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The Fleming Family Foundation at a glance

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The Fleming Family 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.

$490k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$586kArts & Culture$404kCommunity Improvement$178kEnvironment$72kEducation$48kReligion$21kFood & Nutrition$6kInternational$400Other$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $196k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $270k
$20,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD LEE FLEMING DONOR ADVISED FD - CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC$110,000
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$110,000
THE ERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND$50,000
ASSOCIATION GOLDEN DREAM$40,593
ASSOCIATION LA CLEF DE SOL$40,000
PRESIDENTS & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$25,000
LAND USE ATLAS INC$25,000
BLANCHE FOUNDATION$25,000
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM$20,500
THE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS$10,000
HUMANUS DOCUMENTARY FILMS FOUNDATION$10,000
NEWPORT IN BLOOM$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CLOUDS HILL MUSEUM$5,000
HARVARD-GSD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM$4,000
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.

US giving: 81% of grant dollars ($1.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($261k) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC: $400 → 14%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
OR
NJ
RI
CA
VA
NM
NC
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($261k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
France$261k · 7 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 37% of The Fleming Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Fleming Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 19% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$774k · 13 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$774k
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+24%

Still filing today

38%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationInternationalCivil RightsCommunity 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

  • UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTL COUNCIL ON MONUM & SITES
    2× · 2019–2022 · $11k · revenue +363%
  • TS
    THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
    4× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +8%
  • POMONA COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2023 · $2k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • RL
    REYNOLDS L VT FLEMING CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • MP
    MAINE PRESERVATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +5%
  • A
    AMOCA
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
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
The Archaeological Conservancy

To acquire and preserve america's most important archaeological sites. the conservancy identifies important endangered sites, acquires the property by purchase, gift, or bargain sale from donors, secures the property, stabilizes the…

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3
Society of Architectural Historians

The mission of the society is to advance the knowledge and understanding of architecture, design, landscape and urbanism worldwide among scholars, professionals in allied fields (including architecture, historic preservation and planning)…

Arts & Culture
4
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
5
World Monuments Fund Inc

Wmf is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. the organization is headquartered in new york…

Arts & Culture
6
The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc

To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
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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9
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
10
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
11
Uss Constitution Museum Inc

The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.

Arts & Culture
12
Greater Portland Landmarks Inc

Greater portland landmarks uses portland's heritage - its buildings, places, culture, and stories - as a catalyst for connection, affordability, and resilience. we engage the community to learn from its history, preserve special places,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is French Heritage Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Sea Rise Solutions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD LEE FLEMING DONOR ADVISED FD - CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC: $220,000 · OtherRONALD LEE FLEMING DONOR ADVISED FD - CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INCSCENIC AMERICA: $205,125 · OtherSCENIC AMERICAASSOCIATION GOLDEN DREAM: $112,593 · OtherASSOCIATION GOLDEN DREAMBLANCHE FOUNDATION: $78,000 · OtherBLANCHE FOUNDATIONREYNOLDS L VT FLEMING CHARITABLE FUND: $75,000 · OtherREYNOLDS L VT FLEMING CHARITABLE FUNDASSOCIATION LA CLEF DE SOL: $70,000 · OtherASSOCIATION LA CLEF DE SOL+18 more: $146,011 · Other+18 moreMaine Community Foundation Inc: $290,500 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundat…MAINE PRESERVATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $14,280 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTL COUNCIL ON MONUM & SITES: $11,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $4,500 · Arts & CultureERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementNEWPORT IN BLOOM: $15,625 · EnvironmentCenter for Sea Rise Solutions: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $7,500 · EnvironmentQUIVIRA COALITION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 · EducationFOOD FOR THOUGHT: $5,000 · EducationPOMONA COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationLAND USE ATLAS INC: $25,000 · Public Benefit
Other$906,729Philanthropy$290,500Arts & Culture$65,780Community Improvement$50,000Environment$38,125Education$32,000Public Benefit$25,000

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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $290,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetERIE CANALWAY HERITAGE FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMAINE PRESERVATION: $30,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetLAND USE ATLAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT IN BLOOM: $15,625 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $14,280 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTL COUNCIL ON MONUM & SITES: $11,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCenter for Sea Rise Solutions: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUIVIRA COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD FOR THOUGHT: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT FILM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC: $400 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Fleming Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fleming Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 42 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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