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The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation at a glance

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The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

96% of The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $56k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’22
17
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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.4MReligion$158kEducation$39kHealth$20kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$10kArts & Culture$10kEnvironment$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $27k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIDNEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$27,000
SUNY ONEONTA$5,000
ACHIEVE$5,000
PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC$4,500
YOUNG LIFE$2,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FDN$1,000
COLORSCAPE CHENANGO ARTS FESTIVAL INC$1,000
CHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
CHENANGO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
ALTOONA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $9k) 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%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 13%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 13%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH: $500 → 12%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$258k · 25 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$258k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-7%
+54%

Still filing today

68%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +38%
  • PV
    PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +59%
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • SO
    SOCK OUT CANCER LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF CHENANGO COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -8%
  • HA
    HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF CHENANGO
    one grant, 2023 · $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
United Way of Mid Rural New York Inc

Chenango united way builds partnerships and maximizes resources to improve the quality of life for local residents in the focus areas of income, education and health.

Philanthropy
2
Chemung County Historical Society Inc

The chemung county historical society seeks to deepen our audience's understanding of the past and the role of histroy in our future. to achieve this, the society uses diverse and evolving collections to engage audiences through…

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3
The Kensico Cemetery

The Kensico Cemetery is a non-sectarian not-for-profit membership corporation and as such is a regulated cemetery corporation under New York State law. It consists of 460 acres dedicated to cemetery use. It is a service organization…

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4
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
5
Chestnut Hill Conservancy

The Chestnut Hill Conservancy conserves, preserves, and celebrates history, architecture, and landscapes in Chestnut Hill and the lower Wissahickon watershed through inclusive and proactive community engagement, advocacy, and stewardship.

Arts & Culture
6
Historical Society of Cheshire County

To promote historical, genealogical and antiquarian research, to collect & preserve books, papers, maps, etc and to publish results of such research.

Arts & Culture
7
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
8
Historic Hudson Valley

The organization's mission is to celebrate the history, architecture, landscape and material culture of the hudson valley, advancing its importance and thereby assuring its preservation.

Arts & Culture
9
Chenango River Theatre Inc

The creation of exceptionally high quality, affordable, professional, non-profit theatre to engage and educate a diverse audience, both traditional and non-traditional.

Arts & Culture
10
Venango County Historical Society

To promote the study of the history of venango county and its general area and to develop an interest in the study of venango county and its citizens.

Arts & Culture
11
Huntington Historical Society

Preserving the ongoing heritage of the Town of Huntington

Arts & Culture
12
Canandaigua Cemetery Association

Woodlawn cemetery serves the community as an eternal resting place; commemorating the lives of those interred; conserving, restoring and sustaining the physical attributes, horticultural aspects, buildings and infrastructure of the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chenango County Spca; the most unlike its peers is William B Ogden Free Library. 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

26 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. 26 of the 39 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)
26/26
Grantees still filing
11/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,434,259 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCSIDNEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $157,000 · OtherSIDNEY UNITED M…SUNY ONEONTA: $25,500 · OtherSUNY ONEONTAIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · Other+20 more: $42,250 · Other+20 moreSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationALTOONA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $3,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 · EducationRICKY J PARISIAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · EducationWILLIAM B OGDEN FREE LIBRARY: $1,250 · EducationCOLORSCAPE CHENANGO ARTS FESTIVAL: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNortheast Classic Car Museum Inc: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureARTS AT THE PALACE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHENANGO COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CulturePATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG LIFE: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 · Health
Philanthropy$1,434,259Other$232,750Education$13,250Arts & Culture$9,750Human Services$8,500Youth Development$8,000Health$4,000

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,434,259 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNYSARC INC BROOME-CHENANGO- TIOGA COUNTIES CHAPTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHENANGO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC: $3,750 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetALTOONA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORSCAPE CHENANGO ARTS FESTIVAL: $3,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Classic Car Museum Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRICKY J PARISIAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWALTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $1,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM B OGDEN FREE LIBRARY: $1,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF CHENANGO COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS AT THE PALACE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMERCE CHENANGO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSIC ON THE DELAWARE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

The Frederick B and R…Thomas &Esther Flanag…Otis a Thompson Found…The Greater Norwich F…The Everett & Pearl G…The Roger W Follett F…The R C Smith Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Nycm FoundationThe Higley Foundation…Raymond FoundationThe Richard L & Maria…
The Frederick B and Ramona E Mirabito FoundationNY24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Frederick B and Ramona E Mirabito Foundation · Thomas &Esther Flanagan Charitable Trust · Otis a Thompson Foundation Inc · The Greater Norwich Foundation · The Everett & Pearl Gilmour Foundation Inc · The Roger W Follett Foundation Inc Co Lee Emerson and Palmer LLP · The R C Smith Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc · The Nycm Foundation · The Higley Foundation Inc · Raymond Foundation · The Richard L & Marian P Cook 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 Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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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    Find your warmest path to The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe 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 39 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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