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Richard M Allen Charitable Trust U D 12-23-85 M B

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.

$311k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$406kHousing & Shelter$239kPublic Safety & Disaster$66kHealth$47kPhilanthropy$32kPublic Benefit$27kReligion$15kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$1,510
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Egremont Housing Trust$200,000
Construct Inc$25,000
Ohio State University$20,000
University of Maine$10,000
Eastern Illinois University$10,000
Prager University Foundation$5,000
Johnson and Wales University$5,000
Reason Foundation$5,000
National Assn of Scholars$5,000
Tax Foundation$5,000
University of Hartford$5,000
PERC$5,000
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons$2,500
American Cancer Society$1,510
Raise 365$1,260
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 (FY23–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Charity Navigator: $500 → 7%Bikes for the World: $2k → 8%Bikes for the World: $750 → 8%Bikes for the World: $750 → 8%Blue Rider Stables: $250 → 12%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
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$450k · 24 repeat orgs$442k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
43

Total granted

$450k
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+19%

Still filing today

63%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k 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
EducationPublic BenefitHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
    4× · 2020–2023 · $79k · revenue +43%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +211%

Funded once

  • BU
    BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • SB
    So Berkshire Vol Ambulance Squad
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
6
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Boston Symphony Orchestra 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

46 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. 46 of the 83 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
27/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EGREMONT HOUSING TRUST INC: $200,000 · OtherEGREMONT HOUSING TRUST INCNORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $86,000 · OtherNORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLOhio State University: $65,000 · OtherOhio State UniversityEgremont Vol Fire Department: $40,000 · OtherEgremont Vol Fire DepartmentDiane D Allen Ch Tr for Hastings: $40,000 · OtherDiane D Allen Ch Tr for HastingsBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $30,000 · OtherUniversity of Maine: $25,000 · OtherSo Berkshire Vol Ambulance Squad: $25,000 · Other+49 more: $156,827 · Other+49 moreCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $79,000 · EducationCULINARY INSTITUTE O…JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIV…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNE…THE REASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATIO…WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWESTERN NEW ENGLAND …PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FO…+6 more: $19,050 · Education+6 moreCONSTRUCT INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterEMERGENCY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP: $3,750 · Housing & ShelterTAX FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $1,500 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $250 · Public BenefitROCK N RESCUE: $3,750 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $3,000 · AnimalsMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,500 · AnimalsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 · Civil RightsSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $1,500 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER INC: $5,650 · Recreation & SportsWorld TEAM Sports: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$667,827Education$165,050Housing & Shelter$28,750Public Benefit$10,250Animals$8,250Civil Rights$6,500Recreation & Sports$6,150

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 budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $79,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONSTRUCT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER INC: $5,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCK N RESCUE: $3,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEMERGENCY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP: $3,750 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHARMONY FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,606 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBikes for the World Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENAGERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHancock Shaker Village Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF BREAD INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeward House Museum: $770 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MENTAL HEALTH OF NEW YORK INC F/K/N MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF WEST: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASTON MAGNA FOUNDATION: $550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPPAQUA VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld TEAM Sports: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $340 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCT INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds TAX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ROCK N RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Bikes for the World 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.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Shoval Foundation · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation % Berkshire Life Insurance · The Buchwald Family Foundation · Gilson Family Foundation Inc · Janey Fund Charitable Trust

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 Richard M Allen Charitable Trust U D 12-23-85 M B funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard M Allen Charitable Trust U D 12-23-85 M B. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Community Health Programs Incorporated: 13% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Construct Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fairview Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Springfield College: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 83 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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