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Oscar Frederick Peyser Foundation Inc at a glance

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Oscar Frederick Peyser 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.

$187k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$120k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$311kHealth$226kReligion$74kEducation$28kYouth Development$9kHuman Services$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$149k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wadsworth Atheneum$120,000
Saint Patrick Saint Anthony Church$15,000
Fdn for Cure for Mitochodrial Dis$7,500
Colby Sawyer College$7,500
JDRF$5,000
Alzheimers Association CT Chapter$5,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart$5,000
Faithcare$5,000
Real Art Ways$2,500
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation$2,500
Saint Marys Home$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HARC$2,000
My Sisters Place$1,000
Bushnell Theater$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HARC: $2k → 11%HARC: $2k → 11%HARC: $2k → 11%HARC: $1k → 11%Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation: $3k → 11%American Red Cross: $1k → 11%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.
$562k · 17 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$562k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-1%

Still filing today

53%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • RA
    REAL ART WAYS INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $53k · revenue +16%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +27%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR A CURE FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -1%
  • MH
    MALTA HOUSE OF CARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -30%
  • SP
    Saint Patrick Saint Anthony Churce
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
2
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Saint Mary's Hospital Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint mary's hospital is a member of trinity health of new…

Health
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
The Mercy Hospital Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. the mercy hospital is a member of trinity health of new england…

Health
7
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
8
Trinity Health of New England Corporation Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health of new england is a member of trinity health.

Health
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Yale New Haven Hospital

The mission of ynhh is to provide innovative and excellent patient care, teaching, research, and service to the communities it serves.

Health
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Medstar Health Inc

Plan, develop, coordinate, direct and manage an integrated healthcare system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Mary Home Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Faithcare 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

18 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. 18 of the 31 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $255,000 · Arts & CultureWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ARTREAL ART WAYS INC: $52,500 · Arts & CultureREAL ART WAYS INC+1 more: $300 · Arts & CultureSaint Francis Hospital: $100,000 · OtherSaint Francis HospitalCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART: $20,000 · OtherCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEARTSaint Patrick Saint Anthony Church: $20,000 · OtherSaint Patrick Saint Anthony ChurchFdn for Cure for Mitochodrial Dis: $17,500 · OtherFdn for Cure for Mitochodrial DisIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherBoys and Girls Clubs: $7,750 · Other+11 more: $35,100 · Other+11 moreSAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · HealthSAINT FRANCIS H…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1…THE FOUNDATION FOR A CURE FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION …MALTA HOUSE OF CARE INC: $10,000 · HealthMALTA HOUSE OF …+1 more: $1,000 · HealthColby-Sawyer College: $27,500 · EducationHARC INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesFAITHCARE INC: $5,000 · ReligionTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $1,250 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$307,800Other$210,350Health$91,000Education$27,500Human Services$11,500Religion$5,000Youth Development$1,250

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 budgetWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $255,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetREAL ART WAYS INC: $52,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CURE FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMALTA HOUSE OF CARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHARC INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAITHCARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAINT MARY HOME INCORPORATED: $4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HARTFORD: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY SISTERS' PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF 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.

Aetna Foundation IncThe Maximilian E and …Farmington Bank Commu…Hartford Foundation f…The Zachs Family Foun…Sandra & Arnold Chase…The William and Alice…J Walton Bissell Foun…Sbm Charitable Founda…Lincoln Financial Fou…Edgemer Foundation IncBurton & Phyllis Hoff…
Aetna Foundation IncCT21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Edgemer Foundation Inc · Burton & Phyllis Hoffman 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 Oscar Frederick Peyser Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oscar Frederick Peyser Foundation 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Harc Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
  • My Sisters' Place Inc: 26% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Oscar Frederick Peyser Foundation 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 31 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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