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Milton Carpenter Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20k
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$4k
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, FY2018 to 2022.

Education$189k
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$4,000
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3,000
DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3,000
LASELL UNIVERSITY$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY$2,000
ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY$2,000
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $6k → 10%BOSTON COLLEGE: $3k → 7%LASELL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $4k → 12%LA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 7%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $6k → 22%DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $5k → 9%WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 9%ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO: $2k → 13%SUNY ONEONTA: $3k → 13%SUNY CORTLAND: $3k → 15%SUNY NEW PALTZ: $4k → 16%SUNY POTSDAM: $3k → 18%SUNY FREDONIA: $3k → 18%PRATT INSTITUTE: $5k → 20%CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $4k → 14%NORWICH UNIVERSITY: $4k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $5k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $4k → 10%LASELL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $3k → 12%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2k → 22%DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 9%WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 9%SUNY ONEONTA: $3k → 13%SUNY CORTLAND: $3k → 15%SUNY NEW PALTZ: $3k → 16%SUNY POTSDAM: $3k → 18%CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $4k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $4k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $2k → 12%DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 9%SUNY NEW PALTZ: $2k → 16%POTSDAM UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $2k → 10%POTSDAM UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY: $4k → 17%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2k → 14%ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 17%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 17%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 9%WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 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
NY
MA
PA
CT
DE
SC
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 28 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

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

28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2022, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
7

Total granted

$174k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+8%

Still filing today

46%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    4× · 2019–2022 · $16k · revenue +21%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK
    4× · 2018–2022 · $11k · revenue +8%
  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2019 · $8k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • NU
    Norwich University
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +8%
  • SF
    SUNY FREDONIA
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • MC
    MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
4
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…

Education
5
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
6
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
7
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
8
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…

Education
11
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lehigh University; the most unlike its peers is Norwich University. 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

17 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. 17 of the 36 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $16,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREDUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $11,500 · OtherDUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONTWESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY: $9,500 · OtherWESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $9,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERSTSUNY NEW PALTZ: $8,000 · OtherSUNY NEW PALTZWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $7,750 · OtherWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGESUNY CORTLAND: $7,500 · OtherSUNY CORTLANDSUNY ONEONTA: $6,250 · OtherSUNY ONEONTAIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherPOTSDAM UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO: $4,250 · Other+8 more: $14,550 · Other+8 moreST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $11,000 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORKDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $8,000 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATEDLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationLA SALLE UNIVERSITYPRATT INSTITUTE: $6,000 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTELASELL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationLASELL UNIVERSITYTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $6,000 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICAUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $5,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $4,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGETRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIANorwich University: $3,750 · Education+5 more: $5,500 · Education+5 more
Other$115,050Education$74,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLASELL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $5,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorwich University: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LA SALLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRATT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LASELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Norwich University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Milton Carpenter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milton Carpenter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Delaware: 25% of income from government
  • Norwich University: 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 2% of income from government
  • Lasell University: 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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

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How do I get to Milton Carpenter Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Milton Carpenter 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.

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 36 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.

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