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The Cheramy Foundation at a glance

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The Cheramy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
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 2024.

Religion$45kEducation$36kPhilanthropy$9kPublic Benefit$8kArts & Culture$3kFood & Nutrition$3kHealth$2kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,239
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF JACKSON HOLE$1,239
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1k → 15%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

NH
WA
ID
WY
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
TX
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58k · 9 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
25

Total granted

$58k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+48%

Still filing today

89%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SF
    SOWER'S FIELD INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +42%
  • TL
    TETON LITERACY CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +149%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +521%

Funded once

  • TK
    The Kansas University Endowment Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +93%
  • RC
    ROTARY CLUB OF JACKSON HOLE
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +111%
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
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
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
4
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
5
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
6
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
College of Southern Idaho Foundation

The purpose of this non-profit organization shall include soliciting and/or receiving gifts of whatever kind, to be held, managed, and used exlusively for the benefit of the college, to promote excellence, and to provide scholarships,…

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11
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; 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.
04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 35 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
21/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOWER'S FIELD INC: $35,000 · ReligionSOWER'S FIELD INCThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $10,000 · EducationThe Kansas University Endowment…TETON LITERACY CENTER: $7,000 · EducationTETON LITERACY CENTERUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $6,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATIO…INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $3,800 · EducationINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INCCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF JACKSON HOLE: $9,689 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF JACKS…ROTARY CLUB OF JACKSON HOLE: $7,500 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF JACKSON HOLETHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $2,500 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENT…SLOW FOOD IN THE TETONS INC: $2,500 · OtherSLOW FOOD IN THE TETONS INCIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+13 more: $3,850 · Other+13 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $8,400 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY F…EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $2,500 · PhilanthropyEDUCATION F…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $600 · PhilanthropyOFF SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $250 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 · HealthYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1,000 · Human Services
Religion$35,000Education$29,800Other$27,039Philanthropy$11,500Arts & Culture$3,000Health$1,500Human Services$1,000

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 budgetSOWER'S FIELD INC: $35,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $8,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTETON LITERACY CENTER: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $3,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSLOW FOOD IN THE TETONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOFF SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $100 over 2y, 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.

Community Foundation …The Brooks FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Brooks Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Cheramy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cheramy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 35 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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