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The Caroline M Lowndes Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Caroline M Lowndes 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.

$288k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.7MReligion$834kPhilanthropy$165kAnimals$80kRecreation & Sports$80kEducation$20kEnvironment$16kCivil Rights$3k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRICK COLLECTION$100,000
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100,000
FRICK COLLECTION$20,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$15,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$10,000
THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
PAINTING CENTER INC$10,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE INC$2,500
FUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC$1,000
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF$1,000
FUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC$1,000
HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$500
FRIENDS OF SULGRAVE MANOR$500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $35k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $20k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $15k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $50k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $10k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $35k → 17%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $10k → 16%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $25k → 17%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $25k → 17%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $25k → 17%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $25k → 17%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10k → 17%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100k → 17%FRICK COLLECTION: $100k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100k → 17%FRICK COLLECTION: $100k → 17%FRICK COLLECTION: $100k → 17%FRICK COLLECTION: $100k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $80k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $75k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $75k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $75k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $75k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $75k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $70k → 17%NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF: $25k → 17%NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF: $25k → 17%FRICK COLLECTION: $20k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 18 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$2.7M
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-3%

Still filing today

89%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationAnimalsRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • TA
    THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +77%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +76%
  • PC
    PAINTING CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY TRUST INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • RA
    Royal Academy America Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -100%
  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -3%
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
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
2
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
3
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
4
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
7
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
10
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
12
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America; the most unlike its peers is Roundabout Theatre Company 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

21 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. 21 of the 26 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $833,000 · OtherST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCHThe Frick Collection: $481,000 · OtherThe Frick CollectionINTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $435,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC+7 more: $34,425 · OtherNew York Historical Society: $593,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical SocietyTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $58,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLON…PAINTING CENTER INC: $54,500 · Arts & CulturePAINTING CENTER INC+6 more: $33,500 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $135,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $80,000 · AnimalsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $24,000 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATION OF SMALL FOUNDATIONS: $2,200 · PhilanthropyVanderbilt University: $10,000 · EducationMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education
Other$1,783,425Arts & Culture$739,500Community Improvement$135,000Animals$80,000Recreation & Sports$80,000Philanthropy$26,200Education$20,000

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 budgetNew York Historical Society: $593,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $481,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $435,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $135,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $58,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetPAINTING CENTER INC: $54,500 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoyal Academy America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF SMALL FOUNDATIONS: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF SC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuguenot Society of South Carolina: $500 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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Caroline M Lowndes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Caroline M Lowndes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Caroline M Lowndes Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Caroline M Lowndes 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 26 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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