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Mule Family Foundation

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2021
33
Grants FY2021
12
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

75% of Mule Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Mule Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

0
’19
0
’20
16
’21
16
’22
17
’23
14
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$5.9MHealth$737kEducation$466kYouth Development$113kHuman Services$108kRecreation & Sports$17kInternational$12kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2021 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k19 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,060,410
THE COVID-19 EARLY TREATMENT FUND (CETF)$150,000
THE COVID-19 EARLY TREATMENT FUND (CETF)$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PUERTO RICO$50,000
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH$50,000
ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$40,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$35,000
TRUSTEES OF UNVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$10,000
TRUSTEES OF UNVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL$10,000
WYCKOFF FAMILY YMCA$10,000
BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME$10,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$7,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$767k · 20 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +59% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
35

Total granted

$767k
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CO
    Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $155k · revenue +62%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PUERTO RICO INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +73%
  • WF
    WYCKOFF FAMILY YMCA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $55k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M
  • TC
    THE COVID-19 EARLY TREATMENT FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    one grant, 2024 · $103k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
3
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
4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
5
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
7
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

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

Health
11
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
12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Learning Disabilities Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Thomas J Morrison Iii 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.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Development CentersGovernment Accountability &…Community Literacy TutoringChristian Outreach Ministri…Veteran Support ServicesCommunity Hospital SystemsPrivate Grantmaking Foundat…Public Library SupportVolunteer Fire & RescueLocal History MuseumsFood Pantries and AssistanceChildhood Cancer SupportChristian Youth CampsYouth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Ymca Community Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%5%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr19%13%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr13%93%35–55yr16%2%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/43
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,717

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
29/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $4,775,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,060,410 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDTHE COVID-19 EARLY TREATMENT FUND (CETF) — $200,000 · OtherTHE COVID-19 EARLY TREATMENT FUN…HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY — $115,000 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — $102,500 · OtherTRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH — $100,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF UNVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $90,000 · Other+25 more — $432,463 · Other+25 moreChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $155,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC — $50,000 · EducationMULTISENSORY READING CENTERS OF PR INC — $20,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $15,000 · Education+4 more — $11,000 · EducationTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $40,000 · HealthThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $25,000 · HealthVOLUNTEER HEALTH PROGRAM LTD — $20,000 · HealthBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $15,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $10,000 · HealthATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $7,500 · HealthTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION — $7,000 · HealthBELIEVE IN A CURE INC — $6,000 · Health+2 more — $3,500 · HealthPART OF THE SOLUTION — $35,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc — $1,000 · Recreation & SportsALIGHT — $5,000 · InternationalTHE RAIN AND ROSE CHARITABLE FUND LLC — $5,000 · InternationalFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC — $2,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $1,000 · International
Community Improvement$4,775,000Other$2,100,373Education$251,000Health$134,000Food & Nutrition$35,000Recreation & Sports$16,000International$13,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $4,775,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $155,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PUERTO RICO INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWYCKOFF FAMILY YMCA — $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION — $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER HEALTH PROGRAM LTD — $20,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMULTISENSORY READING CENTERS OF PR INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGAR MIS PRIMEROS PASOS INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVE IN A CURE INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC — $5,413 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAIN AND ROSE CHARITABLE FUND LLC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JANE STERN DORADO COMMUNITY LIBRARY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC — $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Winifred Masterson Burke Rehabilitation Hospital — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS IN UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bessemer Giving F…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY15.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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