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The Howard and Bush Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$89k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$192kHealth$81kHuman Services$70kHousing & Shelter$65kCommunity Improvement$52kYouth Development$38kEducation$19kCivil Rights$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ALTERNTIVE TO ECONOMIC AND HOUSING$10,000
UPPER HUDSON PLANNED PARENTHOOD$9,000
FRIENDS OF OAKWOOD CEMETERY INC$8,000
YWCA OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC$8,000
Albany Jewish Family Services$7,500
ALBANY PRO MUSICA$7,500
HUDON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY$7,500
ARTS LETTER AND NUMBERS$6,000
CIRCLE THEATRE PLAYERS AKA SAND LAKE CTR$6,000
GIRLS INC$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area$5,000
TO LIFE INC$3,700
Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County$3,500
JUNIOR ACHEIVMENT OF NORTHEASTERN NY$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS INC: $12k → 14%COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS INC: $8k → 14%OAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 11%OAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 11%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 23% of The Howard and Bush Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 78%.

The Howard and Bush Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$405k · 18 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
16

Total granted

$405k
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+12%

Still filing today

89%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARTS CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $43k · revenue +117%
  • UH
    UPPER HUDSON PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $42k · revenue +19%
  • MA
    MEDIA ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $28k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • FO
    FUTURE OF SMALL CITIES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $16k · revenue -29%
  • TL
    TROY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +52%
  • TA
    TROY AREA UNITED MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -13%
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
Albany County Opportunity Inc

Acap works in partnership with families and communities to empower people to achieve economic self-sufficiency and an improved quality of life.

Human Services
2
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

The mission of the organization is to enhance and build resilient diverse communities, by supporting economic growth, creative community-based initiatives, and quality housing services in the neighborhoods it serves.

Housing & Shelter
3
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster sustainable economic growth through service to our members, strategic advocacy, workforce development, destination marketing, and quality of life investments. Our vision is an inclusive…

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4
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
5
Rochester Contemporary Art Center Inc

To create dialogue and build community through contemporary art exhibitions and related programs

Arts & Culture
6
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
7
Upper Albany Main Street Program Inc

We preserve, revitalize, and support the commercial district, creating a center of choiceby collaborating with residents and stakeholders to foster a successful community.

Community Improvement
8
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
9
Home Headquarters Inc

Home headquarters, inc is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996. over the past 25 years, home headquarters has been committed to creating housing and related opportunities and services in upstate new york…

Housing & Shelter
10
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Inc

Our mission is to promote and protect affordable homeownership in new york so that middle- and working-class families are able to build strong, thriving communities.

Housing & Shelter
11
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
12
New York Focus Inc

New york focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the empire state.(continued on scheduleo)launched in october of 2020, new york focus aims to help make government more transparent by publishing…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commission On Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wmht Educational Telecommunications Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 46 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TAP INC: $36,500 · OtherTAP INCTSB MUSIC HALL CORPORATION: $20,000 · OtherTSB MUSIC HALL CORPORATIONTROY AREA UNITED MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · OtherST ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSAND LAKE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · OtherTHE ALTERNTIVE TO ECONOMIC AND HOUSING: $10,000 · OtherNORTHEAST HEALTH: $9,750 · OtherYWCA OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $8,000 · Other518 ELEVATED INC: $18,000 · Other518 ELEVATED INCSOCIAL JUSTICE CENTER OF ALBANY INC: $17,500 · OtherSOCIAL JUSTICE CENTER OF ALBANY INCCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $14,000 · OtherCAPITAL ROOTS INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF OAKWOOD CEMETERY INC: $8,000 · Other+12 more: $57,500 · Other+12 moreTHE ARTS CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $43,325 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS CENTER OF THE CA…MEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA ALLIANCE INCAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $22,500 · Arts & CultureAlbany Pro Musica IncRENSSELAER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureRENSSELAER COUNTY HISTORI…ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA…HUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL …CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND IMMERSIVE ARTS CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUPPER HUDSON PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $42,000 · HealthUPPER HUDSON PL…UNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC: $22,500 · HealthUNITY HOUSE OF …SAMARITAN HOSPITAL AND THE EDDY FOUNDATION: $13,000 · HealthSAMARITAN HOSPI…TO LIFE INC: $3,700 · HealthJOSEPH'S HOUSE AND SHELTER INC: $27,491 · Housing & ShelterJOSEPH'S …INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAIT…ST PAUL'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterST PAUL'S…COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesOAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFUTURE OF SMALL CITIES INC: $16,000 · Community ImprovementTROY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $5,800 · Community ImprovementBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$239,250Arts & Culture$136,325Health$81,200Housing & Shelter$52,491Human Services$35,000Community Improvement$31,800Youth Development$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ARTS CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $43,325 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUPPER HUDSON PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $42,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $28,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE AND SHELTER INC: $27,491 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUNITY HOUSE OF TROY INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAREGIVERS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget518 ELEVATED INC: $18,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE CENTER OF ALBANY INC: $17,500 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetFUTURE OF SMALL CITIES INC: $16,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetRENSSELAER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetINTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN HOSPITAL AND THE EDDY FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTROY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTROY AREA UNITED MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYWCA OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF OAKWOOD CEMETERY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetHUDSON MOHAWK INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $5,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWMHT EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AND IMMERSIVE ARTS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTO LIFE INC: $3,700 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF RENSSELAER COUNTY: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% 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 Community Foundat…The McCarthy Charitie…The Troy Savings Bank…Review FoundationPrice Chopper's Golub…Pioneer Bank Charitab…The Bender Family Fou…United Way of the Gre…Kiwi FoundationThe Seymour Fox Memor…David & Candace Weir …Capital District Phys…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY54× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · The McCarthy Charities Inc · The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Fo · Review Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · The Bender Family Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Kiwi Foundation · The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation Inc · David & Candace Weir Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan 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 Howard and Bush Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Howard and Bush Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    15report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Howard and Bush Foundation Inc 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 46 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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