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The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc at a glance

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The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$322k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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 2025.

Arts & Culture$662kHuman Services$506kEducation$364kHealth$206kYouth Development$179kHousing & Shelter$123kFood & Nutrition$84kCrime & Legal$82kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $220k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART$20,000
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC$14,000
JOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC$13,025
YMCA OF SYRACUSE & ONONDAGA COUNTY$12,500
WCNY-TV CLASSIC FM$10,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF OSWEGO COUNTY$10,000
CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC$10,000
FULTON FAMILY YMCA$10,000
EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY PLANNING OF OSWEGO COUNTY INC$10,000
MERCY WORKS$10,000
MADISON COUNTY RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL INC$10,000
SCHWEINFURTH ART CENTER$10,000
THE IMAGE INITIATIVE INC$10,000
HUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC$10,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $336k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HILLSIDE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $8k → 14%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%HILLSIDE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION: $10k → 15%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION: $8k → 15%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%HILLSIDE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION: $8k → 15%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $6k → 11%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $5k → 11%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $3k → 11%WHOLE ME INC: $10k → 14%MINISTRO MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 13%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $3k → 17%WHOLE ME INC: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $11k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $10k → 14%HUNTINGTON FAMILY CENTERS INC: $10k → 14%TOOMEY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY: $8k → 14%RISE ABOVE POVERTY: $5k → 14%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 14%HOPEPRINT INC: $13k → 14%HOPEPRINT INC: $10k → 14%HOPEPRINT INC: $8k → 14%ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $10k → 14%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $8k → 14%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $9k → 14%CENTRAL NEW YORK DIAPER BANK: $250 → 14%PEACE INC: $13k → 14%PEACE INC: $10k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $10k → 14%PEACE INC: $10k → 14%PEACE INC: $10k → 14%PEACE INC: $10k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $10k → 14%PEACE INC: $8k → 14%PEACE INC: $8k → 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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 84 repeat orgs$588k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
71

Total granted

$2.1M
$485k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+17%

Still filing today

71%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • VL
    VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +232%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +59%
  • DR
    DAVID'S REFUGE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +304%

Funded once

  • AT
    A TINY HOME FOR GOOD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +59%
  • IW
    INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +345%
  • SC
    SAMARITAN CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +89%
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
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
2
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

—
3
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
4
Cny Fair Housing Inc

We work to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open communities, and ensure equal access to housing opportunity for all people in central and northern new york.

—
5
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
6
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
7
Visit Syracuse Inc

The purpose of the corporation is to provide for the encouragement, solicitation, promotion, procurement, and servicing of all forms of travel to and through onondaga county, new york, specifically including, but not limited to,…

Community Improvement
8
Downtown Syracuse Foundation Inc

To conduct research, identify best policies and practices, secure resources and implement programs and projects to support the revitalization of downtown syracuse.

Community Improvement
9
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility Inc

To provide multiple social service activities to all city of syracuse residents, although operations are geared to serve primarily those residents of the near southwest side of the city.

Human Services
10
Suny Cortland Child Care Center Inc

The suny cortland child care center is dedicated to providing affordable child care for the children of the college's employees and students, which meets the highest nationally recognized standards. qualified staff provide an educational…

Human Services
11
Oswego Health Inc

The mission of Oswego Health, Inc. is to provide accessible quality care and improve the health of residents in our community.

Health
12
Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County

The everson museum of art of syracuse and onondaga county is a not-for-profit organization located in syracuse, new york. its stated purpose is to conduct cultural, charitable, and educational activities. the museum's support comes…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. 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

