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The Britton Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Britton Family Foundation Inc

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.

$962k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$505k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MEducation$1.2MRecreation & Sports$385kCommunity Improvement$340kPhilanthropy$283kSocial Science$250kReligion$241kCivil Rights$188kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $402k
  • $250k+1 grant · $505k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$505,000
JUST CAPITAL FOUNDATIONINC$75,000
THE ANTI-SLAVERY COLLECTIVE$63,524
CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC$63,410
THE KING'S TRUST USA INC$50,000
THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$50,000
SPACE FOR GIANTS USA INC$37,619
ARTIS FOUNDATION$17,172
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.

US giving: 69% of grant dollars ($3.6M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 31% that went abroad ($1.6M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT INC: $5k → 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

WI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC

Beyond the US: 31% of all-years giving ($1.6M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$1.6M · 23 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 16 repeat orgs$889k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
33

Total granted

$4.3M
$801k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+20%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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

  • US
    UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $360k · revenue +29%
  • JC
    JUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $340k · revenue +50%
  • TB
    THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $250k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • FA
    FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -18%
  • TB
    THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $88k · revenue +15%
  • CW
    CHENGETA WILDLIFE
    one grant, 2022 · $68k · revenue -6%
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
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
2
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
3
Manhattanville University

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

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
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
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

Education
8
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
9
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
10
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
11
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Myriad Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of the Uk Clocktower Fund 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

36 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. 36 of the 53 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
20/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILSON'S SCHOOL: $898,242 · OtherWILSON'S SCHOOLFRIENDS SEMINARY: $241,000 · OtherFRIENDS SEMINARYTHE ANTI-SLAVERY COLLECTIVE: $188,219 · OtherTHE ANTI-SLAVERY COLLECTIVEIndividual grant recipient: $126,301 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+25 more: $645,422 · Other+25 moreTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 · Arts & CultureTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATIONNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $52,500 · Arts & CultureJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $340,000 · Social ScienceJUST CAPITAL…THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $250,000 · Social ScienceTHE BROOKING…THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $126,850 · EducationFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $87,910 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationMarquette University: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $3,250 · EducationUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 · Recreation & SportsDowntown United Soccer Club Inc: $24,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $8,610 · Recreation & SportsTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $171,750 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE UK CLOCKTOWER FUND INC: $98,125 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $63,410 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyInternational Rescue Committee INC: $147,600 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $15,700 · InternationalONE TO WORLD INC: $10,000 · International
Other$2,099,184Arts & Culture$1,237,500Social Science$590,000Education$398,010Recreation & Sports$393,110Philanthropy$343,285International$173,300

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 budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $340,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $171,750 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $147,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $126,850 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE UK CLOCKTOWER FUND INC: $98,125 over 2y, 29% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $87,910 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHENGETA WILDLIFE: $68,024 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $63,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpace for Giants USA Inc: $37,619 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMarquette University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ORPHAN DISEASE PATHWAY PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDowntown United Soccer Club Inc: $24,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $15,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONE TO WORLD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGLOBAL KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALISBURY HOUSING COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF TJ FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGirls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership: $8,610 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POND THEATRE COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetR BABY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFARM ON FOUNDATION INC: $3,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILLIN WITH ADAM THE ADAM GAYNES FOUNDA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRIDERS FOR HEALTH II INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Pinkerton FoundationMorgan Stanley Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Viking Global Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…The Tapestry Foundati…The Rockefeller Found…Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY28× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Viking Global Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Tapestry Foundation Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Britton Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Britton Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 54%
  • Salisbury Housing Committee Inc: 70% of income from government
  • The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Williamstown Theatre Foundationinc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Britton Family Foundation Inc 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 53 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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