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Robert R and Janice L Capen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Robert R and Janice L Capen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$68kHuman Services$25kPhilanthropy$25kFood & Nutrition$8kEducation$5kInternational$1kHousing & Shelter$200Youth Development$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$733k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$40,000
CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS$5,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$1,000
FAMILY PROMISE$500
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE$500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$250
Individual grant recipient$250
FEEDING AMERICA$250
MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION$200
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$200
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$100
TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION$100
02The need
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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 (FY22–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEW MOMS: $7k → 14%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 17%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 3 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$69k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+47%

Still filing today

33%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthReligionOther
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

  • SH
    SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    2× · 2023–2024 · $56k
  • HC
    HEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $12k · revenue +18%
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA
    2× · 2021–2024 · $1k

Funded once

  • SF
    SCIMITAR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +78%
  • TS
    THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +47%
  • NM
    NEW MOMS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +23%
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
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
2
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
3
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Syracuse University

Organization's missionas a university with the capacity to attract and engage the best scholars from around the world, yet small enough to support a personalized and academically rigorous student experience, syracuse university faculty and…

Education
9
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

11 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. 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $56,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · OtherHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATIONKINSHIP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER: $7,000 · OtherKINSHIP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER+7 more: $2,900 · OtherSCIMITAR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropySCIMITAR FOUNDATION I…CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA C…NEW MOMS INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesNEW MOMS I…SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSILVER SPR…+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $12,000 · HealthTHE SHRINE…WISCONSIN MASONIC FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $500 · EducationBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $200 · EducationSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · Religion
Other$77,900Philanthropy$25,000Human Services$12,250Health$12,000Education$4,700Religion$1,000

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 budgetSCIMITAR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN MASONIC FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $200 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.

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.

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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 Robert R and Janice L Capen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert R and Janice L Capen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% 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 · 0–15%
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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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