket Historical Association$58060%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$55070%
Lakewood Theatre Company$50010%
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc$50010%
The George W Bush Foundation$50010%
Naples Council on World Affairs Inc$50010%
The Heard Museum$40010%
AVOW Hospice Inc$40010%
St Michaels Episcopal Church$4001n/a
Tennessee State University Foundation$4002n/a
Iowa State University Alumni Association$4001n/a
The Asia Society$37540%
Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation$30010%
The Commemorative Air Force$30020%
Faith in Practice$30020%
University of Miami$30010%
The Collins Foundation$20030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20010%
Cape and Islands United Way Inc$20010%
Denver Art Museum$17510%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$15030%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$15030%
Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association$12510%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
Friends of the Library$5030%
Christian Service Charities Inc$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($427k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Liddy Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe American College: $91,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIowa State University Foundation: $79,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Naples Inc: $65,050 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetGulfshore Playhouse Inc: $24,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLiberty Youth Ranch Inc: $19,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $18,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $12,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $9,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $5,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRerun Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDonald Danforth Plant Science Center: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Forum Inc: $3,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Collier and the Keys Inc: $3,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAdam J Lewis Academy Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Historical Society: $2,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $2,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Botanical Garden Inc: $2,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWebster University: $2,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $2,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $2,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $1,904 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Naples Players Inc: $1,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $1,510 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrological Research Foundation: $1,050 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRenbrook School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Presidential Foundation: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Historical Association: $580 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLakewood Theatre Company: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Council on World Affairs Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heard Museum: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVOW Hospice Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asia Society: $375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Commemorative Air Force: $300 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 59.

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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.

Collier Community Foundation IncFL17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Chicago Community Trust · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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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How do I get to Liddy Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Liddy Family Foundation 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.

About Liddy Family Foundation

How much does Liddy Family Foundation give?
Liddy Family Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $122,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Liddy Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (20%), Arts & Culture (20%).
Who are Liddy Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The American College ($92k), Iowa State University Foundation ($80k), Opera Naples Inc ($65k).
Does Liddy Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Liddy Family Foundation 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 Liddy Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Aetna Foundation Inc.
Where is Liddy Family Foundation based?
Liddy Family Foundation is based in CT.

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 133 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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