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S Douglass Foundation

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.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$295kCrime & Legal$45kReligion$20kHousing & Shelter$14kArts & Culture$13kCivil Rights$11kAnimals$7kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$677k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$60,000
SCARSDALE SYNAGOGUE$10,000
NYU SCHOOL OF LAW$8,000
THE MOUNTAIN TOP LIBRARY$5,000
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 (FY20–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%SCARSDALE EDGEMONT FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $500 → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$389k · 9 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$389k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+34%

Still filing today

56%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsAnimalsOther
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

  • University of Chicago
    8× · 2017–2024 · $254k · revenue +56%
  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5× · 2017–2021 · $13k · revenue +15%
  • COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $12k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • EH
    ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW AT PACE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • CC
    CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +59%
  • LG
    Legacy Global Programsgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +28%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations

The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

Education
5
Columbia University Press

Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…

Arts & Culture
6
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
Manhattanville University

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

Education
9
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
10
Teachers College Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia Universitys (TC or the College) mission is to empower committed learners and leaders to build a smarter, healthier, more just and equitable world through multidisciplinary knowledge creation, policy engagement,…

Education
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coalition for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Legacy Global Programs. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $254,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+1 more: $5,000 · EducationNYU SCHOOL OF LAW: $40,000 · OtherNYU SCHOOL OF LAWSCARSDALE SYNAGOGUE: $30,000 · OtherSCARSDALE SYNAGOGUENY LAW SCHOOL: $21,000 · OtherNY LAW SCHOOLCarnegie Mellon University: $13,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $11,500 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INCSCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHIC: $6,500 · Other+7 more: $7,200 · Other+7 moreMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureHUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER INC: $6,500 · AnimalsCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterLegacy Global Programs: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSCARSDALEEDGEMONT FAM COUNSELING: $500 · Human Services
Education$259,000Other$129,200Arts & Culture$6,700Animals$6,500Housing & Shelter$2,500Philanthropy$2,500Human Services$2,500

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 budgetUniversity of Chicago: $254,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Top Library: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Global Programs: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HARRISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCARSDALEEDGEMONT FAM COUNSELING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $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.

Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 S Douglass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S Douglass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to S Douglass Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to S Douglass 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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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