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The Boathouse Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2019
4
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$2.1MEducation$48kEnvironment$16kArts & Culture$16kRecreation & Sports$7kHuman Services$7kAnimals$5kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2019 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADAM J LEWIS PRESCHOOL$5,000
CHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING$5,000
NORTH CO PUBLIC RADIO$5,000
THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST$3,263
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2.1M → 7%SEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $1k → 11%ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST: $3k → 13%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $7k → 14%HAMILTON COLLEGE: $6k → 16%NORTH CO PUBLIC RADIO: $5k → 18%CHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5k → 20%CHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING: $10k → 10%SALISBURY SCHOOL: $5k → 9%ADAM J LEWIS PRESCHOOL: $5k → 9%ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL: $1k → 11%TETON RAPTOR CENTER: $2k → 5%BROMLEY OUTING CLUB: $2k → 11%NYSEF: $1k → 13%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $3k → 14%ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 18%CHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING: $5k → 10%ADAM J LEWIS PRESCHOOL: $1k → 9%MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL: $3k → 11%CENTER MANAGEMENT INC: $5k → 5%THOUSAND ISLANDS ARTS CENTER: $2k → 14%NORTH CO PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 18%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $1k → 10%FAIRFIELD THEATER COMPANY: $3k → 9%JACKSON HOLE CONVERSATION ALLIANCE: $2k → 5%SAVE THE RIVER: $1k → 14%GRACE PLACE: $7k → 10%FAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1k → 9%TETON CNTY SEARCH & RESCUE VOLUTEERS: $2k → 5%ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $1k → 14%FUN TIME ACADEMY: $3k → 10%ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER: $2k → 5%TIPAF: $1k → 14%JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $2k → 5%CLAYTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP: $1k → 14%THOUSAND INSLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE: $1k → 14%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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 4 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2312% since the first grant, against +80% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
28

Total granted

$37k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2312%
+80%

Still filing today

50%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CF
    CHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING
    2× · 2017–2019 · $15k
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +31%
  • AJ
    ADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue ×24

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GRACE PLACE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • CM
    CENTER MANAGEMENT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +7%
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
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
4
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
5
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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6
Aquidneck Island Land Trust

To preserve and steward aquidneck island's open spaces for the lasting benefit of the community while connecting people with the land that defines the island's natural character.

Environment
7
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
10
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc

To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…

Arts & Culture
11
Institute for Conservation Leadership

To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.

Community Improvement
12
The York School

York school is an award-winning, private, coed college-prep school for grades 8-12, that develops confident and authentic leaders. we offer an academically challenging experiential program for bright, kind, and driven students in an…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethel Walker School Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 34 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
24/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,093,028 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+1 more: $4,500 · PhilanthropyCHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING: $15,000 · OtherTHE GRACE PLACE INC: $6,500 · OtherNORTH CO PUBLIC RADIO: $6,000 · OtherFUN TIME ACADEMY: $2,500 · OtherJACKSON HOLE CONVERSATION ALLIANCE: $2,000 · OtherTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $2,000 · OtherTETON CNTY SEARCH & RESCUE VOLUTEERS: $2,000 · OtherAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $2,000 · Other+4 more: $4,000 · OtherADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC: $6,000 · EducationTrustees of Hamilton College: $6,000 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationSALISBURY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationCOMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $2,500 · EducationFAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,210 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $10,263 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $2,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE RIVER INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentCENTER MANAGEMENT INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsFAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHANDWEAVING MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGIRLS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentBROMLEY OUTING CLUB INC: $1,500 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$2,097,528Other$42,000Education$32,710Environment$16,763Recreation & Sports$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$3,500

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,093,028 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $10,263 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER MANAGEMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSALISBURY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING: $2,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBROMLEY OUTING CLUB INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHANDWEAVING MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RIVER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Ibm International Fou…The Phinney Charitabl…Northern New York Com…Cleveland H Dodge Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Andrew & Jeanine McNa…Twin Trees Foundation…Edward John Noble Fou…Community Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…
Ibm International FoundationNY15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · The Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc · Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Cleveland H Dodge Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation · Twin Trees Foundationinc · Edward John Noble Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable 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 Boathouse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Boathouse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Fairfield Theatre Company Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 34 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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