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Susan Lynde Duval Phipps Foundation Inc at a glance

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Susan Lynde Duval Phipps Foundation 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.

$346k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$350kAnimals$246kArts & Culture$119kInternational$80kHealth$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kFood & Nutrition$22kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $280k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUST$35,000
POTOMAC CONSERVANCY$35,000
CAPITAL CARING$25,000
THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY$20,000
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS$20,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$20,000
DIRECT RELIEF$20,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$15,000
ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF ARLINGTON$10,000
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$10,000
AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY$10,000
GIFFORD LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VILOENCE$10,000
HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE$10,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY22–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $2k → 6%CAPITAL CARING: $25k → 6%CAPITAL CARING: $10k → 6%CAPITAL CARING: $10k → 6%EARTH SANGHA: $1k → 6%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

NY
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$853k · 29 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
5

Total granted

$853k
$51k

Still filing today

76%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TG
    THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +109%
  • TP
    THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $65k · revenue +3%
  • SOUTH KINGSTOWN LAND TRUST
    5× · 2019–2024 · $51k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • WA
    WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
    one grant, 2017 · $22k
  • HR
    HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
6
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
7
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
8
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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9
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
10
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for Others Inc; the most unlike its peers is Earth Sangha. 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

27 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. 27 of the 46 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS: $80,000 · OtherTHE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION…ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $48,700 · OtherANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUENORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUST: $37,500 · OtherNORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUSTNATIONAL HISTORIC TRUST: $30,000 · OtherNATIONAL HISTORIC TRUSTSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $30,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERWASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $22,000 · OtherWASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUEINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $20,000 · OtherHUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE: $20,000 · OtherLIFT ME UP INC: $15,000 · Other+18 more: $80,500 · Other+18 moreTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $120,000 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INCTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $65,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INCSOUTH KINGSTOWN LAND TRUST: $51,080 · EnvironmentSOUTH KINGSTOWN LAND TRUSTAMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYFriends of the National Arboretum: $15,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the National Arboret…WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $70,000 · AnimalsWASHINGTON HUMAN…HUMANE SOCIETY OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC: $50,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY O…Animal Welfare League of Arlington: $25,000 · AnimalsAnimal Welfare L…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…DIRECT RELIEF: $30,000 · InternationalDIRECT REL…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIO…Capital Hospice: $45,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $7,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $5,000 · Crime & LegalCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$383,700Environment$271,080Animals$145,000International$90,000Human Services$53,000Crime & Legal$25,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $120,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $65,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTH KINGSTOWN LAND TRUST: $51,080 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCapital Hospice: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Arlington: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLIFT ME UP INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUTUTOR OF VIRGINIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOME INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMCLEAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEarth Sangha: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH KINGSTOWN LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Capital Hospice ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Animal Welfare League of Arlington ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the National Arboretum ↗
  • Who funds LIFT ME UP INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR OTHERS INC ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds EDUTUTOR OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF RUTH ↗

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.

United Way of the Nat…The Community Foundat…Verizon FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of the National Capital AreaVA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Susan Lynde Duval Phipps Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susan Lynde Duval Phipps Foundation 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 46 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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