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The Anne and David B Ford Jr 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.

$253k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2022
62%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 64
FY2019 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$9.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 62% of the organizations The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$252k65%
FY202221$452k62%
FY202111$366k36%
FY201964$1.4Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MEducation$524kAnimals$371kRecreation & Sports$199kHuman Services$103kReligion$53kEnvironment$38kHealth$37kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
MD
NC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Preservation Society of Newport County$458,12132%
Haverford School$288,51940%
The Animal Medical Center$268,50030%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$209,60010%
Newport County Regional YMCA$100,00021%
Squashsmarts Inc$98,50042%
Audrain Automobile Museum Inc$63,5001n/a
The Agnes Irwin School$56,60040%
New England Historic Genealogical Society$50,38020%
The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc$50,00010%
Squash and Education Alliance Inc$35,00021%
The National Sporting Library and Museum$31,40011%
Great Meadow Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Greenwich International Film Festival Inc$25,00012%
The Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum$22,50011%
The American Agora Foundation Inc$20,00011%
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation$20,00010%
World Monuments Fund Inc$17,50010%
Katherine Delmar Burke School$16,50010%
Duke University$16,00040%
Newport Art Museum and Art Association$15,47011%
New York Botanical Garden$12,00010%
The Society of the Cincinnati$11,10020%
Newport Historical Society$10,5001n/a
Florida State University$10,3301n/a
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated$10,00010%
Newport Festivals Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Aquidneck Island Land Trust$10,00011%
Squashdrive$10,00011%
Newport Hospital Foundation$7,10010%
The Greenwich Land Trust Inc$7,00010%
Robin Hood Foundation$5,00010%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$3,10020%
Greenwich Historical Society Inc$3,00010%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$3,00010%
St Davids Church$2,7501n/a
Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc$2,50010%
Stanford Business School Alumni Association$2,50010%
Hope Funds for Cancer Research$2,5001n/a
Newport Restoration Foundation$2,5001n/a
East Side House Inc$2,00010%
Naval War College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Grassroots Music and Arts Inc$1,000151%
New York Yacht Club Foundation$1,00010%
Friends of Haverford Squash$1,0001n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$1,00010%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$1,00010%
Newport Film Inc$1,00010%
Amherst College Trustees$1,00010%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$80010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$55010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Friends of Dresden Music Foundation$50011%
Roundhill Scholarship Foundation Inc$5001n/a
French American Aid for Children Inc$50010%
Catholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties$50010%
The Newport Tree Conservancy$45010%
The West Hill School$25010%
Lumos Foundation USA Inc$25010%
Breakthrough T1d$25010%
The Baldwin School$25010%
The American Chestnut Foundation$25010%
Columbia Alumni Association of Michigan$1501n/a
Whyy Inc$6010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($477k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Preservation Society of Newport County: $458,121 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHaverford School: $288,519 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $268,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $209,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNewport County Regional YMCA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSquashsmarts Inc: $98,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetThe Agnes Irwin School: $56,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Historic Genealogical Society: $50,380 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSquash and Education Alliance Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe National Sporting Library and Museum: $31,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGreat Meadow Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGreenwich International Film Festival Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum: $22,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe American Agora Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Monuments Fund Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKatherine Delmar Burke School: $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNewport Art Museum and Art Association: $15,470 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Cincinnati: $11,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Festivals Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAquidneck Island Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSquashdrive: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $7,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Greenwich Land Trust Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Historical Society Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVero Beach Museum of Art Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStanford Business School Alumni Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEast Side House Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaval War College Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrassroots Music and Arts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetNew York Yacht Club Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewport Film Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmherst College Trustees: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Dresden Music Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFrench American Aid for Children Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

Hamilton Family FoundationPA34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · The de Ramel Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Winifred M Purdy Foundation · Olb Foundation Inc · Hope 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.

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About The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation

How much does The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation give?
The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $253,397 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 64 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
What does The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Education (12%), Animals (8%).
Who are The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Preservation Society of Newport County ($458k), Haverford School ($289k), The Animal Medical Center ($269k).
Does The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hamilton Family Foundation, Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation based?
The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation is based in PA.

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 98 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $259k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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