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Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 at a glance

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Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.1M
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$2.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

67% of Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Maine Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

34
’18
38
’19
0
’20

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Philanthropy$4.9MEnvironment$86kEducation$77kArts & Culture$64kInternational$44kHealth$41kScience & Tech$9kEmployment$7kOther$0
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+3 grants · $7.1M
$2,322,835
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,422,835
Individual grant recipient$2,322,835
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$2,322,835
WARE SHOALS SCHOOL DISTRICT$50,000
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 (FY18–18, $1k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1k → 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
VT
MT
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
SC
DC
GA
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.

9%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$243k · 39 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 39 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
17

Total granted

$243k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+38%

Still filing today

69%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthInternationalEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • NH
    NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k · revenue +27%
  • ST
    SAVE THE SOUND
    2× · 2018–2019 · $17k · revenue +63%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $14k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +37%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +139%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +18%
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
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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2
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
3
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
4
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
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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10
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health…

Science & Tech
11
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…

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12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

43 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. 43 of the 61 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
34/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Maine Community Foundation Inc: $2,622,835 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundation IncNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,322,835 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+1 more: $2,200 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient: $2,322,835 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+30 more: $133,300 · Other+30 moreNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUND: $17,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $3,500 · Environment+4 more: $6,750 · EnvironmentNEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKNEISEL HALL: $7,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $12,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 · InternationalCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $2,000 · InternationalPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $14,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $10,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthPER SCHOLAS INC: $7,000 · EmploymentLIFT INC: $5,000 · Employment
Philanthropy$4,947,870Other$2,456,135Environment$84,750Arts & Culture$61,000International$34,000Health$32,000Employment$12,000

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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $2,622,835 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,322,835 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetKNEISEL HALL: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHAW INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA AMBULANCE CORPS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUCY'S HEARTH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE AND LIGHT FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE GARDEN CENTER INC DBA BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $700 over 2y, 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.

Becton Family Foundat…Newalliance Foundatio…The Community Foundat…Citizens Charitable F…Louis & Dora T Mohill…The Martin FoundationAldo Dedominicis Foun…Roslyn Milstein Meyer…The Susan Pechter Cha…Prior Family Foundati…Eder Family Foundatio…The Clements Family C…
Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter TrusteeFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Louis & Dora T Mohill Foundation Inc · The Martin Foundation · Aldo Dedominicis Foundation Inc · Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees · The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation · Prior Family Foundation · Eder Family Foundation Inc · The Clements Family 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 Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 61 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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