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Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.4M
Granted FY2022
269
Grants FY2022
38
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$2.9MHuman Services$1.2MAnimals$1.1MEducation$1.0MHealth$967kEnvironment$812kCrime & Legal$430kFood & Nutrition$310kOther$0
02FY2022 · 269 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k138 grants · $705k
  • $10k–50k131 grants · $1.7M
$8,000
Median grant
38
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THEATRE WASHINGTON$30,000
THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC$25,000
WILLIAM & MARY FOUNDATION$20,000
BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC$20,000
ELEPHANT AID INTERNATIONAL$20,000
CHASE BREXTON HEALTH SERVICES INC$20,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION INC$20,000
GALA INC$20,000
MIL MILAGROS INC$20,000
FABSCRAP INC$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTHWEST OH & NORTHERN KY$20,000
ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC$20,000
RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL INC$20,000
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT$20,000
THE SARASOTA CUBAN BALLET SCHOOL INC$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EVOLVE ADOPTION AND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 6%AMPERSAND FAMILIES: $13k → 14%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10k → 6%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE SAN BERNARDINO: $15k → 14%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $11k → 13%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 16%GOD'S GARAGE: $15k → 9%MOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN: $10k → 10%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $10k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%SABLE POINTS LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 21%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%TRANSITIONS: $15k → 12%KIDS EQUIPMENT NETWORK NFP: $11k → 7%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $15k → 7%CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE: $15k → 13%GWYNETH'S GIFT FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%THE WALDO COUNTY WOODSHED: $12k → 13%AMPERSAND FAMILIES: $12k → 14%HOUR CHILDREN: $10k → 13%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 16%PAJAMAS FOR SENIORS: $10k → 14%OPERATION HOME: $10k → 12%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $10k → 10%FARMWORKERS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $10k → 11%SABLE POINTS LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%WELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $15k → 3%ADAPT ABILITY: $11k → 20%WOMEN IN NEED OF GENEROUS SUPPORT: $20k → 14%HOUSTON FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $12k → 14%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $15k → 10%AMPERSAND FAMILIES: $14k → 14%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $15k → 10%AMPERSAND FAMILIES: $13k → 14%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $15k → 10%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT INC: $15k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $13k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT INC: $12k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $12k → 14%WESTCHESTER PUBLICPRIVATE MEMBERSHIP FUND FOR AGING SERVICES INC: $12k → 9%WESTCHESTER PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING SERVICES INC: $12k → 9%WESTCHESTER PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING SERVICES: $11k → 9%OUR PLACE IN NY INC: $14k → 17%OUR PLACE IN NY INC: $12k → 17%CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT: $20k → 14%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
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RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
GA
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 258 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

258 repeat relationships: 163 still active in FY2022, 95 since wound down; 106 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

258
391

Total granted

$5.9M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+27%

Still filing today

93%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • T
    THEATREWASHINGTON
    4× · 2019–2022 · $115k · revenue +78%
  • TN
    THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • BE
    Berkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane
    4× · 2019–2022 · $73k · revenue +178%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF HAITI
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +11%
  • NB
    NORTH BULLITT HIGH SCHOOL BAND
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • NN
    NOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +120%
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
3
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
4
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
5
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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6
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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7
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
8
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
9
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
10
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
11
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
12
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is My Sisters Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hadley Luzerne Public Library. 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

