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The Loughridge-Williams 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.

$311k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20192025.

Education$552kHealth$492kHousing & Shelter$250kInternational$50kEmployment$50kEnvironment$29kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$596k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Continuum of Care, Inc$100,000
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$50,000
Covenant House Illinois$50,000
Earthplace$25,000
Marrakech$25,000
Yale University$20,000
Continuum of Care, Inc$15,000
Stanford University$10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund, Inc$10,000
Staples High School Tuition Grants Committee Inc.$5,000
Target Community & Educational Services, Inc.$1,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 11 repeat orgs$354k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$1.1M
$328k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+22%

Still filing today

91%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CO
    CONTINUUM OF CARE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $315k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +73%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • University of Chicago
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +22%
  • NL
    NYU Langone Health
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • N
    NUDAY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -98%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
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
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc and the most unlike its peers is Operation Nightwatch - Portland. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Hospital SystemsDevelopmental Disabilities …Environmental Advocacy and …Local History MuseumsEducation Equity InitiativesAnimal Rescue and ShelterFood Pantries and AssistanceChristian Outreach Ministri…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%14%20–35yr13%50%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%13%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%47%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/26
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,734

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CONTINUUM OF CARE INC — $315,000 · OtherCONTINUUM OF CARE INCYale University — $160,000 · OtherYale UniversityNYU Langone Health — $100,000 · OtherNYU Langone Health+10 more — $20,000 · OtherUniversity of Chicago — $200,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $151,000 · EducationMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGE…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LE…+3 more — $14,000 · EducationCOVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC — $150,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE ILLI…COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE NEW …The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $70,000 · HealthNAMI National — $5,000 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · HealthMARRAKECH INC — $50,000 · EmploymentPALLIATIVE CARE AND EDUCATION FOR RURAL — $40,000 · International+1 more — $1,000 · InternationalEARTHPLACE INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $2,000 · Environment
Other$595,000Education$395,000Human Services$250,000Health$76,000Employment$50,000International$41,000Environment$27,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCONTINUUM OF CARE INC — $315,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC — $151,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC — $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc — $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARRAKECH INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPALLIATIVE CARE AND EDUCATION FOR RURAL — $40,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHPLACE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTAPLES HIGH SCHOOL TUITION GRANTS COMMITTEE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNUDAY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTARGET COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREWILD — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Nightwatch - Portland — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Loughridge-Williams Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Loughridge-Williams 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $380k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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