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The Chisholm 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.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
159
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$3.4MArts & Culture$2.3MSocial Science$1.8MHealth$988kPhilanthropy$640kHuman Services$594kReligion$451kAnimals$285kOther$0
02FY2024 · 159 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 159 grants below total $4,686,561, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,322,830 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $636,269 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 $10k30 grants · $138k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$84M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Millsaps College, MS$275,000
Millsaps College, MS$225,000
Second Stage Theater, NY$150,000
VMTS Education, Inc., NY$150,000
Manhattan Institute, NY$145,000
American Enterprise Institute$125,000
Manhattan Institute, NY$115,000
Millsaps College, MS$100,000
Second Stage Theater, NY$95,000
VMTS Education, Inc., NY$80,000
Chapin School$80,000
Hudson Institute, Washington, DC$75,000
Mount Olive Ministries, MS$75,000
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$75,000
Hudson Institute, Washington, DC$70,000
02Its 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.
$10M · 112 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

112 repeat relationships: 101 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
62

Total granted

$10M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+10%

Still filing today

31%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $644k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthSocial ScienceHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $270k · revenue +9%
  • TC
    THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD
    3× · 2022–2024 · $240k · revenue +8%
  • DI
    DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • CM
    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, N
    one grant, 2023 · $80k
  • CM
    Chamber Music Society of Lincol
    one grant, 2022 · $80k
  • MS
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
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.

03Its 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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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
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
4
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

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

—
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
10
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
11
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
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 The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Old Friends Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

65 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. 65 of the 212 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/65
Grantees still filing
39/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Millsaps College, MS: $1,005,000 · OtherMillsaps College, MSManhattan Institute, NY: $710,929 · OtherManhattan Institute, NYSecond Stage Theater, NY: $675,000 · OtherSecond Stage Theater, NYVMTS Education, Inc., NY: $626,793 · OtherVMTS Education, Inc., NYHudson Institute, Washington, DC: $335,500 · Other+153 more: $6,581,753 · Other+153 moreMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $180,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $110,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $75,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureWALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLAUREL LITTLE THEATRE: $28,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $92,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $240,000 · EducationST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $135,000 · EducationEXODUS SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationPiney Woods School: $75,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Education+7 more: $105,000 · EducationAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $270,000 · Social ScienceALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $120,000 · Social ScienceCATO INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $53,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $50,000 · Public BenefitEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE FAMILY SHELTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $25,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · HealthISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC: $15,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · Health
Other$9,934,975Arts & Culture$695,500Education$685,000Social Science$390,000Public Benefit$203,000Human Services$155,000Health$155,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $270,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $240,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $180,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetDISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $135,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEXODUS SCHOOL: $90,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $75,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MENDENHALL MINISTRIES: $75,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetPiney Woods School: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKing County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $45,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $45,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLAUREL LITTLE THEATRE: $28,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE FAMILY SHELTER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLASSICAL RECORDING FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE WORKS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ANDREW K DWYER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHETERODOX ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter For Wooden Boats: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEGASUS THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDWELL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MENDENHALL MINISTRIES ↗

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 …Van Devender Family F…Ergon Foundation IncSeattle FoundationThe Achelis & Bodman …The Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of King Co…The Bessemer Giving F…WK Kellogg FoundationRaven Trust FundC Spire FoundationThe Sooner Foundation
Community Foundation for MississippiMS21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · The Bessemer Giving Fund · WK Kellogg Foundation · Raven Trust Fund · C Spire Foundation · The Sooner 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Chisholm Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Chisholm Foundation 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 212 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $5.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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