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Menemsha Fund Inc

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.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$117kArts & Culture$65kEnvironment$40kInternational$10kPublic Benefit$9kHuman Services$6kHousing & Shelter$5kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$257k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE$20,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$10,000
SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE$10,000
FRESH ARTS$9,093
CHESTER CHILDREN'S CHORUS$5,000
THE SAMBURU PROJECT$5,000
VIDEO VOLUNTEERS$5,000
WEST MARIN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM$4,000
MENIL COLLECTION$3,334
THE CHESTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$2,500
EXPAND DEMOCRACY$2,500
FAIRVOTE$2,500
SYMPHONY SPACE$2,500
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY$2,500
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%THE FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 20%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%Martha's Vineyard Community Services: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$301k · 20 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$301k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+8%

Still filing today

95%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $90k · revenue +12%
  • SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +41%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • NA
    NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -37%
  • CF
    CCSA Fund for Chester School of Arts
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
2
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
3
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
6
Arthur Miller Foundation

To honor the legacy of the great american playwright, arthur miller, and his new york city public school education, the arthur miller foundation (the "foundation") increases equitable access to quality theater education for public school…

Philanthropy
7
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
8
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
11
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University Settlement Society of New York; the most unlike its peers is Expand Democracy 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

31 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. 31 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $89,500 · EducationSWARTHMORE COLLEGESARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE+5 more: $15,500 · Education+5 moreMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $20,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSFRESH ARTS: $9,093 · OtherFRESH ARTSUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT …THE SYMPHONY SPACE INC: $4,500 · OtherTHE SYMPHONY SPACE INCSOURCE MUSIC INC: $3,000 · OtherCCSA Fund for Chester School of Arts: $2,500 · OtherVineyard Conservaion Society: $2,500 · OtherTHE CHESTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $2,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FED…EXPAND DEMOCRACY: $2,500 · Other+10 more: $9,850 · Other+10 moreMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD…Menil Foundation Inc: $13,334 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation …NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $6,900 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC R…VIDEO VOLUNTEERS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureVIDEO VOLUNTEERS+4 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $22,500 · EnvironmentSHERIFF'S ME…VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentVINEYARD CON…NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $5,000 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST AB…THE SAMBURU PROJECT INC: $15,000 · InternationalFAIRVOTE: $11,000 · Civil RightsMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Education$155,000Other$68,943Arts & Culture$55,234Environment$40,000International$15,000Civil Rights$11,000Human Services$6,000

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 budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $89,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAMBURU PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $13,334 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFAIRVOTE: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $6,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVIDEO VOLUNTEERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCCSA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SYMPHONY SPACE INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWest Marin Scholarship Program: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetReplications Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOURCE MUSIC INC: $3,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEXPAND DEMOCRACY: $2,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHREEPENNY REVIEW: $1,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTreehouse Shakers Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER CHARTER SCHOLARS ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

The New York Communit…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
The New York Community TrustNY12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Menemsha Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Menemsha Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Menemsha Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to Menemsha Fund 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 42 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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