119 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. 119 of the 167 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)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/119
Grantees still filing
82/119
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherSYRACUSE STAGE: $60,000 · OtherCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC: $60,000 · OtherMILTON J RUBENSTEIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: $57,500 · OtherVOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC: $61,000 · Other+94 more: $1,167,925 · Other+94 moreSALMON RIVER FINE ARTS CENTER: $50,200 · Arts & CultureSALMON RIVER FINE…PERFORM 4 PURPOSE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePERFORM 4 PURPOSE…CNY Arts Inc: $44,500 · Arts & CultureCNY Arts IncTHE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ERIE CANAL MU…CENTRAL NEW YORK JAZZ ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $31,500 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL NEW YORK …SYRACUSE CITY BALLET INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSYRACUSE CITY BAL…CAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCAYUGA MUSEUM OF …MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureKEYS CORP: $20,700 · Arts & CultureMusical Associates of Central New York: $17,500 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $96,900 · Arts & Culture+12 moreP E A C E INC: $67,500 · Human ServicesP E A C E INCCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $43,500 · Human ServicesCLEAR PATH FOR…HOPEPRINT INC: $38,100 · Human ServicesHOPEPRINT INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY: $28,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARI…CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION INC: $25,400 · Human ServicesCORTLAND AREA …HILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesHILLSIDE FOUND…THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MIS…THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesTHE UPSTATE FO…ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $17,500 · Human ServicesWHOLE ME INC: $15,000 · Human Services+8 more: $43,550 · Human Services+8 moreMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $65,000 · EducationNORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 · EducationTHE READING LEAGUE INC: $17,500 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $15,100 · EducationLITERACY CNY INC: $12,000 · EducationGOOD LIFE PHILANTHROPIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationSULLIVAN FREE LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationAIDS COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC D/B/A ACR HEALTH: $10,000 · EducationLe Moyne College: $10,000 · EducationONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 · Education+2 more: $7,500 · EducationBUILDING MEN PROGRAM INC: $40,250 · Youth DevelopmentOSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentTillies Touch: $15,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE IMAGE INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $6,050 · Youth DevelopmentDAVID'S REFUGE INC: $56,000 · HealthACCESSCNY INC: $17,500 · HealthMADISON COUNTY RURAL HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · HealthKRISTINAS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $8,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthA TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterJOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $28,025 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $24,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,481,425Arts & Culture$423,800Human Services$343,050Education$187,600Youth Development$108,800Health$96,500Housing & Shelter$82,025

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 budgetP E A C E INC: $67,500 over 7y, 18% of budgetMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $65,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetVOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC: $61,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID'S REFUGE INC: $56,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSALMON RIVER FINE ARTS CENTER: $50,200 over 8y, 14% of budgetPERFORM 4 PURPOSE INC: $45,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetCNY Arts Inc: $44,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $43,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetREDHOUSE ARTS CENTER INC: $42,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING MEN PROGRAM INC: $40,250 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetTHE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM: $40,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHOPEPRINT INC: $38,100 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Syracuse: $38,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetVERA HOUSE INC: $36,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SELF-EMPOWERMENT INC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC: $32,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK JAZZ ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $31,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetSYRACUSE CITY BALLET INC: $30,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetA TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetHAVEN AT SKANDA: $28,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY: $28,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $28,025 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION INC: $25,400 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART INC: $25,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetINTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHALF-SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $22,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetMERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPURPOSE FARM INC: $22,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetRESTORE CNY INC: $22,500 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetLEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $21,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKEYS CORP: $20,700 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetSCHWEINFURTH MEMORIAL ART CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARING COALITION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SIDE LEARNING CENTER OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUS GREATER SYRACUSE INC: $18,600 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONONDAGA ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMusical Associates of Central New York: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE READING LEAGUE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetACCESSCNY INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $16,168 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN LEARNING INC: $15,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTillies Touch: $15,500 over 2y, 3.2% 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.

  • Who funds P E A C E INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVID'S REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SALMON RIVER FINE ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PERFORM 4 PURPOSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CNY Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds REDHOUSE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING MEN PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HOPEPRINT INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Syracuse ↗
  • Who funds VERA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SELF-EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL NEW YORK JAZZ ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds A TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN AT SKANDA ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAYUGA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds HALF-SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PURPOSE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds RESTORE CNY 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.

Central New York Comm…Allyn Family Foundati…The Rosamond Gifford …Jim and Juli Boeheim …The Dorothy and Marsh…JM McDonald Foundatio…Price Chopper's Golub…United Way of Central…Richard S Shineman Fo…Fred L Emerson Founda…John Ben Snow Memoria…Herbert S and Eleanor…
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY165.6× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · United Way of Central New York Inc · Richard S Shineman Foundation · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable 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 John Ben Snow Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    0get no government money at all
    50report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The John Ben Snow 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 167 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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