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Louis F & Virginia C Bantle Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Louis F & Virginia C Bantle 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.

$365k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$603kHealth$462kRecreation & Sports$314kHuman Services$286kArts & Culture$255kEnvironment$133kPhilanthropy$102kCommunity Improvement$58kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k40 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $246k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIVERGY$36,875
THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PA$25,000
MAXWELL SCHOOL$20,000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY$20,000
FAMILY CENTERS INC$19,000
GREENWICH TOWN PARTY$18,670
LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC$18,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$17,000
ATHLETES AND CAUSES$15,000
MAKE A WISH$15,000
GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY$11,503
Individual grant recipient$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$10,000
THE WINDWARD SCHOOL$10,000
SHATTERPROOF$8,500
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 (FY17–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DREAM FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%VITA NOVA: $1k → 11%ANSWER THE CALL: $3k → 17%ANSWER THE CALL: $3k → 17%DARIEN YMCA: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 9%DARIEN YMCA: $3k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 9%SIVLERSOURCE: $500 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 9%BUILDERS BEYOND BORDERS: $250 → 9%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

VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 68 repeat orgs$266k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

68 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
73

Total granted

$2.3M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+5%

Still filing today

66%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $365k · revenue +40%
  • THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $172k · revenue +145%
  • FC
    FAMILY CENTERS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $172k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +44%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • DD
    DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -23%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Connecticut Cancer Foundation Inc

To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.

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4
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
5
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
6
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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11
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is She Recovers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Silversource Inc. 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

84 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. 84 of the 158 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/84
Grantees still filing
54/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PA: $235,000 · OtherTHE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PAFAMILY CENTERS INC: $171,563 · OtherFAMILY CENTERS INCDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $58,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $42,403 · OtherGREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $43,670 · OtherJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $43,500 · Other+98 more: $546,648 · Other+98 moreSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $365,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $114,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FO…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Education+13 more: $55,345 · Education+13 moreTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $171,750 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER…GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $63,511 · Arts & CultureGREENS LED…+4 more: $6,625 · Arts & CultureLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC: $68,000 · HealthLIBERATIO…SHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $45,700 · HealthSHATTERPR…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $21,000 · HealthSEMPER FI…DARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $20,075 · HealthDARIEN EM…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,910 · HealthBREAKTHRO…SHE RECOVERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Health+9 more: $21,506 · Health+9 moreBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $79,280 · Recreation & SportsANGELS AND CAUSES INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyKEN DUKE AND FRIENDS INC: $39,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACT THROUGH GOLF FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyThe Mustique Charitable Foundation: $20,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,020 · PhilanthropySOUNDWATERS INC: $43,681 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUND: $13,550 · EnvironmentGREENWICH POINT CONSERVANCY INC: $10,400 · EnvironmentThe Charleston Parks Conservancy: $7,000 · Environment+2 more: $3,650 · Environment
Other$1,140,784Education$559,345Arts & Culture$241,886Health$210,191Recreation & Sports$194,780Philanthropy$136,020Environment$78,281

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $365,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $171,750 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $171,563 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $114,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $79,280 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC: $68,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $63,511 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $58,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $45,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $43,681 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $43,670 over 5y, 15% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $43,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKEN DUKE AND FRIENDS INC: $39,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetIMPACT THROUGH GOLF FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KELLY GIBSON FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $20,075 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Mustique Charitable Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,910 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANGELS AND CAUSES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetROWAYTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $14,659 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $13,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $12,995 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $11,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetGREENWICH POINT CONSERVANCY INC: $10,400 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBrewster Academy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHE RECOVERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH WATCH RECOVERY CENTER INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Charleston Parks Conservancy: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILD PHILANTHROPY INC: $5,258 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $5,110 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNY POLICE AND FIRE WIDOWS' & CHILDREN'S BENEFIT FUND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINGED FOOT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetCOOK FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND INC: $5,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetANIMAL NATION INC: $3,559 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHACKERS FOR HOPE INC: $2,712 over 2y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERATION PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds SHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUNDWATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KEN DUKE AND FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT THROUGH GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE KELLY GIBSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds DARIEN EMS POST 53 INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mustique Charitable Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS AND CAUSES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROWAYTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗

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.

Fairfield County's Co…Maniatty & Walker Fam…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Russell Maguire F…The Weil FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Armstrong Angel Found…Riley Family Foundati…522 Foundation IncThe Meredith and Whit…The Edward E Hood Jr …The Goodnow Fund
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT23.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Maniatty & Walker Family Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Russell Maguire Foundation Inc · The Weil Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Armstrong Angel Foundation · Riley Family Foundation · 522 Foundation Inc · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · The Goodnow Fund

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 Louis F & Virginia C Bantle Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis F & Virginia C Bantle Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Vita Nova Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Liberation Programs Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Three Bays Preservation Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • High Watch Recovery Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 158 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home