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Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc

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.

$147k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 19
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$142k25%
FY202319$115k21%
FY202218$108k33%
FY202117$90k6%
FY202018$92k33%
FY201917$78k18%
FY201819$80k32%
FY201719$97kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$395kHealth$133kHuman Services$97kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$59kReligion$48kAnimals$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
VA
NC
SC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Hotchkiss School$70,00080%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$53,00080%
Safe Futures Inc$52,00041%
Island Health Project Inc$47,99981%
The American Chestnut Foundation$47,36350%
Christ Episcopal Church$41,0005n/a
St George's School$40,20080%
The Taft School Corporation$40,00080%
The Trustees of the New York Society Library$35,46630%
Rosarian Academy$35,0005n/a
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All grantees of Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Hotchkiss School$70,00080%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$53,00080%
Safe Futures Inc$52,00041%
Island Health Project Inc$47,99981%
The American Chestnut Foundation$47,36350%
Christ Episcopal Church$41,0005n/a
St George's School$40,20080%
The Taft School Corporation$40,00080%
The Trustees of the New York Society Library$35,46630%
Rosarian Academy$35,0005n/a
St Bernard's School Inc$19,00070%
Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center Inc$17,00011%
Fishers Island Community Center Inc$15,00021%
Indian Mountain School Inc$14,50080%
Trustees of Tufts College$10,00010%
Fishers Island Fire Department$10,00022%
Spark Makerspace Co$10,00016%
Mystic Museum of Art Inc$10,00011%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$10,00020%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Mystic & Noank Library Inc$10,00011%
American Bird Conservancy$8,00060%
Stephy's Place - a New Life Support Center for Grief and Loss$7,50031%
Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc$7,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$7,00010%
St Joseph Church$7,0002n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$6,50030%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$5,60010%
The Mariners' Museum$5,00050%
The Stonington Free Library Inc$5,00011%
Sustainable Learning Inc$5,0001n/a
Gillen Brewer School$5,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,70840%
Noank Historical Society Inc$3,3331n/a
Island Peoples Project$3,00013%
The Bronxville School Foundation Inc$2,80010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,50040%
Henrik Lundqvist Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$50010%
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Hotchkiss School: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $53,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Futures Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetIsland Health Project Inc: $47,999 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetThe American Chestnut Foundation: $47,363 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSt George's School: $40,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Taft School Corporation: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the New York Society Library: $35,466 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSt Bernard's School Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPawcatuck Neighborhood Center Inc: $17,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFishers Island Community Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIndian Mountain School Inc: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFishers Island Fire Department: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSpark Makerspace Co: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetMystic Museum of Art Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMystic & Noank Library Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStephy's Place - a New Life Support Center for Grief and Loss: $7,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAvalonia Land Conservancy Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mariners' Museum: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stonington Free Library Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGillen Brewer School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,708 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Peoples Project: $3,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Bronxville School Foundation Inc: $2,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHenrik Lundqvist Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Mental Health Association of New York City Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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 Long Stems Foundation IncNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Long Stems Foundation Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fromson Foundation Inc · The Wimpfheimer Foundation Inc · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · Dime Bank 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.

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About Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc

How much does Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc give?
Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $146,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (16%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Hotchkiss School ($70k), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($53k), Safe Futures Inc ($52k).
Does Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Long Stems Foundation Inc, Kitchings Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc.
Where is Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc based?
Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 52 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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