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The Barker Welfare Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
124
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$150k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$4.8MHuman Services$2.7MYouth Development$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.3MHealth$1.2MEducation$1.0MFood & Nutrition$883kCrime & Legal$698kOther$0
02FY2025 · 124 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $170k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$106M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$150,000
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC$50,000
CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC$40,000
ACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP$25,000
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM$25,000
CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION$25,000
JACK & SHIRLEY LUBEZNIK CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$25,000
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$25,000
QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC$25,000
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL INC$25,000
GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON$25,000
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK CITY INC$22,500
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC$22,500
TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY INC$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $25k → 7%QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $25k → 13%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $25k → 7%QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $25k → 13%QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $25k → 13%QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $25k → 13%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $20k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $20k → 7%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $25k → 15%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $25k → 15%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $20k → 28%GADS HILL CENTER: $25k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $25k → 14%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $23k → 17%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $23k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $23k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $20k → 17%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $20k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $25k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $23k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $23k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $23k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $23k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $20k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $25k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $25k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $25k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $25k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $25k → 17%HUDSON GUILD: $20k → 17%HUDSON GUILD: $20k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $28k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $28k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $25k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $23k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $23k → 17%VISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $20k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
MO
VA
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
MS
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 239 repeat orgs$885k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

239 repeat relationships: 98 still active in FY2025, 141 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

239
73

Total granted

$16M
$678k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+15%

Still filing today

89%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & 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

  • Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $351k · revenue +3%
  • CC
    CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $229k · revenue +79%
  • GS
    GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $164k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +24%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    one grant, 2020 · $62k · revenue -25%
  • MC
    MICHIGAN CITY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIE
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue -1% · 27% of their budget
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
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
4
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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5
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
6
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
7
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
8
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
9
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
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
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is American College of the Building Arts. 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

263 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. 263 of the 326 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
60
Early backer (in before they grew)
260/263
Grantees still filing
215/263
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF BARKER CIVIC CENTER INC: $1,931,734 · OtherFRIENDS OF BARKER CIVIC CENTER INC+86 more: $5,450,945 · Other+86 moreGRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $164,000 · Human ServicesGRAND STREET SETTLEM…QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $146,500 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $143,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HORIZON INC: $137,500 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $135,900 · Human ServicesChicago Commons Association: $135,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $130,000 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTD: $129,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $116,500 · Human ServicesTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $107,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $97,500 · Human Services+24 more: $1,442,499 · Human Services+24 moreMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $350,500 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Oper…THE JACK AND SHIRLEY LUBEZNIK CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $152,500 · Arts & CultureTHE JACK AND SHIR…FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE RAILRO…FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $150,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF N…New York Historical Society: $107,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony Orchestra: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+25 more: $1,291,500 · Arts & Culture+25 moreSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 · EducationACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: $100,000 · EducationYEAR UP INC: $95,000 · EducationNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $85,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $80,000 · EducationROCKING THE BOAT INC: $80,000 · EducationREAD ALLIANCE INC: $72,500 · EducationCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $70,000 · EducationYouth Guidance: $62,500 · EducationPUBLICOLOR INC: $61,000 · EducationKIPP NEW YORK INC: $60,000 · EducationTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $52,725 · Education+5 more: $126,595 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $100,000 · HealthPROJECT RENEWAL INC: $85,725 · HealthOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $85,000 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthST MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $70,000 · HealthALTERNATIVES INC: $62,500 · HealthRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $60,000 · HealthLONG ISLAND CRISIS CENTER INC: $55,000 · HealthBETANCES HEALTH CENTER: $50,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $35,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $20,000 · HealthCITY HARVEST INC: $134,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $130,000 · Food & NutritionSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $79,000 · Food & NutritionREACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $71,500 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $62,000 · Food & NutritionPART OF THE SOLUTION: $61,000 · Food & NutritionNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $54,750 · Food & NutritionCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $229,300 · Housing & ShelterLEAP INC: $67,500 · Housing & ShelterJERICHO PROJECT: $57,500 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC: $42,500 · Housing & ShelterDEBORAH'S PLACE: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterURBAN PATHWAYS INC: $37,500 · Housing & ShelterNEW DESTINY HOUSING CORPORATION: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterHousing Plus Solutions Inc: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterBREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$7,382,679Human Services$2,884,899Arts & Culture$2,401,500Education$1,115,320Health$728,225Food & Nutrition$592,750Housing & Shelter$546,800

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFRIENDS OF BARKER CIVIC CENTER INC: $1,931,734 over 2y, 38% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $350,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $229,300 over 6y, 10% of budgetGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $214,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC: $164,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $158,070 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE JACK AND SHIRLEY LUBEZNIK CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $152,500 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetFORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetQUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $146,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $143,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $137,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $135,900 over 4y, 28% of budgetChicago Commons Association: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $134,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $133,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $129,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP GARDENS MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $128,500 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $116,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $112,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $107,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $107,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Youth Centers: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDUNEBROOK INC: $105,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC: $103,550 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $97,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $96,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJACOB A RIIS NEIGHBORHOOD SETTLEMENT: $91,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMercy Center Inc: $91,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $87,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $87,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC: $85,987 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT RENEWAL INC: $85,725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGADS HILL CENTER: $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $85,000 over 5y, 8.4% 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.

  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BARKER CIVIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds GODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE JACK AND SHIRLEY LUBEZNIK CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HORIZON INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Commons Association ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HARVEST LTD ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP GARDENS MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Youth Centers ↗
  • Who funds DUNEBROOK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
  • Who funds SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds BUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Pinkerton FoundationThe New York Communit…Robin Hood FoundationLily Auchincloss Foun…Mother Cabrini Health…Anna-Maria and Stephe…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Altman FoundationThe Jean & Louis Drey…The Achelis & Bodman …Booth Ferris Foundati…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ82.2× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Altman Foundation · The Jean & Louis Dreyfus Foundation Inc · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008

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 Barker Welfare Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barker Welfare Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rvnahealth Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
95report 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
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 The Barker Welfare Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Barker Welfare 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 326 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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