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The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $319k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalOther
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 arriving22$1.2M14%
FY202328$1.3M25%
FY202225$1.2M36%
FY202124$1.1M46%
FY202016$918k25%
FY201915$1.2M27%
FY201823$588k74%
FY201713$592kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.2MEnvironment$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.9MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$586kScience & Tech$270kAnimals$169kCommunity Improvement$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
LA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Esf College Foundation Inc$1,100,00064%
Refed Inc$815,50074%
Island Grown Initiative Ltd$555,00076%
Denver Film Society$500,00025%
Biodiversityworks Inc$447,011717%
Earthjustice$415,00050%
Harlem Grown Inc$270,00042%
National Geographic Society$250,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$140,00050%
New York University$130,00050%
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All grantees of The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Esf College Foundation Inc$1,100,00064%
Refed Inc$815,50074%
Island Grown Initiative Ltd$555,00076%
Denver Film Society$500,00025%
Biodiversityworks Inc$447,011717%
Earthjustice$415,00050%
Harlem Grown Inc$270,00042%
National Geographic Society$250,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$140,00050%
New York University$130,00050%
Xerces Society Inc$105,00060%
Commonwealth Kitchen Inc$100,00022%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$90,00030%
Community Food Bank Inc$80,00030%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$75,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$70,00040%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$70,00030%
The Ocean Foundation$67,47420%
Upcycled Food Foundation$50,00019%
Walking Mountains$47,50030%
Wholesome Wave Inc$45,00021%
Utah Film Center$35,00010%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$35,00030%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$35,00011%
Warehouses4good$30,0001n/a
Wildlife Conservation Society$30,00020%
Mv Youth Inc$25,00011%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$25,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00020%
Creative Visions Foundation$25,00010%
Re-Plate Inc DBA Replate$25,00012%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$20,00011%
American Bird Conservancy$20,00020%
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks$20,00010%
Just Capital Foundation Inc$20,00030%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$20,00020%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$20,00021%
Perfect Earth Project Inc$15,00025%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$15,00020%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$15,00010%
American Farmland Trust$15,00010%
Food Tank the Think Tank for Food$10,00021%
Sharing Excess$10,00010%
NatureServe$10,00020%
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc$10,00010%
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association$10,00010%
One Earth Philanthropy$5,00010%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$5,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$5,00010%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute$5,00010%
Food Recovery Network Inc$5,00011%
Center for Ecotechnology Inc$5,00010%
North American Butterfly Association Inc$4,00030%
Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc$2,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEsf College Foundation Inc: $1,100,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetRefed Inc: $815,500 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetIsland Grown Initiative Ltd: $555,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetDenver Film Society: $500,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetBiodiversityworks Inc: $447,011 over 7y, 17% of budgetEarthjustice: $415,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Grown Inc: $270,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $105,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCommonwealth Kitchen Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $67,474 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUpcycled Food Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetWalking Mountains: $47,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWholesome Wave Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUtah Film Center: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMv Youth Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRe-Plate Inc DBA Replate: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCape Eleuthera Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural History Museum of the Adirondacks: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJust Capital Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMission Investors Exchange Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPerfect Earth Project Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Tank the Think Tank for Food: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSharing Excess: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatureServe: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHawk Mountain Sanctuary Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne Earth Philanthropy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $5,000 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 54.

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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.

ImpactassetsincMD24.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · Claneil Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Refed Inc · Lineage Foundation for Good · Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh · Boston Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community 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.

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About The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation

How much does The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation give?
The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,678,988 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Environment (22%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
Who are The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Esf College Foundation Inc ($1.1M), Refed Inc ($816k), Island Grown Initiative Ltd ($555k).
Does The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family 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 Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Claneil Foundation Inc, The Bessemer Giving Fund.
Where is The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation based?
The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation is based in CT.

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 71 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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