656 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. 656 of the 756 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)
192
Early backer (in before they grew)
644/656
Grantees still filing
464/656
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+52 more: $1,266,879 · Arts & Culture+52 moreTHEATREWASHINGTON: $115,000 · OtherTHEATREWASHINGTONELEPHANT AID INTERNATIONAL: $75,000 · Other+64 more: $1,664,155 · Other+64 moreCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTN…AMPERSAND FAMILIES: $52,000 · Human ServicesAMPERSAND FA…WESTCHESTER PUBLICPRIVATE MEMBERSHIP FUND FOR AGING SERVICES: $45,000 · Human ServicesWESTCHESTER …TAKING IT TO THE STREETS WITH LORI AND SHIRA: $40,000 · Human ServicesTAKING IT TO…MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $39,500 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KIT…FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUID…HOUR CHILDREN INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the Night: $27,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $27,000 · Human ServicesOUR PLACE IN NY INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $25,000 · Human Services+9 more: $175,000 · Human Services+9 moreTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE NEWS LI…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $80,000 · EducationA WIDER CIR…William & Mary Foundation: $70,000 · EducationWilliam & M…NUYA INC: $60,000 · EducationNUYA INCThe Ivymount School Inc: $45,000 · EducationThe Ivymoun…Americas Scholarship Konnection Inc: $20,000 · EducationKEUKA COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationSPARK THE JOURNEY: $20,000 · EducationSHENANDOAH VALLEY SCHOLARS LATINO INITIATIVE INC: $20,000 · EducationLUTHER COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationMOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $72,795 · Education+4 moreBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $72,500 · AnimalsWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $60,000 · AnimalsGLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES: $43,000 · AnimalsPET PARTNERS: $30,000 · AnimalsPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $30,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $30,000 · AnimalsLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $30,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation Fund: $30,000 · AnimalsPACIFIC PRIMATE SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $20,000 · AnimalsCHIMP HAVEN INC: $20,000 · AnimalsBorn Free USA united with API: $20,000 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentPEOPLE AND CARNIVORES INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentEVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATIO: $25,000 · EnvironmentCAPE COD COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentCHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE BAY INC: $23,000 · EnvironmentFABSCRAP INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentREEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentPollinator Partnership: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHREE RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentOceanitesInc: $20,000 · EnvironmentFORTERRA NW: $20,000 · EnvironmentSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST: $20,000 · EnvironmentBEAVER CREEK WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentOrange County Coastkeeper: $19,000 · EnvironmentWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $17,100 · EnvironmentSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthAIDS LEGAL REFERRAL PANEL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: $60,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $30,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $30,000 · HealthNICK'S PLACE INC: $21,000 · HealthTAKING CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES DBA TCOYD: $20,000 · HealthBREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER: $20,000 · HealthBEATS RHYMES AND LIFE: $20,000 · HealthCHASE BREXTON HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20,000 · HealthACACIA MEDICAL MISSION: $17,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,376,879Other$1,854,155Human Services$637,500Education$567,795Animals$435,500Environment$399,100Health$363,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHEATREWASHINGTON: $115,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $72,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNUYA INC: $60,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetAIDS LEGAL REFERRAL PANEL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: $60,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $55,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetAMPERSAND FAMILIES: $52,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBOULDER EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $51,800 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $45,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO INC: $45,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetThe Ivymount School Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCHESTER PUBLICPRIVATE MEMBERSHIP FUND FOR AGING SERVICES: $45,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATER INC: $44,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES: $43,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $42,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTAKING IT TO THE STREETS WITH LORI AND SHIRA: $40,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe Lift Garage: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Writers Center: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $39,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHATHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $38,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBALLET TECH FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE D: $33,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE: $32,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $31,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $30,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% 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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Dimick Foundation Joh…Nora Roberts Foundati…John Edward Fowler Me…United Way of the Nat…Greater Washington Co…Venable Foundation IncWilliam S Abell Found…Corina Higginson Trus…Humanities Council of…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC94.6× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Nora Roberts Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · Humanities Council of Washington DC

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 Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Pride of Baltimore Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Asbury Park Music Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Evergreen Heritage Center Foundatio: 6% of income from government
  • The Writers Center: 6% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chase Brexton Health Services Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Arts for the Aging Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Adventure Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Chatham Historical Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Adoptions Together Inc Dba As Paths for Families: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
72report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Max & Victoria Dreyfus 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 756 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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