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The Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation at a glance

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The Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation

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.

$365k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
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.

Health$209kArts & Culture$126kPhilanthropy$87kHuman Services$4kHousing & Shelter$3kEducation$3k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY$125,000
BRUCE MUSEUM$80,000
GREENWICH HOSPITAL$80,000
GREENWICH UNITED WAY$80,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 7% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%IONA COLLEGE: $500 → 9%SELF HELP: $1k → 17%PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $1k → 14%ALPHA-I FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%SHEPHERDS INC: $1k → 9%SELF HELP: $1k → 17%ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY: $125k → 9%HSS FOUNDATION: $200 → 17%GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $80k → 9%SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET: $14k → 17%GREENWICH UNITED WAY: $80k → 9%THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET: $7k → 17%BRUCE MUSEUM: $80k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD COLATION FOR SHELTER: $2k → 17%CONNECTICUT BALLET: $3k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER: $1k → 17%CONNECTICUT BALLET: $3k → 9%CONNECTICUT BALLET: $3k → 9%AVON THEATER: $1k → 9%ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY: $2k → 9%BRUCE MUSEUM: $15k → 9%BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE: $2k → 9%GREENWICH SYMPHONY: $2k → 9%GREENWICH UNITED WAY: $1k → 9%YWCA OF GREENWICH: $1k → 9%GREENWICH LIBRARY: $1k → 9%YWCA: $1k → 9%GREENWICH PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS: $50 → 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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$343k · 8 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 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

8
11

Total granted

$343k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureHousing & 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

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $127k · revenue +81%
  • SO
    SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $21k · revenue +141%
  • CB
    CONNECTICUT BALLET INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $9k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • BC
    BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -22%
  • YO
    YWCA OF GREENWICH
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • AF
    ALPHA-1 FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +26%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Yale New Haven Hospital

The mission of ynhh is to provide innovative and excellent patient care, teaching, research, and service to the communities it serves.

Health
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
Princeton Ballet Society

Princeton ballet society's mission is to nurture a lifelong love of dance and lift the collective spirit through excellent, relevant, and accessible artistic and educational programs, with a focus on classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
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
11
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
12
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is School of American Ballet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Iona University. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $126,500 · PhilanthropyALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY …+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureBRUCE MUSEUM INCSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INCUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC: $81,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH IN…CONNECTICUT BALLET INC: $9,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT BALLET INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+6 more: $5,250 · OtherGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $80,000 · HealthGREENWICH HOSPITAL+2 more: $2,500 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERDS INC: $1,000 · EducationTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $1,000 · EducationIONA UNIVERSITY: $500 · Education
Philanthropy$127,500Arts & Culture$116,000Other$100,250Health$82,500Housing & Shelter$3,000Education$2,500

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 budgetALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $126,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC: $81,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT BALLET INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA-1 FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIONA UNIVERSITY: $500 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut Ballet Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–10%
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 Barbara and Edward Netter Foundation 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 20 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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