· Private foundation
The Christina and Robert Dow Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRISTINA SEIX ACADEMY | $12,426,573 |
| VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM | $5,250,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
HOMEFRONT INC6× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +62%- CFChildren's Futures Inc3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +37%
ISLES INC3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- WCWILLIAMS CANCER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $1.0M
- TLTHE LINDSAY DOW CHARITABLE GIVING FUNDone grant, 2022 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
Childfund's mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities, and to promote societies whose individuals…
The classical academy charter school of clifton's (the "charter school") mission is to blend core traditional learning foundations and modern day educational initiatives to create a progressive learning environment. through the fusion of a…
Children's aid helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. we do this by providing comprehensive supports to children and their families in targeted, high-needs new york city neighborhoods. (continued on schedule o)continuation of…
Catholic charities of staten island (formerly known as mission of the immaculate virgin for the protection of homeless and destitute children) is a not-for-profit agency of the archdiocese of new york. founded in 1871 by father john c.…
Forestdale's mission is to ensure that children have the assets they need to thrive.
Lantern community services' mission is to champion the independence and well-being of people who are impacted by or threatened with homelessness.
Port chester carver center helps our community thrive through programs that nourish, educate, and empower.
The mission of children's friend and service (the organization) is to be the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of rhode island's most vulnerable young children. they accomplish this by providing flexible…
To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.
To inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and excite learners of all ages about the power, promise, and pure fun of science and technology.lsc offers exceptional science learning onsite, offsite, and online as well as…
The mission of jersey city community charter school (jcccs) is to provide each student with innovative learning experiences that develop positive intellectual, social, and physical outcomes. jcccs is focused on promoting self-directed,…
Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CHRISTINA SEIX ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds WILLIAMS CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PETER WESTBROOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Futures Inc ↗
- Who funds ISLES INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLES E DECKER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE OLIVER SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH ↗
- Who funds SHILOH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
- Who funds Lawrenceville Main Street ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Christina and Robert Dow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christina and Robert Dow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children's Futures Inc: 46% of income from government
- Isles Inc: 21% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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