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The Mr & Mrs Robert N Chapman Son Robert B Chapman Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Mr & Mrs Robert N Chapman Son Robert B Chapman Charitable Trust

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.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$53kPhilanthropy$28kFood & Nutrition$23kReligion$14kEducation$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$28,356
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$28,356
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 (FY21–23, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Tri-County Community Action Agency: $3k → 14%TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCE: $9k → 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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 4 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +157% since the first grant, against +98% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$69k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+157%
+98%

Still filing today

75%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

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PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $23k · revenue +157%
  • NORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $23k · revenue +276%
  • TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $13k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY'S STAR OF THE SEA
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • SOJOURNER HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • SM
    Saint Mary's Star of the Sea
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
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
Jamestown Community Food Pantry

We seek to minimize hunger and provide nutritional sustenanc

Food & Nutrition
2
Ri Center Assisting Those in Need

To provide with dignity, emergency food and outreach to thousands of at-risk neighbors in southern rhode island and surrounding communities.

Human Services
3
The Jonnycake Center of Westerly Inc

The jonnycake center of westerly provides comprehensive assistance in westerly, charlestown, richmond and hopkinton, rhode island. the services provided include: food, clothing, household items, as well as educational and financial…

Unclassified
4
Westbay Community Action Inc

To organize, plan and provide social services to low income and elderly individuals.

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5
St Vincent Depaul Middletown

St. vincent depaul middletown (svdm) was founded in 1980 by the sisters of mercy and the catholic diocese of norwich. svdm's mission is to provide food, shelter and basic human services to poor and homeless individuals regardless of race,…

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6
Jersey Strong Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Emergency Food Aid in Southbury

Providing food assistance to Southbury residents demonstrating need.

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8
St Francis House

St. Francis House provides food clothing and necessities at no cost to people with low income or experiencing homelessness in King County Washington. Single men women and families are welcome.

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9
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc

The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…

Food & Nutrition
10
Western Maine Community Action Inc

To advocate for, strengthen, and coordinate all resources private, local, state, and federal that will assist us in promoting the self-sufficiency of people. a belief in basic human dignity and the exercise of free choice motivates the…

Human Services
11
Better Lives Rhode Island

Better lives rhode island is a non-profit agency whose mission is to offer stability, justice, and hope to those in need through advocacy and direct service.

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12
Community Resource Center Inc

The mission of the community resource center (crc) is to serve all individuals and families by connecting them to resources that improve their lives. the crc is a community based human services organization that was formed in 1987 when a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Jonnycake Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson. 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

8 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. 8 of the 14 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)
7/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $22,500 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INCNORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC: $22,500 · OtherNORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INCSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $11,000 · OtherSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INCST MARY'S STAR OF THE SEA: $6,000 · OtherST MARY'S STAR OF THE SEASOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $5,000 · OtherSOJOURNER HOUSE INCSaint Mary's Star of the Sea: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · Other+4 more: $7,500 · Other+4 moreSTEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON: $28,356 · PhilanthropySTEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER…TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $12,500 · Human ServicesTRI-COUNTY …THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 · Health
Other$81,000Philanthropy$28,356Human Services$12,500Health$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON: $28,356 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC: $22,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

United Way of Rhode I…Rhode Island Communit…Washington Trust Co C…The Champlin Foundati…The Rhode Island Comm…Stephen W & Merle Dre…Centreville Savings B…Citizens Charitable F…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Rhode Island IncRI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Mr & Mrs Robert N Chapman Son Robert B Chapman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mr & Mrs Robert N Chapman Son Robert B Chapman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 14 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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