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Social Service League of Ithaca Inc at a glance

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Social Service League of Ithaca Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$26kEducation$17kFood & Nutrition$14kHousing & Shelter$6kHealth$6kCommunity Improvement$4kInternational$3kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,120
Median grant
1
States reached
$297k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY$2,000
SECOND WIND COTTAGES$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,700
CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NY$1,500
COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER$1,300
TOMPKINS LEARNING PARTNERS INC$1,186
FOODNET MEALS ON WHEELS$1,120
WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTER$1,050
GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE$800
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL$700
LOVE LIVING AT HOME$625
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $3k → 16%Greater Ithaca Activites Center: $3k → 16%Village at Ithaca: $3k → 16%ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES: $2k → 16%ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $2k → 16%GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER: $1k → 16%LOVE LIVING AT HOME: $1k → 16%LOVE LIVING AT HOME: $625 → 16%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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$61k · 16 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
17

Total granted

$61k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+15%

Still filing today

88%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther
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

  • NF
    NUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $7k · revenue +1%
  • IW
    ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $5k · revenue +166%
  • GO
    GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • TV
    THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +236%
  • TC
    THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +85%
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
Tompkins Community Action Inc

Tompkins community action, inc. (tcaction) "believes an active community can produce powerful change". located in upstate new york's finger lakes region, tcaction has served the community for over 55 years, implementing programs that…

Education
2
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster sustainable economic growth through service to our members, strategic advocacy, workforce development, destination marketing, and quality of life investments. Our vision is an inclusive…

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3
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc

The History Center in Tompkins County, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to…

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4
Wyoming County Community Action Inc

To improve the quality of life for all residents of its primary service areas by focusing on meeting the needs of the low-income and disadvantaged population, and to promote the personal and family growth of its constituents as they move…

Community Improvement
5
Go Ithaca

Provide transportation benefits, discounts and resources to developers, employers and individuals communting to and from Tompkins County to support people in commuting and getting around town in a reliable, sustainable and healthly way.

Community Improvement
6
Ulster County Community Action Committee Inc

Serving the most in need in ulster county. our program services are designed to respond to changing community needs, to strengthen families, to foster opportunities for education and training, to increase employability, to initiate…

Human Services
7
Child Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam Inc

To promote affordable and quality child care, provide information and support to families, and strengthen childhood workforce in dutchess and putnam counties.

Human Services
8
Ithaca Alpha House Center Inc Dba Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services

A professional community resource providing caring and effective recovery services dedicated to improving quality of life by promoting individual dignity and respect for all.

Health
9
Ithaka Land Inc

Our mission is to help people escape the cycle of poverty and homelessness, secure stable long-term housing, and achieve a self-directed vision for their lives. We achieve this mission by providing affordable, transitional housing combined…

Environment
10
York Community Resource Center

York community resource center equips and uplifts their community through a strong and educated workforce.

Education
11
Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc

Dedicated to expanding housing opportunities for low and moderate-income residents of cayuga, chemung, cortland, schuyler, seneca, tioga, and tompkins counties. it seeks to foster communities that embrace diversity, equity, and…

Housing & Shelter
12
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ithaca Community Childcare Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ithaca Welcomes Refugees 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

26 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. 26 of the 38 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $7,500 · OtherCHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INCNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $6,745 · OtherNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County: $4,500 · OtherCornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins CountyIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ITHACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY: $2,500 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ITHACA AND TO…Individual grant recipient: $2,130 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,700 · OtherDISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC: $1,550 · Other+10 more: $10,490 · Other+10 moreGOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC: $4,000 · EducationGOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO …ST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4,000 · EducationST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SE…TOMPKINS LEARNING PARTNERS INC: $2,941 · EducationTOMPKINS LEARNING PART…THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $2,500 · EducationTHE CHILD DEVELOPMENT …YOUTH FARM PROJECT INC: $2,485 · EducationYOUTH FARM PROJECT INCFREE SCIENCE INC: $2,300 · EducationFREE SCIENCE INCNEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $700 · EducationITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $4,612 · Human ServicesITHACA WELCOMES RE…GREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesGREATER ITHACA ACT…THE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE AT ITH…ITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesITHACA COMMUNITY C…LOVE LIVING AT HOME INC: $1,625 · Human ServicesLOVE LIVING AT HOM…THE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE ADVOCACY CENTE…SECOND WIND COTTAGES INC: $5,800 · Housing & ShelterKHUBA INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE ITHACA YOUTH BUREAU: $840 · Youth DevelopmentITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $1,800 · HealthUNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC: $1,500 · HealthUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$45,115Education$18,926Human Services$15,487Housing & Shelter$5,800Youth Development$3,840Health$3,300Philanthropy$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $6,745 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND WIND COTTAGES INC: $5,800 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC: $4,612 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGOLDEN OPPORTUNITY GO INC: $4,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER ITHACA ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKHUBA INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTOMPKINS LEARNING PARTNERS INC: $2,941 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ITHACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FARM PROJECT INC: $2,485 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFREE SCIENCE INC: $2,300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetITHACA COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE LIVING AT HOME INC: $1,625 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC: $1,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADVOCACY CENTER OF TOMPKINS COUNTY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER INC: $1,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENFIELD COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCIVIC ENSEMBLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ITHACA YOUTH BUREAU: $840 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $700 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.

Community Foundation …Legacy Foundation of …United Way of Tompkin…Park Foundation IncCity Federation of Wo…JM McDonald Foundatio…Tompkins Charitable G…Triad Foundation IncSteven and Marcy Scha…Brooks Family Foundat…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Norathco Foundation
Community Foundation of Tompkins County IncNY53.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · United Way of Tompkins County Inc · Park Foundation Inc · City Federation of Women's Organizations Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc · Triad Foundation Inc · Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Family Foundation Inc · Brooks Family Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Norathco 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 Social Service League of Ithaca Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Social Service League of Ithaca Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Social Service League of Ithaca 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 38 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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