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The Business for Good Foundation Inc

Business for good invests in people to build better businesses, stronger communities, and a more equitable world.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$185k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Community Improvement$365kArts & Culture$315kHousing & Shelter$264kHuman Services$203kReligion$148kFood & Nutrition$141kEducation$115kEmployment$102kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 36 grants below total $899,619, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,067,611 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $167,992 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $483k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $378k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$185,416
THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY$70,000
GOODWAY GOURMET LLC$68,000
GIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION$55,000
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED TRANSITION SERVICES$40,000
THE GIVING CIRCLE INC$35,400
FULLNESS OF JOY PHOTOGRAPHY$25,440
PALACE THEATRE$25,000
ALBANY CAN CODE INC$25,000
MAESTRA MUSIC INC$25,000
FRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC$25,000
PITNEY MEADOWS COMMUNITY FARM INC$23,500
CAPITAL REGION CHAMBER FOUNDATION$23,400
REBUILDING TOGETHER SARATOGA COUNTY$20,000
THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $30k → 11%YWCA NORTH EASTERN NY: $12k → 12%YWCA NORTH EASTERN NY: $5k → 12%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT: $15k → 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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$725k · 11 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$725k
$726k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+16%

Still filing today

91%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $666k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BT
    BLACK THEATRE UNITED INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $210k · revenue +224% · 48% of their budget
  • GI
    GIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $91k · revenue +23%
  • MA
    Mission Accomplished Transition Services Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $65k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • AB
    Albany Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $176k · revenue -76%
  • KS
    KINGDOM SERVICES GLOBAL OUTREACH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $148k
  • VC
    VETERANS & COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +25%
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
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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2
The Saratoga Hospital

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
3
Community Capital New York Inc

Community capital is a nonprofit lender that has revitalized communities and transformed lives in the mid-hudson valley, bronx and fairfield county, ct for 36 years. our mission is to foster economic opportunity for underserved individuals…

Housing & Shelter
4
Leadingage New York Inc

Leadingage new york represents not-for-profit, mission-driven and public continuing care providers, including nursing homes, senior housing, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and community…

Civil Rights
5
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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6
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
7
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

The mission of the organization is to enhance and build resilient diverse communities, by supporting economic growth, creative community-based initiatives, and quality housing services in the neighborhoods it serves.

Housing & Shelter
8
Nysarc Inc Saratoga County Chapter

In 1984, saratoga bridges opened the first accessible community-based home in the county for people with developmental disabilities. subsequently, our residential program has grown tremendously. our goal is to teach residents to become…

Human Services
9
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster sustainable economic growth through service to our members, strategic advocacy, workforce development, destination marketing, and quality of life investments. Our vision is an inclusive…

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10
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce Inc

To preserve, enhance and advance commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, youth, civic, cultural and general interest of the political subdivisions and geographical locations where its members are located; to promote and expand…

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11
Saratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc

To improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of veterans and service members with post-traumatic stress by providing a healing, equine- assisted experience utilizing off-the-track thoroughbreds.

Public Benefit
12
Cattaraugus Rehabilitation Center Inc

The corporation was formed to operate various programs to assist in the development of the mentally and physically disabled. we assist the people we serve through a continuum of service that fosters community participation and personal…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate Ny 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, 2017–2025.

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 2025, 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
22/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $185,416 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKINGDOM SERVICES GLOBAL OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $147,748 · OtherKINGDOM SERVICES GLOBAL OUTREACH MINISTRIESGOODWAY GOURMET LLC: $68,000 · OtherGOODWAY GOURMET LLCSaratoga Regional YMCA: $50,000 · OtherSaratoga Regional YMCATHE GIVING CIRCLE INC: $35,400 · OtherMission Accomplished Transition Services Inc: $65,000 · OtherMission Accomplished Transition Services Inc+24 more: $355,758 · Other+24 moreCAPITAL REGION CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $159,800 · EducationCAPITAL REGION C…THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVE…FRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · EducationFRANK CHAPMAN ME…ALBANY CAN CODE INC: $25,000 · EducationALBANY CAN CODE …+1 more: $5,178 · EducationBLACK THEATRE UNITED INC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK THEATRE …MAESTRA MUSIC INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMAESTRA MUSIC …THE PALACE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALACE PER…CAFFE LENA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBlack Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVETERANS & COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterVETERANS &…INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAITH…REBUILDING TOGETHER SARATOGA COUNTY INC: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING…Albany Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $175,598 · Community ImprovementAlbany Bl…RISE HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES: $50,000 · HealthJAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC: $25,000 · HealthALLIANCE180 INC: $25,000 · HealthSARATOGA CARE INC: $20,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $19,540 · HealthPEACEFUL ACRES HORSES INC: $19,500 · HealthEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $6,178 · HealthGIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $91,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTOMPING GROUND CAMP INC: $10,200 · Youth Development
Other$907,322Education$299,978Arts & Culture$280,000Housing & Shelter$195,000Community Improvement$175,598Health$165,218Youth Development$101,200

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 budgetBLACK THEATRE UNITED INC: $210,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetCAPITAL REGION CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $159,800 over 2y, 11% of budgetVETERANS & COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $91,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission Accomplished Transition Services Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetRISE HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSaratoga Regional YMCA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SARATOGA COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRANK CHAPMAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetTHE GIVING CIRCLE INC: $35,400 over 1y, 15% of budgetOAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPITNEY MEADOWS COMMUNITY FARM INC: $28,675 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMAESTRA MUSIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetALLIANCE180 INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetTHE PALACE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALBANY CAN CODE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $19,540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEACEFUL ACRES HORSES INC: $19,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetYWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $16,829 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC HORSES OF SARATOGA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOMPING GROUND CAMP INC: $10,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAFFE LENA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBUILDING ON LOVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBlack Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Mohawk Road Runners Club Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $6,178 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $6,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION: $5,178 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Community Foundat…The Mitzen Foundation…Price Chopper's Golub…Pioneer Bank Charitab…United Way of the Gre…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Carl E Touhey Foundat…Mvp Health Plan IncWsb Family FoundationThe Adirondack Trust …Sunmark Charitable Co…JM McDonald Foundatio…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY43.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · The Mitzen Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Carl E Touhey Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · Wsb Family Foundation · The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund · Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc

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 Business for Good Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Business for Good Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Business for Good Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Business for Good 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 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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