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Mitford Children's Foundation at a glance

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Mitford Children's 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.

$3k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Youth Development$84kArts & Culture$77kEducation$72kHuman Services$37kReligion$34kFood & Nutrition$25kCommunity Improvement$25kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTREAT COLLEGE$2,500
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 (FY17–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COVENANT HOUSE: $150 → 17%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%READY KIDS: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CT
KY
VA
KS
NC
DC
OK
MS
AL
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 17 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +158% since the first grant, against +82% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
41

Total granted

$241k
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+158%
+82%

Still filing today

65%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +40%
  • I5
    ISAIAH 58 IN HIS SERVICE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +679%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $16k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF HUDSON
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • TH
    THE HUDSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • BS
    Bounty & Soulgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +301%
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
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
7
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
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
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University Christian Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Johann Fust Library Foundation 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 58 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
28/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JAMES RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $33,000 · OtherJAMES RIVER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $29,400 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBTOWN OF HUDSON: $25,000 · OtherTOWN OF HUDSONTHE HUDSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE HUDSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $12,500 · OtherCASA: $10,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $10,000 · Other+31 more: $90,297 · Other+31 moreTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON F…THE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PARAMOUNT THEA…THE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $16,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…MONTREAT COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationMONTREAT C…NANTUCKET LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL INC: $7,500 · EducationNANTUCKET …UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $4,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY…+1 more: $150 · EducationISAIAH 58 IN HIS SERVICE INC: $18,250 · Human ServicesISAIAH 58…BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesBLACK MOU…READYKIDS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesREADYKIDS…PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $150 · Human ServicesFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE: $10,000 · HealthYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,500 · HealthBounty & Soul: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $7,500 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$235,197Arts & Culture$70,500Education$40,650Human Services$34,900Health$22,500Food & Nutrition$15,000Crime & Legal$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISAIAH 58 IN HIS SERVICE INC: $18,250 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $16,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBounty & Soul: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNANTUCKET LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $6,500 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE MUNICIPAL BAND OF CHARLOTTESVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREADYKIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $150 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.

Caplin FoundationCharlottesville Area …The Farkas Family Fou…Oakwood Foundation Ch…Dammann Fund IncPerry Foundation IncThe Genan FoundationThe J & E Berkley Fou…The Melville Foundati…Janet Stone Jones Fou…The Charles Fund IncThomas C & Mary Ann H…
Caplin FoundationDE19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Caplin Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Farkas Family Foundation · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · Dammann Fund Inc · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · The Melville Foundation · Janet Stone Jones Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr

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 Mitford Children's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mitford Children's Foundation. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 58 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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