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Royce Family Fund 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.

$5.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
100
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$11MEducation$4.9MCommunity Improvement$3.6MReligion$2.8MEnvironment$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.2MHuman Services$204kHealth$197kOther$0
02FY2024 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k44 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $741k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.8M
$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$97M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,000,000
HUNTER FOUNDATION$834,127
FRICK COLLECTION$538,400
BROWN UNIVERSITY$495,000
OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATER$386,000
KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC$283,425
AVON THEATER FILM CENTER INC$276,423
BRUCE MUSEUM$225,000
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$130,000
FILMMAKERS$126,000
COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY$115,000
CHRIST CHURCH GREENWICH$111,000
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH$89,700
ST BARNABAS EPSICOPAL CHURCH$75,000
Individual grant recipient$65,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $161k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $3k → 13%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $2k → 13%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%FRIENDS OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE: $2k → 9%FRIENDS OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE: $1k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $40k → 7%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $39k → 7%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $15k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $15k → 7%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $15k → 7%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $1k → 9%CHILDREN'S-LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $1k → 9%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $11k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%AT HOME IN GREENWICH: $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
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
NM
KS
AR
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 122 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

122 repeat relationships: 69 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

122
139

Total granted

$21M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+13%

Still filing today

76%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $410k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman 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

  • THE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +73%
  • AT
    AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +533%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • BD
    BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL AT YALE
    one grant, 2020 · $244k
  • EC
    EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT
    one grant, 2021 · $220k
  • PP
    PINE POINT PARENTS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $80k
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
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
2
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
3
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
4
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc

To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…

Arts & Culture
5
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
6
Florence Griswold Museum Inc

The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
7
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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8
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
9
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.

—
10
The Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum

Founded in 1747 on the enlightenment ideals of intellectual pursuit and civic engagement, the redwood library and athenaeum generates knowledge in the humanities for the benefit of the widest possible audience with nothing in view but the…

—
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc

The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbor to Neighbor Inc; the most unlike its peers is My Chi & Me. 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

182 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. 182 of the 295 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
175/182
Grantees still filing
125/182
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Frick Collection: $2,130,700 · OtherThe Frick CollectionBERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL: $915,000 · OtherBERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOLCHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $612,535 · OtherCHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHTHE WESTERLY LAND TRUST: $458,292 · OtherFILMMAKERS: $433,000 · Other+122 more: $4,084,870 · Other+122 moreTHE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC: $3,202,923 · Arts & CultureTHE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEAT…AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $1,943,294 · Arts & CultureAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INCKNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC: $837,530 · Arts & CultureKNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INCBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $498,460 · Arts & CultureBRUCE MUSEUM INCNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $315,000 · Arts & Culture+26 more: $993,248 · Arts & Culture+26 moreTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,505,790 · Community ImprovementTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION INCBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,965,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE…+3 more: $48,520 · Community ImprovementThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $455,990 · EducationTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $260,000 · EducationLAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationMountain Top Library: $142,500 · EducationFordham University: $50,000 · EducationLiteracy Partners Inc: $47,667 · EducationINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $45,000 · Education+11 more: $130,500 · EducationNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $1,145,000 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $51,200 · Environment+6 more: $77,000 · EnvironmentPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $175,000 · PhilanthropyTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $63,173 · PhilanthropyPRINCESS GRACE FOUNDATION - USA: $19,834 · PhilanthropyTRINITY FORUM INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $124,393 · Human ServicesURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $14,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $6,500 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human Services
Other$8,634,397Arts & Culture$7,790,455Community Improvement$7,519,310Education$1,281,657Environment$1,273,200Philanthropy$270,007Human Services$162,393

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,505,790 over 5y, 75% of budgetTHE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC: $3,202,923 over 5y, 21% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,965,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $2,130,700 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $1,943,294 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $1,145,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL: $915,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetKNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC: $837,530 over 5y, 56% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $498,460 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE WESTERLY LAND TRUST: $458,292 over 4y, 16% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $455,990 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $315,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $260,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $196,400 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $175,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMountain Top Library: $142,500 over 5y, 22% of budgetOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $124,393 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $67,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $63,173 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO: $60,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPINE POINT SCHOOL INC: $55,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $51,200 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $51,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFordham University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $47,667 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $45,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE: $41,600 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFOOD RESCUE US INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST GEORGE'S SCHOOL: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH TOWN PARTY INC: $32,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $32,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $30,170 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAnglican Communion Compass Rose Society Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE WESTERLY REVOLVING FUND INC: $29,400 over 2y, 23% of budgetMILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $26,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUSS GROTON SAIL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetTHE PRASAD PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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 THE HUNTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Frick Collection ↗
  • Who funds AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BRUCE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds THE GREENWICH LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Mountain Top Library ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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.

Chelsea Groton FoundationCT33.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · Malkin Fund Inc · Bucknall Family Foundation · The Resource Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation R Bradford Malt Et Al Trustees · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Old Stones Foundation Inc · Lynch Family 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 Royce Family Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Royce Family Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 380%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mill River Collaborative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: 36% of income from government
  • The Hill House Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Young Artists Philharmonic Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Yellow Farmhouse Education Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cityfest Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • The Stonington Free Library Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Stonington Village Improvement Assoc Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Greenwich Arts Council Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mystic & Noank Library Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
38get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Royce Family Fund Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 295 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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