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The James H Napier Foundation at a glance

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The James H Napier 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.

$130k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$150kPhilanthropy$121kYouth Development$107kHealth$68kArts & Culture$61kHousing & Shelter$54kFood & Nutrition$30kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF MERIDAN - WALLINGFORD$20,000
GIRLS' INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
MERIDEN - WALLINGFORD CAMPERSHIP$6,900
WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER$6,000
FLANDER'S NATURE CENTER & LAND TRUST$5,200
CT FOODSHARE$5,100
COLUMBUS HOUSE$5,000
MERIDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED$5,000
BEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC$5,000
COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC$5,000
MASTER'S MANNA INC$5,000
LVGNH$5,000
BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $10k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $9k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $6k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $6k → 12%TRICIRCLE: $5k → 12%WOMEN & FAMILIES CENTER: $3k → 12%THE COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING: $5k → 12%COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC: $5k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$685k · 32 repeat orgs$146k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
23

Total granted

$685k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+24%

Still filing today

34%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NO
    NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $48k · revenue +13%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +156%
  • CH
    COLUMBUS HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $33k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UB
    Ulbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • AS
    AUTISM SERVICES & RESOURCES CT
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • TC
    THE CURTIS HOME
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +10%
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
Connecticut Counseling Centers Inc

To provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services. programs include methadone maintenance, outpatient, hiv, detoxification and dually diagnosed treatments and counseling.

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2
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
3
Friendship Circle of Connecticut Inc

Programs for children with special needs.

Education
4
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc

Our mission is to help people to help themselves by contributing to the more efficient functioning of todays labor market by providing high quality employment and training.

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5
The Life Center of Connecticut Inc

The life center, inc. operates residential centers and conducts outreach helping persons adversely affected by substance abuse find drug free productive and meaningful lives.

Health
6
Arc of Greater New Haven Inc

To provide quality services to meet selected needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities in the greater new haven region.

Education
7
Westbrook Youth and Family Services Inc

To support and strengthen the youth and families of westbrook, ct through coordinating and providing a comprehensive delivery system of prevention, intervention, treatment, and follow up services

Human Services
8
Child Advocates of Connecticut Inc

Child Advocates of Connecticut (CAC) transforms the lives of vulnerable children and youth by providing trained and supervised one-on-one volunteer advocates in the community, classroom and courtroom.

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9
United Services Inc

United services mission is to provide an effective response to the youth, family, and adult social and behavioral health needs in the community. united services is the most comprehensive private, non-profit center in connecticut providing…

Human Services
10
Family and Children's Aid Inc

Fca is a community-based behavioral health center that offers innovation, responsive and traditional mental health care and services for children, adolescents, adults and their families.

Human Services
11
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
12
Connecticut Community Care Inc

Connecticut community care, inc provides person-centered care coordination and transition services for elders and individuals with disabilities to help ensure they can live safely in the place they choose to live. people served experience…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midstate Arc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Beat the Street Community Center 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

28 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. 28 of the 61 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF MERIDAN - WALLINGFORD: $105,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MERIDAN - WALLINGFORDNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $47,500 · OtherNEW OPPORTUNITIES INCFRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $35,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INCIndividual grant recipient: $33,000 · OtherBEAT THE STREET: $32,500 · OtherLVGNH: $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY MERIDEN: $22,500 · Other+37 more: $274,430 · Other+37 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $35,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBall Headz Inc: $8,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIAL SABBY SPONSORSHIPS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $33,500 · Human ServicesThe Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTRICIRCLE CORPORATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesMERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMaster's Manna Inc: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $33,000 · Housing & ShelterMERIDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSHINE YOUR LIGHT CT INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFlanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc: $10,000 · Environment
Other$629,430Youth Development$64,000Human Services$48,500Food & Nutrition$35,000Housing & Shelter$33,000Arts & Culture$10,500Environment$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $47,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC: $35,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetWOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER: $33,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSE INC: $33,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC: $25,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetFRANCISCAN LIFE CENTER NETWORK INCORPORATED: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUlbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGIRLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaster's Manna Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFlanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CURTIS HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBall Headz Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetMIDSTATE ARC INC: $7,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL SABBY SPONSORSHIPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTRICIRCLE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWORKFORCE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAT THE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMERIDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSHINE YOUR LIGHT CT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetIN A HEARTBEAT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRushford Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKUHN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $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.

  • Who funds NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MERIDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MERIDEN FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN LIFE CENTER NETWORK INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Ulbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990 ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Master's Manna Inc ↗
  • Who funds Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CURTIS HOME ↗
  • Who funds Ball Headz Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIDSTATE ARC INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗

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.

Ion Bank Foundation I…Meriden FoundationLiberty Bank Foundati…United Way of Meriden…The John G Martin Fou…American Savings Foun…Eversource Energy Fou…Wadsworth Family Foun…The Maximilian E and …Newalliance Foundatio…William Caspar Graust…The Community Foundat…
Ion Bank Foundation IncCT44.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Meriden Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc · The John G Martin Foundation · American Savings Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Wadsworth Family Foundation · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Midstate Arc Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Kuhn Employment Opportunities Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Workforce Alliance Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Clifford Beers Community Care Center Inc: 75% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Tricircle Corporation: 43% of income from government
  • The Curtis Home: 41% of income from government
  • Rushford Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Beat the Street Community Center Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Meriden Farmers Market Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Ball Headz Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Women and Families Center: 18% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc: 10% of income from government
  • New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Shine Your Light Ct Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Social Sabby Sponsorships Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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 61 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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