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The Pitney Bowes Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Pitney Bowes Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2023
148
Grants FY2023
23
States reached
$475k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

International$6.3MEducation$4.9MYouth Development$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.5MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$726kCommunity Improvement$657kEmployment$588kOther$0
02FY2023 · 148 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k102 grants · $448k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $728k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $641k
  • $250k+1 grant · $475k
$5,519
Median grant
23
States reached
$443k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL IMPACT$475,000
Individual grant recipient$129,000
BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND$110,426
SOUNDWATERS INC$100,000
CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTERS$76,000
UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WES$75,575
Individual grant recipient$50,000
MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
GOVERNORS PARTNERSHIP TO PROT$45,000
READ TO A CHILD INC$42,500
Individual grant recipient$41,750
REACH OUT AND READ INC$37,500
BUILDON INC$37,000
THE FERGUSON LIBRARY$35,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RAISE THE BARR: $10k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL INC: $5k → 14%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 17%TEAM INC: $25k → 12%WOMEN ARE DREAMERS TOO: $5k → 13%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $15k → 7%SOAR FOX CITIES INC: $5k → 7%TEAM INC: $20k → 12%NOVA X STREAM: $8k → 5%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $13k → 7%CHILDRENSLITERACYNETWORK: $5k → 14%YOUTH GO INC: $10k → 11%TEAM INC: $20k → 12%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $10k → 7%FOCUSHOPE: $13k → 21%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $10k → 7%FOCUS HOPE: $10k → 21%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $10k → 7%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 12%DETROIT PARENT NETWORK: $25k → 21%WINGS FOR KIDS: $5k → 13%WINGS FOR KIDS: $5k → 13%WINGS FOR KIDS: $5k → 13%HEARTLOVE PLACE INC: $10k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $23k → 7%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $8k → 7%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $20k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $20k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $20k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA I: $15k → 13%SOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS INC: $12k → 21%SOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS: $10k → 21%SOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS: $10k → 21%FAMILIES FIRST INC: $10k → 13%REGIONAL YMCA OF WESTERN CT: $20k → 9%REGIONAL YMCA OF WESTERN CT: $20k → 9%FILLING IN THE BLANKS: $11k → 9%LIVEGIRL INC: $10k → 9%CHILDCARE LEARNING CENTERS: $100k → 9%CHILDCARE LEARNING CENTERS: $97k → 9%CHILDCARE LEARNING CENTERS: $97k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $13k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $12k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $19k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $18k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $16k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AID INC: $10k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AID INC: $6k → 9%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

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OH
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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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 44% of The Pitney Bowes Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 41% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 39%.

The Pitney Bowes Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 217 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

217 repeat relationships: 102 still active in FY2023, 115 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

217
209

Total granted

$11M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • SI
    SOUNDWATERS INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $372k · revenue +61%
  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $294k · revenue +22%
  • READ TO A CHILD INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $293k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • GR
    GRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +153%
  • BP
    BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +16%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
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.

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Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
2
United Way of Greater New Haven Inc

United way of greater new haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to our region's most pressing challenges in the areas of education, health, and financial stability, grounded in racial and social justice. we…

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
4
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
5
Readyct Inc

Readyct works to advance academic excellence and career-connected learning for all public school students in connecticut through collaboration with business, civic, and education leaders.

Education
6
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Achieve Now

Achieve now is a philadelphia-based social justice organization that sees literacy as a mechanism to effect social change. our mission is to provide k-2 school children in greater philadelphia with high-quality, culturally competent…

Education
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
11
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
12
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mary T and James J Hill Library Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

