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The Bulova Stetson Fund

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.

$659k
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$1.1MHealth$529kRecreation & Sports$463kCrime & Legal$270kArts & Culture$241kHuman Services$203kPhilanthropy$203kInternational$147kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $400k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $225k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE$60,000
STETSON UNIVERSITY INC$60,000
MULTI-DISCIPLIANARY PSYCHADELIC RESEARCH (MAPS)$55,000
INNOCENCE PROJECT INC$50,000
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHOLOGY FOUNDATION$40,000
ST VINCENT FERRER HIGH SCHOOL$34,000
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$30,000
UNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INC$30,000
INSTITUTE FOR THERAPEUTIC DISCOVERY INC$25,000
PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC$16,000
EMPIRE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA$15,000
THANK YOU LIFE$15,000
VETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS$15,000
FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC$10,000
RED HOOK INITIATIVE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $636k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISING GROUND INC: $10k → 9%HARC INC: $8k → 11%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $10k → 7%RISING GROUND INC: $5k → 9%HARC INC: $5k → 11%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $5k → 7%RISING GROUND INC: $5k → 9%HARC INC: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5k → 9%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $10k → 20%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $16k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $10k → 20%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $16k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $10k → 20%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $16k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $5k → 20%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $16k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $5k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $5k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $5k → 20%BROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 20%RISING GROUND INC: $5k → 20%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $8k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $8k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $8k → 17%COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT INC: $5k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $30k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $30k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $30k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $30k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.4M · 73 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

73 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
11

Total granted

$3.4M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+81%

Still filing today

85%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $270k · revenue +178%
  • NY
    New York University
    4× · 2019–2024 · $223k · revenue +51%
  • VW
    VETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $163k · revenue +230% · 34% of their budget

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • OF
    Old Friends Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +90%
  • AN
    AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
New York Institute of Technology

New york institute of technology (nyit) offers various degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; (continued on…

Education
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.

Employment
5
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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6
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
7
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
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
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
10
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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

Education
11
Manhattanville University

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

Education
12
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Street Settlement and the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Policy Research and AdvocacyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesChristian Missionary Organi…Local History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersEquine Therapy ProgramsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Youth Development ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Environmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%4%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr16%31%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/76
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,684

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

76 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 76 of the 92 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/76
Grantees still filing
56/76
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST VINCENT FERRER HIGH SCHOOL — $228,000 · OtherST VINCENT FERRER HIGH SCHOOLMULTI-DISCIPLIANARY PSYCHADELIC RESEARCH (MAPS) — $115,000 · OtherMULTI-DISCIPLIANARY PSYCHADELIC RESEARCH (MAPS)Achilles International Inc — $107,000 · OtherAchilles International IncFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONUNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INC — $100,000 · OtherUNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INCThe Institute for Therapeutic Discovery Inc — $90,000 · OtherThe Institute for Therapeutic Discovery IncUNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INC — $70,000 · OtherBROWN UNIVERSITY — $60,000 · OtherBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION — $70,000 · OtherCORO NEW YORK LEADERSHIP CENTER — $70,000 · Other+37 more — $646,000 · Other+37 moreNew York University — $223,000 · EducationNew York UniversityVETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE INC — $163,000 · EducationVETERANS WATCHMAKER I…Massachusetts Institute of Technology — $155,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institu…STETSON UNIVERSITY INC — $120,000 · EducationSTETSON UNIVERSITY IN…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND — $25,000 · Education+2 more — $20,000 · EducationTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $270,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJE…PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $88,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS…FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesFRESH YOUTH INITIAT…HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $60,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLE…RED HOOK INITIATIVE — $50,000 · Human ServicesRED HOOK INITIATIVEHARC INC — $27,500 · Human ServicesRISING GROUND INC — $25,000 · Human Services+4 more — $50,000 · Human Services+4 moreEMPIRE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC — $45,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC — $45,000 · Arts & CultureBROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION — $40,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC — $38,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — $12,500 · Arts & CultureChinese Theatre Works Inc — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $4,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS — $88,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $55,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF ASTOR — $15,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC — $70,000 · Recreation & SportsROW NEW YORK INC — $60,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsHAPPINESS IS CAMPING — $16,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $15,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $55,000 · HealthVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS — $25,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · HealthThank You Life — $15,000 · HealthFireside Project Inc — $10,000 · Health+1 more — $4,000 · Health
Other$1,656,000Education$706,000Human Services$640,500Arts & Culture$240,000Philanthropy$188,000Recreation & Sports$186,000Health$129,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $270,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNew York University — $223,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE INC — $163,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $155,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC — $120,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAchilles International Inc — $107,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INC — $100,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe Institute for Therapeutic Discovery Inc — $90,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $88,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS — $88,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCORO NEW YORK LEADERSHIP CENTER — $70,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC — $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROW NEW YORK INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY — $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $55,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $52,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE — $50,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK — $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEMPIRE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC — $45,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC — $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC — $40,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION — $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC — $38,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC — $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY — $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHARC INC — $27,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPERU FUND CO EVELYN REDA — $27,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRISING GROUND INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS — $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International — $20,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetHAPPINESS IS CAMPING — $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION OF ASTOR — $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThank You Life — $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetESALEN INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER MISSION INC — $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Achilles International Inc ↗
  • Who funds FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds The Institute for Therapeutic Discovery Inc ↗
  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF GREEN CHIMNEYS ↗
  • Who funds CORO NEW YORK LEADERSHIP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds ROW NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds RED HOOK INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAREERS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds HARC INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hyde and Watson F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The New York Communit…Pinkerton FoundationTd Charitable Foundat…Jewish Communal FundPwc Foundation IncMother Cabrini Health…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Fairfield County's Co…Open Society InstituteThe San Francisco Fou…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Pwc Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Open Society Institute · The San Francisco Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Bulova Stetson Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Harc Inc — 92% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Veterans Watchmaker Initiative Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Stetson University Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Bulova Stetson Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Bulova Stetson Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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