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Ralph & Wilma Maibaum Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$182kHealth$75kEducation$56kHuman Services$45kReligion$31kHousing & Shelter$24k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ESTHERVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER$24,910
CAZENOVIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC$7,785
SPEAK SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUC'$7,500
441 MINISTRIES BEECHWOOD$6,805
IRONDEQUOIT UNITED CHURCH$6,000
EQUICENTER INC$5,000
CARING FOR CATS FOUNDATION$5,000
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC$5,000
ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC$5,000
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES$4,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER$3,000
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 (FY20–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $9k → 9%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $4k → 14%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $4k → 14%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $4k → 14%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $4k → 9%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $5k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $3k → 9%ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $1k → 14%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$383k · 13 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$383k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+62%

Still filing today

54%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationReligionOther
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

  • CC
    CAZENOVIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $39k · revenue +1%
  • EI
    EQUICENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +193%
  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • SA
    SPEAK ANIMAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • RH
    ROCHESTER HOPE FOR PETS
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -24%
  • GV
    GENESEE VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN NURSING CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +62%
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
Humane Society of Genesee County

To provide services to homeless animals

Animals
2
Open Arms Rescue of Wny
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3
Jewish Home of Central New York Senior Apartments Inc

Jewish home of central new york senior apartment's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home of central new york senior…

Housing & Shelter
4
Housing Options Made Easy

We support people with mental health concerns to improve wellness and live independently with dignity, in the community of their choice, through peer-driven services.

Health
5
Erie Independence House Inc

Erie Independence House, Inc. (EIH) exists to enhance and promote independence in people with disabilities through the provision of accessible, affordable, adaptive housing necessary for them to lead productive, independent lives. We offer…

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6
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
7
Vista Center

Day Time Support and Advacacy Non Profit Organization support for Disabled Adults in Genesee County, Improve Skills for Independent Living and Social Skills Work.

Health
8
Humane Society of Erie County

To educate the residents of erie county on proper care, housing and support of animals; to prevent animal cruelty in erie county, and to provide temporary shelter for homeless pets.

Animals
9
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
10
Wanderers' Rest Humane Association Inc

Wanderers' rest humane association is an open admission compassionate care shelter dedicated to providing the highest quality care and compassion for the animals entrusted to us while leading our community in creating a more humane society.

Animals
11
Hospice Homes of Genesee and Lapeer Counties

To provide housing and end of life care and support to terminally ill individuals.

Human Services
12
Niagara County Chapter Nysarc Inc Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara

To ensure that individuals from niagara county who are developmentally disabled or intellectually, physically or functionally limited, have the opportunity to reach their maximum potential, independence and integration into the community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Albany Damien Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Abbe Freeland Animal Sanctuary 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

9 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. 9 of the 17 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ESTHERVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER: $105,120 · OtherESTHERVILLE ANIMAL SHELTERCARING FOR CATS FOUNDATION: $36,682 · OtherCARING FOR CATS FOUNDATIONIRONDEQUOIT UNITED CHURCH: $31,000 · OtherIRONDEQUOIT UNITED CHURCHSPEAK SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUC': $17,000 · OtherSPEAK SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUC'HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER: $15,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTERSPEAK ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $10,400 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR T…THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $24,730 · Human ServicesTHE ALBANY DAMIEN …HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesHERITAGE CHRISTIAN…EQUICENTER INC: $33,900 · HealthEQUICENTER …GENESEE VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN NURSING CENTER: $6,250 · HealthGENESEE VAL…CAZENOVIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $39,285 · EducationCAZENOVIA …441 Ministries Beechwood Inc: $23,695 · ReligionROCHESTER HOPE FOR PETS: $8,000 · AnimalsABBE FREELAND ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $6,900 · Animals
Other$228,202Human Services$66,730Health$40,150Education$39,285Religion$23,695Animals$14,900

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 budgetCAZENOVIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $39,285 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetEQUICENTER INC: $33,900 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC: $24,730 over 6y, 0.1% of budget441 Ministries Beechwood Inc: $23,695 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABBE FREELAND ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $6,900 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetGENESEE VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN NURSING CENTER: $6,250 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 CAZENOVIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUICENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALBANY DAMIEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 441 Ministries Beechwood Inc ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER HOPE FOR PETS ↗
  • Who funds ABBE FREELAND ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds GENESEE VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN NURSING CENTER ↗

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.

Rochester Area Community FoundationNY13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Ralph & Wilma Maibaum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph & Wilma Maibaum Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 17 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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