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The Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$19k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$84kEnvironment$9kEducation$6kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$4kHuman Services$2kAnimals$2kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$350
Median grant
1
States reached
$164k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC$13,000
THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC$2,500
THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC$587
CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL$525
NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500
THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC$400
THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SADD$350
CLAYTON ROTARY CLUB$250
THOUSAND ISLANDS ARTS CENTER$250
CLAYTON FIRE DEPT INC$250
THOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC$225
GREG P WILEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$150
CLAYTON FIGURE SKATING CLUB$100
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $625 → 13%DONOR FAMILY NETWORK INC: $250 → 14%NORTH COUNTRY TROOPERS ASSISTING TROOPS: $750 → 14%CLAYTON MINOR HOCKEY: $700 → 18%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $600 → 13%CANTON MINOR HOCKEY: $400 → 18%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $511 → 13%WALMART: $1k → 14%WALMART: $827 → 14%NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%BONNIE CASTLE RESORT: $900 → 14%NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $14k → 14%MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS: $13k → 14%CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $13k → 14%CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $11k → 14%MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS: $9k → 14%CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $7k → 14%MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS: $6k → 14%CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5k → 14%MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS: $4k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $3k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $3k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $3k → 14%MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS: $2k → 14%TIERS: $2k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY: $1k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY: $1k → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $900 → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $840 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY: $800 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $750 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $750 → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $715 → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $715 → 14%CLAYTON OPERA HOUSE: $700 → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $650 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $587 → 14%CLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $525 → 14%CLAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $400 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SADD: $375 → 14%CLAYTON OPERA HOUSE: $350 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SADD: $350 → 14%HAWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $350 → 14%THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $300 → 14%CLAYTON FIRE DEPT INC: $250 → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $250 → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 18 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
10

Total granted

$111k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+36%

Still filing today

28%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +31%
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1k · revenue +10%
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $837 · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • T
    TIERS
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $900
  • NC
    NORTH COUNTRY TROOPERS ASSISTING TROOPS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $750 · revenue +7%
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
Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association

Historic preservation of thacher island, straitsmouth island, its lighthouses, buildings and facilities

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2
North Shore Historical Museum Inc

Housing and exhibition of long island new york north shore historical significance

Arts & Culture
3
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society
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4
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre Inc

Provide theatre to the general public

Arts & Culture
5
Lake Erie Islands Conservancy

Encourage conservation & protection of natural & agricultural lands in the lake erie islands for the benefit of this & future generations through purchase of land & sponsorship of programs & walks at these preserves.

Environment
6
Island Etc

To promote the performing arts

Arts & Culture
7
Southern Tier Hockey Association Ltdrica-National Capital Chapter

Youth hockey instruction

Recreation & Sports
8
Smith Island Land Trust

Conserve land for plants and animals

Environment
9
Tioga Point Museum Assn

Museum - public exhibitions, education, research

Arts & Culture
10
Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center

Strenghten the foundations of our organization while attaining financial sustainability through diversification, engagement, and expansion of our porgrams, displays, and outreach to enhance our ability to provide education and promote…

Environment
11
Treasure Island Fire Association Inc
Membership Benefit
12
Adirondack Ski Touring Council Inc

To maintain over 100 miles of cross country ski and mountain bike trails in the vicinity of lake placid, new york.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Country Troopers Assisting Troops 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

13 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. 13 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $49,475 · OtherCLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCIndividual grant recipient: $33,975 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCLAYTON AREA PRESCHOOL: $4,345 · Other+17 more: $16,832 · Other+17 moreTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $8,250 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentTHOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $1,150 · Arts & CultureHANDWEAVING MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER: $720 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $300 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $875 · PhilanthropyNORTH COUNTRY TROOPERS ASSISTING TROOPS INC: $750 · Public BenefitCANTON MINOR HOCKEY INC: $400 · Recreation & SportsHAWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $350 · EducationTHOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $225 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$104,627Environment$8,500Arts & Culture$2,170Philanthropy$875Public Benefit$750Recreation & Sports$400Education$350Public Safety & Disaster$225

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $49,475 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $8,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $837 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY TROOPERS ASSISTING TROOPS INC: $750 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHANDWEAVING MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER: $720 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANTON MINOR HOCKEY INC: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $350 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLAYTON FIGURE SKATING CLUB: $300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE THE RIVER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $225 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 CLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTRY TROOPERS ASSISTING TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDWEAVING MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CANTON MINOR HOCKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CLAYTON FIGURE SKATING CLUB ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE 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.

Northern New York Com…Andrew & Jeanine McNa…The Boathouse Foundat…Twin Trees Foundation…Edward John Noble Fou…The Delaney Bay Fund …Texas Instruments Fou…Cleveland H Dodge Fou…Central New York Comm…Price Chopper's Golub…Ibm International Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…
Northern New York Community Foundation IncNY24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation · The Boathouse Foundation · Twin Trees Foundationinc · Edward John Noble Foundation Inc · The Delaney Bay Fund Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Cleveland H Dodge Foundation Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 30 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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