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The Chace Fund Inc at a glance

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The Chace Fund Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$1k
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 2020.

Education$250kArts & Culture$151kHealth$135kPhilanthropy$100kEnvironment$75kFood & Nutrition$25kHuman Services$17kReligion$3k
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LOST TREE VILLAGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$1,000
LIFECAMP$1,000
NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$500
BROWN UNIVERSITY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST END HOSPICE: $500 → 7%LIFECAMP: $1k → 4%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

VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
NJ
RI
CA
GA
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$492k · 11 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
27

Total granted

$492k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+38%

Still filing today

82%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LT
    Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation
    4× · 2017–2020 · $55k · revenue +38%
  • Trinity Repertory Company
    2× · 2017–2018 · $51k · revenue +52%
  • CM
    COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • MD
    MASS Design Art & Technology Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +37%
  • CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +40%
  • BS
    BROOKS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +59%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
7
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
8
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
9
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
10
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

Trinity academy for the performing arts utilizes an interdisciplinary arts-integrated program to prepare our artist-scholars for collegiate and professional success.

Education
11
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
12
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence Country Day School; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

30 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. 30 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
25/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $125,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINS: $75,000 · OtherTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYLost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $55,000 · OtherLost Tree Village Charitable FoundationRI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherRI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK+14 more: $29,500 · Other+14 moreTrinity Repertory Company: $51,000 · Arts & CultureTrinity Repertory Com…COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKSMASS Design Art & Technology Institute Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMASS Design Art & Tec…NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART …+3 more: $6,500 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $41,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE COUN…SOPHIA ACADEMY: $35,000 · EducationSOPHIA ACADEMYBROOKS SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOLRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $10,000 · EducationRHODE ISLAND SC…+3 more: $2,000 · EducationBROWN UNIVERSITY: $67,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVER…CONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementCONNECTING F…UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBILLY ANDRADE-BRAD FAXON CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $5,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 · HealthTHE HALE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthLIFE CAMP INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesEast End Hospice Inc: $500 · Human Services
Other$384,500Arts & Culture$142,500Education$103,000Community Improvement$82,000Philanthropy$35,500Health$6,000Human Services$1,500

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 budgetTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $67,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $55,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTrinity Repertory Company: $51,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSICWORKS: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMASS Design Art & Technology Institute Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBILLY ANDRADE-BRAD FAXON CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCONNECTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWATERFIRE PROVIDENCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE CAMP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURR & BURTON SEMINARY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HALE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $500 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.

Amica Companies Found…June Rockwell Levy Fo…The Champlin Foundati…Textron Charitable Tr…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…The Rhode Island Comm…Fidelity FoundationMary D Chafee Fund Co…Navigant Credit UnionBilly Andrade-Brad Fa…Ida Ballou Littlefiel…Rhode Island Council …
Amica Companies FoundationRI26× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amica Companies Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · The Champlin Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Mary D Chafee Fund Co Mark Chafee · Navigant Credit Union · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

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 Chace Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chace Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Southcoast Community Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Life Camp Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Mass Design Art & Technology Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Burr & Burton Seminary: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Chace Fund 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 44 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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