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The Lillian Sherwood Griswold Foundation at a glance

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The Lillian Sherwood Griswold Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$218k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$655kCrime & Legal$500kEnvironment$337kReligion$222kHousing & Shelter$200kSocial Science$125kPublic Benefit$79kEducation$57kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HITCHING POST MINISTRIES$50,050
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$50,000
LANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
BARNARD COLLEGE$20,000
REACH EDUCATION INC$8,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$7,500
OKANO'S GIFT$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CLIMB WYOMING$5,000
MARCH OF DIMES$5,000
BACK ON MY FEET$5,000
CHELSEA'S FUND$5,000
IPAS$5,000
SURFER'S HEALING FOUNDATION INC$5,000
GLOBAL PEARLS INC$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 (FY22–25, $79k) 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%HITCHING POST MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%REACH EDUCATION INC: $8k → 14%REACH EDUCATION INC: $8k → 14%APPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: $5k → 17%APPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: $5k → 17%APPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: $3k → 17%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

VT
WA
MN
NY
WY
CA
VA
NM
NC
DC
OK
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 19 repeat orgs$583k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$1.9M
$502k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+11%

Still filing today

63%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • BARNARD COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $49k · revenue +13%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $48k · revenue +78%
  • CF
    CHELSEA'S FUND
    5× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +163%

Funded once

  • FF
    FAMILIES FORWARDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +49%
  • PD
    PAUL D WHITE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $125k
  • RC
    REDEMPTION CHURCH OF COSTA MESA
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
Ibis Reproductive Health Inc

Ibis reproductive health drives change through bold, rigorous research and principled partnerships that advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices and health worldwide.

Health
2
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
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.

—
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
6
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
7
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc

Our mission is to provide high quality and equitable reproductive and sexual health services, abortion, and education to all people, regardless of any barriers to healthcare that they may face.

—
8
New West Charter School

The mission of new west charter school is to provide an academically rigorous, highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades 6 - 12. in the decades to come, personal success will require increasingly high levels of…

Education
9
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
10
Institute for Shipboard Education

Journeys of discovery that spark bold solutions to global challenges.

Education
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Scientific Being Research Foundation 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, 2017–2025.

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. 28 of the 41 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/28
Grantees still filing
12/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCIENTIFIC BEING RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $654,759 · OtherSCIENTIFIC BEING RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCFOR GOODNESS SAKE: $500,000 · OtherFOR GOODNESS SAKEALTERNATIVE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $293,527 · OtherALTERNATIVE ENERGY INSTITUTE INCFAMILIES FORWARD: $200,000 · OtherFAMILIES FORWARDPAUL D WHITE INSTITUTE: $125,000 · OtherPAUL D WHITE INSTITUTEDAYSTAR: $122,000 · OtherDAYSTARREDEMPTION CHURCH OF COSTA MESA: $100,000 · OtherCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION: $73,000 · Other+16 more: $115,773 · OtherBARNARD COLLEGE: $48,500 · EducationLANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationDaraja Education Fund: $10,000 · EducationTHE NORTHSOUND ASSOCIATION FOR CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationHitching Post Ministries: $50,050 · Human ServicesREACH EDUCATION INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesAPPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: $12,500 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $5,000 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $5,000 · Human ServicesJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $48,000 · Public BenefitCHELSEA'S FUND: $24,400 · Civil RightsWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSUBJECT MATTER INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 · HealthJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthSurfers Healing Foundation Inc: $5,000 · HealthCIRCLE OF HOPE HEALTH CARE SVCS INC: $1,200 · Health
Other$2,184,059Education$93,500Human Services$88,550Public Benefit$48,000Civil Rights$24,400Arts & Culture$23,000Health$21,200

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCIENTIFIC BEING RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $654,759 over 3y, 59% of budgetALTERNATIVE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $293,527 over 4y, 96% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $200,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHitching Post Ministries: $50,050 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $48,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $48,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHELSEA'S FUND: $24,400 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetREACH EDUCATION INC: $16,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPLE VALLEY SCHOOL: $12,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetIPAS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDaraja Education Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOR OUR COUNTRY - UNITED STATES: $8,273 over 3y, 100% of budgetSUBJECT MATTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NORTHSOUND ASSOCIATION FOR CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIsland Christian Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL PEARLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWINTERGREEN ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCIRCLE OF HOPE HEALTH CARE SVCS INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $1,000 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.

Wyoming Community Fou…Marin Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Wyoming Community FoundationWY13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wyoming Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Lillian Sherwood Griswold Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lillian Sherwood Griswold Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Lillian Sherwood Griswold Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lillian Sherwood Griswold 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 41 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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