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The Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008 at a glance

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The Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2020
2
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$2.4MEnvironment$880kEducation$221kHealth$214kPhilanthropy$59kYouth Development$29kReligion$22kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2020 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,425
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCC FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$7,425
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$7,425
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SILVER OAK JUMPER TOURNAMENT: $5k → 8%SMITH COLLEGE: $100k → 12%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUN: $50k → 16%SCENIC HUDSON INC: $100k → 9%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50k → 17%ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 18%BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 20%BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORP: $100k → 20%New York Botanical Garden: $225k → 28%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $10k → 14%National Parkinson: $5k → 15%GUNNERY INCORPORATED: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF: $100k → 12%Ohio Wesleyan University: $15k → 5%NATURE CONSERVANCY INC: $100k → 7%SMITH COLLEGE: $10k → 12%SCENIC HUDSON INC: $10k → 9%PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $108k → 17%UCC FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $7k → 20%BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORP: $10k → 20%New York Botanical Garden: $150k → 28%Washington Montessori Association: $35k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF: $4k → 12%Ohio Wesleyan University: $5k → 5%CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $100k → 9%Preservation League of: $100k → 14%Washington Montessori Association: $13k → 9%Timanous Foundation: $25k → 12%CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $10k → 9%New York City Ballet: $1.2M → 17%Little Guild of St Francis for: $6k → 9%New York City Ballet: $1.0M → 17%Little Guild of St Francis for: $6k → 9%New York City Ballet: $25k → 17%THE CORNWALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5k → 9%Metropolitan Opera Association Inc: $50k → 17%CORNWALL CONSERVATION TRUST: $4k → 9%564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%Cornwall Child Center Inc: $4k → 9%Fresh Air Fund: $3k → 17%Community Foundation of: $5k → 9%United Church of Christ in Cornwall: $10k → 9%Cornwall Library: $8k → 9%Cornwall Library: $6k → 9%United Church of Christ in Cornwall: $5k → 9%Town Of Cornwall Food and Fuel Fund CT: $5k → 9%Town Of Cornwall Food and Fuel Fund CT: $3k → 9%CORWALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 9%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
VT
WA
MT
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
VA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 25 repeat orgs$395k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
26

Total granted

$3.4M
$380k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+30%

Still filing today

68%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2.3M · revenue +21%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $375k · revenue +40%
  • CI
    CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $110k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $108k · revenue +177%
  • PL
    Preservation League of
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +37%
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
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
2
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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3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

See schedule o for the organization's mission statement.please see description for part i, line 1, above.

Arts & Culture
6
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Frederick Gunn School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sustainable Valley Group 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

41 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. 41 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,250,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC+6 more: $79,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $375,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GA…CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentCARY INSTITUTE OF ECO…BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $110,000 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARD…Scenic Hudson Inc: $110,000 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson IncNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEF…+2 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentSMITH COLLEGE: $110,000 · OtherSMITH COLLEGEPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF: $104,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTH…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONS…Preservation League of: $100,000 · OtherPreservation Le…+23 more: $125,925 · Other+23 morePARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $108,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthWASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $48,000 · EducationOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationFOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON INC: $7,425 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $4,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 · Community ImprovementSustainable Valley Group Inc: $2,500 · Community ImprovementTimanous Foundation: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Telling Room: $1,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$2,329,500Environment$758,000Other$539,925Health$110,000Education$96,425Community Improvement$52,500Youth Development$28,500

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 budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,250,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $375,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $108,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTimanous Foundation: $27,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budget564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE GUILD OF ST FRANCIS: $12,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON INC: $7,425 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORNWALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCORNWALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornwall Conservation Trust Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCORNWALL CHILD CENTER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSILVER OAK JUMPER TOURNAMENT LLC: $4,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOREST & PARK ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNFLETE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Telling Room: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORNWALL HOUSING CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Joseph and Barbara El…Sidney & Judith Krane…The Geisser Family Fo…Northwest Connecticut…Mutual of America Fou…Maine Community Found…Ibm International Fou…Chubb Charitable Foun…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Joseph and Barbara Ellis FoundationNJ17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Joseph and Barbara Ellis Foundation · Sidney & Judith Kranes Charitable Trust · The Geisser Family Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Mutual of America Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harriet F Dickenson Foundation Xxxxx4008. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Connecticut Forest & Park Association: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
14report 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 55 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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