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Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0176% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$19kEducation$10kAnimals$7kHealth$5kPublic Benefit$3kArts & Culture$250Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$94k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES$2,000
USO$2,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$1,000
Animal Welfare Society$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGING$1,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE THOMPSON SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 9%THE THOMPSON SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 9%THE THOMPSON SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 9%THE THOMPSON SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 9%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

ME
VT
NY
OH
NJ
CT
MO
KY
VA
TN
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 11 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$44k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+107%

Still filing today

55%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +112%
  • DA
    Disabled American Veterans
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +3%
  • WA
    WOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +373%

Funded once

  • LT
    LOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TA
    THE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • DA
    DISABLE AMERICAN VETERANS
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
2
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
3
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
4
Auburn Valley Humane Society

Auburn valley humane society enriches the lives of companion animals and people through animal sheltering, programs, services and community engagement

Animals
5
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
6
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
7
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc

The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.

Animals
8
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society

Dedicated to saving philadelphias homeless and at-risk pets through rescue, adoption, and provision of veterinary care and other pet owner support services.

Animals
9
The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement

The Association conducts seminars and certification programs to carry out its exempt purposes.

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10
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
11
Companion Animal Welfare Society

Companion animal welfare society inc. supports the rhode island pet owning community by providing high quality veterinary care to economically challenged individuals and families.

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12
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Welfare Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kennebunkport Historical Society. 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

10 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. 10 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $5,000 · OtherLOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL LIBRARYVFW Foundation: $5,000 · OtherVFW FoundationUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: $5,000 · OtherUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONSDisabled American Veterans: $5,000 · OtherDisabled American VeteransTHE THOMSON SENIOR CENTER: $3,000 · OtherTHE THOMSON SENIOR CENTERSt Jude Children's Research Hospital: $3,000 · OtherSt Jude Children's Research HospitalUSO: $2,000 · OtherVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $5,000 · Other+5 moreANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELF…ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELF…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,450 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…WOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $4,000 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthKENNEBUNKPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$41,000Animals$6,000Education$5,450Human Services$4,000Health$2,000Arts & Culture$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 budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNEBUNKPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds KENNEBUNKPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile 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 Point of View Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Point of View Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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