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Robert E and Donna L Welch Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222024.

Health$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kEducation$3kInternational$3kAnimals$2kFood & Nutrition$2kHuman Services$500
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$168k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KELLY'S ANGELS INC$5,000
ACE SCHOLARSHIPS$3,000
IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP$2,500
CENTER BRUNSWICK FIRE COMPANY$1,000
CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA$500
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE ARC OF RENSSELAER COUNTY: $2k → 11%CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American College of Radiology Association

The purpose of the association is the promotion of educational and professional association interests including but not limited to the promotion of the interests of radiology and the interests and study of the socioeconomic aspects of the…

Community Improvement
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

3
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

4
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
5
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

6
Nysarc Inc Broome-Chenango- Tioga Counties Chapter

To provide leadership, advocacy and opportunities which enable persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to enhance the quality of their lives.

7
Nysarc Inc - Warren Washington & Albany Counties Chapter

The organization's mission is to provide services, advocate for and offer opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, enabling them to realize their full potential in our communities.

8
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
9
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

10
Advance Care Alliance of Ny Inc

Advance care alliance of new york, inc. (acany) is dedicated to providing the support and services for you or your loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability need to lead an active, healthy, and fulfilling life. acany was…

Human Services
11
Nysarc Inc Erie County Chapter

Arc erie county new york supports children and adults with disabilities, and their families, in achieving their desired quality of life by creating opportunities through comprehensive services.

Human Services
12
North American Electric Reliability Corp

The north american electric reliability corporation (nerc) is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nysarc Inc Rensselaer County Chapter and the most unlike its peers is Kelly's Angels 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

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCKELLY'S ANGELS INC — $5,000 · HealthKELLY'S ANGELS INCRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC — $5,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INCMT VIEW VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY — $2,500 · OtherMT VIEW VOLUNTEER FIRE C…SARAGOGA THERAPEUTIC EQUEST (STEP) — $1,500 · OtherSARAGOGA THERAPEUTIC EQU…SPCA OF UPSTATE NEW YORK INC — $1,500 · OtherSPCA OF UPSTATE NEW YORK…THE ABLE GAMERS CHARITY — $1,500 · OtherTHE ABLE GAMERS CHARITYCENTER BRUNSWICK FIRE COMPANY — $1,000 · OtherCENTER BRUNSWICK FIRE CO…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $3,000 · EducationALLIANCE …THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC — $2,500 · InternationalNYSARC INC RENSSELAER COUNTY CHAPTER — $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416) — $500 · Human ServicesREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Health$20,000Other$8,000Education$3,000International$2,500Human Services$2,000Food & Nutrition$1,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKELLY'S ANGELS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNYSARC INC RENSSELAER COUNTY CHAPTER — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416) — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC10× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert E and Donna L Welch Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Robert E and Donna L Welch Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Robert E and Donna L Welch Charitable Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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