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The H T Mead Foundation at a glance

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The H T Mead Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$677k
Granted FY2018
30
Grants FY2018
10
States reached
$131k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Public Benefit$661kEducation$7kHealth$4kPhilanthropy$3kHuman Services$2kArts & Culture$2kEnvironment$900Religion$500Other$0
02FY2018 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k25 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $657k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO DAN MEAD$131,400
PRINCETON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO MARY G MEAD HAGEN$131,400
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO WHITTAKER MEAD$131,400
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO DUDLEY MEAD$131,400
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO GEORGE H MEAD$131,400
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS$4,000
BERKSHIRE TACONIC FOUNDATION$4,000
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION$3,270
BFOTM SLIPPERY HILL PROJECT$1,000
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL STUDY$1,000
WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE$730
ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL$700
WHITE DOVE CIRCLE OF LIGHT & LOVE INC$500
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BFOTM SLIPPERY HILL PROJECT: $1k → 10%BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO DAN MEAD: $131k → 12%CARING BRIDGE: $400 → 12%MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO GEORGE H MEAD: $131k → 8%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $4k → 10%ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL: $700 → 11%HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF WARREN COUNTY: $100 → 6%LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $150 → 9%THE TANDANA FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%MIAMI VALLEY SCHOOL: $800 → 14%THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL STUDY: $1k → 5%TRENTON CIRCUS SQUAD: $100 → 11%BERKSHIRE TACONIC FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%WHITE DOVE CIRCLE OF LIGHT & LOVE INC: $500 → 6%ARTHUR MORGAN INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $350 → 9%COX ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE: $1k → 11%GLEN HELEN ECOLOGY INSTITUTE: $100 → 9%THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%PEOPLE AND STORIES: $1k → 11%THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE: $730 → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $100 → 11%THE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO WHITTAKER MEAD: $131k → 14%PRINCETON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO MARY G MEAD HAGEN: $131k → 11%THE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO DUDLEY MEAD: $131k → 14%ISLES: $100 → 11%THE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $3k → 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

MN
MA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DE
NC
DC
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 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
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
2
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
5
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
6
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
7
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
8
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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11
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
12
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethel Walker School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Therapeutic Riding Institute Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 31 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO GEORGE H MEAD: $131,400 · OtherMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO GEORGE H MEADTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO WHITTAKER MEAD: $131,400 · OtherTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO WHITTAKER MEADPRINCETON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO MARY G MEAD HAGEN: $131,400 · OtherPRINCETON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO MARY G MEAD HAGENTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO DUDLEY MEAD: $131,400 · OtherTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION FBO DUDLEY MEADBERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO DAN MEAD: $131,400 · OtherBERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FBO DAN MEAD+15 more: $14,360 · OtherCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $4,000 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $700 · EducationTHE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC: $200 · EducationTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $3,270 · PhilanthropyCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $220 · Arts & CultureGreater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV: $200 · Arts & CultureCaringBridge: $400 · HealthLITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $150 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $100 · EnvironmentISLES INC: $100 · Housing & ShelterHUMANE ASSOCIATION OF WARREN COUNTY -OHIO: $100 · Animals
Other$671,360Education$4,900Philanthropy$3,270Arts & Culture$420Health$400Environment$250Housing & Shelter$100Animals$100

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 budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE INC: $3,730 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $3,270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INCORPORATED DBA THE MIAMI VALLEY SCHOOL: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD TIME MUSIC GROUP INC: $380 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARTHUR MORGAN INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $100 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 Dayton FoundationDayton Foundation Dep…Levin Family Foundati…Greene County Communi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Dayton FoundationOH17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dayton Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · Levin Family Foundation · Greene County Community Foundation · 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 H T Mead Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The H T Mead Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Isles Inc: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The H T Mead Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The H T Mead 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 31 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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