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Stephenson Pope Babcock Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$170k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$231kEnvironment$148kArts & Culture$141kHealth$133kHuman Services$109kInternational$103kYouth Development$89kPhilanthropy$57kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $121k
$8,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ON COURSE FOUNDATION$17,000
IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES$15,000
ROOTS AND WINGS$15,000
WINSTON SALEM STREET SCHOOL$12,000
HAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH$11,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATOIN OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$11,000
THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$10,000
SPRINGS FOOD PANTRY$10,000
THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST$10,000
KULA FOR KARMA$9,000
NC COASTAL FEDERATION$8,000
OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND$8,000
ARENA THEATER$8,000
CENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PRACTICE$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $1k → 8%OPERATION HOME: $5k → 12%THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $10k → 9%SPECTRUM FOR LIVINGS DEVELOPMENT INC: $1k → 7%SAIL TO WIN: $1k → 7%SPECTRUM FOR LIVINGS DEVELOPMENT INC: $1k → 7%ROOTS AND WINGS: $15k → 11%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $1k → 16%SYDNEY PAIGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%ROOTS AND WINGS: $15k → 11%FILLING IN THE BLANKS: $5k → 9%ROOTS AND WINGS: $10k → 11%ROOTS AND WINGS: $8k → 11%VALLEY GUARDIANS INC: $1k → 11%ROOTS AND WINGS: $8k → 11%ROOTS AND WINGS: $1k → 11%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER: $10k → 7%THE RETREAT: $5k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
ID
MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
OK
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$817k · 41 repeat orgs$421k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

41 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
84

Total granted

$817k
$341k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+21%

Still filing today

78%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PM
    PROJECT MOST INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $83k · revenue +93%
  • RA
    Roots and Wings Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $57k · revenue +94%
  • HC
    HAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $46k · revenue +383%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • W
    WILDCOAST
    one grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue 0%
  • BO
    BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +214%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
2
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
3
The Bridge Project Inc

The bridge project, inc. (the organization") is a non-profit organization that seeks to solve child poverty in the united states. launched in june 2021 by the monarch foundation, it is new york's first consistent unconditional cash…

Philanthropy
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
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
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
11
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
12
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Educational Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is International Community Development Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Immigrant Worker SupportHealth Access Advocacy and …Christian Missionary Organi…Independent K-12 SchoolsWomen & Girls Leadership De…School District FoundationsAffordable Housing Construc…Affordable Housing Developm…Youth Development CentersFood Banks and PantriesSenior Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersCommunity College Foundatio…Community FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesLocal History MuseumsAnimal Rescue and ShelterChristian Youth CampsYouth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%33%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%41%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%4%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/110
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,455

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 142 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/106
Grantees still filing
65/106
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $45,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INCFOLDS OF HONOR — $39,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONORAFTEE — $28,000 · OtherBINATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE C — $24,000 · OtherTHE FEATHER FOUNDATION INC — $22,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CARE CENTER FOR FORSYTH COUNTY — $22,000 · OtherCENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PRACTICE INC — $20,000 · Other+69 more — $390,500 · Other+69 morePROJECT MOST INC — $83,000 · EducationPROJECT MOST INCBOOKMARKS INC — $17,000 · EducationBOOKMARKS INCKula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation — $15,000 · EducationKula for Karma Ne…WINSTON-SALEM STREET SCHOOL — $12,000 · EducationWINSTON-SALEM STR…BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $12,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER PR…COLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $12,000 · EducationCOLLEGIATE DIRECT…PAVE SCHOOLS INC — $10,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationMADE IN DURHAM — $8,000 · Education+10 more — $12,000 · Education+10 moreHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC — $46,000 · Arts & CultureHAMPTONS CO…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I — $38,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S …OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC — $28,000 · Arts & CultureOLA OF EAST…IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureIYRS SCHOOL…+3 more — $3,000 · Arts & CultureRoots and Wings Inc — $57,000 · Human ServicesRoots and…THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTE…Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesBridgeham…OPERATION HOME INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesRetreat Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesFILLING IN THE BLANKS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesSydney Paige Foundation — $5,000 · Human Services+6 more — $7,000 · Human Services+6 moreFISH REEF PROJECT — $27,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $17,000 · EnvironmentWILDCOAST — $12,000 · EnvironmentTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC — $11,000 · EnvironmentFOREVER MARYLAND INC — $7,000 · EnvironmentCommunity Greening Corp — $7,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $5,000 · Environment+3 more — $3,000 · EnvironmentInternational Community Development Foundation — $58,000 · InternationalFLYING KITES INC — $10,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $5,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $5,000 · InternationalEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN — $4,000 · International+5 more — $5,000 · InternationalCity Squash Inc — $31,000 · Recreation & SportsADVANTAGE CLEVELAND TENNIS AND EDUCATION INC — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsA WALK ON WATER INC — $6,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsURBANSURF4KIDS — $5,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$590,500Education$191,000Arts & Culture$130,000Human Services$104,000Environment$89,000International$87,000Recreation & Sports$59,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPROJECT MOST INC — $83,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetInternational Community Development Foundation — $58,000 over 6y, 43% of budgetRoots and Wings Inc — $57,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC — $46,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I — $38,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCity Squash Inc — $31,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC — $28,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFISH REEF PROJECT — $27,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetBINATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE C — $24,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE FEATHER FOUNDATION INC — $22,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CENTER FOR FORSYTH COUNTY — $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PRACTICE INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOOKMARKS INC — $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPUT ME IN INC — $17,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetINSPIRATIONAL TRIATHLON RACING INTERNATIONAL CORP — $16,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL PEARLS INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation — $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWINSTON-SALEM STREET SCHOOL — $12,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWILDCOAST — $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS — $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPAVE SCHOOLS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING KITES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLEAD Girls of NC Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetADVANTAGE CLEVELAND TENNIS AND EDUCATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOpen Table Ministry Inc — $9,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetOCEAN INSTITUTE — $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMADE IN DURHAM — $8,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER — $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOREVER MARYLAND INC — $7,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Greening Corp — $7,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPUPPY PRODIGIES — $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMALTA HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The New York Community TrustNY20.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Yaffa Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Edward T Habermann & Susan B Koehn Foundation · Muchnic Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Clamshell Foundation Inc · Hamptons Invitational Charitable Fund Inc · Halsey Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Stephenson Pope Babcock Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 16%
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc27% of income from government
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc16% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich7% of income from government
  • Community Greening Corp5% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc0% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
28report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Stephenson Pope Babcock Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stephenson Pope Babcock 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 142 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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