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The Carouge Family Foundation at a glance

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The Carouge Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$24kHuman Services$14kHealth$12kYouth Development$9kEducation$8kFood & Nutrition$7kHousing & Shelter$7kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$152k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITE FOR HER$2,500
NATURAL LANDS TRUST$2,500
EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST$1,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DE$1,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$1,000
WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD$750
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$500
ANIMAL CARE CENTERS OF NYC$500
BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE$500
CITY HARVEST FOOD RESCUE CENTER$500
FOOD BANK OF NYC$250
ANELDERORG$250
WISSAHICKON SKATING CLUB$250
ST JOHN'S BREAD & LIFE$205
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 (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOMEN AWARE: $1k → 8%BED-STUY AGAINST HUNGER: $700 → 20%WOMEN AWARE: $700 → 8%BED STUDY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $500 → 20%CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $250 → 20%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%BED-STUY AGAINST HUNGER: $100 → 20%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $250 → 6%TRANSFORMATION YOGA PROJECT: $500 → 6%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

MN
NY
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MD
DE
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75k · 27 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
19

Total granted

$75k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
-4%

Still filing today

63%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationEnvironmentAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UF
    Unite for HER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +255%
  • EV
    EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST
    8× · 2018–2025 · $7k · revenue +41%
  • ES
    ED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $5k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -24%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -4%
  • BR
    BROOKLYN RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Share Food Program

As the largest serving hunger-relief organization in the greater philadelphia region, share food program's mission is reducing regional food insecurity by providing nourishing food to a network of community-based partners and directly to…

Food & Nutrition
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
City Harvest Inc

To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Food & Nutrition
4
Feeding Westchester Inc

Driven by the belief that access to healthy food is a basic right for all people, feeding westchester leads hunger action programs and mobilizes the resources needed to eradicate hunger in westchester county.

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5
Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc

We serve as a champion for addressing the root causes of hunger, delivering neighbor-centric solutions, and fostering collaborative partnerships across all sectors of society for New Jersey.

Food & Nutrition
6
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Our mission is to leverage the power of community to achieve lasting solutions to hunger and its root causes.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Food Trust

The food trust (tft), a nonprofit founded in philadelphia in 1992, strives to make healthy food available to all.continued on schedule otft is a regional and national leader in developing new strategies to prevent childhood obesity and…

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
9
Health and Welfare Council of Long Island Inc

Serve the most vulnerable on li by convening and supporting agencies that serve them

Health
10
West Side Center for Community Life

To pursue anti-hunger initiatives through the west side campaign against hunger (wscah) program whose mission is to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all new yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive…

Youth Development
11
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
12
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

27 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. 27 of the 49 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $7,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DE: $4,300 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DEDELAWARE VALLEY CHILDREN CHARITY: $4,020 · OtherDELAWARE VALLEY CHILDREN CHARITYSAFE HARBOR: $3,000 · OtherSAFE HARBORPROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1,500 · OtherInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 · OtherInternational Rescue Committee INCSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc: $1,250 · Other+23 more: $13,025 · Other+23 moreNatural Lands Trust Inc: $14,000 · EnvironmentNatural Lands Trust IncEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $7,000 · EnvironmentEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUSTBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE: $3,000 · EnvironmentBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCEUnite for HER: $8,500 · HealthUnite for …TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,650 · EducationTRUSTEES …CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $3,349 · EducationCHESTER C…TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationTIGER WOO…THE HILL SCHOOL: $500 · EducationTHE HILL …+1 more: $180 · EducationFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO: $2,750 · Human ServicesWOMEN AWARE INC: $1,700 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $1,550 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMATION YOGA PROJECT: $500 · Human ServicesED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION: $4,500 · Recreation & SportsWISSAHICKON SKATING CLUB: $500 · Recreation & SportsWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $1,250 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $955 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $750 · Food & Nutrition
Other$36,595Environment$24,000Health$8,500Education$8,179Human Services$6,500Recreation & Sports$5,000Food & Nutrition$3,955

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 budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnite for HER: $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $7,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $3,349 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO: $2,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN AWARE INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $955 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSFORMATION YOGA PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DELAWARE VALLEY CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISSAHICKON SKATING CLUB: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $180 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.

  • Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds Unite for HER ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD ↗
  • Who funds Sylvia Rivera Law Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds St Johns Bread & Life Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRANSFORMATION YOGA PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE DELAWARE VALLEY CHILDREN'S CHARITY ↗
  • Who funds TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISSAHICKON SKATING CLUB ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL ↗

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.

Chester County Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…The Philadelphia Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Chubb Charitable Foun…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Chester County Community FoundationPA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Carouge Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carouge Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Women Aware Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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