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The Andrew and Barbara Bangser Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Andrew and Barbara Bangser Charitable 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.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$21kEducation$17kArts & Culture$3kHealth$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kFood & Nutrition$1kPublic Benefit$850Employment$800Other$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$102k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC$4,250
MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INCORPORATED$2,250
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUS$500
A&B IT S ALL GOOD INC$500
WESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOC$500
HARLEM STORIES PROJECT INC$400
WESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC$300
GROW DAT YOUTH FARM$300
CONNECTICUT INVENTION CONVENTION INC$250
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 (FY18–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $4k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $3k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $3k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $4k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $2k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $1k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 13 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$46k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+68%

Still filing today

92%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & 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

  • BR
    BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +66%
  • ML
    MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +37%
  • JH
    JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • KO
    KREWE OF RED BEANSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +56%
  • CU
    CONNECT US INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300 · revenue +31%
  • IP
    INNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300 · revenue +68%
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
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
2
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.

—
3
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
4
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
5
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
6
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…

—
7
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Louisiana Abortion Fund. 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

24 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. 24 of the 26 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $19,450 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INCMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $15,400 · EducationMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INCWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,750 · EducationWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $1,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FO…JIB PRODUCTIONS INC: $900 · OtherJIB PRODUCTION…GREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $750 · OtherGREATER BRIDGE…Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $850 · OtherDisabled Ameri…A&B IT'S ALL GOOD INC DBA SWEET P BAKERY: $800 · OtherA&B IT'S ALL G…CONNECTICUT INVENTION CONVENTION: $550 · OtherCONNECTICUT IN…CONNECT US INC: $300 · OtherINNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS: $300 · OtherBROWN UNIVERSITY: $250 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc: $250 · Other+3 more: $350 · Other+3 moreJEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $1,500 · HealthWESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 · HealthKREWE OF RED BEANS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHARLEM STORIES PROJECT INC: $400 · Arts & CultureGREATER CONNECTICUT YOUTH ORCHESTRAS INC: $250 · Arts & CultureLOUISIANA ABORTION FUND: $1,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $250 · EnvironmentGROW DAT YOUTH FARM: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$19,450Education$17,150Other$6,300Health$2,850Arts & Culture$1,650Environment$1,250Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $19,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $15,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTPORT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKREWE OF RED BEANS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROW DAT YOUTH FARM: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOUISIANA ABORTION FUND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJIB PRODUCTIONS INC: $900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA&B IT'S ALL GOOD INC DBA SWEET P BAKERY: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT INVENTION CONVENTION: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM STORIES PROJECT INC: $400 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCONNECT US INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEN'S CLUB OF JHE OF FFLD COUNTY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 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.

Newman's Own Foundati…Fairfield County's Co…The Greater New Orlea…The Pfizer Foundation…Shell USA Company Fou…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
Newman's Own FoundationCT13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Newman's Own Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic 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 The Andrew and Barbara Bangser Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andrew and Barbara Bangser Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to The Andrew and Barbara Bangser Charitable 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 26 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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