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Otto H York Foundation Inc at a glance

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Otto H York Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$270k
Granted FY2026still arriving
12
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Arts & Culture$803kEducation$358kYouth Development$347kHealth$270kPublic Benefit$175kCommunity Improvement$110kInternational$100kPhilanthropy$45kOther$0
02FY2026 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Urban Arts$45,000
DownCity Design$30,000
Gamm Theatre$30,000
Youth In Action$25,000
Generation Citizen$25,000
AS220$25,000
Planned Parenthood SENE$25,000
Tides$20,000
Providence Student Union$15,000
Sophia Academy$10,000
Camfed$10,000
Sequiland Institute$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%The Pollination Project: $5k → 10%The Pollination Project: $5k → 10%TIDES: $40k → 10%Tides: $20k → 10%Tides: $20k → 10%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.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$280k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
19

Total granted

$1.8M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+26%

Still filing today

76%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • New Urban Arts
    10× · 2017–2026 · $225k · revenue +75%
  • DOWNCITY DESIGN
    9× · 2017–2026 · $192k · revenue +106%
  • SANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE
    7× · 2018–2026 · $150k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • E
    EverettCompany
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • GS
    GAMELAN SEKAR JAYA
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -29%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

Trinity academy for the performing arts utilizes an interdisciplinary arts-integrated program to prepare our artist-scholars for collegiate and professional success.

Education
2
Providence CityArts for Youth Inc

Provide an environment that encourages the exploration and development of artistic talents of youth in the multi-cultural neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island.

Youth Development
3
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
4
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
5
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
6
Providence Preparatory Charter School

The mission of pvd prep is to prepare a diverse group of providence middle school students for college preparatory high schools.

Education
7
Inspiring Minds

Inspiring minds empowers students to succeed in school and life by supporting them with trusted relationships, tutoring and mentoring from inspired community members.

Education
8
The Latino Policy Institute

The Latino Policy Institute works to stimulate public policy discourse by examining and communicating the evolving experiences of the Latino community in Rhode Island. LPI is committed to educating, activating, and motivating community…

Arts & Culture
9
Roger Williams University School of Law

The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…

Education
10
Bay State Performing Arts Inc

Organization creates musical experiences to inspire change, build community and celebrate difference.

Arts & Culture
11
The Womxn Project

Through civic engagement, policy advancement and artivism, The Womxn Project takes action to secure reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights and government transparency in Rhode Island.

Civil Rights
12
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Musicworks; the most unlike its peers is Gamelan Sekar Jaya. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 43 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Urban Arts: $225,000 · Arts & CultureNew Urban ArtsSANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE: $150,000 · Arts & CultureSANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATREAS 220: $125,000 · Arts & CultureAS 220COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $120,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKSFIRSTWORKS: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSEGUINLAND INSTITUTE: $32,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $42,500 · Arts & Culture+3 morePlanned Parenthood of SNE: $105,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of SNECITY YEAR INC: $70,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCPlanned Parenthood SENE: $70,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood SENEBreakthrough Providence: $65,000 · OtherBreakthrough ProvidenceTrinity Repertory Theatre: $30,000 · OtherTrinity Repertory TheatreEverettCompany: $30,000 · OtherEverettCompanyGAMELAN SEKAR JAYA: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherTRINITY: $20,000 · OtherRI GUN VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $75,000 · Other+9 moreDOWNCITY DESIGN: $192,000 · Youth DevelopmentDOWNCITY DESIGNGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $175,000 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION CITIZEN INCYOUTH IN ACTION INC: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH IN ACTION INCCOLLEGE VISIONS: $120,000 · EducationCOLLEGE VIS…SOPHIA ACADEMY: $70,000 · EducationSOPHIA ACAD…Community Libraries of Providence: $31,000 · EducationCommunity L…Providence Student Union: $15,000 · EducationProvidence …TIDES INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $70,000 · InternationalDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $20,000 · InternationalTIDES FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $25,000 · HealthYOUTH PRIDE INC: $5,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$729,500Other$555,000Youth Development$507,000Education$236,000Human Services$90,000International$90,000Philanthropy$35,000Health$30,000

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 budgetNew Urban Arts: $225,000 over 10y, 3.3% of budgetDOWNCITY DESIGN: $192,000 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $175,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE: $150,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH IN ACTION INC: $140,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetAS 220: $125,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCOLLEGE VISIONS: $120,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $120,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTIDES INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $70,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEGUINLAND INSTITUTE: $32,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGAMELAN SEKAR JAYA: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBEAT THE STREETS PROVIDENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetYOUTH PRIDE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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 New Urban Arts ↗
  • Who funds DOWNCITY DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds GENERATION CITIZEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDRA FEINSTEIN-GAMM THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds AS 220 ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE VISIONS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS ↗
  • Who funds TIDES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMFED USA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds SOPHIA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FIRSTWORKS ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEGUINLAND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Community Libraries of Providence ↗
  • Who funds GAMELAN SEKAR JAYA ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Providence Student Union ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Repertory Company ↗
  • Who funds Aurea ↗
  • Who funds THE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEAT THE STREETS PROVIDENCE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH PRIDE INC ↗

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.

Ralph R Papitto & Bar…The Rhode Island Comm…United Way of Rhode I…The Champlin Foundati…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Amica Companies Found…The White Family Foun…Rhode Island Council …The Nordson Corporati…Citizens Charitable F…Frederick C Tanner Me…Barr Foundation
Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family FoundationRI36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Amica Companies Foundation · The White Family Foundation · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Frederick C Tanner Memorial Fund · Barr Foundation

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 Otto H York Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Otto H York Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 43 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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