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The Falcon Fund Foundation at a glance

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The Falcon Fund Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$642k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEnvironment$555kEducation$377kReligion$251kInternational$245kYouth Development$100kFood & Nutrition$78kCommunity Improvement$50kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HISTORIC NORTHAMPTON$450,000
Education For All Children$100,000
THE KESTREL TRUST$50,000
THE CHILDREN NEUROBLASTOMA CANCER FOUNDATION$25,000
READ WORKS$15,000
THE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION INC$1,400
VOLUNTEERS FOR WILDLIFE$1,000
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, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $25k → 12%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $2k → 12%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $1k → 12%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

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NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
NE
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 9 repeat orgs$648k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
18

Total granted

$2.7M
$622k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+50%

Still filing today

100%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • HN
    HISTORIC NORTHAMPTON INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.4M · revenue +551% · 59% of their budget
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN
    6× · 2017–2022 · $245k · revenue +112%
  • PP
    POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2019 · $200k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • SH
    ST HILDA'S & ST HUGHE'S
    one grant, 2018 · $251k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • NP
    NEW PROFIT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -57%
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
Whole Child Collaborative

To provide a holistic, multidisciplinary education to learners of all abilities

Education
2
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
3
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
4
CureCervicalCancer

Dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer around the globe for the women who need it most.

International
5
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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6
Bct Brooklyn Children's Theatre Inc

Brooklyn children's theatre empowers youth through musical theatre, reimagining arts education by centering the whole child and prioritizing belonging and equity.

Arts & Culture
7
King Center Charter School

The king center charter school partners with parents and the community to emphasize post-secondary preparation and planning for all of its students beginning at the earliest ages. the school seeks to create a caring, student-centered…

Education
8
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
9
Bronx Community Charter School

Bronx community charter school is a small learning community founded on the principles that children learn best when they are active participants in their own learning. our students raise questions about the world around them, engage with…

Education
10
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
Partners in School Innovation

To transform teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every student, regardless of background, thrives.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Readworksinc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HISTORIC NORTHAMPTON INC: $1,431,650 · OtherHISTORIC NORTHAMPTON INCST HILDA'S & ST HUGHE'S: $251,000 · OtherST HILDA'S & ST HUGHE'SBoys & Girls Clubs of Hudson: $100,000 · Other+14 more: $239,632 · Other+14 moreKESTREL LAND TRUST INC: $550,000 · EnvironmentKESTREL LAND TRUST…POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $200,000 · EducationPOLY PREP …PREP FOR PREP: $50,000 · EducationPREP FOR P…READWORKSINC: $50,000 · EducationREADWORKSI…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN: $245,000 · InternationalAMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW PROFIT INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCHILDREN'S NEUROBLASTOMA CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCANCER CONNECTION INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION: $1,400 · Health
Other$2,022,282Environment$550,000Education$301,000International$245,000Arts & Culture$105,000Community Improvement$50,000Health$31,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHISTORIC NORTHAMPTON INC: $1,431,650 over 6y, 59% of budgetKESTREL LAND TRUST INC: $550,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN: $245,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMHERST CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNEW PROFIT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREADWORKSINC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $28,132 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NEUROBLASTOMA CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTHE LITERACY PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCANCER CONNECTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN VALE SCHOOL: $1,000 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.

The Beveridge Family …Community Foundation …Easthampton Savings B…Select Equity Group F…Florence Savings Char…The Pfizer Foundation…The Mo and Cher Wille…United Way of the Fra…De la Cour Family Fou…Peoplesbank Charitabl…AEC TrustAgnes M Lindsay Trust
The Beveridge Family FoundationMA23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Beveridge Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Select Equity Group Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation · United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region · De la Cour Family Foundation · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · Agnes M Lindsay Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 54%
  • Safe Passage Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Friends of Children Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Amherst Cinema Arts Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Historic Northampton Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Falcon Fund Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Falcon Fund 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 29 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home