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The Nancy Evans Hays Foundationinc

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.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$73kEnvironment$59kAnimals$24kArts & Culture$23kEducation$10kReligion$10kHealth$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $53k
$600
Median grant
9
States reached
$473k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$27,500
UNICEF USA$25,500
Individual grant recipient$3,400
NRDC$2,000
PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,500
GREENPEACE$1,000
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$1,000
ORANGE COUNTY LAND TRUST$1,000
PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NY STATE$1,000
EARTH JUSTICE$1,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$1,000
IFAW$1,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$1,000
THIRTEEN$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IFAW: $1k → 8%COMPASS COLLECTIVE IRC: $1k → 12%PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%SCENIC HUDSON INC: $1k → 9%PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS: $1k → 10%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL: $2k → 13%NATIONAL RESCOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $3k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $2k → 10%THE HUMANE SOCIETY USA: $2k → 14%HOLLINS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%IFAW: $1k → 8%SCENIC HUDSON: $1k → 9%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL: $1k → 13%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1k → 14%ST MARY-IN TUXEDO: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF NRDC: $2k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $1k → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $1k → 14%HOLLINS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 8%SCENIC HUDSON: $1k → 9%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NYS: $1k → 14%ST MARY-IN TUXEDO: $2k → 14%NRDC: $2k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $1k → 10%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%ST MARY-IN TUXEDO: $2k → 14%NRDC: $2k → 17%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%NRDC: $2k → 17%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%NRDC: $2k → 17%FULTON MONTGOMERY CC: $3k → 13%NATIONAL RESCOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $2k → 17%OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2k → 14%USA FOR UNHCR: $2k → 14%USA FOR UNHCR: $2k → 14%UNICEF USA: $26k → 17%UNICEF USA: $2k → 17%EARTH JUSTICE: $2k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $28k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $2k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $2k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $1k → 17%THE FRESH AIR FUND: $2k → 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
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 45 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
22

Total granted

$220k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+1%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +63%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    5× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +64%
  • HU
    HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $7k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • U
    UNICEF
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
4
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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5
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
6
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
7
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
8
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
9
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

—
10
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boscobel Restoration 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

48 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. 48 of the 73 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
33/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $23,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MARY-IN TUXEDO: $9,500 · OtherST MARY-IN TUXEDOTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $5,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDTHE HUMANE SOCIETY USA: $4,500 · OtherNATIONAL RESCOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $4,000 · Other+32 more: $31,137 · Other+32 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $34,150 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee IN…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $29,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,800 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNH…+3 more: $2,050 · InternationalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES D…EARTHJUSTICE: $6,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INSTITUT…ORANGE COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 · EnvironmentORANGE COUNTY LAND …WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND…Scenic Hudson Inc: $4,500 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson IncENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFEN…PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS INC: $1,500 · Environment+5 more: $2,850 · Environment+5 moreDefenders of Wildlife: $5,300 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $4,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,600 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals International: $1,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $900 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,200 · Arts & CultureMONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,300 · Arts & CultureADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $300 · Arts & CultureHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $7,342 · EducationFRESH AIR FUND: $4,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$87,937International$71,000Environment$40,850Animals$18,300Arts & Culture$12,050Education$7,342Recreation & Sports$4,500

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 budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $34,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $7,342 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $5,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICA: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLESEA GLOBAL FEED THE HUNGRY INC: $502 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSCOBEL RESTORATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATTINGHAM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN HILL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $200 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 International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS INC ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD MONUMENTS FUND 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.

Ibm International Fou…Cloudsplitter Foundat…The New York Communit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Ibm International FoundationNY14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Nancy Evans Hays Foundationinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nancy Evans Hays Foundationinc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Nancy Evans Hays Foundationinc 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 73 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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