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Suzanne McGraw 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.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$904k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$8.2MEducation$3.4MRecreation & Sports$1.6MAnimals$1.5MReligion$504kHealth$309kHousing & Shelter$254kArts & Culture$203kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $776k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
$75,028
Median grant
5
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Pennsylvania$903,656
Jewish Community Center of Stamford$702,544
Family Centers Inc$425,158
Mill River Collaborative$199,808
Star Foundation Inc$100,556
Darien Public Library$100,037
Noroton Presbyterian Church$100,037
Upstream Education$75,028
The Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk Inc$50,019
Hartley House$50,019
Open Doors$50,019
Odyssey Family Executive Center of South Norwalk Inc$50,000
Abilis$40,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$5,551
Star Inc Lighting The Way$5,122
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 (FY20–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Hartley House: $52k → 17%Hartley House: $51k → 18%Hartley House: $51k → 17%Hartley House: $50k → 18%Hartley House: $50k → 17%Star Foundation Inc: $469k → 9%Star Foundation Inc: $446k → 9%Star Foundation Inc: $404k → 9%Star Inc Lighting the Way: $101k → 9%Star Foundation Inc: $101k → 9%Star Inc Lighting The Way: $5k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 15 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$13M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+42%

Still filing today

87%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +94%
  • FC
    FAMILY CENTERS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +101%
  • INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jewish Community Center of Stamford (JCC Stamford)
    one grant, 2020 · $890k
  • FO
    Friends of Forman Christian College Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $253k · revenue +42%
  • EC
    Easton Country Day School Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $101k · revenue +20%
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
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
2
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
3
Fairfield University

To establish, organize, maintain and conduct an institution for secondary, undergraduate and graduate education in the state of connecticut, and to perform such other works of education, charity and religion. see schedule o.

Education
4
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich

Jewish family services of greenwich (jfs) is a nonprofit social service agency dedicated to strengthening individuals and families in fairfield and new london counties. jfs provides behavioral health counseling, food security programs,…

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5
Northside Center for Child Development Day School

Northside center for child development day school (the "school") operates a comprehensive treatment center dedicated to meeting the social, emotional and educational needs of children and their families, principally through the operation…

Education
6
Family Services of Westchester Inc

Family services of westchester offers a broad range of social and mental health services to strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stages of the life cycle from infancy to adulthood.

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7
The Arc of Essex County Inc

The arc of essex county provides advocacy and services empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to realize a lifetime of personal achievement and full partnership in the community.

Human Services
8
Starr Commonwealth

Starr commonwealth's mission is to lead with courage to create positive experiences so that all children, families, and communities flourish.

Human Services
9
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
10
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
11
United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc

United way coastal and western connecticut (uwcwc) envisions a community where every person is healthy, safe, and economically secure. our mission is to work in partnership with community to address critical needs and advance equitable…

Philanthropy
12
Forestdale Inc

Forestdale's mission is to ensure that children have the assets they need to thrive.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star Inc - Lighting the Way; the most unlike its peers is Upstream Education 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,074,595 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCFAMILY CENTERS INC: $1,580,076 · OtherFAMILY CENTERS INCJewish Community Center of Stamford (JCC Stamford): $890,408 · OtherJewish Community Center of Stamford (JCC Stamford)Darien Public Library: $504,246 · OtherDarien Public LibraryNoroton Presbyterian Church: $504,246 · OtherNoroton Presbyterian Church+2 more: $302,306 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,318,608 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIV…Friends of Forman Christian College Inc: $252,610 · EducationFriends of Forman Ch…UPSTREAM EDUCATION INC: $227,977 · EducationUPSTREAM EDUCATION I…Easton Country Day School Inc: $101,364 · EducationSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,420,313 · Human ServicesSTAR FOUNDAT…HARTLEY HOUSE INC: $153,184 · Human ServicesHARTLEY HOUS…STAR INC - LIGHTING THE WAY: $106,233 · Human ServicesSTAR INC - L…THE HARTLEY HOUSE: $100,626 · Human ServicesTHE HARTLEY …MILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $1,615,691 · Recreation & SportsMILL RIVER …INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,517,937 · AnimalsINTERNATIO…THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $253,810 · Housing & ShelterTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $202,968 · Arts & Culture
Other$7,855,877Education$2,900,559Human Services$1,780,356Recreation & Sports$1,615,691Animals$1,517,937Housing & Shelter$253,810Arts & Culture$202,968

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,074,595 over 4y, 11% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,318,608 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $1,615,691 over 3y, 19% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $1,580,076 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,517,937 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,420,313 over 4y, 88% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $253,810 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $252,610 over 1y, 12% of budgetUPSTREAM EDUCATION INC: $227,977 over 4y, 13% of budgetTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $202,968 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetABILIS INC: $202,306 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHARTLEY HOUSE INC: $153,184 over 3y, 18% of budgetSTAR INC - LIGHTING THE WAY: $106,233 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEaston Country Day School Inc: $101,364 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HARTLEY HOUSE: $100,626 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetOdyssey Family Executive Center of South Norwalk: $100,000 over 2y, 9.7% 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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Suzanne McGraw Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Suzanne McGraw Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Star Inc - Lighting the Way: 83% of income from government
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Mill River Collaborative Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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How do I get to Suzanne McGraw Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Suzanne McGraw Foundation 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 19 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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