318 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. 318 of the 467 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)
80
Early backer (in before they grew)
302/318
Grantees still filing
229/318
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Global Impact: $5,849,474 · InternationalGlobal ImpactBUILDON INC: $269,000 · International+2 more: $101,716 · InternationalCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS: $375,689 · OtherCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERSMIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $335,000 · OtherMIND RESEARCH INSTITUTELIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES: $294,345 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $275,000 · OtherNATIONAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $201,000 · OtherSOUNDWATERS INC: $372,000 · OtherSOUNDWATERS INC+103 more: $3,880,386 · Other+103 moreREAD TO A CHILD INC: $292,500 · EducationREAD TO A CHIL…READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $290,965 · EducationREADING IS FUN…REACH OUT AND READ INC: $285,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND …THE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $245,000 · EducationTHE FERGUSON L…READ TO GROW INC: $172,500 · EducationREAD TO GROW I…PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $143,855 · EducationPROLITERACY WO…SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · EducationSUCCESS FOR AL…+22 more: $772,999 · Education+22 moreFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $515,000 · PhilanthropyFAIRFIELD …UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $205,744 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $199,082 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…STAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $178,911 · PhilanthropySTAMFORD P…PERSON TO PERSON INC: $132,500 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO …THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $110,426 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACKB…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $81,050 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $70,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $124,201 · Philanthropy+4 moreCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $294,378 · Human ServicesCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $75,000 · Human ServicesTEAM INC: $66,895 · Human ServicesARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $57,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $52,500 · Human ServicesREGIONAL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS INC: $37,000 · Human ServicesWINGS FOR KIDS: $34,000 · Human Services+13 more: $272,275 · Human ServicesNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $305,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE 5 INC: $29,866 · Youth Development+8 more: $144,199 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $180,250 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $121,200 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $49,845 · Arts & CultureSTAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $43,500 · Arts & CultureStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $38,808 · Arts & CultureTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureLAHC - LEADERS ADVANCING AND HELPING COMMUNITIES: $31,500 · Arts & CultureCITY LIGHTS & COMPANY: $27,500 · Arts & CultureNEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $21,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $67,000 · Arts & Culture
International$6,220,190Other$5,733,420Education$2,327,819Philanthropy$1,616,914Human Services$939,548Youth Development$779,065Arts & Culture$616,103

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGlobal Impact: $5,849,474 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $515,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $372,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $305,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $294,378 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetREAD TO A CHILD INC: $292,500 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $290,965 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $285,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDON INC: $269,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $245,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $225,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $205,744 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $199,082 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $180,250 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $178,911 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetREAD TO GROW INC: $172,500 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $143,855 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $132,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDOMUS KIDS INC: $128,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $121,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $110,426 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIND EDUCATION: $105,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE INC: $94,855 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $81,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S MENTORING NETWORK INC: $77,500 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetWAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDCAREGROUP: $72,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE INC: $67,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $67,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTEAM INC: $66,895 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $62,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDANBURY YOUTH SERVICES: $62,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $60,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $60,216 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMILL RIVER COLLABORATIVE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLITERACY ACTION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $58,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBURROUGHS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $58,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetREADWORKSINC: $58,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $57,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $54,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WORKPLACE INC: $54,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $52,500 over 3y, 1.3% 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 Global Impact ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUNDWATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO A CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FERGUSON LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COASTAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds STAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
  • Who funds PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds PERSON TO PERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMUS KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds MIND EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S MENTORING NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKEMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDCAREGROUP ↗

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.

Fairfield County's Co…Peoples United Commun…The Near and Far Asso…New Canaan Community …The Scripps Family Fu…Stamford Rotary Trust…William Caspar Graust…The Inner-City Founda…Impact 100 Fairfield …Savings Bank of Danbu…Newtown Savings Bank …The Tudor Foundation …
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT114.9× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Impact 100 Fairfield County · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Newtown Savings Bank Foundation Inc · The Tudor 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 Pitney Bowes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pitney Bowes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 240%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Mill River Collaborative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Workplace Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Ari of Connecticut Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Laurel House Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Communities Inc: 57% of income from government
  • Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Children in Placement Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Career Resources Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit: 35% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • Danbury Youth Services: 29% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Stamford Center for the Arts Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Discovery Museum Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Green Village Initiative Inc: 14% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Domestic Violence Crisis Center: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • City Lights & Company: 9% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Valley Shakespeare Festival: 4% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County Inc: 3% of income from government
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Intempo Organization Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Westport Country Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Women's Mentoring Network Inc: 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundationinc: 1% of income from government
  • The Riseup Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
24get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
8rely 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 Pitney Bowes 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 467 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home