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The Bailey Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$59k
Granted FY2020
12
Grants FY2020
8
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2020.

Education$69kReligion$68kScience & Tech$61kPhilanthropy$54kEnvironment$8kAnimals$8kArts & Culture$4kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2020 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k10 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$1,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Purdue Research Foundation$15,000
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$15,000
SPAR COVE CHARITABLE FUND$7,500
DOUGLAS G AND SARA G BAILEY CHARITABLE FUND$7,500
MSG IMPACT FUNDING TR SEAHORSE PARTNERS$7,500
New Jeruselum United Methodist Church$1,500
University of Pittsburgh$1,500
National Mining Hall of Fame$1,500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$1,000
Log Creek General Baptist Church$600
Taconic Music$250
Greenwich Emergency Medical Service$100
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 (FY17–18, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $3k → 14%American Red Cross: $150 → 14%Freeport Community Services: $1k → 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

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VT
MT
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
DC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$220k · 20 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
23

Total granted

$220k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+83%

Still filing today

60%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • WS
    WAYNFLETE SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +28%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +462%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    4× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • KA
    KEVIN AND LISA CASSIDY CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • TS
    THE STANWICH SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +44%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY AT OCEAN REEF INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +125%

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
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.

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3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
11
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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 backsteadyPublic University Foundatio…Classical Music EnsemblesVolunteer Fire DepartmentsFaith-Based Senior LivingFood Pantries & AssistancePublic Library SupportPregnancy Support ServicesGovernment Accountability R…Christian Missionary Organi…Animal Rescue and AdoptionVeteran Support ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-8 Schools
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 43 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%79%55yr+

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

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,533

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

32 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 46 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
28/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — $60,000 · OtherSECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHSPAR COVE CHARITABLE FUND — $21,500 · OtherSPAR COVE CHARITABLE FUNDDOUGLAS G AND SARA G BAILEY CHARITABLE FUND — $20,000 · OtherDOUGLAS G AND SARA G BAILEY CHARITABLE FUNDKEVIN AND LISA CASSIDY CHARITABLE FUND — $12,500 · OtherKEVIN AND LISA CASSIDY CHARITABLE FUNDMSG IMPACT FUNDING TR SEAHORSE PARTNERS — $7,500 · OtherNew Jeruselum United Methodist Church — $5,500 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $5,500 · Other+19 more — $19,040 · Other+19 morePurdue Research Foundation — $60,000 · EducationPurdue Research FoundationWAYNFLETE SCHOOL — $20,500 · EducationWAYNFLETE SCHOOLMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $16,500 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyTHE STANWICH SCHOOL INC — $10,000 · EducationTHE STANWICH SCHOOL INCUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $5,600 · Education+3 more — $3,800 · EducationNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION — $6,200 · Recreation & SportsTHE NATIONAL MINING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM — $2,500 · Arts & CultureTACONIC MUSIC INC — $1,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $500 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $2,650 · Human ServicesFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES — $1,000 · Human ServicesISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC — $500 · HealthUpstream USA Inc — $500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $500 · HealthTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · EnvironmentLAUDHOLM TRUST — $850 · Environment
Other$151,540Education$116,400Recreation & Sports$6,200Arts & Culture$4,000Human Services$3,650Health$2,000Environment$1,850

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPurdue Research Foundation — $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNFLETE SCHOOL — $20,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STANWICH SCHOOL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION — $6,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY AT OCEAN REEF INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $2,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MINING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM — $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFordham University — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTACONIC MUSIC INC — $1,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Iris Network — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAUDHOLM TRUST — $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH RIDING & TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC — $540 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpstream USA Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonor Flight Maine Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc — $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Maine Community Found…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 The Bailey Foundation Inc 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report 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, FY20–25

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.

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 46 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines